I present the evolution of a hat design.
It started with the funky Seuss hat for Kelly.
Y’all remember the Seuss hat. It was the first prototype for the Funky Gnome hat. I think this hat has considerable potential.
My first attempt at a general production pattern for this hat was the Mark II:
The Mark II [...]
My sack full of ugly green acrylic yarn notwithstanding . . .
You appear to be a Knitting Purist.
You are an accomplished knitter producing beautifulpieces with a classic feel. You sometimeslament losing half of your local yarn shop togarish novelty yarns. Perhaps you consider funfur scarves the bane of knitting society andprefer to steer new [...]
Define irony.
Irony is having a system that’s run for a year without backup and getting nervous about it, so you go out and buy a stack of DVDs to back up your precious media. And then the backup program scrags your hard drive.
I am really hoping I can find some way to access a [...]
So while I was waiting for my bowl of noodles and veggies for lunch, I grabbed a copy of the San Antonio Current to keep myself occupied. As I was flipping through, I saw a picture of my beloved Bobbi Ravicz at the top of an article.
I figured she was in there because of [...]
Today I took full advantage of the holiday atmosphere of the weekend and slept in until almost noon. My nephews made a small attempt to get me up at some point in the morning, but my ninja-like sleeping abilities easily overcame their pitifal foray into my room. I was up at my mom’s [...]
Here’s what all the fashionable young Whos in Whoville will be wearing this holiday seasion:
Kelly’s doing a ropes course someplace really, really cold this Winter and she wanted a very warm and stylish hat. I belive I’ve provided that.
I am really pleased with the way this came out. It’s knit in some insanely [...]
I present the completed shawl!
I’m not going to bother blocking it because it’s 84/16 cotton/polyamide. I don’t think the blocking would really take. It’s not uber-warm, but that’s good because the recipient lives in Houston.
I’ll get a flat picture of it later today. Right now I’ve got to get on with my [...]
Well, I’d hoped to have posted pics of the finished Fenna shawl by this point, but a minor problem at work has kept me in the office. Pics later, I swear.
This afternoon my buddy Chuck sent me a link to LaCie’s newest external hard drive, which is shaped like a big Lego brick. It’s a beautiful design. And after poking around on their site for a while, I found their clearance isle, where I snagged a 250 gigabyte drive for under $150. [...]
Several weeks back I put up a big batch of beef broth in preparation for the upcoming flu/cold season. I always forget to make get-healthy-quick soup until I actually come down with something, but not this year! It’s ready to go and chilling in my freezer.
Unfortunately, this year the first one of my [...]