Tools at hand
It's not often I get someone ask me to knit for them. At Sunday brunch, Trenton asked for a beanie in brown or off-white. I happened to have a tape measure with me to measure his head, and I picked up some yarn I've been wanting
Topic
Personal
A collection of 515 issues
Dear Politicians
This is as political as I will get, and it nicely sums up my views:
The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages
Portland, Oregon
We'd wanted to visit Powell's for years, the worlds largest bookstore. It takes up a whole city block, I lost Paul a couple of times in the red and purple rooms (each the size of a major bookstore) and it was wonderfully relaxing to have nothing
Introducing Albion's Forge!
My Etsy store is now open: Albion's Forge. I am selling ThinkMats, pieces of rubber chainmail you can fiddle with, stretch, jingle, scrunch, rattle, and ponder. If you're a natural fidget, this might be for you. If you're surrounded by natural fidgets, having these
Under the radar
Between the secret swap gift and some long-delayed half-finished projects, it's gone a bit quiet around here, but I have been working on a few things:
There's some chocolate cherry Finn wool on my spinning wheel that is almost done, I need to spin another half-bobbin
Can't breathe, too busy...
February always feels like an absurdly busy month. The 5th is the anniversary of our first date back in 1994, which is now 18 years ago. Valentine's Day is a mere three days before Hubby's birthday, which is two weeks before my birthday. Then we get
On Muggles
In the Harry Potter universe, muggles are the non-wizarding humans, the majority of humanity. To knitters and crafters, they are the non-crafting humans, also a majority who have little understanding of a crafting brain. For instance, non-crafters may think that because a person is knitting, they can't pay
Looking forwards - 2012 resolutions
I achieved most of my 2011 resolutions this year. I resolved not to stab anyone in 2011 and managed this one, though there were some very worthy candidates.
In knitting, I finished knitting the Eris cardigan, though I still need to block it and install a zipper, which is scary
Looking back
In 2011 I knit:
* 6 pairs of socks (all my own designs)
* 3 neck-warmer scarves (one from unspun silk hankies)
* 2 shawls (Larix and Citron)
* 4 toys (two bats, a hedgehog and a bunny)
* 2 lace scarves (both knitspot designs, Butternut and an unblocked Aria Delicata)
* 2 tops (Eris, still
On hiatus till November
I'm taking a break from the blog till the end of the month. Lots of things going on, not many of them good. I'm fine, Hubby is fine, the cats are fine. See you in November.