Category Archives: Personal

Christmas Crafting

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Karie

This holiday season I was not going to make anything for anybody – bar that quilt for my mother which didn’t happen. Then someone suggested a small crafty Christmas exchange within a tiny circle of friends – and how could … Continue reading →

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Longing

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Karie

Only three more days until Winter Solstice..

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2011: A Year in Knitting

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Karie

Although we are only halfway through December, I am ready to look back at my knitting year. I found a New Year’s Resolution post I made on Ravelry on January 3, 2011: Sort out the unwieldy stash Eleven hats in … Continue reading →

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It’s Getting Cold Now

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Karie

It is premature to write my Reading 2011 entry but I did leave a comment on a newspaper site yesterday about one of my favourite reads so far. I miss keeping a literary blog – but then again my old … Continue reading →

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Listed

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Karie

I have been having the kind of month when I am constantly running behind myself. I think this is called Modern Life, but hopefully I can retire to my Absolutely Old-Fashioned Life once Christmas preparation is well under way. I … Continue reading →

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Addendum

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Karie

I’m going to have nightmares tonight. However. Some things are more important than lace knitting. Way, way, way more important: speak up and speak out.

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The Traveller’s Lament

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Karie

I visited London yesterday for a work-related event. I had to get up at 4am to make it to my 10am meeting and I wasn’t home until 11pm. It was a very long day – not made any easier by … Continue reading →

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Ghost World

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Karie

With great joy comes great heartache, so my great-grandmother always said. One of the hardest things about being an expat is that I am far away from people who matter very, very much. My dearest and best friend and her … Continue reading →

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Survival of the Knitter

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Karie

We went on a much-needed mini-break this week. (And by ‘much-needed’ I really mean ‘if I don’t get out of this place for more than one day, I will start shouting at strangers on the street and actually bitchslap them … Continue reading →

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Here, There & Everywhere

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Karie

A couple of announcements: My Karise shawl has been chosen as a pattern for the next Old Maiden Aunt knitalong on Ravelry. To celebrate this, I am offering a whopping 20% discount on the pattern until November 30, 2011! Just … Continue reading →

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