Today is my birthday, and I am wearing black. You’ve probably noticed this already, but I tend to like to think about suffering. I do not feel strange or maudlin about this, because I think most American Christians don’t think about it enough. In fact, I’ve been thinking about how one would cultivate a church … More Meditations for the Triduum Mortis
Remember this tight, wrongly-plied mess from the other day? Now that I’ve read most of an actual book on spinning, I realize I did just about everything wrong in making this poor yarn. It was top blended from yale and merino, meaning it had super-short, even fibers – not the type of thing that you … More Merino in Chains
Last week was the week of many awesome parties and odd movies. Tuesday, I was surprised and pleased that my top-down sweater class actually had attendees. Wednesday, I watched Singing in the Rain and Pan’s Labyrinth for the first time – awesome, but enough of an emotional trip for anyone. Roommate A had the brilliant … More My Week via Stream of Consciousness
Ah, marketing. I have a love/hate relationship with that word. It’s a concept I tend to *get*, in that I recognize when it’s done well, but I’ve been very slow to start engaging in it. Mostly because it makes me feel like a bit of a tool. But I guess if anyone else thinks that, … More Marketing
We’ve been back from Florida for two tumultuous weeks, and I’ve hardly blogged about it at all! I blame my stupid phone, that I despise. Yes, I’m grateful to have a phone at all. I just want my old phone back! I should write a country song about it. Anyway, until I coax and cajole … More Wrong and Behind
Everyone loves Robert Frost’s famous poem, so much so that to quote it would seem cliche. This project hijacks this old-school meme, just a little bit. The concept is simple, and doesn’t bear much explaining beyond the pattern description. These cables are meandering roads that come together to form the icthus fish – another cliche … More Behind the Design: Road Less Traveled
My stated goal: To make a sweater that fit in with the “new” sense of style I have been acquiring since my Halloween haircut: dark, feminine, professional, comfortable. The selected pattern: Victoria by Lori Versaci The yarn: Shelter by Brooklyn Tweed, in “Long Johns,” 9 skeins. Results Analysis: success. I knit this sweater in about … More Love, Children
So… remember when I was going to knit a sweater? Like, forever ago? I asked you for advice and stuff and decided on Victoria, which I kinda knew would happen. It was going to be epic; I was going to do a bunch of posts about it, etc… Well, I kinda just… knit it. It’s … More Tutorial: Resizing Flat-Knit (Pieced) Sweaters On the Go
Some patterns just… happen, nearly of their own accord. This one was truly the lovechild of necessity and laziness. Navarre Beach is a beautiful place – but it’s very windy. My haircut is that sort of reverse-mullet, short in back and long in front, which made it nearly impossible for me to read on the … More The Progenitors of Invention
One of the complications of blog writing is that, if you’re doing things interesting enough to blog about, it’s difficult to also find time to blog about it. I have so many ideas and pictures in the pipeline that it’s difficult to turn them into coherent posts. Especially with half my pictures trapped on my … More A Conservative Encounter
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