Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Nov 28, 2009, 7:49 am
Two months ago today (the 28th), my family got a new addition.  Luckily when I was in California, I had the chance to spend some time with her – Baby V is amazing. Mimi and I talked about doin...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Nov 22, 2009, 9:26 am
As you may recall, Kris and I are huge hockey fans. Kris has been in to it since he was a kid, and when we started dating in high school, I really got in to it too… and since we got married in ...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Nov 18, 2009, 10:00 am
Southern California offers some world-class museums and cultural institutions.  Since my own career is very closely aligned to these museums, libraries, and such, they are often at the top of my list...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Nov 15, 2009, 8:21 pm
… I figured I would let the photos do the talking …   Can you feel the magic of this amazing place?  Being in Joshua Tree National Park was a little slice of heaven.  Peaceful wi...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Nov 14, 2009, 9:55 am
We found a lovely hotel right next to Balboa Park in San Diego.  With a touch of jet lag, Kris and I woke up before dawn and got out into the Park for a nice long walk with the sunrise.  Our arrival...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Nov 12, 2009, 4:30 am
Ten days of blog dormancy… I usually set up some blog entries to post before I head out on a trip, but this trip came up so quickly that I didn’t have the chance to do that! Kris and I a...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Nov 2, 2009, 6:36 am
We made it all the way around the compass – spending two months with each cardinal direction theme!  …and my only question is:  where did all the time go? Looking back at my own PS proj...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Oct 27, 2009, 7:39 pm
The best way to unwind after a stressful day at work?  Sing-along to a fun poppy band on the drive home… and trying to get you husband to participate in the sing-along… “A-PunkR...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Oct 23, 2009, 5:10 am
I am in a mad dash to finish my sister’s cardigan by the time I leave for California next week… not too much more to do before I finish – a quarter of a sleeve, the collar, and the b...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Oct 20, 2009, 8:47 pm
The foods of fall and winter are full of aromatic spices – warming the belly and warming the heart! Here’s some of the recent recipes from my kitchen: Fig-Smushed Anise Almond Cookies 1...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Oct 17, 2009, 8:42 am
Last month, I shared some of my photos from my “Year in Photos” (YIP) project.  Today is Day 44 of the year, and I am still on track!  I am happy that I have been able to stick with it t...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Oct 12, 2009, 6:25 pm
I’m going to need some new phrases for my titles relating to my Olympic sweater knitting… I have lots more knitting to do, and presumably a few more posts up my sleeve! As you know, I am...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Oct 8, 2009, 5:11 am
Many of us are familiar with the beautiful creations by the sock knitting “big names” like Anna Zilboorg, Nancy Bush*, Cat Bordhi, Lucy Neatby, Cookie A*, and the handful of other prolifi...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Oct 4, 2009, 4:55 pm
This is the first year when my two participatory “-alongs” have overlapped.  I tried to keep this separate before, with Project Spectrum ending in September before Socktoberfest began on ...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Oct 1, 2009, 5:44 am
Kick up those heels! It’s time for the FIFTH celebration of the month-long sock extravaganza! (My Whitby socks from a few years ago – warming my feet on the autumn evening!) Are you c...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Sep 30, 2009, 5:00 am
We’ve had a string of good days around here… a beautiful addition to the family in Baby V (Mom is on her way to California right now to meet her new grandbaby!) and then I also got good ne...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Sep 29, 2009, 11:00 am
As I was packing up the surprise goodies for Mimi’s baby shower (well, she knew about them, she just didn’t know they were going to be at the shower her friends threw for her!)  I though...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Sep 22, 2009, 5:00 am
… Resurrection day Hexagon panopoly Blankie for baby …   Komb Hexagon Blanket Pattern: Komb, Berroco book #249 (Keltic) Yarn: Jojoland Rhythm in M01 and M20 Needles: size US 7 O...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Sep 20, 2009, 11:13 am
…This post is going to sound like an infomercial… I just can’t help it. I made this WHOLE meal (excluding the lettuce, olives, and tomato) using one appliance! …and what wou...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Sep 17, 2009, 9:12 am
I have been lucky this summer to come upon some of the best fiction that I have read in years.  Like blow-me-away fiction.  Like “I had no idea what I was getting in to when I cracked that co...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Sep 13, 2009, 6:59 am
Fall Harvest Knit Baby Booties Originally uploaded by saganaga Experts say that if you do a task a certain number of times, it becomes a habit… and I have to agree, as I am beginning to feel ...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Sep 9, 2009, 7:28 pm
I have tried the whole “take a photo of yourself” every day for a year thing, and I have learned that I am just not cut out for that much face time in front of the camera… but I stil...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Sep 8, 2009, 3:23 pm
It’s those pauses in between when “life” happens… the pause between this activity and that one. The pause between the inhale and the exhale. The pause between placing one foot ...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Sep 5, 2009, 9:56 pm
The subtle changing of the seasons brings on a mad dash of figuring out how to stay on top of the marvelous bounty that our little garden provides… We pack a punch in a small space, for sure! ...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Sep 1, 2009, 7:15 pm
That little chill in the air… the small and gradual shift of the seasons… And a new theme for Project Spectrum! Looking WEST Color: Blue Material: Glass Season: Autumn Element: Water...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Aug 29, 2009, 10:56 am
I have been looking forward to this moment all week. Knitting on Kris’s Olympic pullover while the smell of the peach muffins bake in the oven. Peach and Pecan Muffins, adapted from The Vegan ...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Aug 24, 2009, 5:25 am
After finishing mom’s cardigan last week, my attempts at working on a project (either Mimi’s cardi or Kris’s sweater) have proven short-lived… This past week, I had to seize o...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Aug 20, 2009, 8:33 pm
Admit it:  You have been there… Watching a movie or a television program, and you are all into the story and the inner machinations of the characters and all of their dramas and struggles and ...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Aug 17, 2009, 7:54 pm
I don’t like to deliver late on my promises… luckily, mom did not seem to mind that her birthday cardigan was (ahem) four months late. Sienna Jacket Pattern: Interweave Knits, Fall 2006...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Aug 17, 2009, 7:39 am
After two counts – I wanted to be accurate after such an amazing outpouring by you all! – I have found the final yardage for the scraptacular yarny ball! 1973.3 yards ( +/- 1″) So,...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Aug 11, 2009, 10:18 am
So, this one was a biggie - LollyKnitting Around turned FIVE years old a few weeks ago (7/24) – and I didn’t really do anything about it.  I took several computer “fasts” for...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Aug 10, 2009, 9:51 am
Much like my eggplant revelation of summer 2008, it took me awhile to *warm up* to mushrooms.  I think it was just years of mismanagement in restaurants and various potluck dinners… I had just ...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Aug 7, 2009, 1:25 pm
My reading continues at a pretty alarming rate;  I am reading regular books, but have also taken to listening to several audiobooks to fit in some more knitting time.   Some of my favorite moments...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Aug 5, 2009, 7:00 am
Knit a row :: Eat a blueberry My mom’s Sienna cardigan received my undivided attention this past weekend.  I turned on an audiobook and knit two sleeves and a good portion of the body.  I too...
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Lauren Weinhold posted an article on Lolly Knitting Around - Jul 29, 2009, 2:15 pm
Finding balance – no matter what kind of balance it is:  emotionally, figuratively, financially, physically -  can be a difficult task.   There are complete self-help courses on finding th...
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