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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Crossing Guard
Ooops. As Sian reminded me, I do have a Blogger blog. I've been posting on my WordPress one, but forgetting to cross-post. So. Here is a post on both WP and Blogger...
So, Sian tagged me for the book MEME. The rules are as follows:
Go to the current book you are reading, on page 161, and copy down the 5th sentence:
"Very dead. Asphyxiated."From Curse The Dark by Laura Anne Gilman. (And I cheated, since the 5th sentence was only one word. That's the 4th and 5th sentence on the page.)
And I guess you're supposed to tag people. I'm going to pull from all over:
Amanda, Tez, Jess, Anois, and Ginger or Wiggley.
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Also, I'm in the moos for another MEME. This one I was not tagged for, and therefore will not be doing any tagging, but I nicked it from Tez:
A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it".
Since I was not tagged, I am ignoring B & C. Plus, I like snubbing directions of that kind. Chain letters, too.
1. I skipped kindergarten. (Was reading in preschool, so I guess it made sense.)
2. As a result, I didn't get my driver's license until I was 18. By the time I was 16, getting your license was no longer "the thing to do," so I had no incentive.
3. Also (partly) as a result, I've always dated guys older than me. This ranges from 2 months to 15 1/2 years.
4. Regardless of #3, a large percentage of the guys I find/have found attractive are younger than me.
5. I don't believe in horoscopes. Yet I read them regularly anyway. (They amuse me. Greatly.)
6. I almost never watch a movie (at home) without doing something else at the same time. This could be knitting, scrapbooking, cross stitch, etc.
7. One of my favorite holiday treats has "rat tail" as a part of the instructions for making it. =D I'm going to let you guess what it is. However, the holiday in question is fast approaching, so I'll try to post pictures and instructions soon.
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Have a great Tuesday!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Socking It
I couldn’t come up with what to write today. Totally stuck. So Jessica’s sock MEME was a perfect savior…
1. What’s your favorite sock yarn? (please note that the word ‘yarn’ is singular. Just pick one. I know it’s hard.)
Since I haven’t gotten to play with too many sock yarns yet, I’ve got to pick the Spunky Eclectic sock yarn I’m using for the Mangotinis. It’s just a lot of fun, and the color is great. Plus, it feels like it will be really soft to wear (which is a bit thing for me).
2. What’s your favorite type and brand of sock needle?
I used to be an Addi circs girl. Then I got some Harmony double points. I have a very hard time going back… the Harmony’s (how do you make a brand name a plural? Harmonys? Harmonies?) are hands down my favorite. They even give you an extra needle because “accidents happen” to wood needles.
3. Do you knit your socks toe up, cuff down, or sideways?
Usually toe-up, but some of the best patterns I’ve found lately are cuff-down, and I don’t mind it as much as I used to.
4. Do you knit both socks at once or just one at a time?
One at a time. Never tried it any other way.
5. What’s your favorite toe and why?
I like the Turkish cast on. It just seems to work best for me. Though, I will admit to being easily amused by grafted toes. They’re a lot of fun.
6. Favorite heel?
Flap heel with slipped stitches. I like the cushiness. Next heel I do is going to be an eye of partridge heel, because it looks neat. We’ll see if I like that one.
7. Do you prefer plain or patterned socks?
Patterned. Plain stockinette is too boring.
8. Who do you knit the most socks for?
I’ve not knit many pairs yet, but most of them have been/will be for me. I think Mom is the next closest, though, because I know how much she appreciates them.
9. Do you darn your socks? If not, what do you do with them?
Haven’t had to yet… and it will eventually depend on the sock. Some I don’t think I will bother with, while others I will save as long as knitterly possible.
10. Do you only wear handknit socks?
Nope. I don’t knit fast enough for that.
Bonus question: What pattern, if any, is your basic “I-just-need-a-pair-of-socks” sock pattern based on? Do you keep it written down or memorized?
Don’t have one. I would rather just jot down notes on a 3×5 card and slip that in with the sock. I have no problem referring to a pattern for knitting - keeps it interesting.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
One Trumpeter Trumpeting
Or... at least, the start of one Dashing Mitt so that the trumpeter can trumpet without freezing his fingers.
This is the WIP for today, the mitts I started yesterday for my Bro-in-Law. I'm using Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Denim, and the yarn is softer than I remember from last time I knit with it. (That was for M's scarf last Christmas.) I hope the yarn will stay nice for mitts. Mitts get different wear than scarves do.
Anyway, I am surprised at how quickly this is knitting up. Probably because last time I knit fingerless gloves I used sock yarn, and they seemed to take forever. Worsted weight yarn is much quicker to knit.
So, I guess I'm doing Christmas knits this year (in addition to the crocheted snowflakes) after all. I wish I'd decided that with more than two weeks to go before Christmas...
(Sorry about the blurry photos. The camera phone decided to focus on the tree and not the mitt. Oh - and this is the tree at work. We've been too busy with theatre to decorate our house just yet. *sigh*)
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Two Front Teeth
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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So today I’m off to the LYS at lunchtime to get a set of size US7 dpns so I can make some Dashing mitts for the Bro-in-Law. I have no idea what to get for Christmas gifts this year - so I’m going to see how much I can knit between now and then. Well, really between now and Christmas Eve or so, because I will need to leave myself a little bit of emergency shopping time.
Another problem is answering the question of what I want for Christmas. My sister has asked (luckily it was when I didn’t have the ability to answer anyway, due to being busy with something else) and I had no idea what to tell her. Maybe I’ll write up a list of knitting books that people could buy me. Or of paperbacks I want to eventually own. I’m not going to point people at yarn stores, though, because I’d rather be surprised by any yarn purchases.
Life was easier when all I wanted for Christmas was the butterfly She-Ra doll.
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All Suzy wants for Christmas is a cozy warm spot to sleep, either near me or on me. But if I can swing it, she’ll get a knitted mouse toy, too.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Snow on my Pillow
Just a quick post today, but here are three more completed snowflakes to show off!
These were starched over the weekend, and are now in the pile waiting for me to figure out who gets which one. (It will likely all be fairly random. But bead color will play into it a little. They are all beaded, though it is a little hard to tell in the photos.)
I have mailed out the snowflakes to Jess and Brigitte, who won my contest, and so hopefully those will arrive soon and unharmed. (There’s cardboard in the envelopes to help protect them, but you never know what stupid people will decide to do… Cross your fingers.)
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Weeks 48-49 ~ Runesword series
Week 48-49 ~ Nov 26-Dec 9, 2007
Runesword series
by various authors
(fantasy)
(First of all, I am combining 2 weeks because I'm reviewing a 6 book series. They are short books, but still. That's a lot of books for one week.)
1. Outcasts by Clayton Emery
2. Skryling's Blade by Rose Estes & Tom Wham
3. The Dreamstone by J.F. Rivkin
4. Horrible Humes by Stephen Billias
5. Dark Divide by Mark Acres
6. The Stone of Time by Rose Estes & Tom Wham
This is a series that I read for the first time in the early '90's. I was quite amused by them, but my reading expectations were quite different then than they are now. So, I decided to pick them back up again and see what I thought now. (This involved a good deal of hunting, but long story short, I now own them all again.)
And I discovered that they are enjoyable, as I remembered them being, but the stories do have some significant gaps. These are not "great fiction" by any stretch. However, they are fun reads. They seem styled for teens, and since that's what I was when I first read them, I guess my enjoyment level makes sense for the timing.
Best of the series (IMO): #5. It had the best motivation for the characters, and the most development. The plot was solid, too. (Others had decent plots, but this had more of the development part.)
Worst of the series (IMO, again): #4. This one felt like it was written without the author having read the rest of the series, just a summary of the previous plots. It had a totally different (and, to my mind, incompatible) style of writing, and the feel was just awkward in comparison. My main curiosity is how I would have felt if this one had been the first book with the character introductions - would I have liked it any better?
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