http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium Irony is the new Zen. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:57:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love Halloween, and I love Carrie, and rumor has it that Carrie loves Halloween as well.  Therefore, it seemed that the right thing to do was to knit Carrie and pair of spider socks for Halloween. What?  It makes perfect sense to me. Thus, at long last, I present to you ... http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=1012 I usually don't have a problem with second sock syndrome.  I mean, yeah, the second sock is often a little more boring than the first, but because I'm a mostly monogamous knitter, I generally don't end up with a lot of single socks floating around.  Sometimes a pair of socks ... http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=1005 Happy Halloween, kids. http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=1001 I seem to always run into this problem. I'm a few rows from finishing the toe, here.  I've pulled the needles out, hoping that it will make a difference. It doesn't. And so now I ponder.  I made up this pattern.  I had the idea, and it would be lying to say that ... http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=998 I've been living in Colorado for twelve years now, so seeing this out my window on October 29th doesn't surprise me. Really, the only surprising thing is that it came two days early - usually, we get our first measurable snow of the season on Halloween. Of course, this one was a ... http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=994 Saturdays appear to be the weak link in my new plan.  This week I just flat-out forgot. Okay, that's not entirely true.  Sometime around 3:00 pm I thought "Oh, yeah, I have to blog today.  I'll be sure to do that when I finish the Stealth Project."  Then I knit all ... http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=992 Every once in a while it occurs to me how odd it is that I get along so well with my parents. I mean, it's not all roses and sunshine all the time.  I was once a teenager, after all, with all the angst that implies.  Nonetheless, especially now that I'm ... http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=988 Yanno, it's hard to blog when: You have no time to knit. Your parents are in town, so you have even less time to knit. What precious little knitting time you squeak in is devoted to a stealth project. Really, I'm going to get this blogging thing down one of these days. Things are still ... http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=984 Okay, so maybe that whole "blogging on Saturday" thing didn't work out terribly well this week.  In my defense, I was home and conscious for only about three hours all day, and most of those three hours were spent getting ready to go somewhere else.  Oh, the tragic life of ... http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=981 Not that there's been much.  Between the hectic work days and the busy weekends, I haven't had much time to sit down with my sticks and string. Nonetheless, the experimental socks have been growing in fits and starts: I'm still liking how these are turning out - at this point I think ... http://www.siliconashes.net/~imbrium/?p=977