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Being realistic
Remember those Christmassy mini-quilts I was making? That I was going to give to pretty much everyone I know? Yeah, they’re still sitting in a pile next to my sewing machine, half-quilted. And there is no way I’m going to get them finished by Christmas. As usual, I totally under-estimated how long each would take,…
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enny is a serious knitter. She knits vastly complicated patterns that actually turn into wearable clothing, using the sorts of fancy expensive wool that you have to be pretty confident about your ability to spend that much money on. And she’s been trying to tempt me for ages to pick up some needles – a…
I just stood on a mouse
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Time to catch up
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