Posted Tuesday May 27, 2008, 11:53 am, Over one day old
1. When I started the stash toss, I was looking for one skein. One. In February, before going to Madrona, I had dug out this skein, wound it and put it in a ziplock (yes. Knitters use more ziplocks...
Read Random Monday (Links)
Posted Friday May 23, 2008, 12:53 pm, Over one day old
Twice a year (spring and fall, as time permits, those are pretty loose parameters) I do a "stash toss". A quiet, undisturbed stash is a grand home for all sorts of beasties, so I try and shake it up...
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Posted Friday May 23, 2008, 12:53 pm, Over one day old
Blogging from the dentist office, where Meg is having her post-braces dental appointment. See how nice her teeth look? We're both thrilled to bits that her braces are finally off. I remember when I got mine off. I showed...
Read Once more with feeling (Links)
Posted Friday May 23, 2008, 12:53 pm, Over one day old
I don't know if you are going to find this as remarkable a coincidence as I do...but this year my birthday falls on World Wide Knit in Public Day. Seriously. This year June the 14th is not just that...
Read In which Rachel H and I hatch a plan (Links)
Posted Monday May 19, 2008, 12:38 pm, Over one day old
I'm Canadian, and I've always lived here, and I'm a product of the Canadian school system. This means that most of the history I learned in school was Canadian history, and there is much that I don't know about...
Read Philadelphia and a scarf (Links)
Posted Monday May 19, 2008, 12:38 pm, Over one day old
The girls and I have been "doing" their room. Doing is the all purpose term I'm bandying about in the place of decluttering or cleaning or some other scary word that could possibly be associated with chores. There is...
Read Tickle trunk (Links)
Posted Friday May 16, 2008, 2:01 pm, Over one day old
Interspersed with fetching and carrying for Joe (still feeling rather rugged, but at least adjusting somewhat to his circumstances) I managed to have a lovely visit with one of my favourite knitters. Much beloved That Laurie made her way...
Read Well seriously (Links)
Posted Tuesday May 13, 2008, 12:31 pm, Over one day old
(An abbreviated list) 1. Joe. Many thanks for the messages of sympathy, though at this point, I'm not sure which of us is being driven crazier by the state of affairs. He did indeed injure it at the end...
Read Things I am trying to get a grip on (Links)
Posted Monday May 12, 2008, 11:31 am, Over one day old
Joe just spent five days up in Algonquin, canoeing and hanging out in the woods, and returned last night with... this. Yup. Unbelievably, considering that he dumps canoes, traipses over cliffs and rewires the house without shutting the power...
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Posted Friday May 9, 2008, 12:38 pm, Over one day old
Before I left, I had done one of those things knitters do, and had wrapped up the half-finished Urban Aran (cardiganized version) for my sister and given it to her for her birthday. I felt really bad that I...
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