Thanks for all the nice birthday wishes! I did actually get some cake, however it was not an easy task. Markus and I ended up walking to 5 coffee shops before we found one that sold cake (Starbucks coffee cake doesn’t count, that’s something I would normally eat on a non-birthday). We [...]
Archive for June, 2009
birthday cake
Posted in knitting, tagged birthday, cake, Interweave Knits, iPod nano, Lorna's Laces, yarn on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I participated in a research study and all I got was this lousy bottle of water
Posted in knitting, tagged knitting, sconcho, survey on June 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday while I was walking to Starbucks I was asked if I wanted to participate in a short, risk-free survey by one of the local universities. I said sure, why not. The survey went something like this (and I paraphrase):
You will be given a cup with a die in it. If you [...]
WWKIP 2009
Posted in knitting, tagged knitting, wwkip, yarn on June 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Today I met up with a group of knitters and crocheters for the World Wide Knit in Public Day. It’s held on the 2nd Saturday of June each year. The gals from the Three Rivers Crochet group did a wonderful job hosting the event! There were even door prizes (in a tent [...]
Ouch!
Posted in knitting, tagged knitting, rise & shine, socks, tank top on June 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Never a dull moment on the bus. The lady sitting in front of me started asking random people around her if they wanted some of her Cheetos, and then seemed kind of surprised when they said no. I love my commute.
The sock conundrum
So I’m having some issues involving the “pico” socks (Morrocan Lace [...]
The “Pico” Sock
Posted in knitting, tagged first fridays at frick, knitting, picot, sock, sock knitting on June 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I had a conversation with Markus yesterday morning that went something like this:
Me: *sigh* I’m not happy with the picot edging I started on the lacey socks. I think I may just rip it out and try something else.
Markus: Why not try the nano cast on?
Me: What’s that?
Markus: Well, pico is [...]
