Addicted to Knitting

I realize I lost alot of drop in readers since moving so I decided to post here.
My new address is www.martisstory.blogspot.com
I hope you will visit me there!

I decided to move over to blogger. I want to head a new direction with this and it not all knitting related. Most of it will be about how He is changing my heart. Therefore I am starting anew. If you are interested head on over. Hope to see you there!
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Someone other than me……
They started out so well.

I have ripped and reknit the one mitten several times. My guage is close. But the mittens run small… and so I will have to start over from the beginning….sigh

compare to the ones I made 2 years ago

I redo the mittens in the round. I know one thing. [...]

I am doing really well on the mittens. I wish I would have knit them in the round. It seems like that would have been much smarter but then I wouldn’t be following the vintage pattern. I found some  great sites for duplicate knitting. http://getting-stitched-on-the-farm.blogspot.com/2006/10/duplicate-stitch-tutorial-for-years-i.html and http://knittingincolor.blogspot.com/2004/06/ive-been-having-some-sleep-problems-so.htmlI am rather excited about this. The possibilites are [...]

Wow is life ever busy! It seems like I can’t catch my breath at times. Other times it’s like the clock stopped. I hope to get organized with school, home and work soon. It was my 2nd FP meeting yesterday. I actually lost a little weight- wonders never cease since I didn’t do well on [...]

This is Remus. He is my personal kitty. WE have 4 cats, 2 of them are kittens and this is my favorite. He was  left behind our local chamber of commerce with his brothers, all taped in a box with no holes in it. I foster kittens for our local Friends of Felines and this [...]

We didn’t have an official weigh in. Not till next meeting but I weighed myself anyway. Not a nice number.     Here are some pictures my dd took of me.

I am posting these to remind myself of what I look like. I have a tshirt my daughter bought me that is too small and some jeans [...]

Today I am beginning a new way of life. I am sick of being fat. Yes fat! I am classified as being grossly morbidly obese. Not a pretty sound. I am off to start First Place for health! Will tell you all about it later!

I can’t believe how fast this week flew by. Even being sick didn’t slow it down. Monday I went to class and was fine. Took apart a computer completely (with a partner) and put it back together. It booted so that was great. After class I went by a thrift store ( one of my [...]

The weekend certainly flew right by me! I spent a good deal of my time cleaning. I wiped down all my walls with the swiffer. what a tool! I am trying to get organized and that is not easy. I have let things go for to long. I am thankful for my cleaning job that [...]