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 2007



A taste for Ambrosia....not the Jell-o kind.

Tue, 08/28/07 5:47 P GMT-07
I think it took about four hours of downtime before I decided on my next pair of socks.  After the rusty goodness of the trekking yarn, I decided on a beautiful light blue-grey-silver colored yarn - Fortissima Socka (mit Bambou).  The bambo
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Upstate New York mini yarn crawl

Mon, 08/27/07 7:27 P GMT-07
Another post disappeared!  This is another rewrite.Like any two self-respecting yarn buds, Jenny and I managed to get in a mini yarn-crawl during our stay in the Adirondacks.  I did my homework beforehand because the only internet connectio
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FO: Garter Rib Socks

Sat, 08/25/07 8:17 P GMT-07
One sock finished in the Adirondacks:second sock finished while returning to Lansing:Pattern: Garter rib sock from Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene SchurchYarn: Trekking XXL, color 146 (rusts), 1 ball purchased from Threadbear in MayNeedles
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Take Five - Back from the Adirondacks

Fri, 08/24/07 7:57 P GMT-07
My enthusiasm for this post has waned a bit - I have written it five times, and five times blog-city has been having some serious issues.  So here we go....I had a FANTASTIC time in the Adirondacks this past week.  It was so great to spend
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Adirondack bound

Wed, 08/15/07 7:08 P GMT-07
On vacation in the Adirondacks.......be back in a week!

FO: Ribbed Lace Socks

Tue, 08/14/07 3:38 P GMT-07
No surprise, really.  It was inevitable.Pattern: Ribbed Lace Socks from Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene SchurchYarn: Rio de la Plata's superwash sock yarn, color Yellow - Yellow Corn - Nugget Gold, 437 yds, 1 ball purchased from Rae
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Cash crop

Fri, 08/10/07 1:40 P GMT-07
The corn is rippening across Michigan - it is impossible for me to drive anywhere without passing a corn field.  Now I have some FOND memories of corn fields.  The summer I turned fifteen my family participated in Ragbrai - thousands o
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Summer reading

Fri, 08/03/07 6:12 P GMT-07
With 80% of our stuff in temporary lock-down (aka mini storage), it is easier to see what is relevant to me in my daily life.  Packing up in Cambridge was a challenge - how am I supposed to know what I will or won't need in the next three (o
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