post imac surgery

one morning, i woke up to find that my computer wasn’t working properly.  i tried not to panic as i searched for the user’s manual while the little file folder icon kept blinking in my face.  after trying all the suggested start-up combinations (press and hold this key and that key with your toes backwards [...]

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ravelry

are you part of the ravelry clan?  i can’t get enough of this site.  besides gmail, i’m on ravelry pretty much all day long, all day strong.  each ‘ravel-er’ has their own profile where they can log all their fo’s (finished objects) or wip’s (work in progress)…and even projects that were done and frogged (ripped [...]

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lucky me!

look at what i got in the mail today!!!!:

i was about to eat my lunch and then a package arrived from my good friend, alice!! i was so surprised when i opened it. alice has been working for chronicle books for awhile and i’d been asking about these certain books (since she [...]

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crochet scarf

this was one of my first scarves that got me back to crocheting. the pattern came from the complete idiot’s guide to knitting and crochet. the yarn i used is lion brand’s kool wool which is now discontinued. i made another one in a cream color because the pattern was easy and [...]

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earlier projects – scarves

super long ribbed scarf using 2 skeins of brown sheep lamb’s pride. made it on the 28 hr. trek to thailand and finished it on the way back. i love the bold, bright color.

crochet pattern came from the complete idiot’s guide to knitting and crochet. i used lion brand kool wool (now [...]

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