nerd knits

…handknit socks.*

The Nuptial Socks (link to Ravelry project page)
Yarn: Hand-dyed by Chris of Stumbling Over Chaos
Pattern: an amalgam of the “Five-Stitch Pattern Sock” from Sensational Knitted Socks and the slip-stitch ribbing pattern from Sundara’s Bird of Paradise socks.
Needles: Knitpicks Harmony 2.25 mm dpns
Thoughts: This still isn’t the pattern I would have knit with this yarn, [...]

I know that wedding photographers are asked to do all sorts of weird things, but I’m pretty sure this was a first for our photographers.

“Yeah, see, I just want you to take a couple shots of the ceremony with this sock that I’m knitting in the foreground.”
Alrighty, then.
The nuptial socks were started for the express [...]

The perfect wedding must, of course, be followed by the perfect honeymoon.
Bradon and I spent ten wonderful days at the Maui Prince Hotel, in Makena, Maui, Hawaii. It might seem odd that two night-dwelling, pale skinned former goths might choose to spend their blissful vacation in such a sunny place, but it was quite [...]

I’ll see if I can come up with some words anyway.
I don’t believe that any wedding, since the beginning of time, has gone off without a hitch. Few things in this world are hitchless, as it were. When planning a wedding, the goal is to do everything you can to insure that whatever [...]

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(All the wedding photos – and I do mean all of them – can be found here, if you’re into that kind of thing.)

In 4 days, 7 hours and 18 minutes, I will be a married woman.
I meant to blog more of this process, I really did. I wanted to share it with all of you, as well as memorialize it in words. However, when the time came, I found that if I wasn’t going mad [...]

As I said, I have many, many things to be happy about. A sample list:
1. Wedding planning is in full swing, and is going very well. We have decided to go with the site’s vendor package – we told the owner of the site the kind of wedding we envision, and she [...]

What a wonderful weekend.
After an early morning appointment on Saturday (What? 11:00 is early on a Saturday morning) it was my distinct honor and privilege to meet up with Anne and Naomi. We had a wonderful time at the Butterfly Pavilion, despite Anne dodging the cute little tarantula that the staff was letting [...]

(Yeah, more wedding stuff. If you’re looking for knitting, move along.)
Let me guess. When all you dress designers got married, you picked your prettiest friends to be your bridesmaids instead of your best friends, didn’t you?
Or are all of your friends really size 2 and under?
Because, really…have you ever seen a real woman? [...]

I really, really want to title this post “Bridal Crisis the Only,” but my bridesmaids assure me this is only the first of many.
So, back at the beginning of March I began calling around to bridal boutiques, looking for someone who carried the dress I want. Bradon and I had looked at wedding dresses [...]