QOTW – 2009/11/30
And the Question of the Week is… do you use an alarm clock? Or are you able to always get up when you need to get up? Or do you even need to get up at a particular time? Even though the dogs wake me up six or seven times …
Crafting since birth; drinking since noon.
Month: November 2009
Linkdump
This just never gets old… Seventh foot washes ashore in BC. Oh, you wacky Canadians! — Library 101: Project on the Future of Libraries (I starred this one for my mom and Tim’s mom – librarians both – but have to admit I haven’t had the eight minutes to watch …
Radish
Fiber: Superwash BFL & Merino Colorway: Radish Yardage/Weight: 110 y/75 g Notes: Art Club CuckKoo for Cocobatts (March 2009). The second I put it into water to set the twist, the red ran like a mofo; the white is now pink. FAIL.
Tiltshift Saturday: Somewhere in Alaska
Thick & Shiny Ribbed Socks
Yarn: some nameless Merino/Tencel I picked up at Knitters Connection last year Pattern: basic ribbed socks Notes: want to knit up a pair of socks in two days? Hold two strands together and knit them on size 3’s. Granted these came out feeling a little thicker than I’d hoped… but …
Friday Photo: All I can do is look in wonder
Whoops, hahaha – forgot it was Friday! I’ve had the day off, so obviously it must be Tuesday, right? The rest of my daily photos can be viewed here. And don’t think that picture of Bridgett wasn’t in the running! She’s such a cutie.
Thanksgiving
I’ve never really known what do do about Thanksgiving. I don’t remember most of them as a young child until my grandparents moved to Merritt Island. Then there were a few really uncomfortable Thanksgivings where it seemed to be a race between my Stepmonster and my grandfather as to who …
Poll of the Week
Knucks of Darkness
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Silkie Socks that Rock in “Thraven” Pattern: Knucks (Ravelry; Knitty) Notes: Man, I hope these fit. Someone will find out at Christmas…
Linkdump
On different styles of being lazy. — Whoopee makes me giggle. I talk like that, sometimes. — Here’s one for Quinn and Sharon – anatomically correct Hello Kitty. And dammit, I just missed Quinn’s birthday! — Oh, cheesy sculptures, how I want to nom on your cheesy goodness! — I …
Lorena Spivey Haldeman
I’ve been uploading some old slides to Flickr, and here’s my most favorite picture of G-ma ever (long time readers have seen it before, but hey; it never gets old!) –
QOTW – 2009/11/23
And the Question of the Week is… what is your favorite concession stand food? My answer is after the cut…
Good night, you moonlight ladies
Yarn: Perhaps Today is a Good Day to Dye in “Sweet Baby James” Pattern: Crest of the Wave (Ravelry) Notes: Yarn is from the Hanks Yarn and Fiber Sock Club (the October 2009 colorway) “Good night, you moonlight ladies; rock-a-bye sweet baby James. Deep greens and blues are the colors …
Happy Non-Birthday, Quinn!
Why I am a sucky friend, #493 – I have been convinced for a number of years now that my WONDERFULsexyTALENTEDbeautifulSWEET friend Quinn’s birthday is November 22nd (it’s not). It’s actually, er, the 12th? But I refuse to believe that. This year, it is the 22nd. Mostly because I suck, …
Tiltshift Saturday: Somewhere over Alaska
Sorry about the poor quality; it’s a slide from my grandfather’s 1940’s/1950’s collection.
Friday Photo: Long Morning Shadows
The rest of my daily photos can be viewed here.
Poll of the Week
QOTW – 2009/11/16
And the Question of the Week is… could you sketch your family tree? My answer is after the cut…
Linkdump
Doesn’t this look like a starter home for Evil Mad Scientists? — The teeth on these cakes are waaaaay too disturbing. But then, so is the header of that website. — Want – Rosie the Riveter Bookends! — Hee hee hee – 42 Essential Third Act Twists. Just in case …
A tale of two rooms (part three)
(Part one; part two) So, remember a couple of weeks ago when I was quoted in the paper, talking about the 3/50 Project? My friend Juanita saw it, and called me at the shop – she didn’t know about the shop; in fact, I hadn’t seen Juanita in years. She …
Tiltshift Saturday
A tale of two rooms (part two)
Continued from here… One of the bedrooms in our house is a glorified Cat Room. It’s also the Paperback Science Fiction and Hardcover Biography room (shut up, I come from a family of librarians and writers) and doesn’t see a lot of action other than that.When we have people over, …
Friday Photo: Future Shelves
You know what gets me about this one? How *green* the plants still are. Is it not November?! JEEZ! The rest of my daily photos can be viewed here.
A tale of two rooms (part one)
This may shock some of my more recent readers, but there’s something crafty and creative that I like to do more than knitting. I KNOW. Many many years ago (back when Sesame Street was in single digit age), G-ma taught me how to do ceramics. And up until five or …