Polygamous Knitting

Posted by on Aug 23, 2007 in Knitting, UFOs | 2 comments

I can’t settle down onto one project. I’m working on my I Love Gansey socks (which are lovely) and I’m working on the Guyabara shirt for my DH. And I’m working on my Huck Lace table runner (on the loom) and I’m…oh yeah, teaching a course at the UofA… Too much, I imagine. If only it ALL created an income!LOL More soon…NOTE TO SARAH 09/27/07:There’s definitely a discrepancy b/t the Guyabara...

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What time is it???

Posted by on Aug 8, 2007 in Family, Knitting, Mystery Knitting, Sock Knitting | 4 comments

If you look at the date stamp on this you’ll wonder if I’m out of my mind, up again at 2:29am.The simple answer is, “I have no idea.”I am normally a Very Good sleeper (ask my husband).I rarely have insomnia. I need (NEED) eight hours.And yet…here I am.I even swore off Diet Coke today after lunch. I had a glass (or was that two) of wine tonight and well over the recommended eight glasses of water. Tonight, to relax,...

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Of Naps and Nighttime Knitting

Posted by on Aug 3, 2007 in Family, Love, Sock Knitting, Spinning, UFOs | 1 comment

I should get more sleep.My husband will crack up when he sees this because, when he’s home, I generally get eight hours (without which, you really don’t want to be around me…really). When he’s gone, though, I putter. I am able to putter my circuitous way around the house, putting up pictures, making things right, gradually going through drawers and filling boxes with Things To Go Elsewhere–not that they ever GET...

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Warped

Posted by on Jul 31, 2007 in Family, Knitting, Mystery Knitting, Sock Knitting, UFOs, Weaving | 1 comment

Where have I been?Warping.I’ll have pics here later, but for now, know this: I’m an idiot.No really. I found out from Syne Mitchell of Weavecast that I took on a ridiculously difficult first project. This surprised me not at all. I had some linen on cones just sitting around so I thought I should use it. I warped with thatThen I wove four placemats–plain tabby, then twill (1/3 and 2/2) and had a ball.I had no one to tell me...

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