ooh pretty!

swallowtail shawl, originally uploaded by katie:m.

buttery lemon pineapples

swallowtail, originally uploaded by katie:m.
So, yeah, I’m really loving the Swallowtail shawl in zitronengelb Tausenschön yarn. The color isn’t quite solid but ever so slightly variegated — lovely hand-dyed goodness — which makes the lemony color slightly less vibrant and a bit more subtle. Or something. The pattern is zipping along, the [...]

AWESOME

Today I must speak of the AWESOMEness that is Kim. We discovered a mutual love of Triscuits and then, before I knew it, Triscuits were on their way to this sadly Triscuit-deprived, rabidly soccer-loving land.*

Alice approved.
Look at all of the goodies! Not only some delicious Triscuits, which were soon put to their intended [...]

random bits

So ravelry totally made my day this morning
I received not one — but two!! — happy birthday messages: one from a total stranger who the day before had herself received herzliche Glückwünsche zum Geburtstag from a likewise unknown raveler and another from Emmms, grad student and KAL organizer extraordinaire. I <3 ravelry.
On to the [...]

element : air

I’ve got some projects to share, a yummy package full of goodies to blog, and a bad case of startitis gone wrong.  But that will have to wait for another day.
 

some days I just think …

… dishcloths are enough.

A great simple project, perfect for a gift. Yay! I used some random “Bio-Baumwolle” (= eco-cotton or tree wool) from the department store in two pretty colors. The pattern — Ballband Dishcloth — is originally from Mason-Dixon Knitting but I found it for free on CandianLiving.com. Pretty sweet, [...]

my last crush, I promise.

I love Orson Welles.

a little revision.

5. Who is your celebrity crush?

I think that about sums it up.

the game

I had some time to waste this evening, after my brain had turned off for the day, so I thought: why not play that flickr game?
I used Sarah bluegarter as my reference, but the game was originally devised by cast on cast off.

the game, originally uploaded by katie:m.
The rules:

Using fd’s Flickr Toys,

a. Type your answer [...]

finally.

After two years of blood, sweat, and tears I give you:

beastie, originally uploaded by katie:m.
Yup. A finished Wrap Sweater with Eyelets from Rebecca #29. I’m really proud of this FO, if only because it took so much time, frustration, and learning to get to the end. After all that, though, it is [...]