I love how lace looks while it blocks. The curves that were squashed on the needles curve elegantly; the noodle-like appearance disappears into smooth flatness, open work blooms, and stitches even themselves out. My husband looked at the large crescent on the floor, grabbed a couple of zauberballs and my pinbox, and did this: Now … More Annisthesia
Yesterday was an amazing day for finishing things. After six and a half months, Sunrise through Whitewashed Windowpanes are finished. Pattern: Windowpane Socks by Chrissy Gardner, published in Interweave Knits Spring 2008. Yarn: Louet Gems Fingering (white) and Trekking XXL (multi). These socks were begun in January for a class taught in the spring, and … More Finishing Day!
Who knew, that after a month so disgustingly hot that the only people outside of their own free will were automatically inducted into the Maryland chapter of the Brotherhood of Masochists, that the last two days of said month would be so relatively cool and beautiful that a photo shoot of knee-high double-thickness socks would … More Is it winter somewhere I can go?
*Felicitaciones a la España, quien vencieron ayer por primera vez en el World Cup en 2010. En su honor, escribo este entrada en mi español avergonsadamente mal, lleno de cognados falsos y circoluciones. Pongo una traducción mas o menos literal por abajo, y voy a escribir enteramente sin diccionario. No he practicado en tanto tiempo que … More Victoría!
As of today, Jared Osborn and myself have been friends for ten years (when we met) committed for six years (minus ten days- DTR) in mutual affection for four years (when we started dating) in love for three years (when we got engaged) and married for two years. I want to say to my love, … More 2 years
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!
Christmas is 10 days away. I choked on my apple a little bit when I typed that. Not to fear, though. I finished a thing I had been ignoring (even added to it), recovered a project that I had misplaced, entered the fourth level of denial that another project I am 80% done with is … More Choke
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