Thank you all (and by “all” I mean “my mom”) for participating in my gripefest a few days ago. I do honestly want to affirm all the stress and insanity so many of us are feeling as the holidays start to set in, but the morning after my last post, I went to chapel and … More Attitude Upgrade
Fashion/Ministry blogger Peacebang has declared today “an intergenerational, ecumenical Moment of Whining” about all the work we have to do this week to get ready to be happy and thankful. After two weeks of near-perpetual illness, frantic fleece-dyeing, insta-papers, and being too stressed out to sleep, I am more than happy to participate. It’s 34 … More Not Dead, Just Buried
It has officially taken me as long to blog about November’s socks as it took me to knit them. You have no reason to believe me, but I did in fact finish these socks on November 8th. Though I wouldn’t be honest if I didn’t tell you that most of the reason I waited to … More The Rewards of Arbitrary Persistance
Friday was for fleeces, but apparently Saturday was for being sick as a dog. So Sunday was for Sabbath, which leaves Monday for… making up. (Wasn’t that clever? Thanks, I thought that was clever.) I found out last week that I have a week and a half to wash and dye the rest of the … More So then are Tuesdays for Torture?
I promised some black bean dyeing quite a while ago, and do not think I have forgotten! But before you do any dyeing, you have to mordant – and the mordant used for black beans is common enough that it really merits a post of its own (unlike vinegar mordanting, which to my knowledge is … More Dyeing with Black Beans (& Mordanting with Alum)
This has been an awesome week for socks. Sucky for almost everything else, but wicked great for my new Feta Cheese socks. After only a week of obsessing I’m through BOTH socks up to the patterned toes, which have me a bit stymied. Still – most of two socks in a week? It’s like I … More ahCHOO!
After two full months of separation, Mom and I finally both have done the borders of our Fair Isle Sweaters of Doom. What with using 15 colors and size 2 and 3 needles, I thought we might merit a moment to stop and celebrate a bit. Behold our collective might! Reb’s. SO reflective of my … More Dear Mom: Over the Border
November is here! There’s not much green left on the trees, and we’ve had a couple of honest-to-goodness freezing cold mornings. Every last ray of sunshine causes a burst of gratitude as I try to prepare my psyche for several months of intense dreariness. (And to think… I have aspirations of living in Canada someday. … More The Needles Flieth
This past Wednesday, we were privileged to attend Trinity’s Mission Day, which was like a one-day mini-conference on Anglican missionary work. We were in workshops and discussions and gatherings all day, and of course, I knit the whole time. As I sat there, listening to the stories of those who have spent their lives doing … More Whose Hose are Those Hose?
Being a very bad girl and blogging from class. Biblical Languages and Interpretation, to be specific, where I am learning that the Hebrew script has a lot in common with D’ni. If anyone gets that reference, I will be thoroughly amazed, and I will have to get together with you for a major nerdfest. But … More In Trouble
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