Sadly, it is not done, even though it looks it!
Archive for February, 2008
28 Feb
Fleece artist merino sliver
I started this on a drop spindle, which accounts for one end of it being a bit slubby. 85 yards of merino sliver. It will probably become socks for the bug.
I didn’t particularly like the color while I was spinning it, but it has turned out to be a very nice subtle color. Will the [...]
28 Feb
John’s hat
So, my cousin John asked my grandmother for a hat. That was 4 yrs ago. He hasn’t gotten the hat, my grandmothers hands hurt when she knits. So when I saw him at the wedding, he asked me to make him a hat. I thought that would be a fun and [...]
27 Feb
Is this how you ask?
Today I received an email at work sent to the entire department:
“Hello,
Yesterday i lost a silver watch with multicolored jewels on it at the *building name removed* or around the outside of the building walking to the street. if anyone has seen it i would like it back. “
Is this how you ask? No “please” [...]
26 Feb
Hummus
I have perfected my hummus recipe. And J tells me that it is completely authentic.
I started with a recipe that my Aunt made a couple years back when I visited. I have been tweaking it since then, and have finally hit the mark.
I use a food processor, I put all the ingredients in and turn [...]
25 Feb
A combo yarn
I made this half on my old wheel and half on the new one. I guess you could say this is my “get used to the new wheel” yarn. It wants to go around the collar of a sweater.
Now I am working on an 80% merino 20% silk roving from tempted yarns. I am telling [...]
25 Feb
50K headache
J’s BMW has now been dubbed the 50K headache. Why anyone would own one of these cars I will never understand. Yes it drives nice. Yes it is quiet and smooth and roomy. Yes I heart the butt warmer so much that he won’t let me use it in the evenings. [...]
25 Feb
What would you do part II
I have come to the conclusion that what bothers me most about this issue is not the fact that I haven’t forgiven said person, I think I have. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t be able to completely forget about it in between contact. It would eat at me and make me irritable when I thought [...]
22 Feb
What would you do?
Say 10 yrs ago you helped someone out with some money issues, on the assumption that you would be paid back. This person consequently did not pay you back and it was to the tune of $1,500 to 2K. When you confronted said person about it, they basically made it seem like they were entitled [...]
21 Feb
For Nana
Bug wanted to show you…
She did this all on her own. She traced “kitten” and then wrote it herself.
I did not help, I was at the spinning wheel.
21 Feb
Candidate found guilty of faking disappearance
I caught this story this morning on Good Morning America as I was spinning and waiting to go to work. If you don’t want to wade through the whole article, the overview is that Gary Dodds, a former congressional candidate in NH, was found guilty of faking his disappearance to gain attention for his languishing [...]
20 Feb
More spinnerly news
So in the last post, I mentioned that I sold my wheel. Don’t get me wrong, I loved that wheel! It worked well, and was great to learn on. But at the speed I picked it up I thought maybe I could get a different wheel if I sold the first. [...]
20 Feb
Drop spindle
So….I decided to give a spinning speech at school. I thought it would be a great instructional speech. Then I sold my wheel. (Don’t panic, it was for a good reason, I’ll get back to that.) So realizing that it would be fairly difficult to give a spinning demonstration without a [...]
18 Feb
Without a doubt…
This is the prettiest sock I have ever knit!
I only have one though…..a second one will be done soon enough.
18 Feb
Diva Baby Blanket
So…progress has been made. See this big blob? It is the body of the blanket with all stitches around the outside picked up and knit to begin the border.
Here is where knitpicks options are worth their weight in gold…the directions tell me to put all the border stitches on a scrap piece of [...]
14 Feb
Spoiled Rotten Bug
Nick got to meet the Bug when we were out for the wedding. He brought her the cutest little toy which he had made himself. A wooden duck on wheels. It even waddles!
We joke that Bug named the duck “No.”
So apparently that was a fun little project, even fun enough to get [...]
13 Feb
Valentines day hat
These are, perhaps, the worst pictures of my knitting I have ever taken. But it is done.
13 Feb
Keeping myself honest
Awhile back I wrote a bit about my weight loss journey. I had some fears of gaining a bunch back over the winter. Luckily that hasn’t happened, I’ve put on about 5 pounds overall, but am still down significantly from where I started.
I certainly could use some more exercise. The weather out here is COLD [...]
13 Feb
Promised pictures
The BS Johnson hat with the complete cabled band, completed at school last night and kitchenered together this morning at about 1 AM while the Bug was up sick.
And my modified branching out scarf, very little done, mostly just seeing how it will work out.
I have yet to take pictures of SotSii, I haven’t [...]
12 Feb
Oops I did it again.
Yes, I started yet another project. J has been bugging me to knit him a hat. I have not done so because I cannot find a pattern that I think he would be enchanted with, and that would fit his rather large head topped with too much hair.
Yesterday I can across this. I was completely [...]
10 Feb
My stick with holes.
I needed something to help organize my circular knitting needles.
Nick to the rescue!
He made me a stick, with holes in it. I labeled the holes with transparent labeling tape.
See that leather strap? Know where it comes from? HA! Nicks pants! That gives me quite a laugh.
And here it is [...]
10 Feb
What does Shells eat?
Now that I do not eat much meat, I have found a few things that I think are so good that I rarely crave meat anymore.
First up, Tabbouleh. The first time I had it, I didn’t like it, the flavors were so very different from what I was used to. The second time, [...]
5 Feb
Fun stuff part II
Remember this from last year?
I thought it was time to update. I am well pleased with the more flattering results! At least I no longer look like various men.
5 Feb
SNOW DAY!
I have a snow day from school today. They canceled evening classes. I am well surprised but very pleased. It is like gaining a free evening. The trouble is, now I have no idea if we have a speech next class or not. Hopefully that information will be forthcoming.
This morning I got the Bug up. [...]
1 Feb
A few nice things
In the past couple of days, a few nice things have happened to me, which I want to highlight here.
The day the Bug and I flew back from the wedding, the midwest was bitterly cold. With wind chill it was -17 F and we could feel it hit us like a ton of bricks even [...]
