another one drinks the koolaid

my friend jess took up knitting last month. soon we knitters will take over the world!!
sadly she is blogless. if i get my way, that will change soon.
mwa hahahahaaaa….

not a present

i finished the mitts i was working on.

i..uh..chose to use two different colors. Yeah, chose. that’s right.

to the ladies of america

“It is customary amongst the German ladies to have at hand some light piece of work, with which they can at any time be employed…they consider their knitting or netting needles an indispensable accompaniment. And there appears to be a charm in the occupation that promotes rather than impedes conversation.
Our American ladies will doubtless find [...]

sighted: addibarterhat

While on a jaunt in the woods, something flashed before my eyes.  Not my life, but a rare vision, or so I thought.  “Could it be?” I thought to myself.  “Surely, no!” my interior monologue continued.  “*Gasp* What else could it be?” the little voice wondered.  The addibarterhat, in the wild! Gallivanting among the trees, [...]

productive train knitting

This morning I spent a very productive train ride knitting. Here’s where I was at the start of the commute:

Mitts For Me, in Malabrigo’s Merino Worsted, color: Pearl Ten (it is purpler than the picture)
And here’s where I was at the end:

Turns out I can’t measure my own hand. Even tho [...]

happy knitiversary!

Today is not my actual one-year knitiversary. But it’s close enough. Yes, one year and one week ago I was in Seattle with my friend Carey and asked her how to knit, in exchange for teaching her how to make marble magnets. It took me a month or two to get the [...]

what i was

 
You guessed it, I was a Hello Kitty Disco Queen for hallowe’en.
 

 
Ok, maybe you didn’t guess it. But that’s what I was, and I’m sticking to it.
 

 
And for those of you who are wondering where my cat ears are, the “hello kitty” is more “character that could fit in the world of Sanrio,” but [...]

first blog tag

ooh, i’ve been tagged! I normally don’t like being tagged, but what the hey. First tag on this blog will get a response – but no more.
The rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. i’m ignoring #3 and 4
7 facts:
a) I am a gemini
2) [...]

what should i be?

I look young
The hallowig is done! Now, what should the rest of the costume be?

hot-lanta

i’m off to atlanta for work tomorrow, and then to boston to visit veronique. To tide you over for the week, here are some pictures.

My new sewing machine (table)

Sewing Machine table open

Close-up of sewing machine

Hallowig (not made on sewing machine)

Obviously unfinished hallowig (10 days to go!)

What the sewing machine table normally looks like,
before I prepped [...]