Month: May 2009

  • Shared today on Twitter

    CRAP. Fell asleep on the couch at 4:30, and only woke up when our 6pm dinner invitation host SMSed to see where we were. 🙁


    The heavens have opened. Thunder CRASH! Lighting FLASH!


    Nothing like waking up to a “ZOMG URGENT” email demanding a change to the Guild website from someone who ISN’T THE BOSS OF ME. Grrrrrr.


    @witty_knitter Oh, I sent a scathing reply before I’d had my coffee. Will forward to you.


    Heading into city to be substitute sock knitting teacher at M&S.


  • Crap crap crap.

    Crap crap crap. We really shouldn’t be allowed out in polite society. We are sociopaths, bad friends, and bad people. Yesterday I confirmed with Eva that we’d be attending her annual Steam Boat dinner tonight. I confirmed the address. I put it on my calendar. I reminded the Snook about it. This afternoon, I was on the couch finishing up some knitting and thinking about going for a run. I actually drank a coffee thinking that would warm me up to get going. Instead? I FELL ASLEEP. I fell asleep curled up on the couch with Time Team droning on in the background. (I blame that Tony Robinson.) Do you know how many naps I take a year? MAYBE THREE. I am not normally a napper. I can’t explain it. Snookums was playing World of Warcraft in his office and therefore was oblivious to anything happening in our universe. He left me there. I should’ve known he wouldn’t remember the dinner; he never remembers anything out of his routine. It wasn’t until 7pm that his foraging in the kitchen woke me up. I suddenly became aware of my phone chiming in the bedroom. What had I forgotten? “OH CRAP. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT EVA’S AN HOUR AGO!” I called her and apologised profusely. We could rush over now, but given that both of us are in sweatpants it’d be at least an hour before we got there in any fit state. Everybody else would be finished and I’d feel like even more of a dope. So now I doubly feel the sting of wasting Eva’s effort and missing out on her fabulous food. GAHHHHHH. See? This is why I don’t nap. Naps are evil.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    6pm. I have 20 minutes to think of something to make for dinner. Internet, what say you?


    For the record, that is chocolate all over my T-shirt. Not that that makes it any less embarrassing.


    @misswired Well, I’m a migrant. What’s the issue?


    Lying in wait. Snookums doesn’t yet realize that I’ve put an extra quilt on the bed (because I’M FREEZING).


    @runkeeper Good work! I really need to delete points tho. My worst one has ~ 20 pts way, way off course. Dragging each one would take ages!


    So what’s it like when you have swine flu? “…His main problem is boredom.” ZOMG, FIND A MASK. http://bit.ly/8CKTV


    @runkeeper Sounds good! Keep up the great work…


  • Rusted Root

    Rusted RootRusted Root
    I should officially move this one into the FO pile! I started Rusted Root in March as a palate-cleanser during the rush to finish Na Craga. I tweaked the pattern a fair bit based on mods I saw on Ravelry (using tubular cast-on for the neckline, adding a few rows in the sleeves, putting in hip shaping, etc). I was unhappy with the waist though, and at knitting camp last weekend I decided to frog it back and try something different. The girls suggested a simple roll edging (rather than a rib). I think it really works! It makes the whole thing just a little more casual, which is appropriate given that it’s really just a cotton t-shirt. I’m still not sure it’s the most flattering style for a large-busted gal, but since when has that stopped me before? I used 3.5mm needles for the ribs and 4.0mm for the body. The yarn is Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Buttercream, and I only used 4 skeins! More details over on Ravelry.

  • Spring Ruffle Top

    Another sewing tutorial: Spring Ruffle Top. That is totally cute, but I suspect it may look more like a maternity top on those of us who aren’t stick figures.