February 2012
30 posts
A Picture a Day - Feb 29, 2012
Happy Leap Year, everyone!
Sixteenth Finished Object of 2012
Pattern: Zig Zag Moebius
Yarn: Dream in Color Classy
Needle: 10.5
For: Me
Ravelry Page
Lots of notes on the Rav page.
A Picture a Day - Feb 28, 2012
Eleven is beautiful!
Of course, 24-hours-old was beautiful as well.
A Picture a Day - Feb 27, 2012
Two projects today:
Fourteenth Finished Object of 2012
Pattern: Wendy’s Generic Toe Up
Yarn: Cascade Heritage Sock
Needle: 0
For: Me
Ravelry Page
Socks. Yes, I make socks. I make a lot of socks. If I love you, then I’ll make you socks.
Fifteenth Finished Object of 2012
Pattern: Simple Summer Tweed Top-Down V-Neck
Yarn: Berroco Blackstone Tweed
Needle: 8
For: Me
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A Picture a Day - Feb 26, 2012
Thirteenth Finished Object of 2012
Pattern: Shalom
Yarn: Ella Rae Classic Chunky Superwash
Needle: 10.5
For: Me
Ravelry Page
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m using this pattern as a sample for a class. I’m just fine with it. Knit up very quickly and is cuter on than I would have thought. (I had visions of Wal-Mart smocks in my head—maybe based on the color.)
The other...
A Picture a Day - Feb 25, 2012
Two Days, Two Sweaters
These aren’t official “Finished Objects” as I still have to put the button on the blue one and I’m still unsure about the bottom cuff on the gray one. It rolls, too much. Maybe blocking will solve that problem. Not sure.
But still. I put the blue one in the bath yesterday afternoon and started knitting (again) on the gray one immediately...
A Picture a Day - Feb 24, 2012
Fluffy Snow
A Picture a Day - Feb 23, 2012
Have we talked about the crockpot?
I kind of have a love/ambivalent relationship with my crockpot. It runs hot, so I have to adjust recipes, and that can be tricky. There are no “put it in and leave it for eight hours” recipes for this bad boy. Chicken gets dry and meats get tough. Pasta dries out. Ann cries. Girls scatter. Mark attempts to claim the food still tastes good, if...
A Picture a Day - Feb 22, 2012
It’s Ash Wednesday! And that means one thing.
Time for all the Fish Fry Buffets to pop up!
A Picture a Day - Feb 21, 2012
We had some leftover rice from Chinese takeout the other night. So I decided to make chicken with rice soup.
I love this kind of thing. Makes me feel thrifty, or at least thrifty enough to off-put the fact we ordered take out for dinner. I used homemade broth and chicken from the freezer. Had a bowl for lunch and it was delish. Yay!
A Picture a Day - Feb 20, 2012
Riverside Dairy Queen
A Picture a Day - Feb 19, 2012
Although I finished this on Friday, I could not gift it until today, so I’m calling this:
The Twelfth Finished Object of 2012
Pattern: Honey Cowl
Yarn: Sublime Yarns Baby Cashmere Silk Merino
Needle: 8
For: Ellen
Ravelry Page
A Picture a Day - Feb 18, 2012
And also, the eleventh finished object of 2012:
Pattern: Muckle Mitts
Yarn: Cascade 220
Needle: 5
For: Me
Ravelry Page
Not much to say here, although I love the tutorials on the pattern page, and also, I would have knit the cuffs and tops in a smaller needle if I were to do it again.
A Picture a Day - Feb 17, 2012
Gifts from the dentist:
Note they were out of toothpaste.
I have bad teeth. I have to see the dentist every three months. If you have bad teeth, you should see the dentist every three months. I don’t regret it.
A Picture a Day - Feb 16, 2012
French Toast for breakfast:
A Picture a Day - Feb 15, 2012
Not my best day for writing.
Bound Off Short Story Podcast: Issue 73 Released...
A Picture a Day - Feb 14, 2012
A cupcake from my friend Karen!
A Happy Valentine’s Day, indeed! :)
A Picture a Day - Feb 13, 2012
Lone bird at the feeder:
A Picture a Day - Feb 12, 2012
The view from the back of our house:
Night sky.
A Picture a Day - Feb 11, 2012
Saturday night hot plans.
A Picture a Day - Feb 10, 2012
Remember my post about the mittens?
Well, they’re done!
And are currently being blocked.
The smallest needles worked. I don’t know how, I don’t know why, but it appears as if I needed to go down a size and a half to make gauge on the second mitten.
There’s a sense of accomplishment here, one I cannot deny.
So, with this, may I present:
The Tenth Finished Object...
A Picture a Day - Feb 9, 2012
Too cruel, almost beyond words, is this:
A Daylight Donut.
Once a week my daughter has an appointment across the street from a Daylight Donut shop. Since the appointments are usually in the morning, we stop by and pick up a donut for her to enjoy before her meeting.
Why? Why did I start this habit? I’ve been on a diet made a lifestyle change since last summer and have so far...
A Picture a Day - Feb 8, 2012
Well, this is a little unsettling.
This is from a handout sent home from my daughter’s school. It comes directly from the company that provides materials for the unit.
I mean, I can understand human error and all, but come on.
Of course, the best part is that my daughter noticed it immediately and circled it to show me. I suppose I can chalk it up to a bonding experience.
A Picture a Day - Feb 7, 2012
A Tale of Two Mittens
(I can’t believe I used that title. And I call myself a writer.)
So. Last fall I taught a class on Fair Isle knitting and used this pattern as an example. It’s knit with fingering weight, and I used a size 2.5mm needle. For all you non-knitters out there, this proves that I have the skillz, baby.
I finished one, put the whole kit and kaboodle into a bag and...
A Picture a Day - Feb 6, 2012
No one ever wants to see this in the bottom of the Clementine box, do they?
Sorry for the blurriness of the photo. I just wanted to take the picture as quickly as I could and then toss the m-fer. Ugh.
A Picture a Day - Feb 5, 2012
Ninth Finished Object of 2012
Pattern: Scalloped Shawl
Yarn: Noro Silk Garden Sock and Noro Kureyon Sock
Needle: 7
For: Me
Ravelry Page
I’m pretty happy with the results, although I fretted about it the whole time I made it.
In other news, Go Patriots!
A Picture a Day - Feb 4, 2012
Yarn. What my day was all about.
A Picture a Day - Feb 3, 2012
Today’s errand running included a trip to:
There are a lot of pluses regarding our library. Pretty good selection for the size, helpful librarians, and a limited amount of smelly homeless guys asking for money. Parking is horrible, however, and although smoking outside the doors has been banned no one enforces it. Add a smelly homeless dude asking for money? I can’t say I love...
A Picture a Day - Feb 2, 2012
Today’s loathsome chore:
Someday maybe possibly I hope beyond hope I can afford to pay someone to do this kind of thing for me.
A Picture a Day - Feb 1, 2012
Fog