Billy’s calling it the Yoda Sweater.
I don’t know exactly what to call it just yet. It’s done, though. Baby’s first sweater. It was hard to get a decent photo of this yarn, for some reason. I’m much happier with the sweater than with the photos …
Month: December 2005
Gratuitous kitten photo
Because who doesn’t like a kitten? Even an attack kitten. Well…Diego, for one. But in photos you can’t feel the needle-like claws and teensy razor teeth. So a bit of Oscar for his very patient fans. And also to distract …
A nice traditional American Christmas…
…means lots of family, too much food, and all of it ending in tears, yes? A word to the wise: If someone you love is pregnant, and her face is breaking out like a teenager’s as a result of said …
transit strike, day two
I’m not feeling trapped at home yet, but if the strike goes on much longer I anticipate a bit of cabin fever setting in. Luckily I have handknit socks to soothe the sting. Look what Monica made me! They’re beautifully …
Well…crap…
Yeah. Transit strike. Pregnant women do not walk 8+ miles each way in the winter cold to get to their jobs in midtown, thanks. Nor do we ride bikes. Or rather, my doctor has forbidden me from riding a bike …
Knitterly karma, the easy way
Man, did I get off light with the ambassador’s sweater repair. Behold, the sweater in question, knit by previously mentioned dead knitting mum, in what feels like a very scritchy cotton blend: And behold the damage needing repair: Yep, that’s …
Dogs Steal Yarn Knits for the UN
Yeah. You read that title right. See, it all starts with a phone call from my darling husband the other day. “Hey!” he says. “I gave one of my patients your phone number.”“What?! Why?”“The house number. I gave him the …
Sabotaging myself, just to keep things interesting
Things people who know me in the real world could tell you about me: 1. I’m very independent. Fiercely, grumpily independent.2. I’m stubborn.3. See numbah one.4. I have a somewhat exaggerated sense of what I can accomplish in a twenty-four-hour …
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What made a morning without coffee much more pleasant…
If you please, go to failbetter and check out the right sidebar…where it talks about the upcoming issue.I have to say that it absolutely thrills me to see my name within two inches of Mary Gaitskill’s.