30 Sep
And I even wove in my ends ahead of time! Now that is an accomplishment if you ask me.
I really did want to get this front off the needles this weekend, but I wasn’t sure it could be done since I have been studying more than knitting. I am very pleased it is [...]
28 Sep
Apparently to change your name back after a divorce, you must have that written in the divorce decree. He has to “give you permission” to take back your maiden name. Never have I heard something so ridiculous. So, my options are, get the divorce amended by the judge, keep my name the same, or go [...]
27 Sep
I am changing my last name back to my maiden name. I have made this decision for a variety of reasons. Firstly, I like my maiden name! Also, my married name is boring. Secondly, I think it is not good to be tied even in name to this person I have divorced. His life is [...]
25 Sep
It has been a few days since I posted anything, mostly because there has been a severe lack of knitting updates to post! I’d prefer not to keep boring everyone with updates on the project that must not be named so I am waiting to get the front off the needles. Only 10 more centimeters [...]
21 Sep
You scored as Captain Jack Sparrow,You are definitely quirky and often mistaken for mad but if anyone is truly paying attention they can see there is method to your madness. You try really hard to be bad but in the end you tend to do the right thing.
What kind of Pirate are you?
created with [...]
21 Sep
That are not my own but that I found interesting, touching, or just plain amusing.
From Fast Food Pharmacy
A post about nutrition and the state of our collective health.
From Yarn Harlot
A post about New Orleans, be sure to read all the way down to the part about the bottle tree.
From Slurpee
This post just cracked me [...]
20 Sep
But I can still brag!!!
Favorite coworker made this for a friend who just had a baby. It is beautiful! She claims she hasn’t knitted in a long time but … does that perfectly even basket weave look like someone who doesn’t know what she is doing? I don’t think so! [...]
20 Sep
I’ve nothing exciting to post about. Not much knitting has been done due to class last evening. Not to mention the only project on the needles besides a baby hat is the sweater and I have already posted a fair amount of pictures of that. So now for some random things.
I aced [...]
19 Sep
Yes, I got my knitpicks harmony needles. I have never used knitpicks needles before, the options needles being metal were never a temptation. I cannot and will not use metal needles. They don’t work with the issues with my hands. So little did I know about the wonder that is knitpicks needles. These are not [...]
18 Sep
It is not easy!
So significant other loves to cook with someone. He is a terrific cook, which is great for me, but up until lately I have just let him do all the cooking. This is for a couple of reasons. First, I grew up cooking meat, and he has been vegetarian (though sometimes eating [...]
17 Sep
Alice Starmore must be brilliant. Her designs are stunning. How I am enjoying the project that must not be named. Take a look! Click to enlarge. Of course having a sick kid means more knitting time since she is taking a super long nap. I don’t want to wake [...]
17 Sep
My daughter is sick. We have had a real run of health lately so I suppose we are past due. She has a cold and a cough and we are headed to the Dr. today.
This weekend, she kept telling me “Mommy, my feelings get hurt when I cough.” I didn’t really understand what she was [...]
15 Sep
So, I was browsing my tag surfer lamenting the fact that I haven’t a swift when I came across Jennifer. She suggests an ingenious yarn swift so I quickly tried one of my own. Took a few lamps and a few shades before I got a perfect fit but, gosh, it did work [...]
13 Sep
Yup, my knitpicks order came in today. The Rhubarb color will be for the spanish christening blanket. Can’t wait to get started! The green is for a top secret not to be mentioned project. I have 30 days from today to complete it. Can anyone guess what it might be?
13 Sep
Mom’s entrelac scarf is done. You do realize this means I have ONLY one project left on the needles, a project I don’t anticipate working on ’till after christmas?!
This of course means I will be casting on furiously in an attempt to get more Christmas knitting done.
I aced another quiz last night, so anyone with [...]
12 Sep
With the first commission I completed, I bought a ball winder. I am contemplating getting a yarn swift with my earnings from my next 2 commissions. The ball winder is fantastic but my 3 yr old daughter doesn’t have the strength or attention span to be my own personal yarn swift. (Poor kid starts out [...]
12 Sep
Let’s hope this attempt fits the intended recipients. Done back and forth through chart then I knit the rest in the round. Saved me a bit of seaming. Colorwork is much better on this one.
11 Sep
I modified the knitty broadripple pattern for an 11 yr old girl. Looks a little tight on this foot but that might be because it is being modeled by little girl’s grandmother. I took out one pattern repeat and adjusted everything accordingly. Not too shabby. Will look better on intended recipient’s foot!
Oh, yarn details, I [...]
11 Sep
It is cold here. Quite cold. To the tune of 58F all day yesterday. I sent my daughter to school in jeans and a long sleeve shirt with a hat but no jacket. That seemed OK in the morning but it just got colder.
It is also that time of the year where you don’t think [...]
10 Sep
Yes, I joined another lace mystery knit. I loved MS3 and couldn’t quite resist. I don’t honestly think I will have the proper amounts of time to devote to it but I love to knit something when I don’t know what it will look like in the end.
Saturday, I believe I mentioned, I went to [...]
10 Sep
My readers will get sick of hearing about weight loss triumphs but they will just have to deal!
Today I fit in pants I have been waiting a year to get in. Nice linen pants handed down to me last year by Knitter Aunt who does not have the saddle bag problem I do but [...]
9 Sep
How sad am I? I just go to my local yarn shop this weekend and get a whole bunch more bamboo needles for new projects and then I see knitpicks has these???
the prettiest wooden needles ever
Oh the beauty! And the tips look pointier, and they are cheaper, than what I just bought. [...]
8 Sep
I just found these projects as I was going through baby clothes to come up with some to send to Mali.
6 Sep
He’d be more than happy to make such an announcement and that he was unaware of the issue. I am thrilled, I am glad I chose to address it rather than let myself seethe every Wednesday night.
6 Sep
I finally got the call from a dear friend who is pregnant. She has finally picked out the colors of the nursery. I had decided early on to knit her a shawl to use as a blanket. We chose this pattern from Folk Shawls:
We emailed back and forth a bit, I sent [...]
6 Sep
I sent a message to my professor today:
I am currently attending your class on Wednesday evenings. I am wondering if you would be willing to say something to the class about the use of cell phones. Yesterday evening during class there were 3 students around me all receiving text messages and replying to them during [...]
6 Sep
Yeah, I aced it. We went over the answers as soon as we handed in our papers. I got all of them correct. I won’t be dropping that quiz
5 Sep
Yesterday I watched a news broadcast I found deeply disturbing. I have been trying to gather my thoughts since then as I have been thinking about this for some time. I am going to do my best to present this as logically as possible and we will see if it leads to some [...]
5 Sep
So some circumstances have suddenly made school and studying a much larger challenge. Suddenly I have my daughter at all times now, and I am finding that poetry is not something that I can study with distractions. Even if my daughter is playing quietly, it isn’t quiet enough for me to concentrate properly and be [...]
4 Sep
Sometimes life is drama-full and sometimes life is easy. This weekend felt more full of drama but let’s not dwell on that shall we? Instead we will talk of light things.
I bought a lawnmower. On Friday. I have been using a weed trimmer to mow my entire lawn all summer long. [...]
