Here is a photo medley of the house – it is finished and even Mango II, Monkey I, and Uglier are settled into their new tank headquarters. WE LOVE IT and enjoyed a nice glass of vino by the fire last night – what a week!!! This weekend will officially be the Garcia weekend of [...]
Entries from January 2006
January 30, 2006
oodles of FOs, where’s waldo?,I can’t stop felting, calling all pets in handknits, and I smell something burning
January 28, 2006
b4’s and durings
Well…a lot accomplished both on the home and knitting front. Here are some before and during painting and flooring shots. That’s Chuck – look how high he is, this is why we hired a painter for this room as we have painted all the others ourselves. You can see some shots where the carpet [...]
January 26, 2006
WIP’s, UFO’s, and FO’s oh my!
A busy week full of home destruction chaos and a full work week, but my Monday was greeted with my first secret pal seven gift from knitter critter!!! This girl has been doing her research because she sent me an awesome package!!! Ingredients include: a Wonder Woman address book (Wonderwoman rocks) which is now [...]
January 22, 2006
picovoli progress
Well, so far Mango II, Monkey I, and Uglier (my fish) have successfully been transitioned to their temporary tank in our bedroom and all of our other furniture has been moved to other rooms so that Chuck the painter and the wood floor friends can all do their business for the next week. I will [...]
January 21, 2006
einstein debuts!
Here it is!!!! It’s official – Einstein fits and it ready for date night and to paint the town red! Hubby said he loves it, its comfy and warm – he didn’t even wear a winter coat out. I’m a blocking believer because prior to blocking, it was pretty snug. It really looks great on [...]
January 20, 2006
celebrate mediocrity – wear those mistakes with pride!!!
Allow me a sec to take a step onto a soapbox…ok, I’m positioned…listening? Ok, here goes:
As many of you are aware, I’m a psychotherapist and I have a pretty diverse client population that present with a variety of presenting issues. What I find to be a very common aspect of my work as well as [...]
January 16, 2006
easier IS better
“What’s that green?” you say?…..that, my friend, is a PROVISIONAL cast on….that’s right….check her out (pat on back)! Well, I reached a point where I took the crochet (that’s right, I did crochet!) cast on off and captured the stitches (yup, did it!) and actually seamed some of the picot edge (yup, I did!)…and [...]
January 13, 2006
yeah! boo! yeah! boo! that’s the way it goes!
My father is quite the stitch (ha! play on words) and likes to sing some pretty silly songs and has a lot of bizarre expressions that we call Daane’isms (my maiden name). One song he sang and now we all do as adults is the yeah! boo! song – here’s how is goes – meolody [...]
January 12, 2006
lace isn’t addicting and what the heck is a provisional cast on?
So, barely a knit stitch stitched yesterday – maybe a full time practice got in the way? A little but that has never stopped me before – this branching out thing makes my eyes cross with the counting and yarn overs. After using bulky weight yarn for einstein and larger needles, this project with its [...]
