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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August 2006



Spinnin' Fever

Wed, 08/30/06 6:20 A GMT-07
This morning I got out of bed and realized that my legs were sore, not from the gym, but from spinning.  I started to spin and couldn't stop.  My first yarn was spun up in no time: mystery grey yarn It is nobbly, thick and thin, twisted
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Back in Mass

Tue, 08/29/06 6:48 A GMT-07
Life is good.  I had such a fantastic week in the Adirondacks.  Emily and I drove up together and had a fantastic detour thrifting at a Goodwill near Albany airport.   P was able to fly from Boston to Saranac Lake A
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Chillaxin'

Mon, 08/21/06 12:00 A GMT-07
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FO: Crochet Net Scarf

Sat, 08/19/06 12:00 A GMT-07
I think I am getting tendonitis in my elbow from too much crocheting.  But you gotta love fast projects.  Adapted from the pattern that Missa and I worked on for theDIY Uncommon Threads segment A Day at the Beach, this alpaca scarf is heade
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Diggin' the blues

Fri, 08/18/06 12:00 A GMT-07
Gah!  I went to Newbury Yarns again yesterday.  I nearly fell for the gorgeous handpainted silk stashed in the back - it was in the colorway pewter, but I resisted. What would I do with one 300 yard $40.00 skein of silk?  Actually, it
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FO: Baby hat and bib

Thu, 08/17/06 12:00 A GMT-07
Bib info: Pattern: Petal Bib from One Skein Yarn: Mission Falls 1824 Cotton in Wintergreen Needles: Bamboo size 7 Modifications: The only change I made was to cast on two of the larger petals, then the one small petal, then the two larger petals
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Close up on Cambridge - Candy Making

Wed, 08/16/06 11:39 A GMT-07
Every morning I go for a walk around the neighborhood.  I am finding great little shops, bakeries, and restaurants.  But my favorite discovery so far has been this building: Near Mass Ave and Windsor Street. There are no signs on it,
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FO: Granny Square Alpaca Scarf

Mon, 08/14/06 1:48 P GMT-07
I am so sore from gardening this weekend with my parents!  Forget gym membership - I should just weed, shovel and haul mulch, and pitch fire wood for a few weeks. I would be back in tip-top form in no time! Pattern: My own, monochrome granny
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Me and the H-hook

Fri, 08/11/06 1:04 P GMT-07
Yup.  We have been busy.  Me and my crochet hook that is. (P. thought that I was calling him H-hook in my last post....and then referred to it as 'slingo' - slang lingo I suppose.)  On Wednesday I got three balls of light blue&nbs
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Be-fuzzed and be-hushed

Mon, 08/07/06 2:47 P GMT-07
This weekend me and my H hook got busy with the angora I purchased at Webs.  Yeah, some of that yarn is for baby knitting, but I bought enough in a grey-brown color to make a scarf for myself.  The yellow (which looks white in my photo) is
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The Mother Cone

Sat, 08/05/06 10:46 A GMT-07
My mother-in-law was born and raised in Portugal.  And she loves to tell me stories of growing up in her little village.  She learned how to crochet at a very young age, like many European children.  She has a chest full of her cr
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Bow down to the DSL

Fri, 08/04/06 12:03 P GMT-07
Yee-haw and hoochie-coo, I have wireless DSL and I am PSYCHED. (Even more psyched because I intalled the freakin' thing, and it WORKS!) Ahh, this feels so right.  
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