Uli's Creative Corner

Moving On - It's Been a Slice

Ulrike — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:19:55 +0000

Well, this has caused me all kinds of thinking and it's hard to leave this blog. I've been blogging here since 2003 and documented lots of monumental things in my life and tons of little things. Needless to say, making change is never easy but it has become ...

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52 pair. Am I Nuts?

Ulrike — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:11:55 +0000

I don't have the button up yet but I've taken the 52 Pair Plunge III over on Ravelry. The mission is to attempt to knit 52 pairs of socks over the course of the next calendar year, starting June 1, 2009. Yeah right.... my chances are slim but with it being a ...

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First in a Series

Ulrike — Sat, 30 May 2009 21:44:00 +0000

It's about time I show off some of my spinning. This is a recent little spin of some SW Merino from one of my favourite Etsy dyers - FatCatKnits. I have a lot of fave sellers (aka dealers....) on Etsy but I sure like ...

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We're Going!!!

Ulrike — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:07:19 +0000

It's offical............. this summer our family vacation will make a little detour to Portland, Oregon. I wonder why? Well, heck yeah, to go to Sock Summit!!! It got a little crazy around class registration time and ...

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Template Woes

Ulrike — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:01:35 +0000

Dang, I just messed up my old template trying to switch to a new one - now I've lost all the edits I had made to the old template - like all the extra code, buttons, rings etc. Arrrgh. Ah well. Onward and upward. I'll try to recover what I ...

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My Finished Revontuli Shawl

Ulrike — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:32:00 +0000

I think I forgot to show of my finished Revontuli shawl. This was a great knit and I'm sure I will make at least one more of these lovely shawls.

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A Little Girl Turns into a Little Lady

Ulrike — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:30:00 +0000

As spring has sprung (and we're still getting pretty weird weather), we were very lucky to have a beautiful weather day on the Little Miss' first holy communion day. This was a special day for all of us and the whole school year to this point was spent preparing ...

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Fibres West

Ulrike — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:41:24 +0000

A little late, I know but here's a Fibres West update: Well, it was great. I really enjoyed being a vendor and had lots of fun meeting lots of cool people. How much more fun than being surrounded by people who love yarn ...

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Summer of 2006........

Ulrike — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:15:00 +0000

Now, here's an old UFO finally finished. I started this pair of socks in the summer of 2006, JR was just a baby, I was on mat leave, the Little Miss was probably still going to daycare......... so, I had quite a nice bit of time on my hands. I started Sivia ...

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The Stash

Ulrike — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:15:16 +0000

Well, since there's been all kinds of icky sickness spreading around our house and I'm sitting here, willing the Little Miss to go to sleep and we've had a bit more sunlight so I can take more pictures, I finally played catch-up on my Ravelry fibre and yarn stash. ...

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