nerd knits

Well, I was hoping to have my camera back today so that I could shower you with glorious pictures and provide a departure from unrelieved text, but alas…FedEx has chosen to keep my camera from me for yet another day (I’m really starting to hate FedEx – this, after the tried to tell me that [...]

Ever since Snow mentioned it, I’ve been consumed by the thought of attending the Weekend Retreat for Knitters being held at the Abbey of St. Walburga. Because knitting! With nuns! What could be better?
I can’t explain my fascination with nuns. And I don’t want this to sound insulting – that’s really [...]

No, my camera has not yet been returned to my desperate grasp, but I have coaxed my dad into sending me a picture.

(Please excuse my father’s fashion faux pas of wearing a sweater and shorts – as he pointed out inhis e-mail to me, it’s June in Chicago and that sweater is damn warm.)
Quoth my [...]

Thank you, all, for your suggestions as to what hat I might have conjured up in my little brain. And thank you for reminding me that I really want to knit both Odessa and Shedir (PDF), though frankly Shedir scares the bejesus out of me – that chart gives me hives.
However, it seems that [...]

My father’s official job title is “industrial physicist.” He worked in the oil field for a while in the 70s and early 80s, but has found his niche more recently in robotics. He designs and builds machines that make other things – circuit boards, printer cartridges, airbags, and the like. It’s a [...]

Yes, I know I owe you all a better post than this. I need (and want desperately) to tell you all about Estes, and how much I love knitting and fibery things and knitbloggers above all else. And I will – oh, will I ever. I’ve been composing it in my head [...]

Yes, my friends…I realize that some of this may be Too Much Information. If it’s any comfort, today’s isn’t as bad as yesterday’s.
Believe it or not, I do have a sense of privacy. There are things that I will not post on the internet for the world to read…there just aren’t a lot [...]

Call me weird (who doesn’t?), but I really like those “Hundred Things” lists. I love lists. I love reading other people’s Hundred Things. I’ve always wanted to do one of my own. And since I’m still crazy-busy, and still sans camera (no camera for Estes!), I figure there’s no time like [...]

One of the benefits of going back to tabletop gaming on Sundays is the knitting time it affords me – I am expected to sit in one place and pay attention for 7+ hours, therefore I get a lot of knitting done. Bradon, as the person running the game, is less-than-delighted that I [...]