Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
…or really, I’d just plain like to meet people in these places. Knitting optional.
Neato.
I think there’s a bit of a Coke-commercial-vibe going on here, and a few questions are popping up in my head (like, would this video have the same effect if it was somebody besides a white guy?) but I still think this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 20, 2008 | 23 Comments »
To: Several of The Students Whose Essays I Am Currently Grading
CC: Anyone Who Might Ever Have Plans To Turn In an Essay to a University Campus Sometime Soon
I know that you’re a special unique snowflake and you probably tried so very hard on this essay, and that this is a summer course anyway and this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Just because it’s Tuesday.
And particularly for those who are fans of
a) 80s music
b) Firefly/Serenity
c) both
And oh, what the heck.
Have some Pride and Prejudice/Nickelback.
Now you know what I really do online when I’m not reading knitting blogs.
YouTube is an evil time-sucking mistress.
Noro socks soon. I gotta wrangle a photographer. Nothing like finishing knee socks when [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2008 | 17 Comments »
Last week I exchanged a couple of emails with Scott, whose wife manages Mouline Yarns in Montreal. He mentioned that it would be neat to read more blog posts about favourite Local Yarn Shops, and I’ve been thinking about that off and on for the last week. And since I’ve somehow managed to let almost [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Thank you all so much for the congratulations comments on my last post, it was very heart-warming to read them. Hoo boy, though, time sure does fly when you’re trying very hard to do nothing. The last week has been pretty busy for someone who was supposedly going to take time off. People to see, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2008 | 37 Comments »
Long time no blog. I’m going to rectify that starting this week!
So, last weekend I finished spinning and plying up my third attempt with the drop spindle - I think I’m starting to get the hang of it. Plying has mostly been Very Not Fun, but it’s getting easier. Fleece Artist Merino/Alpaca Sliver, and I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Oh. My. Noro is coming out with a Silk Garden Sock Yarn. I’ve been hemming and hawing over the Noro Kureyon Sock, because while I love the colours I don’t love the texture…and truth be told, Silk Garden is one of my top favourite yarns. Yes please, I would like to cover my feet with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My sister recently acquired a new MacBook. (My envy, let me show you it). We played with the camera’s photostrip feature the other day:
Fun times. Technology really does make our lives better, doesn’t it?
I’ve got a few knitting-related bloggable things in the works but I think I’ll have to save ‘em for next [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged magknits on April 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve had several hits lately on my blog with search strings like ‘Magknits patterns’ or ‘Magknits shutting down’, as well as more comments asking about how to find [X Magknits pattern], so I thought I would post this all in one go. I don’t know how many people read information left in comments. Here are [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2008 | 29 Comments »
I found out this afternoon via a Ravelry user that Magknits is no more - the patterns are all gone. The real question now is how to access the patterns now that the online Magknits archive has been taken down.
I received a question about my ‘Basic Black pattern, and thankfully I have my own computer [...]
