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Mambocat's Knitting Asylum: 03/01/2005 - 04/01/2005

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Knitting, life in the animal sheltering business, cats, dogs, herpetology, sheep, handspinning, the daily culture report, and other arcana. Sunday, March 27, 2005. One for you, nineteen for me . yeah, yeah, I'm the tax man .". Those of you who remember those lines may smile nostalgically. Those of you not old enough to remember can Google for "Beatles lyrics.". I am about halfway through the handpainted lace shawl and I am quite pleased with the results so far. Not being naturally inclined toward dai...

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Mambocat's Knitting Asylum: 10/01/2003 - 11/01/2003

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Knitting, life in the animal sheltering business, cats, dogs, herpetology, sheep, handspinning, the daily culture report, and other arcana. Sunday, October 19, 2003. Avoiding the Frump Factor: a short editorial on shawls and stoles . Shawls and stoles have made a huge comeback as accesory items in the past several years, and it's a real pleasure to see so many good designs which don't make the wearer look like a geriatric flu patient. The primary rule of thumb, when considering wool or acrylic with regar...

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Mambocat's Knitting Asylum: 09/01/2005 - 10/01/2005

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Knitting, life in the animal sheltering business, cats, dogs, herpetology, sheep, handspinning, the daily culture report, and other arcana. Thursday, September 29, 2005. I need to steer away from storm reportage for a while and get back to knitting. I have received by personal e-mail the following unsolicited questions from one Kelly Rice of New York who informs me that cross-interviewing is popular amongst those who blog. Having never been interviewed about my blog before, I'll give it a whirl. Seriousl...

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Mambocat's Knitting Asylum: 06/01/2005 - 07/01/2005

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Knitting, life in the animal sheltering business, cats, dogs, herpetology, sheep, handspinning, the daily culture report, and other arcana. Monday, June 27, 2005. Employees of the Month at New Blue Moon Designs. Mambocat has launched her own pattern design company:. New Blue Moon Designs. I hope to have a small commercial website available by fall 2005 for pattern sales. Patterns will not be sold on this blog. This is where the design process happens. I'm very proud of my Quality Control department.

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Mambocat's Knitting Asylum: 07/01/2005 - 08/01/2005

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Knitting, life in the animal sheltering business, cats, dogs, herpetology, sheep, handspinning, the daily culture report, and other arcana. Friday, July 29, 2005. Rx For Summertime Blues - New Baton Rouge LYS. Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do, but there ain't no cure for the summertime blues.". S online forum, KnitU. Outside, the summertime blues hit hard. Here's what I like to do to rally up some knitting enthusiasm during the hottest weeks of summer:. Go hang out at the nearest yarn store. The ow...

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Mambocat's Knitting Asylum: 08/01/2003 - 09/01/2003

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Knitting, life in the animal sheltering business, cats, dogs, herpetology, sheep, handspinning, the daily culture report, and other arcana. Sunday, August 31, 2003. What Does "Mambocat" mean? I must admit that I am cheered to already have an e-mail from my new blog, this one asking the meaning of "Mambocat.". Cats are women in little fur coats. Dogs are men in little fur coats." - Author unknown. Time spent with cats is never wasted." - Oscar Wilde. Call your veterinarian immediately. This is a very simp...

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Mambocat's Knitting Asylum: 08/01/2005 - 09/01/2005

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Knitting, life in the animal sheltering business, cats, dogs, herpetology, sheep, handspinning, the daily culture report, and other arcana. Tuesday, August 23, 2005. This summer started, and is coming to an end, with shawls. The summer started happily. Dad had a new pacemaker and was doing well, I had a conference and thus a rare chance to travel, and I was working on a bold, red shawl of my own design in lace. I look at certain item and not only do I recall exactly what was happening in my life when.

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Mish Mash ... etc.: August 2013

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My life, my family, my hobbies. and a few stray thoughts. Thursday, August 29, 2013. Cotton Yarn on My Charka. I haven't been able to spin lately due to some back problems. I'm actually thinking of an electric spinning wheel to cut out the need for treadling, but in the mean time I thought I might give my charka a try with spinning wool. After I took the single off I began to ply it back on itself into a 2 ply yarn. Now I am wondering if that is a how you ply cotton! Just look at the difference! First, I...

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Mambocat's Knitting Asylum: 05/01/2005 - 06/01/2005

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Knitting, life in the animal sheltering business, cats, dogs, herpetology, sheep, handspinning, the daily culture report, and other arcana. Tuesday, May 03, 2005. Reelin' in the Years . Of course this provides a lot of knitting time, but doctor-waiting-knitting, for me at least, needs to be a pick-it-up, put-it-down project like Yer Basic Sock, lest one bungle a gracious lace swirl when one leaps up out of a stupor when the nurse calls out your name. Today I learned that:. 1 I am stressed out. Apparently...