Do you like to keep your books nearby? Do you collect them? Pile, stack, shelve, hoard them? Or do you get rid of them, send them back to the library, give them away, once you’ve read them?
Yes. Mostly we keep books around here. They’re on shelves, tables, the floor, neatly shelved, sloppily stacked, laying […]
That place is dangerous. That’s all there is to it.
Dangerous, but fun.
See this?
This is the yarn I got to make the Flared Lace Smoke Ring for my mom. I needed either a lace- or fingering-weight yarn. And, since it’s for mom, it couldn’t have any animal fibers in it. They make her itch, […]
I went from zero projects on the needles yesterday afternoon, to two knitting projects on the needles this morning. Just like that. The reason? The yarn arrived from KnitPicks. What all did I get, you ask? Well, I got these three balls of Andean Treasure, 100% baby alpaca, in Mystery for a secret project. These […]
Mirabilia has introduced a new annual design series. Nora Corbett will be releasing one new tree in the series each year. Starting now. It’s okay I guess. The tree skirt’s a little frilly for my taste. I think my favorite thing about it is that there’s not a ton of yellow in the design. Nora […]
They aren’t always. Last year’s birthday sucked.big.black.donkey.d*s. Horrible.
Yesterday, on the other hand, was a nice day. In ways it was pretty funny. When I was growing up, the rule on presents was that none could be opened unless everyone was present and accounted for, watching, paying attention.
Dave doesn’t care about that. He put a wrapped […]
The second sock
Yup. I finally finished the second Socktoberfest sock. Finally. Now I have a pair! Not that they were difficult. I just got side-tracked for a while with this and this. And, well, honestly, they’re only almost done. I still have to weave in the ends. But I’ll do that later today. I want […]
I don’t normally say much about my birthday these days. Folks always made a big deal of it when I was a kid. Party. Presents. Lots of presents. Those were the days… Lots of fun. These days I’m lucky to get a present or two and a few cards. Oh, and emails. I do usually […]
I was reading knitgrrl this morning, and saw her link to Ariel’s blog and her amazing modifications to Rogue. She knit a fabulous cabled tree on the front of her blue Rogue, and a spider in its web on the back. And she’s sharing her tree chart. I’m so not into spiders, so I know […]