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road trip: day four

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soundtrack of the day brought to you by lori mckenna

“my life is pieces of paper

that i’ll get back to later to tell you a story…”

maps

notes

letters

doodles

receipts

bulletins

patterns

sketches

yarn tags

directions

postcards

valentines

magazines

“my life is

green grass through snow

sweet reckless hope,

and baby i know

what matters

the most.”

eye candy created by esther of jazzturtle.

2.5 hours alone in the van to think and breathe courtesy of all this knitscene fun.

‘matters’ taken from 4:15 out of first timothy.

road trip: day one

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we were

planning to leave

wednesday morning,

but decide

to head out early

attempting

to outrun yet another

incoming snow.

with a fresh 3 inches

on the ground

we face ‘helga’ due south

and hit the gas.

hard.

the following ‘soundtrack of the day’ brought to you by lucy, and good ol’ charlie brown:

[lucy]
and way up there the little stars and planets
make the rain that falls in showers
and when it’s cold and winter is upon us
the snow comes up! just like the flowers!

[cb]
now lucy, i know that’s wrong.
snow does not come up, it comes down.

[lucy]
after it comes up the wind blows it around so
it looks like it’s coming down but actually
it comes up out of the ground like grass!
it comes up charlie brown!
snow comes up!

[cb]
oh good grief!

‘ground’ taken from 3:19 in genesis.

‘little known facts’ from the musical ‘you’re a good man, charlie brown’.

sts on the road: final rnds of the new ‘tamarisk’ in the photo. in test knitting now.

quirkily

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(quirkily: def: done in a quirky way, odd, unusual)

i like my neck to be warm.

if not, i’m cold

all over.

ugh.

so i designed this vest

with a front piece that wraps

around to snuggle the bare skin

between the tips of my hair and the top of my t-shirt.

it’s not meant to close in the front,

think of it like a scarf

with a racerback

rather than a cardi

without any

sleeves to speak of.

i think

it’s the striping

that really kicks

it into overdrive.

‘pur’,

or noro,

any bulky,

(handspun?

absolutely!)

with variegations

will knit up just fine.

so pick your palette

based on your mood,

or your skin tone

or your favorite jeans

and have at it.

it’s quick

and fun,

so i’m sure

you’ll be glad you did.

‘quick’ taken from 15:22 in luke.

lilac folders

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as of today,

the newest issue of knitscene magazine

(aka: winter/spring 2011) should be findable;

by which i mean out on the shelves of your favorite lys, bookshop, etc.

my earliest sneak peak of it was in a knitscene blog post just over a month ago.

the first time

i saw this photo

in the post,

it looked

oddly familiar

but i just

couldn’t

put my finger on

why or how

that could be.

then it registered that the colors of the yarn in the photo on top of the stack of papers

was the very yarn i had knit the ‘eternalism vest’ for this issue up in.

next it sunk in that, although it was upside down and a bit cock-eyed

this was part of the final pattern for that very same vest.

and now, with the issue out and available,

i can finally tell you that it is just that.

more photos of at least two versions of the actual vest soon.  i promise.

‘familiar’ taken from 139:3 of psalms.