As of five p.m. today…
…I will be done with work. Done with inhouse work permanently (that’s the plan, anyway) and done with freelance work (to be done from home) until six weeks after Thumper’s arrival (except for one little bit of a job still …
A Public Service Announcement for the Partners of Knitters
If your knitter should set about knitting you a pair of socks, and you know as soon as the socks are cast on that you do not like the colorway, do not–I repeat, DO NOT– wait until the first sock …
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Things that are true today
1. It’s hard to walk with someone’s head resting atop your pubic bone.2. It’s hard to sit in an office chair with someone’s head resting atop your pubic bone, especially when their feet are still kicking you in the ribs.3. …
A well-showered family
There’s been a whole lot of baby showering going on. The weekend before last my (adorable and fantastic and loving and supportive) mom threw us a family shower, and this past weekend my (beloved and amazing and wonderful) friend Christina …
Oh look…I knit a pair of socks
Pattern: Cascading Leaves by Jean TownsendYarn: Socks that Rock Carnelite (a kind gift from Em)Needles: 2mm Crystal Palace bamboo dpnsModel: Oscar “Thanks for the 2mm bamboo toothpicks” Madison
The only thing powerful enough to distract me from the endless sock knitting
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami. I’m a bit past the halfway mark and…it’s brilliant. Frighteningly good. The kind of book that half the time makes me insanely proud to be a novelist and inspires me to write and …
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Socks Like Rocks
The River Rapids socks are finished. They’re my new favorite socks. Don’t let the title alarm you–the socks are quite soft. (They’re Koigu, after all.) The colorway (Koigu KPPPM #P315L) reminds me of river stones. I couldn’t manage to take …
The belly at 32 weeks
…and a seriously distorted tattoo. Here you can see what the tattoo used to look like, before Thumper’s renovations. Not just the wings, but the entire dragonfly has stretched out. (I guess I should have expected that.) It’ll be interesting …
Socks Socks Socks
This is a great book. A really great book. I love it. And somehow I’ve managed to own two copies. One more than any knitter needs, certainly. Anyone interested in swapping a brand new copy of Socks Socks Socks for…say…some …
Things that are true today…bearing in mind that it’s all subject to change tomorrow
1. It now takes me thirteen moves to get out of bed, assuming I’m starting from my left side. (I have to first roll to the right to get my feet on the floor.) Each move is accompanied by a …
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