I ... can ... not ... wait ... to ... get ... out ... of ... here!!!!
I thought I'd add a little "list flavor" to my blog. The lists are driving me nuts today. Just because everyone is entitled to an opionion doesn't mean you HAVE to weigh in about every little thing. How about minding your own damned business every once in a while.
Basta!
It's really work that's bothering me today, but there's nothing to be done about that. Just try to bring my blood pressure back down. 3.5 more hours, then I'm on vacation for 8 days.
I was in LA a couple of years ago, and another Thriller had a Hatchtown spindle with which she was uncomfortable, so she gave it to me. I said I'd just hold it for her until she learned to work it. It spins like butter, as do all the Hatchtowns I've ever used (well, all the Kaaris - I don't particularly get along with the Lady Anns) but you've got to be able to read the spin. Each has a certain amount of fiber (in the drafting zone) it prefers, some are long spinners, some are fast spinners. Once you understand it, it's all good. But if you don't get it, it'll backspin on you or just plain out stop. In any case, I'm getting my last spins on it today. I'll meet its owner in New Orleans on Sunday and give it back, with a few skeins for inspiration.
In fact, I should go upstairs and spin for a little while to calm down.
zaterdag, februari 19, 2005
Ugh, I'm sick. I have no desire to spin or knit or anything.
Pity, though, as I just have the thumbs to complete on my cashmere Turkish mittens.
My chest cold is starting to break up, so I'm at that miserable, hacking, expectorant stage. Fun fun fun.
I don't care, as long as I'm well in time for my trip to New Orleans for spring break.
Pity, though, as I just have the thumbs to complete on my cashmere Turkish mittens.
My chest cold is starting to break up, so I'm at that miserable, hacking, expectorant stage. Fun fun fun.
I don't care, as long as I'm well in time for my trip to New Orleans for spring break.
maandag, februari 14, 2005
I have a new blog. It is nothing like this one.
It is about sex. I will try to keep it on topic.
I will probably update the other more.
Fair warning, if you like this one, you will probably not like the other.
It is about sex. I will try to keep it on topic.
I will probably update the other more.
Fair warning, if you like this one, you will probably not like the other.
zondag, februari 13, 2005
Well, I managed to find/make Mardi Gras here in NYC. I'm shocked that I came home with more beads than I left with. And I was giving them away! Sajnos, senki sem mutatotta a pöcsödet.
It looks like the New Orleans trip is starting to flesh out as well. I have one other person who's already bought tickets, and 3-7 other people who are trying to fit it into their schedules. So I won't be entirely alone all week. There's so much I want to do; now I just have to decide what I want to do with other people.
T-30 days to debauchery!
It looks like the New Orleans trip is starting to flesh out as well. I have one other person who's already bought tickets, and 3-7 other people who are trying to fit it into their schedules. So I won't be entirely alone all week. There's so much I want to do; now I just have to decide what I want to do with other people.
T-30 days to debauchery!
dinsdag, februari 08, 2005
Laissez les bon temps roulez!
It's Mardi Gras. Break out the Hurricanes & beignets. Throw me some beads, mister! What will you give me for my beads? (Mutasd a pöcsödet!)
I'm happily decked out in my beads, here in the den of iniquity, but no one else seems to be celebrating. Well, it is New York.
I'm thinking about going down to New Orleans for Spring Break, but having a hard time getting anyone to go with me. Not that I particularly need the company.
Who'da ever thought I'd like a southern city so much?
It's Mardi Gras. Break out the Hurricanes & beignets. Throw me some beads, mister! What will you give me for my beads? (Mutasd a pöcsödet!)
I'm happily decked out in my beads, here in the den of iniquity, but no one else seems to be celebrating. Well, it is New York.
I'm thinking about going down to New Orleans for Spring Break, but having a hard time getting anyone to go with me. Not that I particularly need the company.
Who'da ever thought I'd like a southern city so much?
vrijdag, januari 21, 2005
donderdag, januari 20, 2005
Wow, Blogger.com has changed a bit since I first started this. I may be time for me to rehaul my blog - redo comments; start adding pictures, etc.
Well I finally started spinning again. My finger doesn't hurt anymore! So I'm working on the Cinderella mittens. (Mittens that are too big for me, but maybe they'll fit a SO.)
I also gave away a pair of socks that were too small for me. The recipient loves them. She wants to commission a sweater of similar design. (Aran) We have to get together to see exactly what she wants, and whether I have to design it myself or if there's a pattern she likes.
I don't purposely make things that fit or don't fit. I make things - according to the pattern. Obviously, I can tell that they're going to fit or not fit by the time I've finished the first one. Just because thay don't fit me is no reason not to make them, or to frog them, or what not. They'll fit someone, and I can always make another set for myself if I like them. If I don't like them, then at least I'll still have the experience of having knitted them. It's all about the process, isn't it?
Well I finally started spinning again. My finger doesn't hurt anymore! So I'm working on the Cinderella mittens. (Mittens that are too big for me, but maybe they'll fit a SO.)
I also gave away a pair of socks that were too small for me. The recipient loves them. She wants to commission a sweater of similar design. (Aran) We have to get together to see exactly what she wants, and whether I have to design it myself or if there's a pattern she likes.
I don't purposely make things that fit or don't fit. I make things - according to the pattern. Obviously, I can tell that they're going to fit or not fit by the time I've finished the first one. Just because thay don't fit me is no reason not to make them, or to frog them, or what not. They'll fit someone, and I can always make another set for myself if I like them. If I don't like them, then at least I'll still have the experience of having knitted them. It's all about the process, isn't it?
