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Epic Knitting

In addition to this being the year of Knit From My Stash, it's also going to be a year of Epic Knitting.

I plan on starting two projects that will probably take all year (or more) to finish.

Epic Projects.

The first is the Knit Picks Fair Isle Cardigan...

Some friends and I are going to embark on this project together. I know it's not a very complex fair isle design but in the past I've always managed to get about 3 inches done on the various Jamieson and Starmore fair isles I've started and then just kind of fizzled out. Bored with the little needles. Not interested to pay so much attention to my knitting (WHY does lace not bore me then???) So for me, this is an Epic Project.

Second is this:

Yup. It's a full length dressing gown. From Romantic Style. It's why I bought those 20 balls of Kid Classic recently. God knows if I'll ever actually wear it, but I WANT it.

Epic Knitting Rules

1) The only new projects I can start for the first 3 months of 2007 are my designated Epic Projects.

2) I need to finish 3 Works in Progress before I start another new project.

3) When I can start a new project, it must be Epic in Nature.

3b) Epic is defined as a project I believe would take me more time than I usually have the patience for. (I know I've knit lots of lace shawls in the past, (which many consider Epic) but lately I've been suffering from some form of Knitter's ADD and have not completed one in over a year!)

4) Socks don't count because one must ALWAYS have socks on the needles.

(Speaking of Epic Knitting - check out this beautiful blanket made by The Scarlet Knitter.)

Spindle Lust

Have you seen these? sigh.....

Anne at 4:23 PM

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How Much Snow?

What people who don't live in blizzard country often don't know is that it's not about "how much snow?", it's about "how much wind?"

12 inches of gently falling snow, lying softly on the ground, doesn't make a blizzard. A few inches of snow being driven horizontally across the open plains by 50 mph hours winds... THAT is what makes a blizzard.

And so I offer up these pictures... the first is of my side yard, taken not after any melting has occurred, but right after the storm subsided. The gate behind the snow is 5 feet tall. How much snow do YOU think I have?

Why yes, that IS bare dirt on the right side of the picture...
And here is a picture of my front door.

My kennel runs are made up of 6 foot high panels. When I complained about not being able to use my kennels, a friend asked why I didn't dig them out. And the answer is:

My poor dogs are on house arrest. They are used to having multiple acres to run. Why can't they go out? See the red arrow in the picture below? It's pointing at the TOP of my 5 foot fence....

I have a Ford F-250 4 x 4 Super Duty Truck. It's BIG. There are three ways to get out of my neighborhood. Do I get snowed in during blizzards? You be the judge?

One:

Two:

Three:

A neighbor starts to dig out his garage. This is where he stores his motorhome. The door is 10 feet tall.

Another neighbor doesn't even want to contemplate what digging out is going t take.

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Anne at 9:25 AM