Yarn diet? What yarn diet?
Okay, so I wasn’t going to buy any more yarn until Rhinebeck because my stash passed out of control ages ago and I need to keep a tight fiscal ship in anticipation of a hell of a lot of repairs …
Month: August 2003
Back to Academia
I had my MFA orientation tonight. I had originally written a very long post all about it, but scrapped it. It was mostly about this one incident that rubbed me very much the wrong way, one fellow student who seems …
Progress?
Aren’t pictures of black yarn in st st exciting?! Here’s what’s consuming my knitting time at the moment: The big black blob is my brother’s sweater body. All stockinette with a rolled hem. My fingers are craving something more interesting, …
Grammar Avengers Who Knit!
There’s a new web ring in town, thanks to Em. It’s the Grammar Avengers ring. We aren’t here to JUDGE you. We’re not even here to EDIT you. Really. All this ring will do, I suspect, is formally link a …
Breathable air! Cool!
It’s a beautiful day today. The humidity has lifted and finally there’s no need for the AC. Just open windows and a delicious breeze drifting through. My apartment has another blind date today. Someone coming to see it late this …
The day after…
Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone! They played a big part in making yesterday a really great day. At our birthday dinner last night, my brother’s fiancee and I tried to convince the waiter we were fraternal twins, and flashed …
Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to Me!
Happy birthday, dear MEE-EEE. Happy birthday to me! It’s midnight here in Brooklyn and so officially my thirtieth birthday. Woohoo! Thanks, Mom! This life stuff is pretty cool. I finished the gift ChicKami earlier tonight. Here it is: I’m happy …
ChicKami progress
So I’ve finished the back and am now working my way up the front of the ChicKami. As you may or may not recall, I’m making it for my brother’s fiancee. We both turn 30 tomorrow (how my twenties managed …
ELECTRICITY!!!
I have electricity! Woohoo! The juice finally came back online here in my neck of the woods around seven yesterday evening. My ISP’s servers came back online a few minutes ago. And now here I am, basking in the Mac’s …
An FO deferred
In my haste to finish the toddler sweater, combined with the impossible quest for the perfect picked up neckline, I have managed to create my worst knitting fiasco to date. It involves slippery cotton stitches and ripping out when I …