nepenthe's misadventures

Name: Meg
Location: E. Lansing, MI

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On the Needles 2009


Custard Baby Sweater Redux


No Purl Monkeys

Garter Stitch Alpaca Scarf

Vestee

Turn a Square

Pink Baby Bolero

Minimalist Cardigan

Chevron Socks

Seascape Stole

Felicity

Opus Spicatum

Baktus Scarf


February Baby Sweater


Midnight Squirrel Mittens


Ivelet


Claudia Hat


The Boy Hat


Marlene Socks


Kokopelli Boy Hat


Odessa Hat #1


Odessa Hat #2


Garter Yoke Cardigan


Monster Hat


70s Kitchen Explosion Socks


El Hatto Rosa


Kindle Kozy

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November 2005



When one lap isn't enough

Wed, 11/30/05 11:15 A GMT-07
Xmas gift #7 is done, but the yarn isn't photogenic, so I won't bother. Instead, life with torties:Blurry photo, but you get the idea - a cat for each leg. And let me just say, travel plans suck.  T'is the season.
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Xmas # 6 finito

Tue, 11/29/05 2:40 P GMT-07
Polished off another xmas gift.  Things are looking pretty good.  Of course, the rest of my xmas shopping is just dismal.  Utterly tragic.  Must get on the ball. All this secretive knitting is kinda boring to blog about.  At
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Thanksgiving and living with Tortie-Tabbies

Mon, 11/28/05 11:59 P GMT-07
Thank you for all the well wishes!  P's interviews went really well, and he has one offer on the table.  There is still one more interview to go, let's just say it is in the mid-west in January.  I have been to this state before, but o
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Kitty goodness!

Wed, 11/23/05 12:00 A GMT-07
Oh lookee here what I found burried in the depths of my CAM-ER-A:Dulce getting her face washed by Nina. This usually ends with Nina biting Dulce's ear, smacking her in the face and then running away.  Some kind of weird power trip.
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Native pottery or places to find inspiration

Tue, 11/22/05 12:00 A GMT-07
Sorry, still no knitting, but more from the depths of my camera!  During our three day honeymoon in October P. and I visited Las Humanas and saw some beautiful pottery in the ranger station museum.  These designs are just BEGGING to be made into h
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Warming up to Warm Hands

Mon, 11/21/05 12:00 A GMT-07
Ever since I came back from NY I have been thinking about a pair of mittens I found (and didn't buy) at Bloomies.  This is the knitter's perpetual problem, isn't it?  The 'I can make that' thought.  (I have since turned off that little voice if sa
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What the commute can do to a girl

Fri, 11/18/05 10:06 A GMT-07
Traffic irritates me.  I take personal offense when other drivers cut me off, don't use turn signals, pull out in front of me going 10 miles UNDER the speed limit, and generally behave like asshats.  I found that after my commute into work, I was g
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*ouch*

Wed, 11/16/05 4:10 P GMT-07
More dental work - and one very sore jaw. I am having two fillings replaced - so all the dirty work was done today - my new tooth-colored fillings will come back from the lab in mid-December. So no gum, salt water taffy, or caramel apples until the
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It won't end

Tue, 11/15/05 2:05 P GMT-07
Just so you know that I am not lying about my previous post....P. is at home today waiting for our new water heater to arrive.  The time-bomb is about to disappear.   P. decided to shut down the swamp cooler (evaporative cooling system, that as
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An 'Everything-that-can, will' kind of weekend, or what to do with a BLBF.

Mon, 11/14/05 3:50 P GMT-07
This post is for Missa the Midnight Knitter and anybody else who has a BLBF.*  The weekend started off so nicely.  P. and I went with Jenny for sushi and bubble tea, and then went to watch the UNM men's soccer game. (They won, but it was a boring
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And another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust-ah!

Fri, 11/11/05 4:27 P GMT-07
Yup.  Xmas #5 is done.  Here is a detail:The yarn is from The Mother of All Yarn Estate Sales.  I escaped with a modest amount of yarn, which I am now trying to turn into projects....ah, the life of a stash-buster!In other news, P. and I are star
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What I did during my NYC business trip

Thu, 11/10/05 3:47 P GMT-07
Christmas present #4 is finito!I couldn't get a good detail shot of it, though. That Manos del Uruguay is amazing, but this red only photographs hot. And I don't think I will be getting an overcast day in New Mexico for oh, say, another 100 days. 
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Hoo-boy

Tue, 11/08/05 1:29 P GMT-07
I am back in New Mexico! Yay. And yes, I am going to Knit Night tonight, so hope to see some friends tonight.  NY was fantastic. I bought no yarn, which was a relief, frankly, because I really wanted to adhere to my yarn moritorium.  I finished ano
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Flying home to New Mexico - real blogging to begin soon

Mon, 11/07/05 12:00 A GMT-07
Never fear! The Week of Cats is over, so while I am flying back to New Mexico, enjoy this pic I took at the Taos Wool Festival last month. All natural dyes.  Mmmm.Is anybody still out there?
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Week of Cats, Day 5 - or why you have dropped me from Bloglines.

Fri, 11/04/05 12:00 A GMT-07
I know my meager bloglines subcription numbers are going to suffer after this week!  I am about to start a marathon weekend at the IFPDA Art Fair.  I hope to get out and have fun with some yarn...sometime!  Nina's favorite bag.
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Week of Cats, Day 4

Thu, 11/03/05 12:00 A GMT-07
is anybody actually reading this drivel?  I am so so sorry.Can this be comfortable?

Week of Cats, day 3

Wed, 11/02/05 12:00 A GMT-07
Today I am working late - deep pocketed collectors will hopefully be buying lots o' art.  Maybe I should have Kraft Instant Mac n' Cheese waiting to go by the time I get home?  Boil pasta, squeeze the cheese (eeeuww!) and TA-DA, your weekly intake
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Week of Cats - Day 2

Tue, 11/01/05 12:00 A GMT-07
Today I am most likely slinging a cordless drill (yes, P. a freakin' SCREWGUN), schlepping art work, and dealing with the teamsters. Yay.
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