Entries Tagged as ‘updates’

18 February, 2009

Knitting and Crocheting Along

I finally got some of the photos off the of camera! Here are some of the things I have been working on:

The Sidelines Top saga continues, I am working on the front and am at the decreases for the waist. Now that I can work the cable pattern by site rather then having to check [...]

20 January, 2009

Says it All

And then he said it all-

9 December, 2008

Mid Tessera

I have so many things planned to blog about this month and something always seems to halt me mid prep or draft. The main derailer was a diagnosis from my Dr that I have PCOS. I went into more detail about it over at my health blog. So I have spent the weekend, when I [...]

2 December, 2008

Yummy Yak and Another Noro Scarf

So do you remember that yummy looking yak and merino roving that I got at Color from  A Verb for Keeping Warm?  Well I have been busy on the wheel lately and it is now a lovely fingering/lace weight yarn.
I also finally got the last bit of the Plumber plyed and am now trying to [...]

24 November, 2008

Monday Mosaic: Autumn

1. Autumn Bird, 2. Autumn mosaic, 3. autumn, 4. An autumn day, 5. Autumn Ride !, 6. Autumn, 7. Japanese Maple Autumn Colors, 8. I’am looking for my brother, he hates autumn, 9. 秋天到了! Autumn Has Arrived! de Herbscht isch cho!, 10. Too late for the apples, 11. Colours of autumn!!, 12. Squash
I have [...]

11 November, 2008

For all you Blog Junkies

It is out! The new issue of Artful Blogging, one of several magazine addictions that I have and am hoping to spread. This mag is page after page of eye candy and the fun doesn’t stop there because if you are like me you have to go look at (and end up subscribing to) all [...]

10 November, 2008

TeaTreats

This weekend was a fun tea things filled weekend. On Saturday my friend Nita (SpitSplice to any Ravelers out there) came and dropped off two boxes full of crochet and knitting patterns for me to go through (more on these later) and then we and her hubbie went to my local tea bar, L’amyx, for [...]

5 November, 2008

There is Hope!

Last night was spent listening to election coverage on the radio (we don’t get TV channels), it was rather nostalgic in a way.
We now have the first BLACK President of the United States, it has been a long time coming. I will admit, I was hoping for Hilary in the primaries, mostly, I will admit [...]

28 October, 2008

Color: A Fiber Festival

About two weeks ago I went to a little fiber festival in Berkeley. The festival is aptly named Color and this was the second one this year. At this point it is a very small festival, about 5 vendors, about 6 small classes and an area for folks to bring their wheels, spindles, knitting, etc. [...]

13 October, 2008

Passing On, Letting Go

The weekend I did not get much done on any of my projects, my main achievement was getting the dishes done. I was not in a very productive mood.
On Saturday morning, my maternal Grandmother passed away.
We have known it was coming for a while now. She had been dealing with lung cancer over the last [...]