Still dark. Wet snow on the ground. I could see my breath when I took Boh out moments after snapping this picture through the window.
It’s a good thing I picked this up yesterday afternoon and knit another inch of the body — I’m going to need it!
Posted in knitting, tagged garter yoke cardigan, knitting, snow on October 16, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Still dark. Wet snow on the ground. I could see my breath when I took Boh out moments after snapping this picture through the window.
It’s a good thing I picked this up yesterday afternoon and knit another inch of the body — I’m going to need it!
Posted in knitting, tagged boh, cascade 220 superwash, knitting, sleep, snow, socks on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’re nearing the end of the semester, and we both feel this way. Luckily, we’ve had a little bit of this:
It is time to really dig into the papers I have to write in order to finish out the semester, and I’m having a hard time locating my motivation to get into these particular projects. [...]
Posted in from my front door, knitting, tagged base camp, dream in color smooshy, FO, knitting, snow, sunday market shawl on June 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I know it is a little blurry, but there is just something I like about this picture, so it’s what you get. I am very happy with how version 2 of the sunday market shawl (Dream in Color Smooshy, size 10 needles) turned out, though I must say, it grew tremendously in length, but not [...]
Posted in from my front door, knitting, tagged 2008, araucania nature wool chunky, boh, Bolero Jacket, debbie bliss, FO, mountains, seaming, snow, sweater on February 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
but I am wearing a sweater!
(Boy, that mirror is dirty.) I can justify the sweater, though. Take a look at the mountains:
See? There’s snow up there! Also, I think there is some kind of rule that you have to wear your first sweater the second it is done. (Okay, not true. This isn’t exactly the [...]
Posted in from my front door, knitting, tagged FO, handspun, knitting, knitting pretty, mittens, olive oil cake, school portrait, snow, sourcherries, warmest mittens on February 5, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I left work yesterday afternoon and arrived home just in time to gaze out my windows and enjoy this:
I did what anyone in this situation would have done: I baked!
This is the olive oil orange cake from Apples for Jam, with pine nuts sprinkled on top. I listened to loud old music, watched the snow [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dog, ripstop patch tape, sleeping bag, snow, sunrise, sunset on January 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Short, early post today, folks. This guy, also known as the animal (must insert photo pronto)
woke me up in the middle of the night with a horrible rrrripp-ing sound. That’s right, he was yanking the polyfill out of my sleeping bag, while I slept in it. He has been in close proximity to this particular [...]
Posted in knitting, tagged base camp, boh, montego bay, snow, sunset, traffic jam, train on December 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As promised, here are a few pictures of our adventures about 100 miles west and about 3000 feet higher. First, a traffic jam. The guy in the pickup ahead of us was asleep at the railroad crossing. After about 15 minutes and a phone call to our destination (in which we considered leaving the car [...]