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Halloween themed knitting: Pumpkin Girl
To start this off, let me say: I really, really love Schoppel Wolle Zauberball. It is a gorgeous yarn, with long color transitions and several bright, beautiful color pathways. The one thing that I regret them not having is a color pathway that encompasses all the colors of the rainbow. The closest is one called Frische Fische, which does not ( Read more... ) -
Spatula of Xanatos!
As probably mentioned before, Ben has me watching through a bunch of different movies and TV Shows and movies and so on, since I have never seen them before. Right now, we're on Gargoyles. Which means I am finally meeting Xanatos of the many different TV Tropes, as evidenced by him having his own index.Well, we were making pudding the other night, ( Read more... ) -
Some days...
...I wish I could get paid to sit around and knit lace all day.
But in that direction lies carpal tunnel syndrome. And poverty. -
Klingons off the starboard bow!
Ben and I watched most of the Star Trek movies last week. I have the following observations to make ( Read more... ) -
Let's start at the very beginning...
Recently, I found myself thinking about my personal history on the Internet, particularly as regards my various groups of online friends ( Read more... ) -
The titles of research books from the late 1700s and early 1800s; containing an account of obsession
I have a thing when it comes to the language of book titles (and quite often the books themselves) that originate in the late 1700s and early 1800s. I am not sure what sort of a thing it is, or why I have it, but it is definitely a thing that causes a thrill of glee when I come across a title that sums up everything that happens in a book in 40 ( Read more... ) -
Tatterhood
I keep thinking about fairy tale retellings, and coming back to the fairy tales in Tatterhood and Other Tales. Today, I started wondering if there was enough material in Tatterhood (and stories of a similar type) for a trilogy of MG/YA books ( Read more... )
