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So this was it. You take a wrong step and you end up wearing yesterday's underwear, sitting on the carpet trying to teach yourself how to knit. And even that doesn't work. She never expected it to be so hard. Life.

Kate Jacobs

So this was it. You take a wrong step and you end up wearing yesterday's underwear, sitting on the carpet trying to teach yourself how to knit. And even that doesn't work. She never expected it to be so hard. Life.

Tags: knitting, life, twenty something

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About Kate Jacobs

Kate Jacobs (born January 11, 1959, in Alexandria, Virginia, United States) is an American singer-songwriter.