Sarah Jane Humke

The life of a traveling, reading, writing, spining and knitting shepherdess.

I have several thank you’s that I need to make for people who have donated sock yarn leftovers to the massive undertaking that is my sock yarn blanket. First off there is Tini, who sent me a great package with some sock yarn, beads and some candy.  Always a good combo! Then I also got …

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Since I am pretty sure that she doesn’t read this (at least not in anything close to real-time) due to having an extremely active toddler in the house, I feel that I can post pictures of these without any major repercussions.  It might even be a good thing given how the UK and US postal …

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So, the application is done and dusted and sent off to Imperial College to pore-over and now I get to work on a few things.  I didn’t really feel right blogging too much when I had this application looming over my head, like a great e-sword of Damocles.  However, it is done and there is …

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So, I have been working on some sock yarn projects the past week.  One is a beginning and one is a finishing (finally!). I guess that I will start with the end.  I finally (Praise Yarn!) finished my first pair of socks!  I finished knitting the first sock some time ago but then never finished …

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So on Monday I got yet another package from my lovely friend Tini this time containing all of her leftover bits of sock yarn.  I am planning on knitting this blanket when, well, I don’t know what will have to happen to make it start…  But I am planning on it as it is totally …

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