Yearly Archives: 2007

How many shades of white are there?

Mom and I had an exciting time yesterday.                               We learned, among other things: that there are infinite shades of white tulle, lighting in bridal shops is pretty terrible, … Continue reading

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On the topic of font sizes

After getting some feedback on the new site design (thanks, Knit Brunch folks!), I decided to bump the font size on this template up a few points.  Does that help?  I upped the size for the body of posts to … Continue reading

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You may have noticed some changes…

My blog has been pretty quiet from the front end recently, but if you’d been around the apartment you wouldn’t have noticed. I’ve been working hard to get an entirely new and improved blog up and working, and I’m pretty … Continue reading

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Yak Yak

Scenes from Massachusetts this morning included a slick, very clear, casing of ice on everything, me chipping my car out of the ice (I must admit that I took the lazy way out and turned on the car, cranking up … Continue reading

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Don’t you love it when someone understands you?

Today, that “someone” is XKCD. Oh, python, how I miss you… (Python is a programming language, for the non-geeks in the audience. A truly fantastic programming language, if I do say so.)

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Cooperative Menu Planning

I’m not actually dead, just been quite busy lately. Holidays, work, preparing for other holidays, etc has taken a lot of time. This rash of busyness has led to lazy cooking, and a brainstorm. I’m not sure how this would … Continue reading

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FreeRice – Socially Responsible Time Sink

Saw this on a friends blog, and oh man it’s fun and addictive. FreeRice is a (free) web based vocab game. It displays a word and 4 possible synonyms. You choose the synonym you think defines the word, and for … Continue reading

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Sherlock Cloche – Pattern

I haven’t test knit this pattern, so it might have some errors. If you attempt to knit this and run into trouble, please let me know! Size: One size – fits my head, 22″ around the ears. You could go … Continue reading

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Sherlock Cloche

Taking photos of yourself at night is tricky business. The hat I’ve been working on didn’t come out quite as I’d hoped (I wanted it to be long enough to cover my ears, but then the brim started flopping in … Continue reading

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Assorted Knitting Woes and a Gothic Needle Case

Slow going in knit-land this week. I had to do a lot of ripping back, had some other miscellaneous goofs, and some knitting-related sewing distractions. I had to rip out my Earl Grey Socks last week and start over because … Continue reading

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