I started working on my new knitting project on Saturday–Baby Mary Jane Booties for Sun. The left bootie went very well and flew of my needles. The right? Not so right. I misread the instructions and knitted a second left one. So I ripped back and re-did part of it. I have been told that [...]
I can barely contain myself as I write this: I have finished knitting my blanket. Finished! Even my last thread has been woven in. It is complete. To get an idea of the monster of this thing, I cast on 182 stitches (just under four feet wide) on 52″ size 9 needles–and knit for six [...]
Last night, we headed out for the annual Oktoberfest at the Deutschen Haus. I was in quite the foul mood on Thursday until I read the newspaper and was reminded of the fest. It is impossible for me to stay mad, I learned, with the chicken dance music playing in my head. I munched on [...]
Sun attended her first funeral today. I seem to attend a lot of funerals. And I have certainly been touched by many deaths this year (four, if you are keeping count). This funeral was particularly sad — it was the son of a friend of mine that committed suicide. He was 28 years old and [...]
Sunday afternoon, the hubs and I went to Borders for me to get a new book. I have now finished “The Good Earth” (thanks for the recommendation, Mamma Loves) and “The Namesake” and could not get excited about “Dr. Mary’s Monkey” (sorry, Former Secretary). While at Borders, I saw a display for a writer of [...]
I learned to knit at the Quarterstitch in the French Quarter on the morning of September 13, 2003. Captain Sarcastic came with me. He didn’t stay with me, mind you; rather, he roamed around the Quarter and took some pictures. Here’s a picture he took of a puddle outside of St. Patrick’s Cathedral as I [...]