sometimes other people say it better

"Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you." — Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid)

seven years

Thank you, love, for every day of these seven wonderful years.

decisions, decisions

    I'm sketching out my final ideas for a sweater I've been chewing over for months- until recently, the only things I'd been 100% certain of were that there would probably be an empire waist and that I would knit it in a deep, sensual red. I've finally got a real image of it [...]

the claaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwww!

Submitted for your approval: a set of mysterious, somehow- fiber- related wooden claws, probably from Turkey.   They're remarkable, aren't they? The lovely akaGracie sent them to me, along with a gorgeous fabric stamp and a Turkish spindle. There are two full sets of fingers and then this larger, three- finger version.   There are [...]

on focus

“Do not hurry. Do not rest.” -Goethe

Sock- a- con

tiny perfect sock, originally uploaded by s.eyre. (In the interest of full disclosure- that is NOT my perfect, tiny version of The Gardener's Sock. I wish I could remember the name of the knitter who was wearing it at SS- it really is remarkable.) Sock Summit- or Sockacon, as Sam's been calling it- was amazing. [...]

squeeeeeee!

We are here!!!!!!!

our big adventure

We are starting here… … and headed here… …and this is how we're getting there. That poor van is nearly bursting with yarn, people. It is madness. Heaven help the trooper that wants to search this van. We leave tomorrow morning, bright and early, with six days and about 2800 miles of adventure ahead of [...]

where I work

My indoor space.

in which there are 58 days and one robot

Billy bought a robot watch. He's been surrounding himself with robots, lately. I keep experiencing robot envy, but then I remember who'll come out on top when the robot revolution happens.

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