Spring Blues
I think all three shades of blue from the Pantone Spring 2017 palette (above) are close enough to my eye colors (below). The real question is why I am thinking about this at all. I have made just about a […]
Rutter, Typography, and Sleep
In choir last night we worked on Rutter’s Gloria. For some reason, the mental image that goes along with this piece, for me, is of a small choir on a snowy city street corner. They’re all shopping and meeting up […]
Outlaw Yarn
My last purchase before I went cold sheep was this Outlaw Yarn from New Zealand. The packaging, the names of the colors, the cool website, and the possum fiber content were the things that got me. Why do I find […]
Pantone Spring 2017
It’s fall, so we get the Pantone Spring 2017 color palette. The only real neutral is beige — or Hazelnut, a prettier name. We’re sticking with pink and blue as in 2016, but next year it’s a paler pink and […]
Master Bath Week
Most of the holiday tasks this week are the usual: gifts, freezer food, and such. This is the week for doing stuff with kids’ toys and clothing, and I have no kids at home, so I don’t have to do […]
Recovering an Office Chair
I had too many plans for today. I wanted to finish up the HGP Master Bedroom Week by cleaning up the bedroom’s nightstands, closet, and drawers, and also getting a meal in the freezer and working on Christmas presents. I […]
Failure, Success, and Perseverance
The Savannah Boot Liners are frankly giving me fits. I’m not even through the first repeat and I already have so many errors that I will have to frog it right back and start over. Knitting with worsted on such […]
A New Mount
I finally earned a mount at Habitica, a gamified habit app I use for work and health. I’m also in the Knitting Guild, where we’re having a three month Cold Sheep. One of the tasks is “Inventory and Organize Your […]
Christmas Gift Update 1
The HGP is now having us work on Christmas gifts for an hour a day, but that may not be enough. Above you can see the fruits of two days’ worth of work at this pace. Of course, the first […]
Master Bedroom Week
I completed the fronts of the Delish Cardigan and sewed up the shoulder seams. I tried it on and the fit is perfect. The fabric is lovely, too. I’m getting the sleeves started this evening. It’s Master Bedroom Week on […]