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
It’s official! I’m challenge-sign up happy. Actually, this challenge is a great fit for me. It’s my favorite genre, there are several books I’m already planning on reading that qualify, and there are even more books I have in my library TBR list I wasn’t yet planning on reading for anything in particular, but that
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This challenge could be subtitled “a walk through my boyfriend’s bookcase.” My BF has an extensive graphic novel and comic book collection, and though I’ve dipped into it (Sandman. Bone, and Fables being my particular favorites), I’ve barely broken the surface of what’s there. So this challenge is a really great opportunity for me to
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I couldn’t stand the lack of anything on my needles, so I ran to Knit Wit yesterday and grabbed some yarn for a Foliage hat (above), and some alpaca sock yarn, which I think I’m to try making some Monkey socks with. (I had to get the right size DPNs for this, which I did
I got not one, but two amaryllis for Christmas (one from my Dad, one from my aunt). Interestingly, they’re clearly both from the same supplier (they’re in fact the same variety), but have wildly different box designs. Anyway, I was very excited to get these, as I’m getting to the point of missing my currently
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