Hanners is back! Taking up my lap space in all her cuddly glory. Now that she’s repositioned herself in such a way that I can lean over her and type without disturbing her on her throne, maybe I can get on with what I was doing. As you can see, my world cup knitting has … More The Return of Tempcat

It’s hard to believe it’s been a week since that last whiny post about my sweater. We’re only just recovering from a lovely, but long, long weekend in Ambridge, our future home. The long and the short of it is that we had a lot of success – too much, in fact! We found two … More Transcendence

Behind the scenes, I have been working steadily on my World Cup Hoodie. I haven’t been updating you on it, because “Yay! I did another 3 inches of stockinette stitch!” is not good blog fodder. But that’s how, quietly and unsuruptitiously, I have outlasted the US team and made it all the way down to … More How important is daylight…?

Clearly, I am very easily entertained. My Basic Hoodie, as expected, is SO SIMPLE that knitting a plain sock might actually be more interesting. But a two-row lace pattern and raglan increases have been enough to spur me on through the entire yoke in about a week. It rather helps that my poor fingers are … More The Little Things

I sort of care about the World Cup. I care about it as an anthropologist – if a sport is fanatically adored by more or less the whole world except the US, I am inclined to be more interested. Also, my sis-in-law is The Soccer Fiend. (Except when we’re talking about the World Cup I … More How to Get Me to Care About Sports

We spent this weekend saying goodbye to Fjord, a cool dude who has become an awesome friend over the past two years. He is going to work at the magical candy mountain, which unfortunately requires him to relocate to exactly the wrong coast. There’s nothing like imminent separation, however, to inspire a group of friends … More Last Stand

Saturday was a long drive down to VA beach and back, which meant that after about 6 hours in the car, the recently-recovered alpaca sleeve had a mate. After a careful re-stringing of pieces (all thankfully in the right order), I’m on the yoke: …and am already three-quarters done with it. I thought this sweater … More Perspective

You’ve heard of a bucket list, right? It’s a list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket. I know I’m young, but I figure that I might as well size life by the tender parts while I’m still agile. So I’ve got a few things for the list I’ve been mentally … More Bucket List

During the week that the alpaca sleeve was missing, I didn’t knit much. I spun, I washed a fleece, I read webcomics, I desponded. Finally I got ahold of myself. This was stupid. I had to knit something, for goodness sake. I had to take an active role in my life, not just let it … More Preoccupation