Monthly Archives: June 2009

I’ve been a busy lady.

I am still doing too much, but not as much as before. I have gotten many things done in the meantime. One of these things is part of a monumental fabric printing project. I had been reading the documentation that … Continue reading

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Oh, RLY?

I had, at one point in the past, spoken out against facial piercings and gauged piercings. I have recently been doing some research on Indian (surprise!) jewelry, and both a nose piercing and gauged ear piercings now seem like a … Continue reading

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Friggin’ A.

Shall I kill myself trying to make tassels before RUM? No! I say, no. For I have discovered these: (From eShubham.com). And, on top of that, they have other tassels: And hair extensions (actually, this is at indianwedding.com, but it’s … Continue reading

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Productiveness: FAIL

Well, I had intended to do a lot today. In reality, not much has happened the way that I wanted. You know those days – you wake up with a big list of “to dos” and then you find something … Continue reading

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Oh, you hot Byzantines.

Somebody found this blog searching for “sexy Constantinople.” I had no idea!

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A little something new.

I’ve been researching things and cleaning, so the knitting has fallen by the wayside. I do realize this is a knitting blog. The spinning I’ve done is not nearly interesting enough to post about, as it is dark-colored and my … Continue reading

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Things I have learned

Over the past two days: 1. I need to pin the fabric to the paper before trying to trace the pattern. This should be a no-brainer and yet here I am. 2. Salwar kameez are really frigging comfortable. No, really. … Continue reading

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Why I knit, #23

(Not my yarn. This is mysweetloveablegoods‘ yarn; over-stashing is a common knitterly problem.) Because I have six boxes full of stash yarn/fiber, and the collection keeps on growing. Now, I am aware that this is a mostly self-perpetuating situation. I … Continue reading

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Quick and dirty.

This post, and the choli pattern I’ve got now. I spent some time at Leah’s house, wherein we could not find her zari supplies (oh, there’s still much time for this later, never fear) but ended up drafting a rather … Continue reading

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