Better Than Yarn

So long, Blogdrive, hello Blogger!

That's right, readership!

After wrestling with the RSS feed issues, I've decided to migrate the blog over to Blogger. You can now find Better Than Yarn at:

http://betterthanyarn.blogspot.com

Now, there aren't e-mail notification options, but you can set up an RSS feed on your computer by doing the following:

1) Look at your address bar. It should look like this:

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The �IT� List

I mentioned before that I wasn't going to participate in the madness that is holiday knitting, and that my list of things to finish before December 25^th was limited to three items.

Item 1: The Top Secret Project

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Ravelry and RSS feeds

I don't speak much code, and the little code that I do know is stuff that I tripped over accident. So, after about 20 minutes of looking at other blogs' page source information, I managed to piece together an RSS feed for Better Than Yarn.

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Wet Dog Never Smelled So Good

We try to bathe the dogs at least once a month to keep them from smelling too dog-adelic. Playing at the park with other dogs doesn't help, but the once a month regimen seems to work well for everyone. Especially Niki, who loves to be toweled off. ... (more)

Birthday Insanity

November 22nd, Thanksgiving:

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A Day Off

It's my birthday.
There will be shopping, coffee, and excessive TV watching.
Party on.

Two-ply, or not two-ply?

For my birthday and Christmas gifts, Andrew is giving me 21 bumps of Crown Mountain Superwash merino roving. If you�ve been reading the blog this last year, you�ve seen bump after bump turn into yarn, and eventually socks. When the new colors went up, I used every last ounce of resistance that I had, and when the Minions ordered theirs, I did not order a single bump.

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Holidays and �It�

I�m not one of those nice knitters who knits for everyone. �Nice� isn�t really a word I would use to describe myself, but that�s a whole different story.

I went to Purlescence for movie night, and Tony read one of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee�s short bits from ... (more)

The Black Sock Project

Andrew and I have been together for a little over six years. In this time, we�ve both gone through some significant life changes. (Duh.) While we were folding a long-overdue load of handknit socks, I asked Andrew to pull out his favorites.

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The land in which customer service is king

I'll be honest with you- if I'm treated poorly in a store, I won't go back. Having learned the valuable lesson about financial independence at the ripe old age of six, I have always believed in the power of the consumer. [This lesson was courtesy of Auntie Wolf, which I'll likely post soon.] Good customer service always warrants praise; bad customer service warrants the dreaded word-of-mouth anecdotal kiss-of-death.

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