Osborn Fiber Studio

Lame

April 3, 2010

Just a quick post to say I got the usual Lion Brand email and they are advertising: LAME YARN! Buy it! It’s LAME!

Due to the idiosyncrasies of our craft, Knitters have some unusual things in common with random groups of people. For example: Knitters have in common with computer engineers that their stitches – knit & purl in various combinations – is more or less programming in assembly, and Knitters are at least as likely as computer … More Things in Common

Accidentally Interesting

March 30, 2010

Remember when I said that I wouldn’t have anything for you to see for a while? A quick dig through the work-in-progress (WIP, a.k.a. UnFinished Object or UFO) basket contradicted me right off. I realized about a week ago that my wee-est sister’s birthday was coming up, and that I had a UFO with her … More Accidentally Interesting

Update on the Stank

March 29, 2010

Thanks for your suggestions on smells that might go well with Turmeric to create a sock yarn that, while still scented, would not immediately offend. I am happy to report that I have not had to go to any of these measures: My spouses’s suggestion of hanging the yarn in front of a window with … More Update on the Stank

The forsythia have landed!

March 28, 2010

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!

I can’t be smart enough for this

March 23, 2010

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

Make your own pre-stinky socks!

March 22, 2010

I wanted to go outside today and take pretty pictures of spring springing all around our apartment. But, as she is wont to do, March screwed us over with a day that looks like this. Wet. Yuck. But not that cold, so I’ve got the screen door open and a fan blowing on skeins of … More Make your own pre-stinky socks!

Pass the small paper bag

March 20, 2010

My sanity is, overall, recovering. Thanks for the votes of sympathy. (For the record, the whining did help. A little.) Procrastination is, at this point, very much my friend. That and craigslist. Anyone want to take a giant desk away from me? It’s gigantic! It’s pretty! It has drawers! Great for lots of things! It … More Pass the small paper bag

Survival

March 17, 2010

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

[The] God[s] Must be Crazy

March 16, 2010

It’s official. We turned in the paperwork at 6:57 last night. We’re moving. To Ellicott City. In about a month. Gwaahahahaahaa. *twitch*….*twitch* In my short life, moving is probably the most stressful category of thing I have encountered. Clearly, I need some perspective. A major illness, or possibly a flood in which most of my … More [The] God[s] Must be Crazy