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Donita2017 Reflection

My theme for 2017 was to "Maintain My Groovy Self".  Maintaining what we've been working towards the last few years proved more challenging than we anticipated when I chose this focus.  But I'm so glad that we did.  Because we didn't have crazy ambitious goals and timelines in our minds, we were better able to… Continue reading Donita2017 Reflection

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Donita2017 Q4 – The Home stretch

Well, it's time to shut 2017 down.  You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. I knit up a cowl for the hubs, to match a hat he made himself a few years ago.  This was my first time knitting with Briar Rose Fibers yarn and this base was SO squishy and… Continue reading Donita2017 Q4 – The Home stretch

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Donita2017 Q3

Summer has gone and fall has come.  It's finally sweater weather and I couldn't be more happy about it! First up in July, I finished a top (that I started in May), because I finally found a pattern that I could use this yarn for! And I used EVERY. LAST. BIT. July is Tour de… Continue reading Donita2017 Q3

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"That’s gonna be a fascinating transition!"

Tour de Fleece 2017 was a win! Since yellow makes me look dead, I'll post about it here instead of getting a yellow ANYTHING, let alone a jersey right next to my face. Tour de Fleece is a "competition" that runs concurrently with the Tour de France.  The idea is that every day that the… Continue reading "That’s gonna be a fascinating transition!"

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Donita2017 – Q2 update…up late

Well, since it's halfway through August, it only makes sense that I finally give you an update on how spring went, right?Q2 kicked my butt - I'm not even gonna try to be nice about it.  It was rough.  I was so ready for it to be over, it's not even funny.  There were a… Continue reading Donita2017 – Q2 update…up late

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Donita2017 – Q1 update

Here we are, the end of the first quarter of 2017.   While I've been short on words the last few months, I've not been short on FOs.  I've finished 3 sweaters in 3 months!  It's crazy! I decided that I really had so many nice sweater quantities of yarn, with so many nice patterns… Continue reading Donita2017 – Q1 update

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Donita 2017: Maintain My Groovy Self

I had a beloved professor in undergrad who regularly told her students to "Maintain your groovy selves!"  or, once we knew her lingo, just "Maintain!" Just picturing her technicolor post-its and marker notes on assignments now makes me smile. When I sat down to think about goals for this coming year and what theme to… Continue reading Donita 2017: Maintain My Groovy Self