Good evening, all. This night's knitting began with me losing a 10.5 circular needle in a 100-square-foot room, so prepare yourselves. This may be a rambling post. I haven't talked too much about the weather this year. Spring has, by and large, been lovely. After a mild winter, spring was surprisingly, deliciously cool. Bunches of … Continue reading Tornado Knitting
Happy Friday, everyone--we made it!!! In a rare moment of good knitting timing, I have a FO for you this morning! Behold: the Crazy Sweater. It is the Tiny Shoots pattern from Kate Heppell, and I would just like to say I think she did a fine job of designing this sweater. If she'd added … Continue reading FO Friday: Kansas Spring
Hello dear readers, I hope you aren't champing at the bit to see Querido in a brand new sweater, because that's nowhere close to happening yet. Last Saturday was an outrageously SPRING day, with the lilacs and ornamental cherries and trees with white flowers and trees with tiny mauve flowers going crazy, and I decided … Continue reading Lilacs
Goodness, where have I been? Since I posted last, spring came to Kansas. After the first day, which burst with chuckling robins, frolicking squirrels, cheery daffodils, and exuberant green buds, we have moved through fog, a heatwave, thunderstorms, and dreary dampness, which means it's spring in the Midwest for sure. What else? The cats and … Continue reading Hello Again
The thing about Spring Break is that when you get back to work, you feel like the biggest slacker ever because you didn't come in for five days while work needed to be done. But campus was closed, so going in to get work done wasn't an option. Since Monday, I have put in close … Continue reading Wrong Side of Everything
