The End Is Near

Posted by on Nov 3, 2007 in Family, Harry Potter Geekiness, Knitting | 6 comments

I find myself still unable to speak clearly for any length of time, so getting the podcast out has been impossible. I think I might start doing it in stages, a few minutes here and there just to get the first chapters out to everyone. I feel horrible. I’d so wanted to start Frankenstein for Halloween.Ah well…the best laid plans, blah blah blah.And, of course, I’m not the only sick one.Andrew leaves and Thing 2 gets Croup....

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Batting for The Other Team

Posted by on Oct 25, 2007 in Knitting | 2 comments

I know this won’t look obviously suspect to most of you, but the yarn is quite definitely off to the right side.Now under normal circumstances, I knit Continental (picking the yarn off of my left hand) but this project–my sister’s squid hat–is a pain in the wrist and I’m finding myself employing as many different knitting techniques as I can possibly remember. Overhand, throwing, knitting backwards…you name...

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