Before the baking, a minor knitting update.  I’ve tweaked the Lady of the Lake pattern so that the sleeves are knit in the round from the shoulder down, because that’s how they should be knit, dammit.  I am also making an absolutely lovely pair of Hedgerow socks* out of Spirit Trail sock yarn in a […]

So, I was having that ongoing problem with socks just plain not working out that I mentioned.  I did some soul-searching, talked to some other sock knitters about possible solutions, and decided on a plan.  The plan involved some frogging, some math, and some generosity. Now we’ve reached the generosity segment of my recovery process.  […]

(Before I begin an actual post, I just want to point out that the fact that so many people mistakenly say “worldwind” when they mean “whirlwind” makes veins pop out on my forehead, and may eventually result in my death from aneurysm.  So if I do pop a vessel and kick it, please honestly list […]

(How’s that for a musical allusion in a title, eh?  An old friend of ours joined HR’s band recently.  I’m sure this makes sense to no one, but that’s never really hindered my blathering before . . .) Right, posting with the quickness, because I need to get back to Battlestar Geek-lactica’s old seasons on […]

The last of the ends are woven into the sockyarn blanket.  I spent some time over the weekend discovering that I actually can crochet, sort of, but that crochet doesn’t seem to be fixing the curling around the edges.  I’m giving some thought to a seed-stitch border, or perhaps some really burly crochet edgings.  I’d […]

And it will all be over.  And, also, the sun will come out. It’s done, so I can restart the second hose (sock?  I still need a singulative for hose) again once I befriend the math.  Again.  I may be in the midst of making some socks for someone else, but I may also just […]

When you study the ancient world, you study the concepts of curses.  When you watch every minute of extra material on Rome DVDs, you think about them even more.  And then, if you mix in some really good adolescent lit about a fantastical array of universes with lots of magic in them, and you maybe […]

Lots of hand sewing going on, though nothing of interest, really.  Hemming, mending, and finishing up some stuff that needs to get out of the basket.  But yards and yards of fabric are now pressed and ready for cutting, so maybe the sweat shop will open this week.  Oh, also, Janet, Colleen, Marta, and I […]

I know I don’t normally talk about work much here, but since it takes up at least a third of my time, it seems to be worth mentioning now and again.  I’m leading the redesign and complete content overhaul of a federal website that launches on July 13th.  I can’t show you the new version […]