FO: Fall Foliage Socks

Pattern: Generic Toe-Up Socks
Yarn: Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Merino in Fall Foliage
Needles: Size 2.5mm/US 1.5
Started April 4, 2008
Finished April 23, 2008
Last weekend was my oldest son’s first soccer game… He really shocked me and the hubby with how well he played, especially considering he’s never played on a ‘real’ team before. [...]

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Bummer

We got some bittersweet news the other day. You might remember my mentioning that we were all headed to Costa Rica as a part of a business-reward for the hubby performing quite well in 2007 sales. Well, it’s not going to happen as planned. The people involved were given two options–take a [...]

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Watermelon Socks!

On 4/9, I mentioned that I followed this tutorial to dye some self-striping yarn. Here’s how it worked out:
First, I decided how I wanted the striping sequence to work out: 5 stripes green, 2 stripes undyed, 5 stripes pink, 2 stripes undyed–for a total of 14 rounds per sequence.
I cast on the required number [...]

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Wow, what a difference

A little recap of our Spring Break trip: (scroll down to the bottom for knitting content!)
We were in Florida only 7 months ago and the differences between that trip and this one are too many to mention! The kids were totally changed from the last time we visited.
Just before heading down this time, [...]

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Almost Over

Today was our last day here in Florida. It’s bittersweet, as most vacations are. I’ll be happy to get home, but I’ll miss the weather and all the fun in the pool and on the beach.
We spent lots of time at the beach where the waves were quite large:

(That’s my hubby being pummeled [...]

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Recharge

Today seems to be the first day everyone is feeling the effects of both the excitement and relaxation of the trip. Even the kids are content to hang out rather than their typical chanting of “can we go can we go can we go can we go” (to the beach and pool.) It’s [...]

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