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Did you exchange a walk on part in the war.....

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I was thinking Last year at this time I was just done knitting this... Helmet liner It was not entirely a failure, but close ... I need to lay in a whole buncha cascade 220 so I can knit for this situation which looks a lot like here Have a great yule....

Did they get you to trade your heros for ghosts?

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Philco PC from Dave Schultze on Vimeo . I so want this just because Flat screen it and do it via steampunkworkshop.com

And they taught me how not to play the game.

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Hey now, it's been ages. Yes there's our house, the view is one of the reasons I love living here. The view up the valley from the bedroom after the 6-8 inch snow fall that we got here in the great north country. I have been knitting up a storm and have a finished object to show for it. Luscious Lace Scarf by Knitting Pixie Here it is being blocked out Here it is close up. I spun, plied and knit this yarn. 100% Merino, Dyed by Seekay We also also are filling a wish list for another foster kid this year... I have less than a week to finish a hat and mittens. Harriet is doing the scarf this year.

Have you listened to what I said ?

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ECF (Eye Candy Friday) The view from my bedroom window. Looking west to the Mohawk River at sundown. This does not suck.

Meanwhile back in the year One --- when you belonged to no-one ---

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Yes, the ancient addiction returns.. Before WOW there was Barren Realms Elite!!! Sometimes older is better... Speaking of "Older"...... Can we say "Gopher"? Knew you could....

An echo of a distant time, Comes willowing across the sand

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Oh, our run was extended until October 8th come down to Cohoes to Beauknits to see our stuff..... Notso glare filled now with the October overcast.... I am still so jazzed that Barb thought we were worthy...

And the words they say, Which we wont understand

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One final note before the month is over (doubtful I'll get to post tomorrow) Harriet and I were chosen to be "Fiber Artists of the Month" for the month of September.. at Beauknits in Cohoes Yeah I know, I am a little late for the party.. but there were lots of things going on including finishing my RED Irish Hiking Scarf. But here are two window shots. Sorry, taken when glare was at it's worst! BTW, there is an offer to buy Harriet's green hand-spun that's on the right side of the pic.. Cool...

Far away, across the fields

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Oh a Two-fer, you say Some projects I am working on. Luscious Lace Scarf Which started life like this and now now looks like this... A completely unintended color pattern that's working it's way across the vertical pattern.... I mean just look at it!!! I am liking the result... Oh I finally turned the heals of those damned socks They became "those damned socks" sometime in the second month of working on them... Why did no-one tell me that zero size needles take forever!!!!????

When at last the work is done....

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I have been a very bad blogger. I have dropped down to two posts or less during the summer. I have not been resting, I have been busy.. First up.. We ventured (my wife Harriet and I) out to Altamont Fair and made a bee line to the sheep shed. While we were there, I got to photograph some ribbon winning crafts and a spinning competition. Spinning with a spindle I have to say, I STILL can't spin with a spindle.. maybe I don't have the touch for it.. But we can't leave the fairgrounds until we meet up with friends and get some FAIR FOOD... Deadly to Harriet, FRIED DOUGH oooh look at that sugary glutenous mass!!! I also have to look up to the Heldebergs.. Did I forget to mention, the fair always falls on the HOTTEST days of the year? No matter... the next day we got to hang out at my Sister In Law Susan's house... The Twins were there... The soon to be Harvard Grad Allison and I The soon to be Vassar grad Matt... We don't get to see those two often enough! The Blogless

But only if you'll ride the tide

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The second post of August. I had best show you all what's on the needles, yes? Lets start with the newest project first. Around the beginning of June, I finished a few things. This for instance I had to go hunting for a pattern so it lay dormant The roving, merino of course, was from Carolyn of SeeKay Crafts I just loved spinning it. So much later I found a pattern and cast on Now it looks like this...... Carolyn, thanks for your colorway of "Spring Green" this is what it looks like knitted. Another thing on the needles since June is this pair of simple socks. Which are cleverly stashed in a "Harley Flames" box knitting bag by JessaLu Stitches. Yes, real men, knit, spin and carry project bags. And the red scarf is still coming along, I was hoping to have the first one done by Sept 1st.. Not happening... Btw, get out there and hike the trails these last few weekends of summer, but with this study, be prepared to go in circles

August, Die she must....

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I don't know what happened here, turn my back and July is out the window. Summer is coming to an end in the North-Country and I want to deny it. Even today, Nature is giving it her best at a forecast high today of 91 degrees F (33 c) Meanwhile, that cranky old laptop of mine has again given up the ghost. The charging light would not come on even with the power tip being wiggled. You may have seen it before, here, acting as a background for some of my knitting. So out came the implements of destruction. Screwdriver, reading glasses, soldering iron solder and a flat surface..... Through the magic of the internet, we will speed an half an hour by. We are left with this.... You can barely see the red circle around the part I had to solder to make the laptop come back to life. I had previously replaced the power socket so I just hoped solder would fix the problem ...... It did. Meanwhile, I cast on Luscious Lace Scarf by Knitting Pixie I promise pics will follow, as soon I can get past

Home, home again, I like to be here when I can.

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Yeah, I vacated. "Vacation" such a mis-understood word. For me it was a retreat. Off went the cell phone, out came the spinning. I spent my time here I have finished the Shetland!!! Sorry for the slight blur, I inherited my wife's craptastic camera ;-) I have a better pic below. But before I went out to the wilds of western NY, I spent some time poolside with my father in-law Picking up a dropped stitch on that red scarf (Irish Hiking) I am making for the Red Scarf project. Yeah, Live stitches to the right . Dropped stitch on the Purl before the cable. However, as evidenced by this piccie you would never know it happened. But wait, that's not all. Before the Shetland, there was the Icelandic that I have given away to someone who actually likes the stuff. I hated spinning this, it felt (no pun wanted) like spinning Brillo!!! Right now, I am spinning pure black merino from s pinner's hill What a pleasure...... One more photo from the bonfire.

Where do I start?

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I made it to the HUDSON RIVER STITCH and Spin over the weekend, sufficed to say, TU FIBER BLOG and ROWSRED (she who organized it) covered it better than I. However I spun full tilt boogie on Phaedre I still feel that I have got nowhere as the fiber I am spinning is 40 WPI!!!!! Not quite gossamer but getting damned close. I did get a chance to drag my previous fiber out into the light 540 yards +/- ~ of Spring Green colorway by SEEKAY Merino goodness.. I already have a pattern, she who spins is getting another lovely scarf, lace of course. Oh, one more thing......... My workplace has something vaguely related to fiber. As in the former business........ HUYCK FELT Co after a few mergers and sales ( research paper here SAGE COLLEGE) I've always sorta known I'd wind up in a fiber mill... My first job was refinishing Wire Stitchers and a stitch is a stitch......

Time for more projects.

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You all know about the next set of socks that I cast on, right? Knit Picks tweed essential I love the feel of this yarn on my hands I can't wait until they get on my feet. and I am spinning this.... CORRECTION it's shetland, This came from http://www.missbabs.com/ Finally I cast this on this afternoon... It's a charity project for the RED SCARF project Pattern is here This is for aged out foster children who are in college or vocational school to give them a red scarf for Valentine's day and to show support that, yes there is someone who cares......

Troy Night Life

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For what it's worth, there ain't much unless you drink. Even then, most of those places are hardcore dives. Yet, there is one place that can be counted on time and time again..... Yeah, I am a sucker for the "Upstate Soft cone" the $2.00 treat that kept us going and driving from one stand to another when were utterly broke when we arrived here. Yeah, Corner Ice Cream is still the best Followed closely by Jumpin' Jacks Snow Man sadly is not in the running.. but still places in the top 20 This place is located on 5th Ave in the 'Burg, open 'til 10:00

Yes, it's been too long or WTF it's JUNE???

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Okay, you got me, since I last posted, I finished this Merino from SeeKay Colorway "Spring Green" I loved working with her fiber. Took you to work to see what my desk really looks like. and rode my bike to Lock 2 of the Erie canal (There is NO lock 1!) I also went to the Woolgathering at Thatcher Park I am short of words this month because I have been relatively silent and more contemplative as of late. I have been spinning more and knitting less I have become enamored with Corriedale roving and seem to purchase it every chance I get. Lyman's Sleighbell Farm 4oz $5.oo A nice brown that I am going to blend with another bit of the Cory Cross that is from Tina to see what happens. That's all for now, as I said, summer is close and I become word-less. Until next time. Computermechanic.