I couldn’t even remember the last time I posted here. I suppose it has only been a week, but GALLBLADDER SURGERY seems to distort time. Yup, I am now minus one internal organ. I knew it was coming, but didn’t plan on getting sliced up this week in particular. I have been getting an alarming [...]
Archive for January, 2009
WordPress remembers me? Amazing!
Posted in blather on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blast you, curtains! Blast you!
Posted in PDX, blather, knitting, tagged Crack Den Palace, curtains, February Beret on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There was a plan in place for this weekend. The need to improve the Crack Den Palace is upon me again, and I’m beyond bored with the industrial chic look of the white blinds with no curtains my windows have been sporting. I haven’t hemmed up the orange curtains yet (they of the hideous smell), [...]
Hats. Wowee.
Posted in blather, knitting, tagged Cabled Beret, fashion smashion, finished object, hats, knitting on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been down with a case of the “not feeling so good”, so I’m blogging to you live from my couch, wrapped in my owl blankie, sipping mint tea with a candle burning in hopes of eradicating the “aroma” produced by Cheech and Chong next door (note: it’s not working) . I made a silent [...]
Who wants Meow Mix?
Posted in knitting, tagged finished object, mittens, stranded knitting on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have a backlog of FOs to show off, and I think I’ll start with my most successful this far. Behold, the Meow Mittens.
These mark my first foray into charting a design, and although the template was graciously provided by Hello Yarn, I’m a little proud of myself. (I seem to be having a problem [...]
Christmas Rewind
Posted in blather on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas has been over and New Year’s is a memory, but I continue to be lazy. I’ve been wanting to show off some of my favorite presents for a while now, but only got around to taking pictures yesterday.
Yes, that’s a garden gnome flying a bomber with a pin up gnome on the side. And [...]
Properous New Year.
Posted in blather on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Instead of a long, drawn out epistle on 2008, I’ll just say that it was full of stunning highs and crushing lows, and I have the distinct feeling that the universe is on my side this time.