Sometimes I do that thing where I don’t write for so long that I get scared about going back to it, scared that when I do finally put fingers to keyboard, I’ll have forgotten how — or worse, discover that I never really knew. I finished NaNoWriMo and I couldn’t be more astonished. The piece [...]
Also tagged FO Report, socksI love it. I had reached that consummation most devoutly to be wish’d last weekend, and had nothing on my needles. It turns out that this is not a situation I like nearly as much as I thought I would, and it, in fact, made me kinda itchy. The result was a lot of planning [...]
Also tagged CoachellaIt’s moving time! M and I are upsticks-and-leaving our current little house. We’re going to bunk up with some family to save up for a few months; around six, I’m estimating. It’s going to be awesome and I’m kind of excited by it all. I like our family, I like change — I don’t like [...]
Also taggedAs promised, some details on the zombie bunnies. About a hundred years ago (or so), I came across the Wee Bunny pattern and, at the time, thought it was just too, too cute and had to make it. Downloaded the pattern, coaxed my Nan into surrendering some of her dainty chintz quilting cotton squares in [...]
Also tagged yarn teaches hard lessonsI cleaned out my study today, and hell yes, it felt good. I can see my desk and it is much, much bigger than I remember. I recycled printouts and essays from my first semester of my Masters degree (that would be 2007), not to mention thousands of used envelopes with cryptic and archaic comments [...]
Also tagged etc.I am enjoying this post-Masters euphoria. It almost makes it worth all the grief leading up to the end worth it, because it is so fantastic when you stop. Mind you, that’s the same principle that fans of the asphyxi-wank apply, and that doesn’t always work out so well for them. My mind is fizzing [...]
Also tagged etc.At least, I hope that’s what I can smell! HAH! Ah, an easy joke to start the afternoon. Makes the world go ’round. Purple Flounceypants is nearly finished. There she is, in all her lacey glory. That pin is showing where the first i-cord is going to start. The first of some 86cm of i-cord [...]
Also tagged Purple FlounceypantsPurple Flounceypants is charging ahead. Today I finished the elastic casing around the top. In keeping with the overall feel of the Purple Flounceypants experience, this was accomplished after an internal dialogue along the lines of “how do I do that?” ; “eh, I dunno…just wing it” ; “rightyo!” (frankly, I’m surprised that there are [...]
Also tagged Purple FlounceypantsSo this is getting weird now. Having to put aside my Purple Corona while I waited for my new ball of yarn to arrive, I picked up Purple Flounceypants and began working. There is voodoo woven into this yarn. There is a magic spell twisted around every stitch — and whether that means it’s going [...]
Also tagged Purple FlounceypantsI had to stop knitting my purple Corona. I am not at all pleased about this! I have reached the spot in the pattern where I am to cast on the sleeves and work them up to the armpits; then, I’ll join the sleeves and the body together in one glorious unity and finish up [...]
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