Thanks so much to LEKKERCRAFT for letting me know that I make her day! Such sweet news to distract me from my lingering cold.
This picking 10 business is rather difficult … (I’m so fin de siècle, but I love my ellipses) … so in alphabetical order here are some of my favorites, the ones [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 31, 2008
shucks.
January 28, 2008
just a little boring sock progress
Having decided to get dressed “in just a minute” — which is usually rather more than a minute — I give you the results of last night’s audiobook (Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser) + knitting extravaganza. It wasn’t very extravagant.
Jaywalkers, just as good the second time around.
But I did [...]
January 27, 2008
are we breakin’ up?
It’s taken a while, but I guess the answer is finally yes. Sucks. So eloquent, and yet, that just about sums it up. I’ve never been much of a wordsmith outside of academic papers (audience: one) and I won’t start now. I’m pathetic, lonely, sad, heartbroken, prone to tears, a torch song waiting to be [...]
January 12, 2008
faves of 2007
This past year I accomplished quite a bit of knitting, mostly smaller projects, some hits some misses. As usual. For the first time, though, I feel I’ve made a lot of things that I really do wear and use, which wasn’t the case when I was just starting. So here are my [...]
January 11, 2008
only one.
My blogging resolution for the new year:
more knitting, less whingeing.
This I feel I can accomplish. I’m writing a knitting blog, after all, not a why-my-life-is-sometimes-annoying blog. Who wants to read that anyway?
To that end, I give you photos: FOs today.
number 1:
my last completed project of 2007
pattern: Jaywalker by Grumperina
yarn: Regia 4-fädig Africa Color [...]
January 5, 2008
(re)thinking relaxation*
The dark northwest winter precludes the possibility of acceptable pictures. The relative lack of knitting precludes same. Just words today.
It’s been a good holiday. I’m ready to get back to research and writing (!). And my lovely kitty, of course. There’s been family, funny business with my sister (of the best kind), lovely visits with [...]
