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Continue reading โ: AI-Enabled Knits: Getting StartedAs I embarked on this AI-enabled knitting project, I thought quite a bit about my goals for how AI can integrate into my life without violating any of my personal principles. First, I am incredibly sensitive to the risks that AI brings to the human world – job loss, creative…
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Continue reading โ: AI-Enabled Knits: What’s Possible?Before my recent career pause, I spent nearly 20 years working with technology teams on software projects. I landed in IT because of a natural curiosity and a desire to help others, and each job role I had focused on the people-side of technology (i.e. helping the people using and…
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Continue reading โ: Find or Flop? Amazon Prime Day 2025 ReviewsFor Amazon Prime Day this year, I purchased five knitting related items with the hopes that I could find quality, affordable supplies without driving an hour to a LYS (local yarn shop). I am happy to announce that I have finally had the opportunity to give the new items a…
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Continue reading โ: WIP LimitsLike people in general, knitters each have their own ways of doing things. For some, a basket of works-in-progress (WIPs) is an invitation to variety in their knitting lives, keeping things spicy in the midst of a slow craft like knitting. For others, such a basket is a visual reminder…
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Continue reading โ: Love & Care PackageIn daily life, the moments pass by so quickly, with little opportunity to show someone how much you love and care for them. One of my knitting philosophies is that the act of knitting produces a fabric infused with the energy that you bring to it. This concept focuses me…
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Continue reading โ: Prime Day 2025
I don’t always shop on Amazon’s annual Prime Day. Instead, I’ve simply considered myself lucky if I happen to stumble upon a deal when I was already shopping. But this year, with local yarn stores about an hour away, I’ve been in greater need of Amazon as a source for…
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Continue reading โ: Hazy PotentialThere is just something about the promise of a new yarn! The wrist warmers for my mom are officially in the hands of the postal service, and my hands have the privilege of starting a new project with Knitting for Olive‘s silk mohair and cotton merino. My only progress so…
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Continue reading โ: Starting OverHave you ever noticed a theme in your life? One that keeps hitting you over the head, screaming to be noticed? Well, the last few weeks (maybe months, maybe years) have continually reminded me that it is okay to stop, evaluate, and begin again. From career changes to moving states…
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Continue reading โ: Rest and ResetIt has been two weeks since my last post! My recent attention has been on other life endeavors, like some job hunting, rather than knitting and blogging. So, while I have a pair of wrist warmers (a project for my mother) on the needles, I have made slow progress, with…
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Continue reading โ: Me vs. Radish: Final ResultsThe Radish Crop Top began by taking a chance. For starters, the yarn was an impulse buy during my first trip to a nearby LYS. The pattern was hastily chosen from an internet search on my phone while shopping their selection, determined to find something to buy. Then, the row…
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