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[thereyougothen]

fucking fucking fuck fuck
I had just about got the boys to sleep, had sung myself hoarse, but they were settling.
when the fucking builder rings the fucking doorbell to hand me a fucking sheet of paper/.

now i have two wide awake children and not even a vestige of patience left.

where's the gin?

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[eris-devotee.livejournal.com]

hey there, the post in a_twistedstitch was deleted, but here was my response to you:
Oh, cool. Well, my first and favorite solution is a modified sc-reduce stitch shown here (http://www.weirdmirror.org/instruction/scred2.htm).

Technically speaking, this is really a sc-hdc cluster worked over 2 stitches. And then, on the next row (after you turn your piece), you pick up the "extra" loop created by the hdc and work underneath it and into the stitch.

This does several things... it spreads the reduction out over the height of 2 rows, so you get less of a pinched effect. Adding the loop also helps to fill in the gapped area that can get created. And the last step on the return row makes it a well-secured fabric without bits that could catch on stuff.

[thereyougothen.livejournal.com]

thanks! your site is great BTW - I'd seen your patterns but not the stitch guide before.

i've been admiring your spiderweb skirt, but figured since i have enough hips for two women that it might not be for me, then i see tonight that you have it in my size. might just have a go after all!

thanks again for the tip. are you self taught? I am, but have a long way to go I guess!

[red-dawn.livejournal.com]

now you understand how i felt every single chuffing night of the week in niddrie