RunHoopKnitWashRinseRepeat

So this has been my absence:
Knitting for the Ravelry WWM 2009 (I finished five projects, WOOT!).
MrYarnBearer’s two jaw surgeries.
New tattoo (full sleeve).
Hoop dancing…  Because, you know, it’s not like I don’t run everyday or anything like that…
New friends and old friends, too!
And United States Coast Guard’s birthday celebration.
Reading Christopher Moore novels, as well as Gene [...]

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Nightmares

So the To Dye For! yarn club has finally come to an end.  I sent out the last shipment on Tuesday and the subscribers should start getting their yarns by the end of the week.  Dyeing yarn with a few set perimeters and a little “cheat sheet” turned out to be interesting and fun.  I was [...]

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Calming

I feel a great need to relax before the market on Saturday.  The weather looks to be a toss up, however, if it does turn foul, you will still find us there, on the fourth floor of the Robinson Parking Garage on York and Montgomery Streets.
Here is my first, wild fling with forcing bulbs.  My [...]

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Count Down

I’m knitting at a frantic pace with Christmas just around the corner.  Unfortunately, I can’t share because someof my readers are, well, reading.  I also agreed to knit my sister a Elfin Cable Cardi (non-Christmas gift) and hope to have that finished before we visit in a few weeks.
We put the tree up yesterday.  I [...]

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Reading, Waiting, Knitting, More Reading

A lot goes into the arrival of an anticipated book, I think.  The knitting books, especially those coming from Hong Kong, cause me to spend a lot of energy just pining for them.  This time, to a degree that my knitting projects have suffered (but I did finish the first sleeve on my mom’s Slouchy [...]

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Stuck in the middle

The carnage is over.  It took four days to completely rip out the entire Bed Jacket.  And apparently, I’m really awesome at hiding my ends because it took about twenty minutes just to find the first one.  After all of that, though, I don’t even feel like winding it into a ball (still need ball [...]

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Quickie

Let me share with you something that I find rather humorous.  When I checked my blog stats today (I admit that I check my stats), I found the top search word people used to find The Yarn Bearer, for today, was the word ”Whore.”
I’m flattered.

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Rock this Bag

It’s time for another give away, but not yarn this time.  We can never have too many knitting/crochet bags, right?  I can’t, I have four (or maybe there’s five…) and I do like to switch them out on occasion. 

We actually have a “sponsor” of sorts, this time around.  Underground Clothing, Co. has generously donated one of their [...]

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A Finished Something

Mr. Yarn Bearer surprised me yesterday with a copy of the Alabama Stitch Book.  I had always been taught to finish my sewing with neat and clean edges; thankfully, Natalie Chanin seems to have a “F&#% that” attitude toward those.  Sewing goes a lot faster when you don’t have to clean up your messes.  I’m [...]

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The Right to Bear Yarns

Generally, I’ve been in a very good mood as of late.  My breast augmentation is in eleven days.  Our fifth wedding anniversary is on April 5th, and I got a highly anticipated book yesterday (Knitalong:  Celebrating the Tradition of Knitting Together by Larissa Brown and Martin John Brown).
One thing, though, has been bothering me, just one thing…

Remember [...]

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