Thanks to everyone who commented over the last few days – it’s nice to know that some people still visit after my long hiatus. I was thinking a bit about that this morning and I think that almost anyone who was just trying to get through this winter with their sanity intact probably got a [...]
From my email…
From: LisaTo: MoniqueSent: Tue May 27 09:34:40 2008Subject: Okay…you made your point!
Found my purse – thanks for putting it in a safe place. Ian didn’t realize it, but there were five people running around the floor for 15 minutes looking for it. I was on the phone trying to get through to VISA [...]
You know how one day you walk into your house and suddenly realize that the fact that your couch has been against the same wall for YEARS is irritating as hell? Or suddenly your books have to be re-organized – maybe by colour this time instead of height? (except fibre books – they still belong [...]
I was SO good for 3 whole months!!! Seriously good. Didn’t even look at other yarn good. But then..I couldn’t help myself. It was no big deal really. One lousy skein. The trollop screamed at me from afar (after I routed through the basket for a colour I liked and then stepped back to admire [...]
I’m here…
And there is a long post in me somewhere. Please stay tuned…and I’m really really sorry its been so long.
First of all…a little instructional bit for the non-knitting readers who read this blog…all four of them. The rest of you may skip down below the line for the actual adventure.
Righto – the bent needle on the right is a cable needle. The obsessive types who prefer to make their own sweaters instead of doing [...]
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By Lisa | February 27, 2008
Beret out of vintage (1980’s) alpaca…done!
Pattern? Basic Tam from One Skein Wonders
Needles? 4.5 mm Options DPNs
Yarn? Mousarde (I keep calling it “moutarde” which is French for mustard)
It was minus (insert ridiculously cold sounding number here) degrees this morning and this hat was a godsend. I look really dumb in most hats – anyone remember [...]
By Lisa | February 3, 2008
Today was the day. The day to pull out the knitting basket and find out what the hell is actually IN there. And it wasn’t pretty.
But first up – kitchen pics because someone has been asking and who am I to refuse?
The counter is actually a bit more rosy than the picture which makes it [...]
By Lisa | January 29, 2008
Anyone else have a bad case of “January”?
If you aren’t sure, the symptoms associated with “January” are:
1. Regret at having foregone making resolutions because it’s now the end of January and you haven’t even failed at anything yet.2. Sore toes from kicking the humungous block of ice stuck to the bumper behind the [...]
By Lisa | December 20, 2007
I can’t tell you how nice it is to be back – typing, knitting and not handing out my credit card to Home Deput/Rona/Canadian Tire four times a day for stuff that should be way cheaper seeing as how its invisible. Like plumbing for example. And electrical outlets. So…Kitchen update
Remember this (scroll down [...]