the everyday adventures of sabrina

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perhaps what i shall do next is make up a pattern for a knitted car toy, to celebrate my car being paid off. of course, the final car payment won’t go through until tomorrow, i don’t think, but nothing says i can’t start this evening if i feel like making something up. i have indigo […]

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i believe that i am highly critical of other drivers, but that that’s okay because cars are very capable of causing death. i believe in the manual transmission. i believe in using my turn indicators scrupulously, even in parking lots. i believe that heated front seats are the best automotive accessory invented since the rear […]

some finished objects

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often when i get up from my knitting on the couch, i return to find that one cat or the other has been keeping my spot warm. kiyoshi is particularly resistant to being moved when he steals my spot. there’s meowing. there’s climbing back up before i get a chance to sit down. there’s resentful […]

i have finished something!

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three somethings, actually: first off, the easy one: the two-tasselled hat, from hip to knit. this is actually my second try at this hat — the first time, i had this gorgeous, gorgeous, amazingly soft, fabulous yarn, an alpaca/mohair blend, deep maroon, so nice … and so soft that the design virtually disappeared. (that is, […]