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Best Birthday EVER
2007-11-01 19:23:00 Tonight The Baron and I will celebrate our third anniversary with a quiet night at home. For the past two years we’ve gone away for a joint birthday/anniversary weekend, but this year The Baron outdid himself with a birthday extravaganza. Tonight I’m hoping we’ll have just a quiet night at home. The ... More About: Birthday
Spooky Wednesday
2007-10-31 20:55:00 Last night The Baron and I hung out at home with our pumpkins. I cleaned out the pulp and seeds, he did the seed-baking, and we both did some carving. My pumpkin is, well, let’s just say it is not ideally shaped. It looks like it’s been folded in on itself on one side, ... More About: Knitting , Wednesday , Spooky
The end of getting ready
2007-10-25 03:02:00 Finally, after multiple swatches and pestering my dad for measurements, yarn shopping and needle purchasing, I think I am ready to cast on for the Tangled Yoke Cardigan. I takes so long to get ready and organized for a major knit, but the good news is that once the prep is done properly, the knitting ... More About: Knitting , Ready
My first meme . . .
2007-10-24 01:12:00 From Miss A . . . if you are moved to respond with your answers please copy me! It’s my blog and I can do what I wanna, so I left out a few questions . . . 1. What time is it 3:33 pm 3. ... More About: Meme
My kingdom for . . .
2007-10-20 00:45:00 . . . bootie buttons! I’ve never really needed buttons before, and I finished the booties a few minutes ago and had a moment of “oh, right, I need buttons, der . . .” Lucky for me there is an awesome store on Pico called F&S Fabrics that has an amazing supply of buttons and a ... More About: Kingdom
I am a knitting machine
2007-10-19 01:48:00 No, not a knitting machine like machine-knits, a knitting machine like wow, look at that girl knit! An update . . . - Dishtowels: Done, all except the weaving in, washing & blocking, and wrapping up. - Blue baby booties: Bootie #1 halfway completed (and if work is slow this evening, I will be on bootie #2 before ... More About: Machine , Knitting , Knit , Mach
Attack of the WIPs
2007-10-17 03:59:00 What goes with a quiet evening at home, watching a silent, peaceful tank of fish, better thank knitting? Nothing. I’ve gotten increasingly excited about the knitting in the past week . . . between friends and co-workers picking up needles for the first time and yarn shopping (including a KnitPicks order that showed up today!) ... More About: Yarn , Knitting , Attack , Atta
Gone Fishin?
2007-10-17 03:17:00 Last night The Baron chided me for not keeping my blog more up-to-date and insisted that today, as penance, I post two entries. So here goes . . . in honor of The Baron, and inspired by Mochimochi’s juxtaposition of yarn and fish, I give you the latest addition to our home: the living room ...
A very knitty weekend
2007-10-16 04:13:00 It almost feels like all I did this weekend was knit. We were a teeny bit social — The Baron and I had dinner with some friends of his on Friday night, and I had the sisters over for Pancake Breakfast on Saturday morning. Of course, Little Miss Law joined us (being an honorary sister) ... More About: Weekend , Yarn , Knitting , Knit
Taking out the anti-compost
2007-10-12 03:39:00 I’m a little scared to even think these thoughts, on the boasting-leads-to-trouble philosophy, but domestic troubles in the periphery of my acquaintance have me feeling extra-specially-appreciative of The Baron, especially since I am about to have a birthday and he is being ultra-sweet. Everyone has their ups and downs, but he is just so understanding of ... More About: Knitting , Anti , Taking
New clarity for old yarn
2007-10-11 04:01:00 Last night I knitted to my latest audiobook, Posession by A.S. Byatt (which is an old, and got to within three repeats of finishing the dishtowel that I’m making for The Baron’s sister in law, who is bringing her new baby for a visit in the next few weeks. I cannot wait - she says ... More About: Yarn , Knitting , Clarity , Clar
More stash, less organized
2007-10-10 04:03:00 Finally, my yarn order from Sarah’s Yarns arrived! In Jaggerspun Maine Line, I got two cones of a French blue that will hopefully become a sweater for my stepmom, if she likes the color, and another two cones of a natural white that might become a sweater for Glamorous. I also got lots and lots of ... More About: Knitting , Organ
One step forward, two steps back
2007-10-08 20:10:00 The Baron was hit, tragically, with food poisoning on Friday. He even had to stay home from work. I snuck out a little early on Friday afternoon to tend to him and spent much of Friday evening and Saturday fetching fresh glasses of water and taking his temperature. In between my nursing duties, I worked ... More About: Back , Knitting , Step , Forward , Steps
The best thing about lace . . .
2007-10-04 01:32:00 . . . is how fast it grows in the beginning. I cast on for Peacock Feathers last Friday and already I am almost done with chart two. Yes, impressive. And even more impressive considering there is a chart 1 and a chart 1A. I’m working the shawl on US 4 needles in Zephyr — ... More About: Yarn , Knitting , Thing , Lace
Best idea ever
2007-10-02 03:02:00 Today?s been a pretty rough Monday ? I didn?t sleep well last night and I?m feeling fussy for reasons I don?t really want to share. I was going to skip blogging for today but then I remembered that over the weekend I stumbled onto the best idea ever and I didn’t feel right not sharing ... More About: Idea , Knitting
Thanks Jamie
2007-09-28 21:25:00 All this down-time at work is great for personal productivity: knitting, catching up on bills, blogging. The quiet and low-pressure days allow my mind to expand as though in an empty room, to wander and drift, catching the peaks and eddys of the cultural effluvia around me. It?s this expansion that allows me ... More About: Blogging , Knitting , Jamie , Hank
The fruits of my labor
2007-09-28 04:10:00 Here’s what can be accomplished when the bosses go out of town and the workday is quiet . . . I’m still at work, but I’m out of yarn . . . More About: Fruits , Labor , Knitting
Whistle whilst you work
2007-09-26 21:16:00 The big boss is out of town so I am getting in some really quality at-work knitting time today. I?m planning on catching up on online TV and getting through as much of the hand towel as I can. In other slacking-off-at-work news (besides the blog, ?cause duh, what else is there to do at ... More About: Whistle , Work
Monkey frustration
2007-09-25 20:21:00 So the secret (and now not-so-secret) project I?ve been toting around with me is the Monkey Socks. The actual knitting is going well ? no problem at all ? but the yarn is pooling and I think the gauge is off, because although the socks are the right size so far, the stitches themselves seem ... More About: Frustration , Yarn , Knitting , Stration
At-home weekend
2007-09-24 21:56:00 It was a desperately productive weekend at the Barony. I managed to clean out and re-arrange the medicine/linen closet and I made serious headway on moving my stuff into the guest room. It still looks like a storm just passed through, but at least I am starting to see the light at the end of ... More About: Home , Weekend , Knitting
Knitting toys I covet
2007-09-21 03:02:00 There?s talk of rain on the news today ? even though the sky is clear-blue and the sun seems bright. The Baron says that it feels like fall, 70 degrees and sunny. We both really love the rain, and of course cooler weather does make the idea of pulling out more serious and substantial knitting ... More About: Toys , Knitting , Covet , Knit
Organizing the stash
2007-09-20 03:39:00 Today?s going to be another day of bits and pieces, disjointed thoughts and rambling . . . I can just tell . . . so here goes: The big knitting question of the day: Now that I?m living with The Baron and I have a huge closet in the guest room to play with, how do ... More About: Yarn , Knitting , Organ
So far, so good
2007-09-19 02:29:00 The Baron really is one of the best and most lovely people I?ve ever known. So far, our little co-habitation experiment has survived two huge truckloads of stuff (junk from my old apartment that I haven?t used in years) backing up to his our house. Two meals with my sisters, five nights of my dad ... More About: Blogging , Good
Reaching out
2007-09-12 23:27:00 This morning on the way to work I got a call from Mrs. J, all the way from her distant east-coast home. Since she rarely calls in the morning without some exciting tidbit to share, I was surprised when she responded to my greeting with ?Well . . . so you?re moving in?!?? I thought ... More About: Blogging , Knitting
Moving in
2007-09-12 02:52:00 I couldn?t believe her luck, but adorable found a great apartment, complete with friendly roommate, on her very first try. Saturday morning found us hitting the road early and making our way to Ikea, where we furnished her entire room (almost). We arrived at 11 am, wandered through the candy-land world of imaginary living-rooms and ... More About: Moving , Knitting
Pretty butterfly
2007-09-07 02:57:00 I’m busy at work today (for once!) and I do have a few things to report, so I’ll save up for tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy today’s butterfly! More About: Pretty , Knitting , Butterfly
A neat little something . . .
2007-09-05 19:39:00 First things first: Today?s Pavilion of Wings butterfly is one of my favorites . . . if you look closely you can even see the little white tongue dipping down into the flower. So last night I was hanging out at my apartment (no, I do not actually live at The Baron?s ? my yarn lives ... More About: Knitting , Litt , Some
Swimming, pinball & root beer floats
2007-09-05 01:55:00 Yes, it?s been hot here in Southern California ? too hot for some, I know ? but perfect weather for a lazy long-weekend. Now that couches, end-tables and most importantly the pinball machine have arrived, the house was ready for a weekend of company. Adorable, Glamorous and Little Miss Law spent Saturday swimming and relaxing ... More About: Swimming , Beer , Pinball , Knitting , Root
Pinball widow
2007-08-30 19:45:00 There are big goings-on these days at The Barony. The final wave of furniture is arriving, requiring assembly (you think I can knit, you should see me build furniture!) and arrangement. As of 10:45 last night, the living room has a couch, a chair, two ottomans and two end tables. After nine months, we finally ... More About: Pinball , Knitting
Working girls? knit night
More articles from this author:2007-08-30 00:57:00 Last night after a long day at work a few of the gals from the office (sadly, we had no luck recruiting some of the guys) headed over to a nearby outdoor café where I tried for the first time ever to teach knitting. A good time was had by all, but I did realize ... More About: Girls , Night , Yarn , Knitting , Working 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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