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Project: Cables for Nick



Auld Lang Syne

2 January 2006, Monday 11:59 P GMT-08
As we enter the new year, I'd like to take a look back at last year's knitting projects.

Finished!

2 April 2005, Saturday 11:52 P GMT-08
All the ends are woven in on Nick's sweater - yeah!  For awhile it seemed like two more appeared out of nowhere for every one that I wove in.  But at last it is all done.  Now I can start my next project, an entrelac pillow, with a clear conscienc

Taxes - Blech!

1 April 2005, Friday 10:04 P GMT-08
I used TurboTax to figure out and e-file John's taxes for him.  He's getting a Federal refund but owes more than this refund in state taxes - grrrr!  We find this particularly annoying because we are used to having no state income taxes in Florida.

Progress Report

12 March 2005, Saturday 10:12 P GMT-08
This can actually be summed up as follows:  Not Much.  I have been concentrating on our Great Apartment Hunt and feeling too drained for much of anything else.  Nevertheless, I will share the few details there are.I have mainly been plugging along

Sewing Has Commenced

24 February 2005, Thursday 10:41 P GMT-08
Woo hoo! The worst is over now.  I have sewn the sleeve caps into the armholes of Nick's sweater.  Now I just have to sew up the sleeves and the sides.  It's all downhill from here because sewing rows to rows is much simplier than easing in the sl

I'd Rather Be Knitting Than Sewing

21 February 2005, Monday 11:59 P GMT-08
For at least the past couple weeks, I have been procrastinating on sewing up an otherwise complete sweater for my friend Nick.  He lives in Florida where they have actually been having surprisingly good sweater weather this winter.  In his impat