Monkey sock #1 is done, and fits on a human foot! (And I’ve discovered blog posting from Flickr 😉 This after I may have fudged the toe decreases slightly because I wasn’t paying attention. Not that it was bad enough to have to do over. I just made notes to make sure I do the […]
They’re doing a run of all Jane Austen’s books on Masterpiece Theatre, starting with Persuasion last night. I know some people aren’t necessarily fond of this book. It’s understandable, as it’s definitely not one of her lighter works, but I actually like it better than Emma and Sense and Sensibility. I’m not sure exactly why
Well, I finished the left Fetching mitt. And this being my first experience with any sort of hand-wear, I promptly found that my hands are indeed actually longish enough that I need to account for it when making anything that’s supposed to end above my knuckles. I need to add at least five rows above
I cast on a Fetching mitt last night, and next thing I knew, I was about half way through it. Score one for the pattern. Speed is good. The cables (my first) were also much less scary than I’d built them up to be in my head. I also swatched out my Sitcom Chic sweater,
In a follow up to the Book to Movie reading challenge, I finally got around to watching the movie version of Steve Martin’s Shopgirl last night. I enjoyed the movie, but I liked the book better. Mirabelle’s interior life was much clearer in the book, and since this is what made her relationship with a
The Monkey socks are coming along nicely, though I must say, I’m not loving the 5 dpn thing this far into the foot. It’s not so bad in the leg, but they just seem to get more tangled where I am right now. I may just do the top of the foot needles on one
Wow. This is a great book. It’s set in the not too distant future, and has some interesting ideas about how society may respond in the face of our increasing technological advances. It’s an incredibly layered book, and I’m still trying to decide exactly how I feel about it. The main character in this book
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Monkey socks are on the needles, and looking good. I’m really enjoying this pattern. It’s been pretty easy to remember, so I’ve been able to knit along while watching tv. (And it’s been cold enough that curling up on the couch under a blanket has been my modus operandi for the last week or so.
Note to self: when you have frogged a very simple lace pattern two times already (and your brain is still muzzy from a migraine earlier in the morning), quit while you’re ahead, and just put it away. I’ve now frogged my Foliage hat four times. For some reason, the lace pattern in the body of
This was the first year I actually kept track of the books I’d read. I started pre-blog, so while there is a write up for every book, they’re not all online. It was definitely interesting to get a number on what I read. I suspect I’m capable of reading more, as I know I had