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The first <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bunty-mitts">Bunty Mitt</a> is off the needles, and the pop of yellow brightens my spirits on this grey, rainy day</div>
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Two wee hats for friend's new baby</div>
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I am getting ready for a weekend getaway with my Chicago knitting gals, and I'm so excited to have some time with like-minded souls. These whimsical <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bunty-mitts">Bunty Mitts</a> by <a href="https://bombellablog.wordpress.com/">Ella Austin</a> are our weekend KAL. I love the Orla Kiely-esque look! Color choices are proving tricky... I shopped my stash. Any thoughts?<br />
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knitting: <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/land-of-sweets">Land of Sweets</a>, by <a href="http://curioushandmade.com/">Helen Stewart</a></div>
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reading: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/12/little-fires-everywhere-celeste-ng-review">Little Fires Everywhere</a></div>
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wearing mama-made hats while feeding the critters at Lou's Pet Shop</div>
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dragging Paul's Big Lebowski cardigan out of hibernation (almost done!)</div>
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I knit <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/caffeinatedyarn/beloved-aran">this cozy light blue hat</a> for myself last winter, and Erik (aged 3 at the time) promptly claimed it for himself. And it just about fits! We had a hot cocoa date on Sunday after our photo session at the tree farm (brrrr!). It was snowy and gorgeous, but cold as can be. December has been a whirlwind -- Nature Tots at the Belle Isle Nature Zoo, Grosse Pointe Park's Winter Social, all the hubbub of getting ready for the holidays. With any luck I'll finish Erik's <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/north-shore">North Shore pullover</a> by Christmas... <br />
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Wishing you and yours happy holidays and peace and joy in 2018. </div>
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We celebrated their fall birthdays with homemade cakes and something to wear/do/read (2 and 4! no babies anymore, which is bittersweet).<br />
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We road-tripped across the Upper Midwest to visit family and have felt the hard march of time as our loved ones become more frail and fragile. Life is full and beautiful and sad all at the same time, and much of the news seems unbearable, with a new disaster each day. Almost inconceivable. But I'm working on a new <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/stonehedge-fiber-mill-crazy">crazy</a> scarf, and we have each other and a warm house and food on the table and cozy handknit sweaters and <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/projects/caffeinatedyarn/we-heart-pat">cowls</a>, and we just keep on keeping on as best we can.<br />
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Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122120372734286698noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32040200.post-68199038850968231932017-08-21T09:38:00.003-05:002017-08-22T07:41:09.365-05:00dog daysBusy times and utter chaos this summer -- I'm embracing the dog days and looking forward to crisp autumn days, cozy cardigans, and fall colors. My older brother had a stroke and has been in rough shape
this summer -- a month in the ICU, life support, pneumonia... I've been
traveling back and forth to Minnesota a good deal. The upshot? More
times with family and friends, progress on cleaning out my parents' old
house, and best of all, my brother has really turned a corner and is on
the upswing.<br />
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Sugar enjoying "my" reading chair in our new Craftsman bungalow</div>
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Thank goodness for fenced yards, water tables (busy, happy kids!), and sparkling rosé. The bag is from <a href="https://betterlifebags.com/">Better Life Bags</a>, a neat company based here in Detroit. You design your own custom handbag either in the store or online, then each bag is hand cut and hand sewn by women facing economic challenges here in Detroit, a city where resources and opportunities can be pretty tough.<br />
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Those pink roses may not look like much to a seasoned gardener, but
they're a real triumph given the state of the garden at our rental home
when we moved in a year and a half ago. Nothing feels as good as giving
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Kayaking at sunset on the Detroit River near Belle Isle state park.<br />
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My constant companions, looking like bookends. <br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/chouette">Chouette </a>is one of my most well-received handknits. Erik loved it last winter, Bridget even likes to wear it in the house. A quick knit, warm and eye-catching, lots of compliments.<br />
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I am reading <i><a href="http://www.npr.org/2017/02/09/514294006/george-saunders-re-imagines-a-presidents-grief-with-lincoln-in-the-bardo">Lincoln in the Bardo</a></i> by George Saunders, too -- terrific! Too bad it's overdue at the library. Must. read. faster.<br />
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So many wonderful new knitting books and magazines these days... <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/knitting-from-the-north"><i>Knitting from the North</i></a> is what I'm currently perusing. I'm knitting a simple hat for Erik out of this amazingly cozy and cheerful yarn made right here in Michigan -- <a href="http://www.stonehedgefibermill.com/?q=Products">Stonehedge Crazy</a>. No skein is the same -- Erik had so much fun picking out this yarn. I'd love to do a blanket with oodles of different colors!<br />
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reading: Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates</div>
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color combination no. 1: teal with "straw" and "truffle hunt"</div>
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reading: Kazuo Ishiguro's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/01/books/review/kazuo-ishiguros-the-buried-giant.html?_r=0"><i>The Buried Giant</i></a></div>
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I'm still sorting out colors for the yoke of my Icelandic pullover. I paid a long visit to a lovely yarn store in Royal Oak, <a href="http://www.ewe-niqueknits.com/">Ewe-nique Knits</a> (oh, knitters and their puns!), and vacillated over a beautiful array of yarns. I came home with two shades of Brooklyn Tweed's Shelter, then promptly set them aside as I rummaged through my yarn bins. </div>
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Bridget, looking sprightly and saucy in her <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/caffeinatedyarn/morpheus-2">Morpheus</a> sweater.</div>
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The holidays flew by in a blur. We did a Midwest road trip yet again, and as good as it was to see family and friends, I long for the year when we spend Christmas at home. Erik's gnome stocking is hanging on the mantel, but <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/caffeinatedyarn/baa-ble-hat/edit">Bridget's stocking</a> is still on the needles.</div>
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<i>Detroit Hustle </i>was an interesting read, and not what I expected. It truly is a memoir -- <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/news/after-leaving-her-beloved-red-hook-a-new-yorker-learns-to-live-and-belong-in-the-motor-city-8549681">one woman's journey</a> from a trailer in Colorado to hipsterdom in Brooklyn to fixing up a ramshackle house in Detroit's West Village, not too far from where we live. It's about her, not the house, really, and she and her husband aren't into DIY, so it's not a how-to guide. But it's thoughtful, personal, and (for me) local.</div>
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The Christian Children's Temperance Fountain at the <a href="http://www.historicdetroit.org/building/anna-scripps-whitcomb-conservatory/">Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory</a></div>
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Yesterday the kids and I trekked over to Belle Isle, an island park in
the middle of the Detroit River on the border with Canada. It's
beautiful -- a huge park with biking and hiking trails, a charming old
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Erik is in the midst of an independent streak, and while he refused to wear his rain coat, it warmed my heart that he happily donned the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/caffeinatedyarn/flax">Flax pullover</a> that <a href="http://caffeinatedyarn.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-study-in-purple.html">I knit last winter</a>. It still fits, but just barely -- time for mama to break out the purple yarn again</div>
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Knitting a <a href="http://www.loopknitlounge.com/2016/09/mabel-cardigan-free-loop-baby-pattern/">Mabel cardigan </a>for Bridget and reading <a href="http://www.npr.org/2015/07/28/426741186/an-airborne-adventurers-journey-in-circling-the-sun"><i>Circling the Sun</i></a>, by Paula McLain, on my Kindle.</div>
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I'm using leftover Malabrigo worsted yarn (hooray, always a good feeling) for the cardigan. As always, it's a delight to knit. The pattern is worked top-down and the yoke features these amazing cluster stitches for the increase rows. They look so neat, and they're fun to work, so long as you read the pattern very, very carefully, since they are slightly different as you go along. I just may have had to rip back a few times. </div>
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<i>Circling the Sun</i> is beautifully written, evocative of place and time. You can tell that <a href="http://paulamclain.com/">Paula McLain</a> came to historical fiction via poetry. I attended her author talk at the <a href="https://www.fordhouse.org/">Edsel & Eleanor Ford House</a> last weekend, and she was terrific. Funny, genuine, down-to-earth. I love hearing about authors' journeys -- how they have come to writing, how they work, what inspires them. <a href="http://laurenwillig.com/">Lauren Willig</a> spoke, too -- I haven't read her books yet, but she's a gem. A PhD student-turned-attorney-turned-author. It was so neat to hear how both authors approach writing and have made big, bold choices, embracing doing what they love, immersing themselves in books and writing. </div>
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A big weekend for me! I also went to the <a href="http://www.fiberexpo.com/fall-fiber-expo-2016.html">Fiber Expo</a> in Ann Arbor, which was great fun, and I made some wonderful new knitting-related discoveries. More soon...</div>
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I'm reading <i>The Shepherd's Life</i> and it's eye-opening. The introduction got me, with Rebanks' assessment of Wordsworth and Romanticism and how they have affected life in the Lake District, and the sheep farmer's connection to the land. <i>The Guardian's</i> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/04/the-shepherds-life-tale-lake-district-james-rebanks-review">review</a> is here. On my e-reader is <i>Circling the Sun</i> (so good! hard to put down!), and I'm really looking forward to seeing Paula McLain speak at the authors' tea at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford estate later this month.<br />
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<a href="http://aliciapaulson.com/products/tiramisu-baby-blanket-crochet-pattern">Tiramisu</a> is done and dusted, ready to be dispatched to Chicago to warm up a dear friend's new baby. The pattern's free, and it's written by the ever-wonderful Alicia Paulson of <a href="http://www.posiegetscozy.com/">Posie Gets Cozy</a>.Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122120372734286698noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32040200.post-82029235987399853102016-10-06T13:36:00.000-05:002016-10-06T13:37:52.115-05:00busy autumn days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bridget just turned one. The months go oh-so-quickly, I can barely believe it. B loves swinging, playing in the sandbox, snuggling, reading books, and doing whatever her big brother is doing.</div>
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And Erik? The usual -- hugging goats, loving the color purple, playing with Matchbox cars, running. He turns three this weekend, which is amazing. </div>
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Me? I'm up to the usual, too -- reading (<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/nyregion/from-an-undocumented-boyhood-to-a-doctorate.html">Undocumented</a> is a great read!),
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coffee. I wish I could bottle these beautiful fall days -- the leaves changing color, the cool breeze, the first sip of coffee in the morning, the apple orchard's dappled light, the children laughing at the playground.</div>
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Somehow I missed reading <i>The Red Tent</i> when it was <a href="http://www.msmagazine.com/oct01/redtent.html">so popular </a>-- it's my book club's pick this month. Perhaps a bit overwrought and overwritten? Ah well, I'm not the target demographic for this one.<br />
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Cosy stripes is almost done! Just 1.5 rows of edging left to go... Wonderful pattern, cozy yarn, perfect thing to crochet on these beautiful, crisp autumn mornings. Sometimes I get up before the rest of the family, enjoy a mug of hot coffee, and knit a few rows as the sun rises. Blissful.<br />
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Then it's go-go-go around here for the rest of the day. Bridget is a busy bee, curious, getting into everything, wanting to do everything her big brother does. She loves books, crayons, Matchbox cars, Magna-Tiles, cats, exploring the contents of my purse (that one I'm not so fond of). Here she's wearing her <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/caffeinatedyarn/lottie-cardigan">Lottie Cardigan</a>, which I love. So sweet... now I want to knit her another. But first I must make her a <a href="http://www.loopknitlounge.com/2016/09/mabel-cardigan-free-loop-baby-pattern/">Mabel cardigan</a>. Never enough hours in the day!<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">reading: </span>a back issue of pompom quarterly (so charming!)</div>
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Erik picked out the yarn himself (Stonehedge Fiber Mill Crazy) at a lovely yarn shop we happened across in Rochester, Michigan -- <a href="http://www.skeinsonmain.com/">Skeins on Main</a>. Definitely worth a visit! Easy, fun pattern -- I like the crown shaping and nice decreases. I'm working on a birthday present for wee Bridget, too -- a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/knit-baby-doll-pattern-set">knit baby doll</a> like the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/caffeinatedyarn/knit-baby-doll-pattern-set">one I made for Nora's first birthday</a> two years ago. Amy Gaines, the designer, has a new pattern for <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mermaid-33">a sweet mermaid</a>, too, which I may attempt next.</div>
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Just starting <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4016-8975-9"><i>The Brontë Plot</i></a> and mulling over hat patterns for Erik. He picked out this one-of-a-kind crazy <a href="http://www.stonehedgefibermill.com/?q=Shepherdswoolyarn">Stonehedge Farms</a> yarn at <a href="http://www.skeinsonmain.com/">Skeins on Main</a>, a charming yarn store in Rochester, Michigan. Erik is my purple kid! <br />
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Helen Simonson's <a href="http://www.npr.org/2016/03/24/471343375/shadows-haunt-a-lovely-season-in-summer-before-the-war"><i>The Summer before the War</i></a> is hard to put down, esp. since the main character is a Latin teacher (I used to teach Latin and Greek before I came to editing). <i>NYT</i> review <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/books/review/the-summer-before-the-war-by-helen-simonson.html?_r=0">here</a>.</div>
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Lorna Landvik's <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-43882-9"><i>Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons</i> </a>is a book club pick, and it has made me nostalgic for Minnesota. It has also made me think about my mother, who was a young wife and mother in Minneapolis around the same time, and just how much things have changed, while still staying the same. Worth a read -- not quite the fluff the cover would lead you to believe, but a familiar story. Coming to it with a deep knowledge of the setting has made me enjoy it far more than <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-345-43882-9">this reviewer</a> did.<br />
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The magenta crochet number is a <a href="http://aliciapaulson.com/products/tiramisu-baby-blanket-crochet-pattern">Tiramisu</a> blanket (free pattern!) that is working up quickly. It's the perfect companion to snuggling up on the couch and binge-watching <i>Catastrophe</i>. I'm using Knit Picks Comfy Worsted in Fairy Tale -- a fitting name for a baby blanket for a dear friend who's expecting twins.</div>
Jodihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15122120372734286698noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32040200.post-15369284657206877272016-06-29T14:41:00.000-05:002016-06-29T22:15:37.553-05:00yarn along: cosy stripes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm still enjoying making this <a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/cosy-stripe-blanket.html">cosy stripes</a> afghan. The lovely colors cheer me up whenever I get a free moment to settle down to crochet (not as often as I'd like -- we've been going through a bit of a rough patch around here.) Yukari Takahara's <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-Quilts-Through-Yukari-Takahara/dp/0985974699">Story Quilts: Through the Seasons</a> </i>features creative and unique quilts, such a wonderful mix of whimsy and embellishment. Inspiring!<br />
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1/2 C. butter, softened<br />
1.5 C. brown sugar<br />
1 egg<br />
1/2 tsp. salt<br />
1 tsp. cinnamon<br />
1/4 tsp. allspice<br />
1/4 tsp. clove<br />
1 tsp. vanilla<br />
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2 C. + 2 T. flour<br />
1 tsp. baking soda<br />
1 C. buttermilk<br />
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1 tsp. cinnamon<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">playing</span> :: giving new meaning to the phrase "all-purpose bucket"</div>
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love that impish grin</div>
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