I am pleased to report an example of the fact that, if you work on something, it will actually get done. I am pleased with the contrasting heel and toe decision, and was surprisingly entranced by the salt-and-pepper bits on the sole and toe. For some reason, I thought they would be annoying the way … More Vulnerable to Threat
I am happy to report that Hanna got to go back to her family on Saturday. They are happy to have her home, and I’m sure she is doesn’t mind having familiar surroundings back again. Her last official act as TempCat to a KnitBlogger was to provide, um… scale. She didn’t seem to mind. This … More Pets
I’ve spent the past several Wednesday afternoons down on the farm, carding my little heart out. This week I finished the Dorset I dyed a little while ago. There are lots of excellent videos on youtube on how to use a drum carder to card fleece; I used this one, which is fantastically goofy and … More On Drum Carding a Fleece
Apparently, this is my 200th post since I started blogging about knitting over a year ago. I’ve really enjoyed doing all of this knitterly blathering, so I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it. (I hope, for your sake, that if you don’t like it, you’ve found something better to do with your time by now.) But … More New Day, New Deal
I realized today that it’s halfway through the month of July, and you’ve gotten nary a glance of Norway in July, the July socks in my odd little self-imposed sock club. They are off to a good start! I am pleased with how the combination of colors looks, and the size seems like it’s going … More Nary a Glance
Our trip to Ambridge, PA last weekend (yes, I know I’m a bit late) was very chill. We didn’t go many places; all the apartments we visited were in town; heck, we spent one afternoon just playing Civ IV, multiplayer, “hot seat” style. (“you know you’re laid back when.”) On July 4th, we lit a … More Does this Fair make my Butler look Big?
*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!
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…?
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