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Maggi

Virginia, USA

Stitcher, sister, poet, parent, professional communicator

Interests: . . . Americana music, amethyst glass, ACC basketball, China, deviled eggs, film, hand-crafted jewelry, Italy, knitting, lyric poetry, mice, North Carolina, quilts . . .

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More Alabama Chanin makes

When the weather turns warm, I lean into the hand stitching and away from the knitting needles (but not completely). This summer I added three Alabama Chanin garments to the wardrobe. They go quick when they are one layer and... Continue reading

Posted Jan 28, 2018 at maggistitches

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Alas, as I am late making this post, I'm mostly just offering a list for posterity. I'm including Ravelry links for projects that are detailed there, even if they have been documented on the blog or worn in last year's... Continue reading

Posted Jan 28, 2018 at maggistitches

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Hengyang County SWI

We arrived by bullet train in Hengyang at the same time as Sophie, the travel agency boss who'd be our guide because the local guide's child was sick. So good to meet the person I'd planned our trip with! After... Continue reading

Posted Jul 31, 2016 at Hot for the Homeland

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Work that wok, heave that cleaver

Wednesday we all got up and went to the Cloud 9 cooking school above the Cloud 9 Restaurant in Yangshuo. A wok on a gas burner awaited each of us, with shared oils, sauces and spices between each pair. First... Continue reading

Posted Jul 30, 2016 at Hot for the Homeland

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Gorgeous Guilin

Guilin indeed amazes and deserves whatever designation it holds as a world wonder. Our flight from Hangzhou was about an hour late, getting us to the hotel at 10pm with a 7:45 morning call for departure to the Li River... Continue reading

Posted Jul 28, 2016 at Hot for the Homeland

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Sizzlin' Saturday

Since it was so hot outside we decided we would get some Popsicles. We went up to the stand to look at the flavors and saw that the Popsicles were shaped like candy corn with rectangular catchers that looked like... Continue reading

Posted Jul 25, 2016 at Hot for the Homeland

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We are seated in Holly's Coffee across the street from our Hangzhou hotel enjoying the best air conditioning we've felt all week, as well as a de-iced caffe latte, mango smoothie and chamomile tea. The music is in English with... Continue reading

Posted Jul 24, 2016 at Hot for the Homeland

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Shanghai Ocean Aquarium

When we finally got in the aquarium after standing in the ticket line for 15 minutes in 100 degrees, we just looked for somewhere to sit and cool off. This place started out really dumb, then it got better. The... Continue reading

Posted Jul 22, 2016 at Hot for the Homeland

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Here we are in Shanghai, taking a midday break from the 115-degree heat index after our morning outing to the Bund and the aquarium. I have to say, it tickles me to look around our decent sized room at the... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2016 at Hot for the Homeland

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Li River preview

My friend Michele sent me this link to a 3-min aerial video of the river cruise. We won't be shooting video, but will have photos next week! Stunning China (UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Guilin and Yangshuo) from Aerial Entertainment... Continue reading

Posted Jul 19, 2016 at Hot for the Homeland

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Here we go again!

Betsy, Caroline & I leave Wednesday for Shanghai, our first stop on our second heritage tour. We'll stay there for a few days, getting our time zones changed and exploring an international city on our own. On Sunday we'll pop... Continue reading

Posted Jul 18, 2016 at Hot for the Homeland

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#MeMadeMay 2016

Last year I was late to discover the hashtagged movement to wear something from one's own hands every day in May. This year I am giving it a go – although I am not posting daily pix on Instagram. Many... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2016 at maggistitches

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I read some books in 2015

I've been meaning to note via Goodreads the dozen or so volumes I completed in the last calendar year. Not that the record there will go away, but this is sort of a more accessible archive. (In some cases I... Continue reading

Posted Feb 25, 2016 at maggistitches

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Alabama Chanin Verd T

[Ooops, there went another three months!] As I was last writing, after warming up with several recycled-T garments, I was ready in summer to spring for an honest-to-God DIY kit straight from the Florence HQ. This would be the perfect... Continue reading

Posted Feb 16, 2016 at maggistitches

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I'm not talking about six months ago ~ I'm talking about six years and six months ago, when I met Natalie Chanin in 2009. Why did I not blog about the encounter then? Who the heck knows? I've certainly spent... Continue reading

Posted Nov 13, 2015 at maggistitches

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Welcome Back, Knitter - year 2

This is the second installment of a two-year catch-up on the knitting side of what I've been up to while absent from this blog ~ Mess o'Mitts This time last year I was in the throes of knitting a series... Continue reading

Posted Nov 5, 2015 at maggistitches

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Welcome Back, Knitter – year 1

Taking a cue from my friends Ann & Kay over at Mason-Dixon Knitting, I'm returning from blog hiatus. Honestly, I don't really know what happened. Life, I guess. I've got no better excuse for a two-year lapse, but I know... Continue reading

Posted Nov 2, 2015 at maggistitches

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Book brief: The Lacuna

Like all the women in post-war America, I fell in love with Mexamerican author Harrison Shepherd, to whom Barbara Kingsolver gives some mighty writing chops in this 2009 novel. Frida & Diego, Trotsky, and stenographer Violet Brown have their own... Continue reading

Posted Nov 17, 2013 at maggistitches

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Doctor's orders

Last Sunday as I was changing clothes, I felt a lump in my breast. Or so I thought, given my fibro-cysto pair of lumpy little boobies. I didn't panic, but I didn't want to ignore the unusual either. Luckily, I'd... Continue reading

Posted Nov 3, 2013 at maggistitches

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In Praise of Ravelry

While this began as a knitting blog, not every reader nowadays is versed in the vast online arena of that craft. So you may not know of Ravelry.com, a website where two million of us browse patterns, show off projects,... Continue reading

Posted Oct 26, 2013 at maggistitches

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Book brief: Night Film

Marisha Pessl's sophomore novel, Night Film, is a hot ticket; I had to keep it hostage from the library to finish it, and my $1.50 in fines for the nearly three extra weeks was more than worth the book's wild... Continue reading

Posted Sep 25, 2013 at maggistitches

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Movie minute: The Spectacular Now

This is a sweet, thoughtful film ~ with an awesome Tumblr that I just discovered, featuring images from ALL the coming-of-age films ever. I did not know that The Spectacular Now was based on a National Book Award finalist (by... Continue reading

Posted Sep 25, 2013 at maggistitches

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Unexpected bequest

Shortly before we left on vacation in August, I received a surprising piece of mail – a letter that included a check from the estate of a dear family friend who had died earlier this year. Her niece and executor... Continue reading

Posted Sep 25, 2013 at maggistitches

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Medomak bucket list

What I did last week at family camp (in no particular order): hit the bullseye built a bat box biked an island rode a ferry roasted a marshmallow rowed a scull milked a cow paddled a canoe sang Happy Birthday... Continue reading

Posted Aug 23, 2013 at maggistitches

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Mitered Crosses for my mighty brother

I never thought I would knit blankets that weren't baby gifts, but my friends at Mason-Dixon Knitting inspired me to make my first, second, and now third. When Kay designed the pattern in 2011, based on the cover quilt from... Continue reading

Posted Aug 10, 2013 at maggistitches

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