Posted in Uncategorized, tagged food, life, ohio on 28 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I did the whole breakfast-for-dinner thing.
How could you not love this meal? Real maple syrup? Eggs? BACON?! In fact, I cooked the bacon first, so the eggs were bacon-flavored as well. Delicious.
Speaking of eggs..
A bunch of the ducks in my apartment complex had babies recently! This particular party was two moms and a ton [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged life, spin on 24 July, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today my handspun for the weekend was finally dry, and I got the chance to take pictures!
I really am in love with this one. The colors of the two bunches of roving I bought come together beautifully. It’s also really apparent how much my skills have improved since my first skein! This one is way [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged knit, patterns on 21 July, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I FINISHED MY COWL AND I LOVE IT
I love the pattern, I love LOVE the yarn, and I also love my camera! I made this picture my desktop, and it looks fantastic:
I have a feeling it’s going to make me smile every time I turn on my computer. In fact, there is a good chance [...]
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Um..I didn’t feel like a giant zucchini wearing a handknitted sock really needed an introduction. The zucchini was graciously bestowed upon me by Dale Ann’s brother, who grows them. I don’t know what to make with it, but it’s gonna be something BIG.
I spent a relaxing and crazy weekend with friends, partying, spinning, knitting, and [...]
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This week has been insane! For someone who’s just moved to a new place, I sure have a lot of plans. Monday night was sock club, and I started Sarah’s sock design. It’s really pretty, and the yarn is amazing, but I think I’m going to have to rip back because it’s too big!
It’s actually [...]
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First of all, happy birthday to my mom! Hooray!
So I was going to tell you all about how I’m going to learn how to spin, and I was planning on showing off the pretty roving I got on Thursday:
But..
I LEARNED HOW TO SPIN YESTERDAY! I’m so freakin’ excited! My drop spindle hasn’t come in the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged life on 7 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Actually, it’s not. In fact, it’s quite overcast today. But as far as days go, today was pretty great. After a not particularly fabulous day of work on Thursday, the long weekend did me good, and I am back in action!
And besides..my package of exciting things from the lovely and talented Lee Meredith arrived in [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged life on 6 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hope that everyone had a great 4th. I know I did! Friends Renee and Stephanie came to visit for the weekend, and we had a really great time hanging out, shopping, seeing fireworks, and making penis jokes. What can I say? It’s like we’re 8. The highlight of the weekend might very well have [...]
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