What Price Notes
Remember the slipper? The slipper from back in October? I found I wanted it to have a mate. So I grabbed the yarn, felt terribly clever that I'd packed the needles up with the yarn, and started knitting. Now, I wasn't quite clever enough to have held on to my notes for these. But I figured I'd made it once before, I had the first one, I can count, so how hard could it be. I cast on, did a bit of counting and fiddling, and soon had the first half of a slipper. But all was not well. Not [...]
In Which an Opportunity Arose
Occasionally, in the course of The Boy's job, the need will arise for him to make a last-minute jaunt. Sometimes, this means I get to haul myself out of bed very early and drop him at the airport. Sometimes, it means I look at my schedule, do a bit of calculation, and declare my intent to join him. One of those calculations found us here on Sunday morning. And yes, that is snow on the hillside. It was rather brisk. I was glad of my fetching woolly hat. We saw a host of mysterious sea denizens. I have no idea [...]
Stopgap
So I had this necklace (and earrings to go with it too). I liked it rather a lot, but I never ever wore it. Why you ask? Because of the clasp. This clasp drove me insane. It's meant to make the necklace adjustable and be lovely and decorative. But there are two flaws with that. Even at the longest setting, it's still about an inch shorter than I'd like (I cannot stand short necklaces, they make me feel like I'm strangling). Also, that lovely chunk of decorative rock dangling back there gets all snarled up in my hair. Now, the [...]
Goddess Collection, Review and Giveaway
[note]The giveaway is closed. Winners have been notified. Thanks to all who entered.[/note] I never quite manage anything as formal as resolutions, but I do believe in lists of things to do or things to learn. One of the things that's been petitioning for a spot on my lists is 'knit a sweater.' I confess, I have some doubts as to my endurance. But the marvelous Jill Wolcott has come up with something that just might push me over the edge. Jill designs exactly the sort of sweaters I'd like to wear. Feminine without being fussy and full of beautiful [...]
Small Things
I'm not sure what happened. But somehow, I find myself not just in possession of a whole whack of stitch markers, but excited by them. It could be because they're so damn perfect. They work as regular and locking markers, they fit up to about a size 10 needle, they weigh nothing, and they don't snag the yarn. And, most important of all, they're about as streamlined and minimalist as you can imagine. They look something like this. Except my pile of them is huge. Alarmingly huge. I didn't show you the whole pile because a heap of black safety-pins [...]
Laze
A certain amount of lazing about is good for a person. It is my firm conviction that, if I work hard all day every day, I stop doing good work. If I don't take the odd day off (or two...or three...in a row) and accomplish absolutely nothing, my brain goes on strike. So, working with that theory, I've taken a bit of shameless time off over my birthday and the holiday. I hope you got to do the same. And by the way, it totally totally worked. The last few days have been ones of scandalous, shocking productivity. Alas, it's [...]
Older than you’ve ever been…
I have, once again, gotten older. It seems to keep happening. So far, I'm liking it. I'm spending the day checking out new breakfast joints, making eggnog, and playing board games. I hope you're doing things you love just as much. And, on the off chance one of those things is knitting, I'm having a birthday sale. Now through December 27, 11:59pm eastern time, buy one pattern get one free. To take advantage: 1) Visit my ravelry store find 2 things you like, and put them in your ravelry cart (be sure you're using the add to cart button, not [...]
Your Turn
The internet is nifty. In addition to making it possible for pizza to appear on my front porch without ever speaking to a human, it's also made it possible for an awful lot of people to make things they love and put them out in the world to find their audience. If you read blogs or listen to podcasts (or, increasingly, read books or listen to music or play games or use knitting patterns or do just about anything else you can think of), chances are awfully good you're consuming the work of some sort of independent content creator. Now, [...]
One Down
Great progress on the sock front. The first one is done (properly done with ends woven in and blocked and all), and the second one is on the needles. I'm pleased. I'm also, you will note, inside. That's because it's snowing outside and warm and toasty inside and I'm not hoping around out there in my sock feet for a blog pic. Sorry, but I don't love you that much. Inside will have to do. I even managed to take notes as I made it (so often my downfall), and I have the first draft of the pattern written up. [...]
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