I'm running around the house, collecting supplies to see whether I *really* have what it takes to throw together a pair of medieval-oid shoes.  MT#1 is following me around all squealy at the very thought of shoes made just for her.  I draw a prototype shoe, and she says, "Is it an old fashioned shoe ( Read more... )

My name is Violante, and I am a compulsive last minute project doer.

Today I am teleworking, and in the back of my mind is this nagging thought that I am taking my not-so-wee-anymore-babes to Storvik Novice Saturday, but MT#1 has no shoes to wear.  So a good chunk of my day Friday will be sent schlepping her slower-than-molasses-in-the-Arctic butt ( Read more... )

Posted here so I can add it to my memories and not lose track of it!

YUM.

ISO soup recipes featuring hot italian sausages.  I could have sworn someone I know made something like this for some event, or a potluck, or something.  Any suggestions? 

Spanish Peacock spindle and Feeling Sheepish hand-painted roving.  It just doesn't get much more awesome!
 
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 I just got a request on Ravelry to include my picture of MT#2's "Easy-Peasy Leg Warmers" as a featured photo for the pattern.  Maybe I'm just too drunk on the joy of knitting, but I'm really flattered that anyone thought my picture was worth distributing more widely than my own little "projects" page.

...hope no one notices the hole in the knee of ( Read more... )

I FINALLY figured out what's wrong.

Yeah, yeah, I know it didn't look like anything was wrong.  But something's been gnawing at me.  I'm fidgety.  Annoyed with my job.  Snappish.  Prone to constant snacking.  Knitting, family obligations, and MDSW prep have all kept me so busy lately that I didn't realize what was missing.

I haven't had any projects ( Read more... )

Just remember, it could always be worse.

You could be this guy.

There's a knitting stitch called Andalusian Stitch!  DUDE!

Now I have to know why... and to learn its history... and to incorporate it into everything I knit, somehow.  You KNEW I would find a way to make this all about Spain!

I haz sock yarn.