<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from nepenthe.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 nepenthe.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-11T14:20:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-11-08:links.412189722</id><title>Stoking the fire with Portuguese Style Knitting</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/stoking_the_fire_with_portuguese_style_knitting.htm"><![CDATA[So here at the Little Yellow House we have officially started the countdown to New Zealand!&nbsp; We have noise-canceling headphones, I have a brand new Kindle (lurv it so much!), the suitcases have been pulled out of the attic, and I will need to ch]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/stoking_the_fire_with_portuguese_style_knitting.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-11-08T01:25:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-08T01:25:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-11-03:links.412189104</id><title>Checking in</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/checking_in.htm"><![CDATA[My schedule is slowly clearing itself, and I am focusing on individual tasks at hand rather than thinking about everything at once.&nbsp; Thanks for all the kind comments from my last post.&nbsp; I wish I could respond to comments, but the way blog-c]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/checking_in.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-11-03T13:51:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-03T13:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-10-13:links.412186284</id><title>The trouble with saying yes</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/the_trouble_with_saying_yes.htm"><![CDATA[I am one of those people that has a really hard time saying &quot;no&quot;.&nbsp; I don&#39;t want to turn down ANY opportunity.&nbsp; I don&#39;t want to let ANY possibility pass me by.&nbsp; And therefore all my gears are jammed right now because I]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/the_trouble_with_saying_yes.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-10-13T22:46:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-13T22:46:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-09-10:links.412182028</id><title>FOs: Claudia and The Boy Hat</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fos_claudia_and_the_boy_hat.htm"><![CDATA[September is here and I am wading into Single Skein September with much enthusiasm.&nbsp; I am trying to use up some of those old balls of yarn that made it into my stash when I was a little less discriminating, OR just never got around to trying (be]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fos_claudia_and_the_boy_hat.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-09-10T16:36:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-10T16:36:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-08-27:links.412180621</id><title>FO: Baktus Scarf</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_baktus_scarf.htm"><![CDATA[This time of year is always a new beginning - I think because I feel like I should be heading back to school. New clothes, new school supplies (yippeee!), new classes, and new friends always come from the end of August.&nbsp; It also feels like a new]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_baktus_scarf.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-08-27T23:53:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-27T23:53:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-08-23:links.412180180</id><title>FO: Midnight Squirrels</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_midnight_squirrels.htm"><![CDATA[Don&#39;t you just love it when your projects finish themselves?&nbsp; I knit these mittens before I went on vacation and left them to block while I was gone.&nbsp; I found that the upper part of my Fiber Trends sock blockers  make very good mitten b]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_midnight_squirrels.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-08-23T19:06:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-23T19:06:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-08-17:links.412179606</id><title>Adirondack bound</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/adirondack_bound_1.htm"><![CDATA[If Canada lets me pass through with a dog (complete with rabies certificate), two mountain bikes, a telescope, and my spinning wheel I will be a happy girl.&nbsp; After all, going through Canada is the short cut!]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/adirondack_bound_1.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-08-17T03:48:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-17T03:48:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-08-15:links.412179535</id><title>Michigan Fiber Festival August 2009</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/michigan_fiber_festival_august_2009.htm"><![CDATA[I have been looking forward to the Michigan Fiber Festival  for quite some time now, and I was not disappointed!&nbsp; Amy, her friend Clare and I piled into Amy&#39;s car and headed down to Allegan.&nbsp; We grabbed a quick bite to eat, and headed i]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/michigan_fiber_festival_august_2009.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-08-15T23:48:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-15T23:48:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-08-08:links.412178940</id><title>Pouring</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/pouring.htm"><![CDATA[Today I am kept indoors by an incredibly wet day.&nbsp; We haven&#39;t seen rain like this this May - and the garden was getting desperate, so I am trying to be philosophical.&nbsp; There is a huge mulch pile next to our driveway that needs to be use]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/pouring.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-08-08T16:20:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-08T16:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-08-05:links.412178660</id><title>The Beekeeper&apos;s Daughter</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/the_beekeepers_daughter.htm"><![CDATA[Our local farmers&#39; market  is open twice a week, and I have been trying to take full advantage since it is unlikely we will ever be able to grow our own veggies at home.&nbsp; I would love to grow fresh produce at home but because our little plot]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/the_beekeepers_daughter.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-08-05T16:46:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-05T16:46:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-08-03:links.412178398</id><title>In the garden at the Little Yellow House</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/in_the_garden_at_the_little_yellow_house.htm"><![CDATA[This weekend has been all about the garden.&nbsp; I went to Connecticut last week for a visit with the parents, and their gardens were such an inspiration.&nbsp; So I tackled a pretty overgrown section of our landscaping this week.&nbsp; Weeding took]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/in_the_garden_at_the_little_yellow_house.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-08-03T03:52:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-03T03:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-07-18:links.412177152</id><title>FO: Shop Sample February Baby Sweater</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_shop_sample_february_baby_sweater.htm"><![CDATA[I think this is my third February Baby Sweater on Two Needles by Elizabeth Zimmermann.&nbsp; It never fails to impress.Photographed at Woven Art on the new baby mannequin.Pattern: February: Baby Sweater on Two Needles, from Elizabeth Zimmermann&#39;s]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_shop_sample_february_baby_sweater.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-07-18T00:41:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-18T00:41:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-07-07:links.412176311</id><title>Home, Sweet Home</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/home_sweet_home.htm"><![CDATA[Dulce is home.&nbsp; We picked her up tonight, and she is at the top of her cat perch trying to get the stink of animal hospital off of her fur. (I am not allowed to give her a bath for a week for fear the stress might be detrimental.)&nbsp; The doct]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/home_sweet_home.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-07-07T23:15:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-07T23:15:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-07-02:links.412175836</id><title>2009: A Bad Year for Cats</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/2009_a_bad_year_for_cats.htm"><![CDATA[Almost three months ago, we lost Nina to kidney failure.&nbsp; And now? Dulce is in the emergency room at MSU&#39;s small animal hospital.&nbsp; She had a tooth extracted on Monday, and has been going downhill since then.&nbsp; Sadly, this also remin]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/2009_a_bad_year_for_cats.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-07-02T16:46:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-02T16:46:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-06-28:links.412175455</id><title>Exploring Michigan: Marshall</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/exploring_michigan_marshall_1.htm"><![CDATA[A few weeks ago P surprised me with a trip to Marshall, Michigan.&nbsp; I was feeling a little clausterphobic and a day-trip was such a great idea!&nbsp; We had buzzed through Marshall the year before during their WWKIP fiber festival, and I purchase]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/exploring_michigan_marshall_1.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-06-28T21:42:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-28T21:42:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-06-26:links.412175291</id><title>Rigid Heddle Weaving</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/rigid_heddle_weaving.htm"><![CDATA[Knitting has fallen off at the LYH recently - finally some warm weather!&nbsp; But the fiber-play hasn&#39;t stopped here - I have been taking a Rigid Heddle Weaving class at Woven Art for the last few weeks.&nbsp; Tuesday is my last class - dare I w]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/rigid_heddle_weaving.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-06-26T23:40:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-26T23:40:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-06-22:links.412174912</id><title>Chicago-style stashing</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/chicagostyle_stashing.htm"><![CDATA[So, it has been a little while since I was in Chicago. That is what happens when you put off blogging!&nbsp; Some months ago P. made plans to head for Chicago at the beginning of June to see&nbsp;the US Mens Soccer team in a&nbsp;World Cup Qualifier]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/chicagostyle_stashing.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-06-22T17:48:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-22T17:48:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-06-15:links.412174193</id><title>Digging holes the hard way</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/digging_holes_the_hard_way.htm"><![CDATA[Sunday was a busy day at the Little Yellow House.&nbsp; Flagstone was moved across the yard, our new compost bin was set up, leaves were taken to the yard waste pile, rocks were dug up and moved, weeding took place, and some junk trees were removed a]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/digging_holes_the_hard_way.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-06-15T00:20:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-15T00:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-06-13:links.412174109</id><title>FO: Minimalist Cardigan</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_minimalist_cardigan.htm"><![CDATA[Finally I was able to coordinate schedules with my photographer.&nbsp; Most of my photos I take myself - the old straighten-your-arm-lower-your-shoulder-and-snap school of photography.&nbsp; This technique, when applied to photographing a sweater, re]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_minimalist_cardigan.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-06-13T21:01:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-13T21:01:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-06-05:links.412173259</id><title>Forget Boxhab*...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/forget_boxhab.htm"><![CDATA[I need some serious sockhab!&nbsp; I think I am off the sock yarn for a LEETTLE while.I believe CRICKEY! is the expression.I did finish my Minimalist Cardigan, I just need a good photoshoot to wrap up the project.&nbsp; But, yup! Knit and assembled i]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/forget_boxhab.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-06-05T00:57:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-05T00:57:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-05-31:links.412172663</id><title>Knit in one month</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/knit_in_one_month.htm"><![CDATA[If I can get this seamed before the end of today, I will have completed an entire sweater in one month!&nbsp; Even though I started this sweater in May 2008, I ended up ripping out the back of the sweater three times. Then at the beginning of May I r]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/knit_in_one_month.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-05-31T15:06:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-31T15:06:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-05-21:links.412171395</id><title>FO: Felicity</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_felicity.htm"><![CDATA[Finally, my finished Felicity!&nbsp; Actually, I finished it back in April, but my attention has moved on to delinquent projects and so I am just getting around to blogging it now.&nbsp; As pointed out by Jenny, this hat is totally the one worn by Mi]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_felicity.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-05-21T18:52:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-21T18:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-04-30:links.412167431</id><title>FO: Opus Spicatum</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_opus_spicatum.htm"><![CDATA[Silly me. I have been waiting for a sunny day, and I seem to work on the sunny days.&nbsp; All is well here in Michigan - P and I have finally finished painting our guest room - actually P finished painting it. My right shoulder has gone bum on me.&n]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_opus_spicatum.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-04-30T01:52:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-30T01:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-04-18:links.412164944</id><title>FO: Seascape Stole</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_seascape_stole.htm"><![CDATA[I am not exactly sure how I managed to finish my Seascape Stole so quickly (I started it at the beginning of&nbsp;March, which I guess isn&#39;t as close as I thought it was), but it is done!Pattern: Seascape Stole by Kieran Foley Yarn: Louet KidLin,]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/fo_seascape_stole.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-04-18T02:22:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-18T02:22:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:nepenthe.blog-city.com,2009-04-13:links.412163833</id><title>They say patience is a virtue...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/they_say_patience_is_a_virtue.htm"><![CDATA[And I am feeling a little virtuous right now!I ran out of pins - luckily I had another box for another project hidden away upstairs.&nbsp; I think blocking wires will appear on a birthday/Christmas list for 2009. (And by-the-way those are my sunroom]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://nepenthe.blog-city.com/they_say_patience_is_a_virtue.htm"/><dc:creator>nepenthe</dc:creator><author><name>nepenthe</name></author><updated>2009-04-13T12:05:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-13T12:05:00Z</published></entry></feed>