Catching up, randomly.

Monday, 30 July 2007, 18:55 | Category : Meatspace Life, Socks, Spinning
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I’m an aunt(-to-be)!

Knitters, I’d like you to meet Austin James. My future sister-in-law gave birth to this wee little bundle of cuteness on July 23. Mother, father and son are all healthy, happy, and home safe and sound. And let me tell you – seeing Bradon hold this tiny life in his [...]

Not for the squeamish.

Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 21:22 | Category : Meatspace Life
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I would like to think that, having reached the grand old age of twenty-eight, that I would have mastered some basic skills. Balancing a checkbook. Paying bills. Driving. Caring for small, cute animals. Maintaining a healthy relationship.
Walking.
Yeah, not so much with that last one.

So, I was out to dinner with [...]

I am a sock-making machine.

Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 20:49 | Category : General, Socks
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This is Sundara Sock Yarn in the Bird of Paradise colorway, from the 2006-2007 Petals Collection. A very un-me color, but I’m loving them anyway. The pattern, which came with the yarn, is ribbing with a slip stitch thrown in to break up the colors a bit. It’s making a very snug [...]

Tell me I’m pretty.

Monday, 9 July 2007, 17:50 | Category : Spinning
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Kaylee: Wash, tell me I’m pretty.
Wash: Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion.
Kaylee: ‘Cause I’m pretty?
Wash: ‘Cause you’re pretty.
Firefly, “Heart of Gold”

I love to learn information. Nothing makes me happier than sitting down with a book, an encyclopedia, a dictionary, or the internet and just letting [...]

Less blogging=More finishing!

Thursday, 5 July 2007, 18:43 | Category : Dishcloths, Finished!, Socks, Spinning
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Hey, look…an impromptu blog vacation. Sorry about that.
That’s not to say that I haven’t been busy.
Bradon has his very first pair of hand-knit socks:

They have been declared “good,” if “a little rough.” (They haven’t been washed yet. I’m trying not to worry about the “rough” assessment. We wouldn’t want that tough-as-butter [...]