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  • It’s not your fault

    This is the reason I don’t finish my knitting projects as quickly as I should: Dixon comes over and naps in my lap, taking up all my knitting space.  (I started a sweater vest last night that’s 15% finished already!  It’d be farther along if the purr monster kept away from my lap.  It would…

  • Moving on up

    After searching on craigslist for a week or so, I found an apartment!  It’s a small one-bedroom in the Crown Heights neighborhood, near the border of Prospect Heights.  The building is a brownstone on a quiet, residential street.  The apartment is on the top floor with southern exposures.  There are windows in the living room,…

  • These dreams are forever

    I am looking forward to the weather cooling down so that I can knit garments again.  Since I last blogged about my knitting, I’ve knit two berets, two baby sweaters, two baby bonnets, one men’s cardigan, and one lacy shawl. Aside from the cardigan, everything has been relatively small.  And, coincidentally, the cardigan turned out…