Posted in Knitting, Life, Philosophy on January 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ever notice that occasionally, something comes along that has the most amazingly simple construction and yet it makes you rethink architecture? The Roman arch, for example. The act of putting stone into the rounded shape that built the aqueducts. The construction is simple. It’s utilitarian. It’s perfect.
This is the best description of Twisted from Knitting [...]
Posted in Knitting, Uncategorized on December 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A few years ago, I spent a summer working and living in Washington, DC. Granted, I was young and naive. For some reason, however, the “poker! you poke her! you brought her!” joke was hysterical. It remains so to this day. I can explain it not. Once I began working intarsia, all I could hear [...]
Posted in Knitting on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
baby blanket and a dynasty, all in one night.
Tonight I finished the baby blanket from hades. It was miles (ok, only inches, maybe even feet) of stockinette. Yet, for the last few months, it has mocked me. It mocked everything I want, am working towards, am worried about, and don’t have yet. It took up [...]
Posted in Knitting, Life, Philosophy on October 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ever since I picked up yarn and needles, I found that knitting, albeit something I don’t do every day, fulfills a need within me. I’ve tried to determine exactly what it is about knitting that intrigues and captures my imagination so much. A few months ago, in an online knitting group, one of the women [...]
Posted in Knitting on October 14, 2007 | No Comments »
The simple cabled gauntlets are finished! They’re squishy and soft. The cabling was pretty easy. As today was hectic beyond all reason, this post will be short. The second gauntlet’s thumb came out much better than the first one’s. I managed to pick up the stitches without creating a gap. I managed to do the [...]
Posted in Knitting on October 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Sunday the cabled fingerless gloves were started. The pattern is easy. However, this involved a lot of “firsts” for me. First time I used DPNs. First time I did a fully cabled project. First time I did a gusset. Some of the firsts worked out better than others. I can’t find any ladders from the [...]
Posted in Knitting on October 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I loves me some good alliteration, and since today is Sunday and the sale was a surprise, I couldn’t help but post under this title. kNew England Knitter sent me the email last night that an LYS was having a 25% off sale. Now, I’ll admit to having my own set of issues with the Unnamed [...]
Posted in Dogs, Knitting, Life, Pets, education, loldogz on September 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Perfect fall weekend. Changeover to new trash system starting on Monday (meaning no massive cleaning). What does all of this mean? FOOTBALL, KNITTING, READING and…karaoke. Yup, the random conglomeration of activities that describe my life.
Friday night we went to Koy (the bar attached to a local Chinese restaurant) for karaoke. How much better does life get [...]
Posted in Knitting, Life on September 23, 2007 | No Comments »
On October 25, we will be living in our house for five years. As of last night, we have our first fully adult furnished room. By “fully adult furnished”, I mean that we purchased, instead of inheriting, furniture that did not require little tools and that all looks, if not the same, at least, [...]
Posted in Dogs, Knitting on September 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Ok, no, not Christ. Not that I’m against Christ; I’m a Catholic after all. However, really, is that what I would write about? You should know me better than that. If not? tsk tsk tsk.
The passion of the - Malabrigo and cable. Oh yes. Dear dear me. So, while my dream swatch is still hanging [...]
