Happy rescheduled birthday to me!
Back in August, my 34th birthday got lost amid the chaos of packing, closing on two houses, moving cross country. Billy promised me that I would get a redo once we were moved and settled. The tricky bit was that …
ugh
I’ve got a nasty cold, and I’m having some serious nostalgia for the pre-child days when I was free to just climb into bed with my knitting and a box of tissues and hide out until I felt better. I …
One of those fascinating posts in which I do nothing more than update you on the growth of my sock
The first Lenore sock is coming along nicely. I’m madly in love with this pattern and this colorway (both named Lenore, from the 2007 STR sock club): That is all.
Another weekend in Utopia
Sorry for the blog silence. My mother has been visiting, and there hasn’t been much time to feed the blog. Ready for another picture-heavy What We Did in Glorious Oregon post? Sure you are. But first, some yarn. I’m off …
A sock club of one
Bet you thought my sock yarn stash would be bigger than this, hunh? One of the side benefits of always having multiple sock projects on the needles is that I’m always dipping into the sock yarn stash, so it stays …
Taking the donkey for a walk
It’s a beautiful Saturday here in Utopia. Crisp and sunny. We bundled the little guy up in his newly finished Donkey Jacket (a Debbie Bliss pattern) and headed for the Hoyt Arborium this morning. We took the Wildwood Trail, intending …
Monogamy vs temptation
I finally got around to uploading my projects to Ravelry. (username DogsStealYarn) Not all the old FOs, but most of them anyway. I also went through my WIPs and got most of those up there. There are two WIPs not …
Thumper’s first sentence
Thumper has been talking for quite some time now. Months and months, and I wish I could recall exactly when it started (or I wish I’d written it down, rather than assuming I would remember). His first word was daddy, …
ten minutes turns into twenty…and not even any photos for you
Its Wednesday evening, so its writing time again. Thumper and Billy dropped me off at Tandem so that they would have the option of either going out or staying home (we only have one car and I need a new …
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