Bits and Pieces
Having the furnace on is lovely. It is definitely warmer with the furnace on, but it's not exactly warm. We have an old house (built in 1920), and it has the original windows and absolutely no insulation in the walls. We love it, it's beautiful, but it is more than a bit drafty. We also have an old furnace. It's not quite as old as the house, but is still rather elderly as these things go. The combination of old furnace and drafty house means the gas bill gets rather staggering if we set the heat above about 58. So [...]
Signs of Life
I have done a thorough investigation and can now confidently say that being sick sucks. Refusing to lay down and rest so as to get better seems to prolong being sick. Doing even more stuff than usual because you're busy and things need to get done seems to actually make it worse. Despite my very best efforts, I appear not to be able to will this germ away and have had to actually lay down and rest as opposed to saying I will lay down and rest and completely neglecting to do so. I really don't think this is fair [...]
Zombie Knitting
I'm still not dead. I may even be showing signs of returning life. I say this because I've recently found myself possessed by the overwhelming need to knit something. Alas, I do not currently have the attention span or the stamina necessary to tackle the (somewhat complicated) project for Heather's book. So I cast on something idiot simple. So far the steps are, find some pretty yarn. This is rather easy to do in this house and so takes no particular effort. Cast on a sockish number of stitches. This is more or less second nature by this point. Knit [...]
This is Still Not a Hat
It is a mitt now though, so that's progress. Alas, it's not the sock for Heather's book. It's not that swirly sock over there pining for some attention on the sidebar. It's not even the hat it was supposed to be. What can I say, I am fickle. And while it's not any of the knitting I should be doing, it has been educational. I've learned a few things. First, knitting on the bigger yarn is wicked wicked fast. Second, mistakes show more on bigger yarn. Third, while the big yarn is fun, I'm not abandoning the sock-weight stuff any [...]
A Scandalous Absence
I know. It was a shameful lapse. It came without warning. It lasted too long. It's just been that kind of week around here. There hasn't been any one dramatic upheaval, just lots of little unexpected changes. It's just been...busy. Alas, not that satisfying kind of busy where at least you feel like you're getting lots of things accomplished. Nope. Instead it's been that really infuriating kind of busy where you feel like you're working crazy hard just to keep up. And, perhaps worst of all from your perspective, it's the kind of busy that doesn't lend itself to knitting. [...]
Habit-Forming
So it seems I may have picked up a wee bit of a bad habit. This book thing is a bit addictive. I'm more or less finished with book one (Silk Road Socks). I'm deep in the plotting stage of book two (no way am I telling you anything about it yet -- the waiting is helping me build character). Alas, this is not enough. I've gone and gotten myself involved in another book. Heather Ordover, English teacher extraordinaire and the genius behind Craft Lit, has had what may well be the best idea in the history of thinking. She's [...]
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