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 | October 28, 2007
(insert usual bloggy excuses for lameness of recent blogs, lack of updating and general laziness. Done? Good…let’s move on…)
First up…recent acquisitions and mergers!
First of all, there was a serious destashing that involved handing off some really yummy yarn I knew I’d never get around to knitting, or it was really nice stuff [...]
By Lisa | August 15, 2007
I have been busy, but very dizzy these last few weeks. In no particular order I…
Dyed Wool!On the 4th, the loveliest of hostesses J at After Asia invited the Ottawa knitters to her place in the country for a day of dying on her lawn. In addition to J, there was Leanne of the fabu [...]
I went to Canada’s Wonderland with the dear son and proved that 37 isn’t too old to go on a ride that made me think I was going to die. Actually – this is more accurate. Except that in addition to the screaming I heard Alex say, “THIS IS AWESOME!!!!” That’s when I knew I [...]
Last week’s winner is blogless Wanna-Baa of the comments! Random number generation was witnessed by 3 kids hovering two inches away from my face during the entire process.
I don’t have pictures but next week’s draw is a dyer’s delight…
Winner gets to choose any two of the following three items:
2 silk scarf blanks from Dharma Trading [...]
I went kinda nuts with the camera this morning in preparation for el gigantico blog post about everything and my dog (okay I don’t have a dog so my three cats…2 1/2 really but more on that later). But first…some blog sustenance to energize the creative mind required to entertain all five or six of [...]
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By Lisa | November 27, 2006
So no pics today because I have not taken any…but I do have some FOs for you and once quietness decends on the household I will take some pics and share em.
The green cabled goodness is finished!!!
I frogged the blue sock which was not cooperating on the circular. I realized the best approach is to [...]
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That’s how I’m going to go into work on Monday. I am nursing an early dread that will likely grow all weekend until I’m truly raging on Sunday night. I should probably warn my loved ones but they have all fled for the weekend. Which is unfortunate because it means I can’t project my anger [...]