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Well, a funny and a flake… We’ll do the ugly part first: I still haven’t started the german dress. Well, all of the fabric is washed, but I’m not sure that really counts as starting…. Yay, done with confession. So, yesterday was Clean Your Room Or Else! day in my household. C & N clean [...]

(Originally posted on 05-06-2005) Well, today is it. Several weeks ago, a friend and I were taunting each other about submitting masterworks (required by our Reenactment group to be considered for Arts peerage). Of course, it degenerated to “I will as soon as you do” and so… We’re racing. How mature is that? On the [...]

The red sweater is officially an F.O. (Finished Object you non-Knitters ;> ) Looks good on him too, although the turtle neck sits a little wonky (I think it’s a fold issue, nothing major.) And, miracle of miracles, I ended the project with EXACTLY enough yarn. How often does THAT happen? Yes, pics will be [...]

(Originally posted on 05-04-2005) For those of you who are wondering, here are some progress pix of N.s sweater: Here’s a close up of the body cables: And the sleeve cable: Here is my version of W from the Spring 05 Knitty. Mine is knit is Wool Ease Autumn, it looks really pastel in the [...]

(Originally posted on 04-26-2005) I am on a couple of really chatty message boards and mailing lists. I’ve whined a lot lately about how things are going in my life. Didn’t get a job I’d interviewed for and really wanted, my kids are monsters, my cat is sick, my grandparents are sick, etc. Well, you [...]

Why does a duck seem to make everything surreal? OK, maybe not at a pond, but… Yesterday morning I’m leaving for work. There are two ducks hanging out on my lawn, looking at me like “Hey, what is YOUR issue?” (OK, it was probably more “Hey, where’s the bread?”). And everything that morning seemed a [...]