Loser
I am currently engaged in an epic battle of wills. I am losing. This is somewhat disappointing, as my opponent is InDesign. InDesign, being a (more or less) inanimate object, should not be able to win out against me, a real live thinking breathing human being with more or less [...]
Rip-rippity-rip-rip-rip
Every now and then someone asks me how it is that all my knitting comes out so well. After I've stopped laughing, I assure them that it doesn't. Not really at all. An amazing percentage of my knitting comes out exceptionally badly. Probably a higher percentage than of your knitting. [...]
Instant Gratification
I don't knit scarves. Any attempt to knit a scarf is met with boredom and then despair. I don't have the necessary fortitude to make a giant rectangle of unending sameness. Cowls, yes. I can even see a shawl (especially one of the charming asymmetrical ones). But not scarves. So [...]
Encouraging
So you guys are awesome. Your reassurance on the matter of Yard (and our general neglect of) were tremendously helpful. The gentleman from the company who did our patio three years ago came out. He was not judgmental. He did not administer some sort of horticultural pop quiz. He did [...]
Knitting Props En Masse
The image collections on the Library of Congress' website are an endless source of entertainment. And, just as important, I can convince myself they're educational (as opposed to the collections of adorable baby animals or kittens doing amusing things that also seem to flourish on the internet, which are also [...]
Milestones
I think I've explained before that writing books isn't either as linear or as quick a process as I initially thought. It goes in loops, at least for me. There's a general process for each project. There's some variation, but it usually goes something like this: pick yarn get yarn [...]
Bad at Yard
We are bad at yard. Amazingly astonishingly alarmingly bad at yard. This is especially embarrassing since our lot is tiny. Like 35 feet across, 100 feet deep type tiny (and that's total...the house plops down in the middle and eats up most of that space, the driveway and garage get [...]
Deceptively Adorable
The hat is done...washed, blocked, and otherwise prepped. It is totally and completely adorable. That is, it is totally and completely adorable when I have it on my head. It looks rather goofy and lumpy when on Alphonse the handy hat form. For you see, Alphonse is about the size [...]
A Pack of Filthy Lies
I had the best of intentions. I have about two thirds of a hat...two thirds of what I am increasingly sure will be a cute hat. I have the firm desire to show you this partial hat. But you see, I also have three nefarious kitten overlords, a tendency to [...]
Giveaway
The fine folks at knitcircus have a copy of The Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet to give away. If you think you might just possibly be able to find a home for such a thing, head over that direction and follow their directions. As for me, I'll be back soon (hopefully tomorrow [...]
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