nerd knits

Perhaps a weeknight is not the best time to tackle the yearly Airing of the Stash.
Also, perhaps I should stop buying yarn.  Either that, or start knitting faster.
Goodnight, folks.

Dear Internet, I’d like to introduce you to…

Danae (pronounced Da-NAY,) born June 23, 2009 at 11:37am, 4lbs. 7oz., 15 1/4″
and…

Aria, born June 23, 2009 at 11:38am, 3lbs. 13oz., 16 3/4″
(Don’t let the incubator and the feeding tube fool you…Aria’s doing great.  They’ve just got her in there to make sure that she keeps her [...]

When I woke up yesterday morning and went to wash my face, we had no hot water.
I tried the sink in the master bath, then the sink in the guest bath, then the sink in the kitchen.  No hot water anywhere.
I thanked my lucky stars that I shower at night, performed my morning ablutions in [...]

My dear friends Chris and Olena told me in (I believe it was) October of last year that they were expecting – the same day they themselves found out.  Since they are among my very best friends on earth, it was immediately evident to me that there was much knitting to be done.
I knew I [...]

(I swear, I started this on Wednesday, before the server crapped out.  Le sigh.)
1.  June is always a stormy time around these parts, but this year has been particularly tempestuous.  Buckets of rain, tornado watches and hour-long hailstorms seem to be commonplace these days.

2.  In addition to experiencing our frenetic weather patterns, living in Colorado [...]

Chris asked, “Did you pick up anything else at Estes?”
Now, really.  If I answered no, is there a single one of you out there who would believe me?
Once the fleece situation was resolved and I stopped vibrating and my voice re-entered its normal registers, I could focus on other wooly pursuits.  Honestly, I did pretty [...]

I love it beyond all reckoning.
Vital Stats
Sheep: Mindy
Breed: Romeldale/CVM
Weight: 5.75 lbs
From: Black Pines Sheep
Purchased at: Estes Park Wool Market

I had settled on it while they were still doing the judging for the colored fleeces, and left Taelixev and another (non-knitting) friend to guard it while Bradon and I tried to hunt down someone to whom [...]

Can’t blog; Simming.

Evidence that I’ve been knitting, that is.

Between the trip to Columbus and the frequent forays to friends’ houses for gaming, I needed something portable, something easy, something satisfying.  Enter these awesome socks, knit in Cascade Fixation.  It’s my first time working with Fixation, and I rather like it.  If you’ve never worked with it before, [...]

Apologies for the failure-to-blog yesterday.  I’m working on a few projects – not the least of which is getting everything sorted in the new apartment – and time sort of got away from me last night.
Today is grey and rainy, quite suited for my pensive mood.  The sucking has not let up yet, though it [...]