lion flower
Happy Birthday to me! My dad wrote me today with this tidbit from the day of my birth:
“I just spent about 10 minutes daydreaming about Santiago, Chile, on July 26, 1962, Exact Spot: the Clinica Alemana. I’m standing outside the delivery room in a kind of side room when the doctor walks in [...]
wrist dance
My offering to the goddess of the wrist.
linen top pattern
I posted a photo of this linen top to my flickr page and had a couple of people ask about the pattern so I thought I’d offer it here. It’s a good summer knitting project (no heavy wool here) and a good summer top to wear. The work is done from side to [...]
summer knitting
Last Saturday I went to the DMV to renew my license. Naturally, I had to visit a yarn store in the area. I don’t need any yarn! But, I was drawn in by the silky blue and green shades of this sock yarn, Tofutsies from SWTC. A friend has a birthday coming up in August [...]
Shrug
In celebration of finishing my last sweater for the Spring 2008 issue of Knitscene I decided to cast on for a shrug for myself. The pattern is called the Pimlico Shrug and is in Knit 2 Together. I’m substituting the yarn used for the sample, Koigu Kersti for Rio de la Plata and Manos del [...]
big sunglasses
I’ll never grow up since I still believe that when school’s out for summer it means nothing but good times. Now that I have a kid I’m realizing how much I hated school! I hope my disappointments don’t rub off on Felix. We’ll see.Meanwhile, my Internet connection was down for two weeks. I took the [...]