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Is it Really Only Thursday??

Thursday, 28 April 2005 8:55 A GMT-05

Sorry Jill, but this one is probably going to be boring to you! My utter lack of imagination led me to start on Misty Gardens #3, this time in the Petit Poucet Colorado that I had cast on with for the first version but decided it was too thick-thi

More Beady Stuff

Tuesday, 26 April 2005 9:20 A GMT-05

Here's a pic of two of my favorite pieces, a set entitled Fire Woman/Water Woman. I made them as a wedding gift for an old friend of mine and her lovely bride. F is a Leo and J is a Scorpio (just like Neal and I) and these pieces reflect their oppo

Are My Pants on Fire?

Monday, 25 April 2005 8:57 A GMT-05

Remember when I said I wouldn't torture you anymore with pics of my beadwork? Well, I lied. Here are three necklaces I made up for one of my co-workers, Nikol. She wanted an opal necklace like the one my friend Carrie wears, so I brought in a selec

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Lots of Pictures Today!

Thursday, 21 April 2005 8:14 A GMT-05

I managed to get a few shots taken last night between the time I got home from work and the time we left for dinner and a movie. Here's the second Misty Gardens, posing on one of our nifty dining room chairs (from Nouveau). Luckily, the bright turq

This 'n' That

Wednesday, 20 April 2005 9:12 A GMT-05

Cellphone conversation overheard in SuperFresh on Monday night: "Look, I want a complete accounting of what I bought! Read that list to me. Whuuuuuuuut!?? You don't have the list? you were supposed to call me and tell me what I got. Let

Stressed....

Monday, 18 April 2005 9:02 A GMT-05

...is "desserts" spelled backwards. So bring on the chocolate cake cuz I am mighty stressed! DB and I took one last trip to Dad's house yesterday to dump stuff. A whole carload of books went to the Enoch Pratt Library. Not entirely sure that th

My Knees Are Creaking and My Head Hurts Too

Wednesday, 13 April 2005 3:07 P GMT-05

I am pooped, both mentally and physically. Linc seems to have some sort of urinary tract infection that is keeping us on our toes (he peed on me last night, as he lay across my chest for a petting session) and that is worrisome. The most tiring thin

If You Gots the Poison...

Saturday, 9 April 2005 3:29 P GMT-05

Here's the promised pic of Misty Gardens in Blossom #11, one of the funkiest colorways I've seen from Noro. So far, no repeat of colors and there's still a medium blue to come on this first skein. I hope there's more of that bright seafoam color on

Friday May be Funny Word Day...

Friday, 8 April 2005 12:07 P GMT-05

...but I'm afraid that I haven't seen one this week. Tune in next week, for another exciting chapter...blah blah blah So the new issue Knitty is out, full of frippery. I rather like the Cocktail Monkey bag, but of course I would change it. I ha

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You've GOT to be Kidding!

Thursday, 7 April 2005 9:30 A GMT-05

Yesterday I had to wait 45 minutes for my bus home, rather than the usual less-than-10. The two blocks between Paca and Howard Streets were blocked off to make way for tractor trailers bearing sequins and spangles and other drag queen-esque parapher

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Wednesday, 6 April 2005 12:11 P GMT-05

I am so tired today. I had to do some toiling at Dad's house yesterday (more on that later in the week) and my body isn't used to physical labor. I ordered one of my Maryland Sheep and Wool 2005 tote bags from my Cafe Press store, and it came in

Boy, Am I Hungry!

Monday, 4 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-05

Thankfully, it's lunchtime! But first, some pictures: Here's Misty Garden, completed. It's hard to see the pattern in the pic, but it's my first successful feather-and-fan (I had an abortive try or two early on). I used only two balls out of the

All About Yarn

Saturday, 2 April 2005 5:43 P GMT-05

I was busy this morning with my swift and ballwinder. Clockwise from upper left: two HUGE balls of handpainted bulky Icelandic wool in colorway Desert Nite from Over the Rainbow Yarns, Artful Yarns Jazz in color 51, two skeins of Noro Sumile in colo