Peach season is almost over . . . booo.
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September 20, 2011
Breakfast of champs
Peach season is almost over . . . booo.
September 19, 2011
September 15, 2011
September 7, 2011
Greg's camera
My camera:
Not so nice.
I stayed late at work, and I was so hungry when I got home that those two fried eggs with Sriracha made my night.
September 5, 2011
June 8, 2011
June 7, 2011
June 5, 2011
Hexagons!
Officially, awesomely, done!
This shows the "back":
You may recall that I was going to put a yellow border on it, but I tried it and decided—this is a modern blankie; no border necessary. I like it with the natural edge.
Now it sits on a shelf in my friend Beth's room patiently awaiting winter. Let's hope it's a cold one!
And, for me--NOW WHAT??? (Maybe finish this special blankie for me and Greg?)
This shows the "back":
You may recall that I was going to put a yellow border on it, but I tried it and decided—this is a modern blankie; no border necessary. I like it with the natural edge.
Now it sits on a shelf in my friend Beth's room patiently awaiting winter. Let's hope it's a cold one!
And, for me--NOW WHAT??? (Maybe finish this special blankie for me and Greg?)
May 27, 2011
May 26, 2011
Tuna = my new thing
I found this brand that supposedly has fifty percent less mercury than other kinds and is dolphin friendly, etc etc. But it costs $3.29 per can!!!?!
Anyway—last night:
Tuna melts.
Goat cheese, hardboiled egg, plum vinegar, spring garlic, mayonnaise, salt, and peppa.
Anyway—last night:
Tuna melts.
Goat cheese, hardboiled egg, plum vinegar, spring garlic, mayonnaise, salt, and peppa.
May 22, 2011
Saturday
As I mentioned, I have been craving spicy food. On Saturday afternoon I made myself this:
Brown rice, aiggs, spicy ketchup, soppresata, and green beans.
Stir it up and get it in you!! SO GOOD.
Stir it up and get it in you!! SO GOOD.
May 19, 2011
April 22, 2011
Workplace mystery
Motivation unknown.
April 14, 2011
Knitting
It is SO HARD.
You remember this lace I was knitting. Well, I decided it was dumb to be knitting lace in yellow cotton (it turns out Greg does not want a yellow jabot), and so I unraveled it and started again, wider this time, with some nicer yarn. Over the course of two ten-hour train trips I started and restarted this same piece of knitting at LEAST ten times, and I am not even exaggerating. Maybe it was the different yarn, but "things" kept happening. Like, after a number of rows, I would count and there would be 74 stitches, and then I would knit a row with no apparent mishap . . . but then when I counted the stitches again there would mysteriously be two extra. And then in the next row two more would appear out of nowhere, or maybe one would disappear, even though I was being EXTREMELY careful. Or some weird thing would happen and I would try to fix it and get the stitches backward, then try to fix that, then drop a stitch and—it was sad :(
So a few days I ago I decided, fine—I'll go back to the yellow cotton yarn if that's what it takes. And (with only a few mishaps) I knit like 30 beautiful rows (six inches?) before it all went to hell again. I kept unknitting rows and reknitting them as I traveled to work and back, trying to get it right, and generally regressing rather than progressing over each twenty-four hour period.
Finally tonight I just didn't know if I was coming or going with it anymore. So I took it all out and started again.
And this is what I got so far:
How do people ever knit SWEATERS?
You remember this lace I was knitting. Well, I decided it was dumb to be knitting lace in yellow cotton (it turns out Greg does not want a yellow jabot), and so I unraveled it and started again, wider this time, with some nicer yarn. Over the course of two ten-hour train trips I started and restarted this same piece of knitting at LEAST ten times, and I am not even exaggerating. Maybe it was the different yarn, but "things" kept happening. Like, after a number of rows, I would count and there would be 74 stitches, and then I would knit a row with no apparent mishap . . . but then when I counted the stitches again there would mysteriously be two extra. And then in the next row two more would appear out of nowhere, or maybe one would disappear, even though I was being EXTREMELY careful. Or some weird thing would happen and I would try to fix it and get the stitches backward, then try to fix that, then drop a stitch and—it was sad :(
So a few days I ago I decided, fine—I'll go back to the yellow cotton yarn if that's what it takes. And (with only a few mishaps) I knit like 30 beautiful rows (six inches?) before it all went to hell again. I kept unknitting rows and reknitting them as I traveled to work and back, trying to get it right, and generally regressing rather than progressing over each twenty-four hour period.
Finally tonight I just didn't know if I was coming or going with it anymore. So I took it all out and started again.
And this is what I got so far:
How do people ever knit SWEATERS?
March 29, 2011
FINISHED
Yes, I wove in the last loose end last night!
More pictures later—just wanted to pass on the glad tidings.
More pictures later—just wanted to pass on the glad tidings.
March 28, 2011
I am knitting something real!
Feather-and-fan lace. Can you believe it?
Beth had the genius idea that I should try lace, because it wouldn't be boring. And she was totally right—I am really enjoying it. It has knit yarnovers and knit-2-together, as well as knit and purl.
It's a present for Greg (I believe that every man should have a jabot of yellow cotton lace for special occasions).
Beth had the genius idea that I should try lace, because it wouldn't be boring. And she was totally right—I am really enjoying it. It has knit yarnovers and knit-2-together, as well as knit and purl.
It's a present for Greg (I believe that every man should have a jabot of yellow cotton lace for special occasions).
March 23, 2011
These
Perhaps the best mittens ever made?
Squirrel, acorns, oak leaf, and—my initials!!!
Custom made by my friend Beth, who is getting the hexagons blanket (if I ever finish it).
March 18, 2011
On the way to work
I learned how to crochet backward!!
That is—left to right.
This will be super handy for a project I have in mind.
That is—left to right.
This will be super handy for a project I have in mind.
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