Posted in Uncategorized on May 23rd, 2006
Yes, that’s right, you can win yarn. And knitting books, or a Starbucks card. How can you win you ask? Let me tell you.Seven friends including fellow knit-blogger Kirsten are going to Croatia to work on a ship called the Logos Hope. Kirsten, Lisa and Julie used to live on a ship …
Posted in Uncategorized on May 17th, 2006
Before I get to the letters and packages, I would like to tell you about my outfit today. It’s really pretty boring- kakhi capri pants (because it’s HOT here in Portland!) and a white t-shirt. My job has a pretty relaxed dress code. We can’t wear jeans and polo shirts or collared shirts are preferred. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7th, 2006
I joined Secret Pal 8 and I am so excited! Part of the deal is that I have to answer some questions so here goes: 1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like? I love wools that aren’t too scratchy and alpaca because it’s really soft. I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 20th, 2006
My most loved sweater has died. It’s a heather grey v-neck sweater that I bought from J Crew almost 10 years ago! It has long been relegated to the wear-only-around-the-house-or-to-work category (I have one of those strange jobs where I wear my nice clothes on weekends and my grubby clothes to work) but I’m still [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2006
First things first. I have been totally slacking as far as the ABC-along goes. I have not posted a single photo and we are quickly approaching the letter D. (Imagine Big Bird doing a little dance here.) So, in an effort to catch up, I present my letter A:A is for . . . Apple [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2006
Hi mom, welcome to my blog! I’ve been working on your gift for awhile now but I couldn’t quite finish in time for you to get it on your Big Day so a preview is in order.I thought you might like some pretty, handknit socks to put a little spring in your step. …
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 20th, 2006
Blogger was being stupid yesterday and it wouldn’t let me post this. Stupid blogger. So here is my posting that should have been here last night. I went out to dinner tonight for my birthday and the restaurant printed special menus for us that looked like this:It was so cool to open it up and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2005
I ordered some yarn from Knit Picks over a week ago and it’s not here yet. It’s yarn that I want to use to knit my dad a scarf for Christmas. My dad lives in LA so I have to mail it and I am starting to run out of time! I didn’t really think [...]
Posted in Create, knitting, Uncategorized on Nov 30th, 2005
I hope you all had a happy turkey day! My mom and her friend Allison came up from California and we had such a nice time. It was really fun to have our first holiday dinner in our new house. Despite my absence from my blog, I did do some knitting. I was just too [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 20th, 2005
Since I last posted a few things have happened. My car got broken into last Tuesday. We were at a bar and came out to find my window smashed. It was pretty upsetting but luckily nothing of mine was stolen. My friend’s briefcase was in the car and that’s all they took. He didn’t have [...]
