WIP Wednesday!

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in Artsy Things, Blog Fun, Grounded, Knitting, Web Fun, WIP Wednesday | 2 comments

I Made It! I actually got this out on a Wednesday!   Of course, I always have a WIP, it just isn’t always knitting.   Of late I’ve been working on (pix below): Shattered, the sequel to Grounded Christmas presents late birthday presents (the shame…) Zentagled mugs Age of Innocence Bleak House the (mercifully done) Bar Mitzvah learning to sing this and this with Thing 2 educational curriculum writing everything else. I...

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Food and Stuff—11.17.13

Posted by on Nov 17, 2013 in Blog Fun, Family, Grounded, Knitting | 3 comments

How we spent the week… How Thing 1 spent his Saturday morning pretty nifty bit of the vanilla + sock So, the shawl DEFINITELY needed a long soak (in SOAK) 4 I evidently need to find a way to get more Black Cow Coffee shirts from Croton-on-Hudson Thing 1 snuggling with Mittens Vanilla+ sock Eye of Partridge heel flap a vanilla shawl pattern I’m working on Now that I’m watching “Breaking Bad” iI get some of the...

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Next Up—Jasmine’s Ethereal Socks

Posted by on Nov 12, 2013 in Blog Fun, charity, General Ranting, Grounded, Knitting, patterns, Sock Knitting, Writing |

This week, our new sock based on the characters from Grounded: the Seven, is Jasmine’s Ethereal Socks! Jasmine: A sweet remembrance of summer. Calm and flowing and a support for those around her. Jasmine is the calming influence that we all wish we had in our lives… Especially these days. Before we wax rhapsodic about Jasmine’s new socks… Meg, Eleanor our awesome Tech Editor, and I all came to an agreement. From any and...

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Jenn’s Subtle Majiks • A Grounded Sock

Posted by on Oct 29, 2013 in Blog Fun, General Ranting, Grounded, Knitting, patterns, Sock Knitting, Writing | 1 comment

Here we are with the next sock in our series! Jenn’s Subtle Majiks! Look at this lovely heel!   Jenn is Rosie’s cousin, sweet, generous, and…well… you’ll have to read the book to find out more. Jenn’s socks “fit” her to a T! A simple-looking pattern, nicely refined, with a gentle strength that isn’t necessarily obvious right away. We think you’ll like.   Jenn’s socks,...

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Izzy’s Bouncin’ Blues: A Grounded Sock

Posted by on Oct 15, 2013 in Blog Fun, designs, Grounded, Knitting, patterns, Sock Knitting |

Here we are with the next sock in our series! Izzy is described as a bouncing blue ball of light and fun—she’s also painfully psychic and a real help and support to Rosie.       Her socks, designed by Meg Warren (of March Hare dying and the Defarge books) are a fun-and-breezy knit which leave you with cushy-comfy socks. Knit in Riin Gill’s Happy Fuzzy Yarn (Corrie Sock in Cobalt) they will lift your spirits and boost...

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On a Rainy Day in October…

Posted by on Oct 11, 2013 in Blog Fun, Grounded, Podcast, Web Fun, Writing | 3 comments

When it looks like this outside… Inside should look bright and cheery. Hmmmm… what to do? What to do…? I KNOW! Invite Nanette the Nanny over to help ship out all of your new novels! Now you may think to yourself, “Seriously? Nanette the Nanny would come all that way to help you ship books?!” And I would have to say to you, “Not only that—she insisted!” “AND she brought coffee!” Such is the...

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