Dash
We're sneaking off to Pittsburgh for an evening over the weekend. There's a concert (shocking I know, so unlike us). Along the way we'll visit a yarn store (or two), a book store (or three), and just perhaps the odd brewery. There's a plan, and there will be a report when we return. The only thing we don't have lined up is restaurants...any suggestions? And because this is the sort of blog post that is certain to elicit the suggestion that I start using twitter...all I can say is I'm working on it. I've never been what you'd call an [...]
Wow…
Guys...I'm speechless. You've known me for a while now, and you know I don't normally suffer from a lack of words. But all I can say right now is wow. Then I sort of shake my head and blink a lot. Then I say wow again. The response to Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet has been amazing. Putting together a project like this has a certain amount of risk to it. I put in lots (and lots and lots) of time and energy, but I also write lots of checks (the photographer, the book designer, the printer, and a whole list of [...]
Curiouser and Curiouser
The Boy and I have reservations at a very nice restaurant tonight. If you've been reading a while, you might recall that I mentioned that the book writing process has surprisingly few moments where it feels like you've really reached a milestone. There are lots of concurrent steps, and just because you've finished one doesn't mean you don't have 4 other things to do. I found that distressing last time around, and I vowed to celebrate all the milestones I could with this one. And I've reached one. The website for Book the Second is officially live today. Any chance [...]
Not Productive
This weekend was not productive. I did not clean my house. I did not do my laundry. I did not proof the book. I did not write up a new pattern. I didn't even knit. I ate tasty food. I read books (fiction books...not scholarly books...an unheard of luxury). I may have even had a tiny little nap. And I played games. Lots and lots of games. Douglas approved and was happy to help. He seemed to prefer this one, as the box makes an excellent kitten nest. But fear not, there was quite a lot of actual productive work [...]
No Really, It’s OK
Every now and then someone will send me a message either apologizing because they've made one of the Silk Road Socks projects in a wild color or asking if I'd mind if they do. My response is usually 'awesome, can I see it' or 'of course it's ok.' Really folks, once I've sent them out into the world, my designs aren't just mine anymore. They're yours too, and you can do with them what you will. It's charming that you ask, but I promise it's much more interesting to see how you make them your own than it would be [...]
Thanksgiving Sale
All of my Thanksgiving plans are set. I've secured a new game (Mansions of Madness, let's hear it for games with 20+ page rulebooks), we've found a way to consume the requisite Thanksgiving pizza, and we're finishing up the evening with dessert with friends. Should be a lovely day. Tomorrow, I will be staying inside and refusing to shop. We'll call it an act of consumer disobedience. The mall and I don't get along under the best of circumstances, and it's totally banned during November and December. But on the off chance you're the sort who likes to shop, I'm [...]
Finally!
Fellow knitters, because I love you and want you to be happy, I'm going to share my discovery with you. For the last two years I've been bemoaning the lack of graph paper post-its. I've drawn vertical lines on the sort of post-its that come with horizontal lines. I've put tape on regular graph paper. I've even looked into getting custom post-its printed. But none of it was quite right. Then today, as I was doing the pre-holiday-crazies run through Target, I saw them. They were sitting right there on the rack, like they were just normal post-its and not [...]
Maps
I am generally pretty good at spatial reasoning tasks. I can build things. I can tell you if that piece of furniture will fit up the stairs or fit in the living room. And I can fit a whole lot of stuff in a very small suitcase. But I cannot tell you the best way to get from town A to town B. Driving directions just somehow escape me. I can get where I'm going and get back home again, but deviating from the plan leaves me feeling a bit frazzled. The Boy does not suffer from this difficulty. He [...]
Whippersnapper
This was supposed to happen Tuesday, but it's ready now and I'm not the patient type, so I've jumped the gun and done it today. Both the weather and The Boy proved exceptionally agreeable, and many photos were taken. While the sorry state of our yard is usually something of a shame to me, this time it turned out to be quite convenient. There were plenty of piles of leaves to serve as handy backdrops. And our decrepit and alarmingly mossy fence cheerfully lent its services as well (I'm really not sure how it's still standing, but I'm not going [...]
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