What's surprised you the most about me (if anything) since beginning to read my LJ (or when you met me in real life, for those who have)? Has anything about me been completely unexpected or have I always fit the picture of me you had in your head?

Well, go on then...

If I may paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld for a moment, what is the deal with knitting needles ( Read more... )

I have gotten confirmation that Boo has been received by the recipient, so am now free to post pictures.  Ready?


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And my January socks?  They are finished!  For my 2010 Personal Sock Club, I went with easier patterns, because I still have a lot of baby knitting to do and my 2009 patterns were really hard.  And I thought that if I pulled a hard pattern in January I might cry.

Instead, I pulled the Yarrow Ribbed Socks from Nancy Bush's Knitting Vintage Socks.  I ( Read more... )

Poor bastard deserves better than this: www.theonion.com/content/news/four_or_five_guys_pretty_much

Ugh, I hates frogging projects, but this one...  Man.  I used the recommended yarn even, which I rarely do, but it just wasn't working for me.  I have to decide if I'm going to ditch the project entirely or try it with a new yarn ( Read more... )

How I have missed thee! With your big needles and your instant gratification and your ability to make an entire grown up sized hat in like two days:


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They're a delightful experiment in the structure of knitted fabric. Or something. I finished up my December Socks last night. It's pretty gloomy here this morning, so the pictures didn't come out all that great. Anyway. The pattern is called Salto (from Knitty) and the yarn is some cranberry colored Lorna's Laces. Here are my lousy pictures ( Read more... )

This is so freaking cute!

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One of the roads near my aunt and uncle's house has been re-named in memory of my cousin Gregg. November 18th would have been his 40th birthday. I think this is a pretty nice memorial:


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