Twinknit

… ’cause I’m leaving town tomorrow for a conference and am frantically trying to finish my conference paper (I know, I know. But this one totally snuck up on me!).
Yeah. So I’m leaving tomorrow for a conference in San Antonio. Things have been stressful (and grumpy) lately, and I thought that it […]

I had a dream the other day that I was done with my dissertation.  I was at graduation, walking down the pedestrian walk-way at my school in a haze of sunshine.  The only lasting impression from this dream that was able to I carry with me into waking was a sense of overwhelming elation, of […]

These took way, way, way longer than they should have. I cast on as a quick project in December and (sigh) two months later, here they are:

Pattern: Dashing (from Knitty, Spring 2007)
Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted Delight, in “Frost Gray” (under a skein… this stuff has wonder-yardage)
Needles: US 5 and US 4 dpns

Thoughts: Well… other than […]

’cause sometimes, I need a treat.

Shibui sock, 100% superwash, for some wild colorwork goodness in my future.
From the Loopy Ewe.

Today is the perfect first day of February — gloomy, dark, rainy, and generally kind of miserable. A day to foreshadow what will inevitably be the weather for the rest of the month. But because we’ve only had cold-and-incredibly-sunny lately, and it’s only the first of february so I haven’t had time to […]