If it wouldn’t fit anywhere else, it’s here.
Labels printed, cut, and folded; I’m in the midst of attaching them to yarn. Cross your fingers; maybe I’ll finish tonight! On a totally different note, I’ve been wanting all week to tell you about our Birthdaycation! My husband in his prodigious wisdom, decided to take me away somewhere for peace and quiet to get … More Kent
And so are we, risen from our beds at four-o’-stupid in the morning for the sunrise service, fueled by coffee and dumbfounded at the birds that were chirping an hour before the sun was even thinking about rising. The candlelight Easter Vigil was small, but fun, breakfast with the whole church family was insanely ample, … More He is Risen!
Just a quick post to say I got the usual Lion Brand email and they are advertising: LAME YARN! Buy it! It’s LAME!
Every late March/early April, just when you start to think spring is really just jerking you around with 70 degree spurts followed by fridgidly cold mornings, the season throws some irrefutable evidence in your face that it’s not kidding. This evidence generally comes in the form of the blooming of the forsythia bushes. I have … More The forsythia have landed!
Things that have happened so far while applying for graduate school that should probably be evidence that I should not be applying to graduate school: 1. I took the GRE. I know I did. I even remember that my score was kinda high-up on the little flow chart that popped up on the screen afterwards. … More I can’t be smart enough for this
I should answer a few questions, that you haven’t asked, about our move: A. Why are we moving? It’s entirely a financial decision. Basically, we know we’re going to move in August out of the area, but our (insert adjectival expletive of choice here) apartment complex won’t give us a shorter lease. So we’d have … More Survival
On our trip to NYC last weekend, I needed just the right knitting project. We’d spend most of the weekend toting around everything we needed on our backs, so it couldn’t be anything big. We were going to see several shows, so I needed something I could work on brainlessly in the dark. But, we … More Sock Eye View
One day every year, either in March or April (depending on the longitude in my current residence), a day dawns that totally changes everything. A day on which the temperature breaks 56 degrees F, and I can consider going outside without even bringing a coat. On that day, I suddenly remember that the outdoors is … More Spring
On the evening of Saturday, February 27th, I had about 24 rounds done on the beaded faggoted lace portion of Serra, my shipwreck shawl. I would need a total of 56 rounds, followed by an increase row and a bind off of 1,160 stitches. The end time of the knitting Olympics was 3:00 a.m. Eastern … More And yet, so far away.
According to the Miriam-Webster Dictionary – Main Entry: 2felt. Function: transitive verb. Date: 14th Century. 1: To make out of or cover with felt. 2: To cause to adhere or mat together. 3: To make into felt or similar substance. From About.com: Felting is the matting of wool fibers caused by a combination of heat, moisture, and … More Definitions
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