Thursday March 31, 2005
Here’s something really exciting: Knit Pro. Of course it is not exciting if you are not a knitter. But if you are — wow! This application will chart images from your computer for you to knit. Last week I had […]
Wednesday March 30, 2005
Here’s the flowerpot with its necklace. You cannot see the detail of the shards, but you can see those if you look back at my picture on Easter. The farmers market opens this Saturday, and our frost-free date is next […]
Tuesday March 29, 2005
I was intending to show you pictures today, but xanga is not in the mood. Maybe later. I was up late last night working on the costumes which are due tomorrow, and will be doing the same thing tonight. This […]
Monday March 28, 2005
Last week The Empress asked me whether I thought that the agoraphobia program was helping and I said no, I thought I was just having to fit unpleasant experiences into my life a lot more than before. Now, having driven […]
Monday March 28, 2005
So I got to the top of the sleeve, and found that I was about 1″ shy of the needed length. Looking back at my calculations, I noticed a lot of “about” and “roughly,” and this is probably why it […]
Sunday March 27, 2005
Happy Easter! I hope that you have a joyful Easter planned. There are baskets on our table filled with candy, books, and trinkets. We have colored eggs and banana nut bread that we made yesterday for our quick breakfast […]
Saturday March 26, 2005
This book tells us that one angora goat can produce the wool for two pairs of cashmere socks or half a sweater. It does not specify whether this is per year or what, but it may still be helpful to […]
Friday March 25, 2005
Here is the start of Hopkins’s first sleeve, with the colorwork completed. It is asymmetrical, vaguely triangular, and subtle, as intended, but I am now wondering whether maybe a vertical band all the way up the sleeve might be better. […]
Thursday March 24, 2005
#2 daughter is home for Easter, having finished her choir tour. Now, she had been on a whirlwind tour, doing one or two concerts a day for five days, and then driving through a couple of states to get home. […]
Thai Karaoke
I’m reading Bell, Cook, and Candle : An Angie Amalfi Mystery (Angie Amalfi Mysteries) By Joanne Pence. There are no nice people in this book so far. There are self-centered, whiny fashionistas, self-centered whiny goths, tormented police officers, and madmen. […]