Monkey socks are done! I love this yarn. It’s lovely and lightweight, yet nice and toasty (despite the holes in the pattern even!). I’m not sure what I’ll work on next. I could start the Fetching mitts again, because they’re at least quick, but it’s been surprisingly warm at home lately (my freezing computer room […]
Read for the Mythopoeic Award and 2008 TBR Challenges. I admit to picking up this book after reading all the hype surrounding it when it first came out. I actually bought it as a gift for my boyfriend, and in the spirit of it being a gift, originally left it to him to read it
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One of my coworkers will become a father in about two month’s time, so in pondering what I wanted to do as a present for the baby, since I could tell it involve a yarn order, I also decided to set my Project Spectrum house in order. The yarn order is now in, and here’s
The latest installment of the Masterpiece Theatre Jane Austen-athon was Mansfield Park, featuring Billie Piper, late of Doctor Who fame. It was a lovely little production that I very much enjoyed. This production, more than any of the others so far, has made me want to reread the book. There was a certain haste to
Well, I thought I might have some pictures this weekend, but that didn’t pan out. We spent a lovely weekend hanging out with friends in Hudson MA. We had a great Indian dinner on Saturday, and then went into Woburn for dim sum brunch on Sunday (at a branch of a place in Chinatown that’s
Monkey socks are coming along nicely, mostly because my brain has been too fried after work all week for me to do much more than sit on the couch and do something relatively mindless. There will not be much progress made this weekend, as we’re actually going away to see friends, and I’m not bringing
I added this book to my to read list after seeing the author on the Daily Show. He was an interesting speaker, and highlighted some of the more interesting points to this book, which examines what would happen if the human race were to suddenly disappear from the planet. It’s an alternately fascinating and depressing
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Last night was the second night of the Jane Austen-athon on PBS, and the feature was Northanger Abbey. I recently reread Northanger Abbey, for the RIP II reading challenge, and was reminded that it’s one of my less favorite Austen books. Apparently, I’m not the only one to think this, as I’m told this was
The Foliage hat is done! Hurray! It’s just a smidge too long, but that does end up keeping my ears covered, so I can deal with it. I think the next thing I’ll do is the second Monkey sock. I do have my next Fetching mitt cast on, but I want to at least get
The Foliage hat is back on the needles. I finally got smart and strung a lifeline through the first row on the circular needles, and I’m pretty sure that’s the only reason I was finally able to complete a full repeat of the lace pattern. Finally!