This has been a very hectic summer, full of rushing to and from camps and lessons, Janelle Monae, fresh vegetables, and guinea pigs. I have, however, completed some crafting, most of it in the last two weeks. Knitting Finally finished the Cat Bordhi Discovery Sock. Pattern: Discovery Sock from Personal Footprints for Insouciant Sock Knitters [...]
1. Saroyan This weekend, I finished my birthday present. Happy birthday, me. Pattern: Saroyan (from feministy). Yarn: Lonesome Stone Alpaca Worsted Color: Shades of Aspen Leaves Other than the Giant Chuppah of 2008, I think this is the first lace pattern I’ve really buckled down and finished. It was really nicely designed — the lace [...]
Traditionally, my New Year’s resolutions come with a hefty dollop of guilt. I don’t, by any means, think I’m alone in this. The very nature of a list of resolutions involves tasks that we feel a nagging need to do — lose weight, get married, lose weight before getting married, etc. Since my birthday is [...]
My daughter watches and loves Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. It’s my fault; I had a brief obsession with the show and communicated it to her. A needy family is chosen to receive a completely new house in a single week. The reveal, when the widowed foster mother of twelve/ preschool teacher/ top fundraiser for Habitat [...]
(Untitled Fantasy Novel is winning, though it’s a close thing. The dirty dishes are the real loser here.) I’m at 22,241 words of a novel I never thought I could write. I am behind the NanoWriMo curve (I should probably be around 26,600 words by now) but I’m assuming it will all work itself out. [...]
Things I have been doing instead of blogging: 1) Halloween My son is obsessed with the San Francisco Municipal Railway. (No, I don’t know why, either. We just roll with it.) I thought he would enjoy dressing up as a MUNI driver for Halloween. I used my sewing machine! I made my own pattern! The [...]
