Nommy delicious goodness is nommy and delicious. Pasta, spinach, and mushrooms. Mix with garlic, olive oil, and pepper. Eat heartily. We had dinner with the fam’ last night – Aunt Gay and Uncle Joe and Mike and Sharon and Jag and Antony. Tim is feeling a little under the weather …
Yarn: Mind’s Eye Yarns, from the March 2011 sock club Pattern: Kaiso by Judy Sumner
Wednesday I fired the kiln; I was able to open it right up yesterday morning and everything fired fine. Aren’t those soup mugs, with the little holder for crackers, the cutest things you’ve ever seen?! I’ve also made a lot of soap in the last couple of days. Wild Iris …
February 16, 1922 – December 27, 2011.
All day yesterday I kept thinking it was Sunday. Does anyone else do that on holidays? Bonus Sunday! Yay! On Christmas Day when we came back home to let the dogs out and have a little nap time, I opted for (instead of napping) adding the knitting books I got …
Treasury: Gifts for our Gents Treasury: Southwestern Inspirations Treasury: An Apple a Day Treasury: Apples from Teacher’s Pets Treasury: It’s Apple Picking Time Treasury: Falling Treasury: I Travel Treasury: Love Child Treasury: Oatmeal Treasury: Artisans of the Celtic Knot Treasury: Lovely Bits
Would you compete in a beauty pageant? What would your talent be?
I guess I did not misbehave as much as I thought this year, because Santa was very good to me! I got books and yarn and a pony and — OK, just kidding, I didn’t get a pony. That’s OK, I’m not that much into horses. But I did get …
And the bells were ringing out, for Christmas Day.
I spent a good portion of the day yesterday unplugged, at a friend’s house, knitting and drinking champagne and fruit juice, a basket of homemade cranberry muffins to nom upon and just good chatting and laughter. I haven’t felt so relaxed in weeks. Thank you all for your continued comments …
Can you believe my pepper plants are still producing? It’s the ass end of December, and my peppers are still all, “JULY, BITCHES!” I think that’s a sign. An allegory, if you will. Even in the darkest part of the year, the coldest part (of course, as I say that …
I had a post written about yesterday, but I’m going to take G-ma’s advice and run with “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”
Yarn: String Theory Colorworks in “Resistor” Pattern: Hypothesis by Lorena Haldeman Notes: Earlier this year, I started talking with my friend Caitlin, of String Theory Colorworks, about doing a pattern for her self-striping yarns in which the pattern would change every time there was a color change. I thought it would be …
Treasury: Neapolitan anyone? Treasury: Chocolate & Pink Champagne Treasury: Grey Gardens Treasury: Knitting Tranquility Treasury: Grey November Treasury: Ornaments, Adornments, and Ornamentation Treasury: SciFiberArts Treasury: Knitting Geekery
Last night we picked up Unca Joe at the airport; Aunt Gay is – hopefully – flying in on Wednesday with Rusty. There’s been problem after problem getting him transferred, so everyone cross your fingers and hope that Santa provides the right paperwork and no more health scares. Gah. I …
Are you an only child? When growing up, did you sibling embarrass you? How about now that you are grown up?
Yesterday would have been my daddy’s 70th birthday. I think he would have been both horrified and tickled at turning The Big Seven-Zero. Birthdays that ended in zeros always freaked him out a little. They made him feel older than his age – certainly older than he acted – and …
You may or may not remember but things with the blog last weekend were a little up in the air – so I didn’t post a recap. So this week’s post is extra big, and continued after the cut! Oh, and in case you missed my other announcements, HaldeCraft will be taking …
Yesterday during the day I got a lot of work done — dogs waking me up at 2 in the morning meant that my work day was almost over by the time the sun rose. I went ahead and fired the kiln, caught up on some background HaldeCraft things, and …
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed in “Denali” (a limited edition sock club colorway) Pattern: Fissility by Lorena Haldeman Notes: My second for-sale pattern, Fissility, has been tested within an inch of its life! Honestly. I think I knit at least six pairs of these before finalizing the pattern. I wanted to be able to …
It’s a good thing this dog is so cute, because she’s the reason I’m awake and typing this at 4 in the morning. Well, technically Old Dog is the reason I woke up, but Backup Dog here is the reason I couldn’t get back to sleep. Bridgett woke me up …
Our friends Laura and Chris has their new baby this week. Jaz also has an older sister, Chloe, who thinks he is “beyond awesome.” He’s also now missing one fat cheek because I ATE IT. That’s OK, he’s a healthy dude; we were joking last night that Lala actually gave …
Yesterday was the kind of day where I aaaaaaaalmost bit off more than I could chew. I had to go to Melrose to take inventory at Shake Rag, and Mariana was coming over to do a work photo shoot so we could make some new ads to run on Ravelry, …