good intentions, lousy follow-through

If you’ve been reading my blog any length of time, you’ll realize the truth of that statement as it applies to my projects.
I’m stalled on the latest sweater.  I thought I’d circumvent second sleeve syndrome by knitting the first sleeve first, then the back, then the second sleeve, and finishing up with the front of the [...]

circa 1979

I’ve realized a childhood dream.

I’ve turned into Denise Miller.
Now where’s Rex Smith?
 
 

revealed

Ah, you know I couldn’t keep you guys in suspense for long!  The sneak peek in my last post is this little lovely from Gedifra:

KIDDING!!!  Ha-ha!  Isn’t that horrible?!?  Bulky yarn, novelty yarn, AND a faux fur collar?  What more could you (or the Bride of Frankenstein) ask for, huh?
Seriously, this is the sweater I’m [...]

sneak peak

more later!

Hans Brinker

is finished!

In what was probably the fastest FO photo shoot in history, I had SB snap a few pics after work yesterday.  We had to work fast – I was being dive-bombed by mosquitos!

I’m pretty happy with it, particularly as fast a knit as it was. I would’ve had this thing done in two weeks [...]

a fan of the random

I have a terrible headache this morning.  Self-induced, so don’t feel too sorry for me!  SB wanted to play cards last night and while we had great fun (I won the last game, and that’s all that counts), the two Sidecars I consumed have done a number on my head today.  Another cup of coffee and [...]

wedges, I quit yew

Friday morning I was walking out of my bathroom and tripped over my own feet.  Actually, I wobbled on the piece of wood separating the bathroom tile from the hardwood floors in the hallway, and crashed to the ground. 

I did what any partially sane person would do – I lie there on the floor of [...]

let’s go to the market!

Almost every summer Saturday morning, SB and I go to the market.  We get there as early as we can roll out of bed, and leave just when it’s getting crowded. 

I love these beans (peas?)(beans?).  I don’t even want to cook them, I just want to play with the pretty colors.

We brought some sweet white [...]

Arte y pico

Yesterday, I was flabbergasted to see that Cyndy had awarded me a Arte y pico award.  Although I’m not really sure what this award is (and reviewing the website didn’t make it much clearer), I’m humbled that Cyndy listed my blog because, well, I have a little bit of a blog crush going on.  As [...]

one of these things is not like the others

I was happily knitting along Friday night, looked down, and saw this.  Ugh.  A miscrossed cable, about 20 rows back.  I remembered the Harlot doing a tutorial about fixing a miscrossed cable two different ways that didn’t require ripping back – (1) you can sew over the top of the cable, which I didn’t think [...]

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