One Year Ago Today
I was in labor with her:
Knitting
Elijah
I finished my first Elijah. Thank you, Ysolda Teague, for a great pattern.
The Ultimate Craft
So Matt and I made something together. This is Harper. We are expecting her Jan. 20, 2012, if she doesn’t succeed in chewing her way out of her fleshy prison before then. Now I need to stop saying that Matt’s just not into making things as he did a bang up job with her. In […]
Soupy
Since my super self-empowering declaration of my crafty identity, I have done nothing but knit. My fickle heart has turned from sewing and cross-stitch to knitting. I want to knit everything. I want to try new things. To soothe the urge, I cracked open a kit that I bought a couple of years ago. It’s […]
Crafty
You all may have noticed that this blog went into hibernation. So did my knitting. I went through an existential crisis of sorts. I went through a period of idiot fingers. Now most knitters go through this affliction occasionally. You make stupid mistakes, your fingers slip, and your yarn tangles. What should be an easy […]
It Does Exist
Every knitter is familiar with the siren song of Start-itis. But this month, I have heard the swan song of Complete-itis. Yes, it is true dear knitters–I have finished Boy Blue, a pair of hibernating socks, and now my Simon Tam. I started this hat back in December, 2008 and it has been languishing in […]
Two Down
All over the blogosphere–specifically the crafting blogosphere–are posts about how knitters turn on the TV as background noise while they knit or to make row after row of fingering weight stockinette more bearable. My mother would always turn on Victor/Victoria while working on a long sewing project. Or they knit while their spouse watches football […]
Team Woolie Ewe
The Ravelympics start in 10 days. I am competing in the Sock Hockey and the Designer Original Dance. My socks will be toe-up anklets with a crocheted ruffle–all of my own design. Swatching is finished although I am still wiffle-waffling on the stitch pattern to use. I am also a co-captain for Team Woolie Ewe; […]
Punkin Head
Halloween has been a dud holiday for several years now–people tend to frown on adults trick-or-treating with no kids and no trick-or-treaters ever came to our apartment. Don’t even get me started on how pathetic it was, eating all that leftover candy that I bought even though no kids came to our door for the […]
C is for Sadness
Dear Knitting, I know that I have neglected you recently, but do two wrongs make a right? Sure, I only picked up my sock project because my video game wasn’t working. I thought that you would be there for me, faithfull and true. So imagine my dismay when I discovered your betrayal. You decided to […]