OK, now first, before you all flip out with “but why not __”, I had to draw the line somewhere. Is this a movie I could watch over and over again? Does it still get me in the same place? Is it not necessarily award-winning and a classic, but more …
1. East River Mountain Tunnel, 2. Tunnel. I know. Thrilling., 3. Welcome to West Virginia!, 4. Big Walker Mountain Tunnel, 5. Clouds playing on treetops, 6. Nothing but sky and hills, 7. Sky. Hills. Beauty., 8. Far off hills, 9. That dawg, 10. What’s that up ahead?, 11. Light and …
Yarn: Shibui Knits Sock in color #229 Pattern: made up as I went along; potential new HaldeKnits sock pattern. Started: 03/20/13 Completed: 03/31/13 Notes: They didn’t turn out quite the way I wanted, so, back to the drawing board!
Here and there as I’ve had time I’ve been uploading my West Virginia photos (the trick/catch is that I could have had time, but since I got back I’ve been trying hard to give myself breathing space in the day and not push myself to workworkwork hard on EVERYTHING ALL …
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight in Hoofle Foofle Pattern: Fern Lace Arm Warmers by Cynthia Parker Started: 01/19/13 Completed: 03/22/13 Notes: The original pattern called to have the pattern on the palm as well, and I can’t imagine a less functional palm (am I the only one who …
I don’t have a lot of cemetery experience, so one thing that we saw a lot that both surprised me and made me a little sad*, were overgrown headstones. You can barely see, but directly in back of the middle marker, in the middle of that thicket, is the headstone …
My friend Caitlin and I are over-achievers. At the height of a three-week period in July when we were both busy as fuck all get out, we also worked on this together…. Bonnie and Clyde. Sid and Nancy. Harold and Maude. There are some names that just go together like, …
Believe it or not, my friends are not there for me just to pick their brains and drink down their stories. I KNOW. It seems like that would be true; but no. However, I am fascinated by my friends. I want to know everything about them; what they thought about …
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed in a variety of colors and base yarns Pattern: Hester Chevron Lace Pullover by Lucinda Guy Started: 10/16/12 Completed: 03/16/13 Notes: So. Many. Notes. See my Ravelry project page if you’re that interested.
Did I mention that? Ten years. And that morning, he said he’d cheerfully sign on for at least another ten. XO
So, ever since I got the new kiln, I’ve been waffling on what to do with G-ma’s old kiln. In addition, when I got my new kiln, I had to ask Jenn to move her old kiln off my porch, because I didn’t have room for three (especially when two …
… even though I took this photo the day before I left.
Vacation. Where I’m up for pretty much anything, as long as “anything” doesn’t involve me eating foods I’m allergic to. (I’m also going to try to pre-write a couple of blog posts, so maybe this blog will actually see more words from me when I’m nowhere near it…. maybe! Depends …
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Vonda in Afternoon Skies; Mind’s Eye Yarns in the July 2012 sock club colorway Started: 01/10/13 Completed: 02/08/13 Notes: I also decided earlier this year that I would pair up twelve multi-color sock yarns with twelve solid color sock yarns and weave one scarf a month, giving …
Yarn: HaldeCraft HandDyed Anne Pattern: Made up as I went along Started: 12/20/12 Completed: 01/30/13 Notes: Technically I cast these on before Christmas, hoping to be able to take them and knit something simple during The Hobbit… and then we didn’t get to see it until mid-January. Derp. Also, believe it …
I’m getting kind of tired of people being in an uproar about BBC not making the new Doctor a woman. I’m as much a feminist as the next marginalized human being who’s ever been talked down to because vagina, but am I the only one who remembers there’s been a …
No, Sharon didn’t get me a kitten. But she did let me hold one! A friend of hers at the office where she works is raising/fostering some bebeh kittehs, and I went over a week or so ago to meet Sharon for lunch, and was climbed upon by kittens. This …
Yarn: Perhaps Today is a Good Day to Dye/HaldeCraft HandDyed in Cash Sock/Marion Pattern: Monkey by Cookie A Started: 12/08/12 Completed: 01/23/13 Notes: The color was one I dyed back when we had the yarn store, when I was experimenting with winding off lengths to dye a second color for matching heels/toes/cuffs.
I have never met two more tangly dogs than these two. Poor Lindy; she doesn’t really grok the leash yet at all, it’s probably not even fair to be walking them together. She gets caught on mailboxes, trees, signs, and herself. She walks around me in back, and tangles me. …
One of my old Regional Managers, back when I worked at a Big Box Bookstore, used to say that “energy comes from the top.” Meaning, the cashiers aren’t going to be happy unless the department heads are happy, the department heads aren’t happy unless the assistant managers are happy, and …
If I ever have time to blog regularly again it’ll be a Christmas fucking miracle. We used to have a saying at the Enginerding company – “when everything is important, nothing is important.” I’m working on about sixteen things that all need to get done first, and I feel like …