Monthly Archives: April 2019

Knitting is for everyone. No exceptions.

Posted on April 29, 2019 by kmkat

It’s a glitch in the space-time continuum. Superstition. Pattern?

Posted in LInks knitting | 7 Comments

Yay, me!

Posted on April 28, 2019 by kmkat

I spent Friday night and Saturday at my congressional district Democratic convention. I will not bore you with all the details, except to say that my team of candidates — which included me running for treasurer — swept the ticket. … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 6 Comments

Swinging into the links.

Posted on April 27, 2019 by kmkat

It lives under the fridge via stumblingoverchaos.com “my brain is like seventeen squirrels on crack.” I have been remiss in not linking to Chris’s links.

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A story of my lake.

Posted on April 23, 2019 by kmkat

Last weekend I got an email from a man who used to have a cabin on our lake. He sent the following anecdote to be published in our lake newsletter. He originally wrote it in a letter to his brother … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Antler Lake, Rural life, Stories | 11 Comments

Anybody here read Newsweek?

Posted on April 22, 2019 by kmkat

About me (briefly) here. HT to Julie for letting me know.

Posted in Jeopardy! | 3 Comments

Yarny links of spring.

Posted on April 22, 2019 by kmkat

Extra yarn. Story of my life. Franklin’s first sweater. Fashion trend in tattoos. Heavy metal knitting championships.

Posted in LInks knitting | 2 Comments

A scary tale.

Posted on April 20, 2019 by kmkat

A good friend was bitten last week by a brown recluse spider. She did not suffer the relatively-rare-but-widely-publicized necrotizing effects of the spider’s toxin; however, she did feel poorly enough to see a doctor. She thinks the spider was in … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Miscellaneous, Rural life | 9 Comments

The chain holds us together.

Posted on April 20, 2019 by kmkat

Very excited. Hamburg swans. Here‘s how he does it. True photo of that black hole. Ur not so tuff. Witchcraft. The answer is… A guide to mushrooms. Tiny log houses. “…six-foot tall murder machines.” “In other words the clean tech … Continue reading →

Posted in Links | 3 Comments

Three on Thursday, the how-I-knit edition.

Posted on April 18, 2019 by kmkat

I always have trouble coming up with a topic for my three things. Today I will tell you three things about how I knit. When knitting flat stockinette or any kind of ribbing, I use Annie Modesitt’s combination method. My … Continue reading →

Posted in knitting, Thankful Thursdays, Three things, Uncategorized | 6 Comments

Unraveled Wednesday, 4/17/19.

Posted on April 17, 2019 by kmkat

Joining Kat and friends for Unraveled Wednesdays. My sweater back is done to the armholes, so I tried it on my dress form. It was too big. ::sob:: I was mad at it, so it went into time out. Oddly … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairfield sweater, knitting, Unraveled Wednesdays | 10 Comments