Category Archives: knitting

Okay, lace.

Posted on August 31, 2009 by HappyGoth

I get it. This is a learning experience. I am building character. I am on to you. Remember this bit of lace knitting I talked about a while back? It’s the Muir shawl from Knitty. It’s really quite pretty. Doug … Continue reading →

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Lace, you vex me.

Posted on August 28, 2009 by HappyGoth

I have picked up a hibernating project in the past couple of days, after becoming frustrated that the Interlocking Leaves sock I finished was bound-off too tightly (I am undoing it and will re-do it using a sewn  bind-off). And … Continue reading →

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Hello, Monday!

Posted on August 24, 2009 by HappyGoth

Not bad, as these things go. The weekend was so incredibly full that today felt like a tiny break. Today I went to work and then afterward mowed the lawn with a manual mower, which gave me a great sense … Continue reading →

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Stuff this week, condensed version.

Posted on August 21, 2009 by HappyGoth

I have been rather busy. So here’s what has gone on lately: 1. Finished the Rivendell socks! Ends not woven in. But still finished. 2. Made progress on the Interlocking Leaves socks. This is also an accomplishment. I hardly recognize … Continue reading →

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Why I knit, #29

Posted on August 18, 2009 by HappyGoth

[Funnily enough, this is a line for exactly the same sort of thing I’m talking about, only in a different location, and taken by cafemama, who I do not know, but feel camraderie with, as she and I  have obviously … Continue reading →

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Dude.

Posted on August 17, 2009 by HappyGoth

Things are going pretty much better than usual. I have: ♦ Entertained friends for the weekend. ♦ Taken said friends to the drive-in for a double feature of GI Joe and Transformers 2 (GI Joe is superior to Transformers 2, … Continue reading →

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That’s a lot of knitting.

Posted on August 12, 2009 by HappyGoth

Guerilla Knitting in Australia. Yep. That’s a whole public toilet. Kinda makes you want to finish all those UFOs, not?

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Why I knit, #28

Posted on August 12, 2009 by HappyGoth

At least I think it’s 28. Anyway. I knit, because (this will come as a surprise to you non-knitters) it defies the order of the space-time continuum. I shall explain. Do you remember reading Madeline L’Engle books? More specifically, A … Continue reading →

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Hello, Monday

Posted on August 3, 2009 by HappyGoth

Oh, you are such a Monday. But I have a working laptop, so that’s good. The new hard drive is in, and I only appear to have lost all my fonts (this is a bigger deal than it sounds) and … Continue reading →

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Not much.

Posted on July 31, 2009 by HappyGoth

Which is what I got done last night. So. I came home Wednesday and the husband said, “Your computer won’t turn on.” Well, crap. I tried it and lo and behold, he was right (not that I doubted him at … Continue reading →

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