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 [...]
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. [...]
