Hugs For Your Head

We have a completed project for April, folks - and something else that's fun. Are you sitting down? My short story, The Canadians, has been shortlisted for this year's Best Crime Short Story...

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Lately I've been reorganizing my bookshelves and enjoying the opportunity to browse through my copy of Elizabeth's Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac.  Also, making a tiny amount of progress o...

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Boy, this business of finishing a project every month is really motivational. Here's what was in one of the project bags I considered this week: You'll be shocked to know it's another Hatcow...

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I still haven't decided which project I want to finish this month, but while I've been thinking it over, I've been working diligently on the Christmas present socks.  Nothing like taking th...

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Happy Easter if you celebrate, and happy weekend if not! I am back and have finished my March Knit, as promised.  This one was tough to complete for so many reasons, but the biggest factor ...

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It's the hat on doom needles! I'm taking a vacation just to handle this one, but more on that later. The first step is figuring out how much farther I have to go, because I'm pretty sure I g...

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It's March now and for long walks I'm transitioning from handspun warmers over gloves to my thinner handwarmers. I've probably shown this pair before in beautiful hand-dyed yarn from Viola but th...

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Is television even much of a thing anymore? I feel like maybe we're old school here by streaming only some and not all of what gets watched around here. There's something about choosing from the ...

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It's February, and I've just finished a second project from my possibly five-year-old pile of in-progress knits! You might almost see a pattern forming here. Probably I can't keep this up al...

http://www.hugsforyourhead.com/2024/02/two-down-and-lot-to-go.html

I finished the second sock of the pair I showed you last week, but I haven't grafted the toes. Do you delay that sort of thing, I wonder? I find I need a total zen state to do kitchener stitch, w...

http://www.hugsforyourhead.com/2024/02/oh-look-sock-yarn.html

 ... but first, check out how well Amy is doing this week! I know, I could come up with a more original name if I tried even the tiniest bit. But isn't she adorable? I wonder if next week I...

http://www.hugsforyourhead.com/2024/02/there-is-knitting-i-promise.html

Check out the stems on my amaryllis friend! Compared to last Saturday, that's amazing. Especially since we had about 10 minutes of sun this past week, and not all at once either.  On the ...

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I totally forgot to bring my amaryllis out from the dark before Christmas, and I wasn't sure how it would do when I finally thought of it a week or so ago. But look! I was so in love with th...

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I hope you're not popping over to Hugs already in a state of overexcitement because... I finished these socks!! (okay, I still have to run in some ends, but we're basically there.) And they ...

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I am, as they say, 'without much time' today so I'll be popping non-knit images into this post. Like for example this one I quite like of bookmarks I use. Note the stamped tag from a skein of Vio...

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I'm a little early on this, but I'm wishing you well for 2024 and wouldn't it be nice if there was slightly less of the bad even if we don't get more good? Though I must show you one tiny bit of ...

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 I say 'at last', but I know that for many of us it's 'at last minute', and all about the things that still aren't done! For me this year the unfinished is not just the long-suffering knits...

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It's been years since I've been able to visit the property we maintain but I got out there this week, and I have pictures! I didn't take any of the interior of the shed we spent all year set...

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Hello, basket of warm winter accessories! Some of these are quick enough for last minute presents if you're in need of some, but I'm mostly showing them for fun. The weather is still mildish...

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Last year I was overwhelmed in the run-up to Christmas and it felt like one more chore to do. This year: BRING IT. I am so ready for the break, and I am all about the nostalgia. This is a mi...

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As promised, pictures of my completed IKEA build from last Saturday! Here's the view from my office door, looking at the work area as opposed to the Zoom Background area I showed a few weeks ago...

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It's Saturday and once again I am finding things while looking for something else. Specifically, my missing sock needles.  This is the cuff of a fingerless mitt I was making from sock yarn ...

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It's getting to be that magical cold-weather time of year where I live, and that means two things. I get to wear my beautiful handspun twined mittens, and I get to feel guilty about the matc...

http://www.hugsforyourhead.com/2023/11/making-adjustments.html

This week I reorganized my office, even to the point of moving out the velvet daybed so I could have an L-shaped desk to supplement my standing desk. Having just spent two days in there enjoying ...

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It's been a while since I shared a taste of my neighbours' Halloween decorating finesse, so you might need to brace yourselves. Some of these are scary! Starting small, here. Inflatable...

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