Okay, so it’s not really a present if I pay for it myself, but I’ve never gotten this much yarn in the mail before, and it’s like Christmas. And actually, two skeins are being paid for, so it really is a present.
I made my little sister Kate a pair of Endpaper Mitts for Christmas [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Presents!
Posted in knits on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
FO: Squirrely Swedish Mittens
Posted in knits, tagged mittens stranded knitting squirrels on January 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
They’re done! And just in time for a wicked cold snap. The windchill here was 15 below zero the day I finished them. These might be my favorite things I’ve ever knitted – I’m absolutely in love with them and I’ve hardly taken them off since I finished them on Sunday.
Project specs:
Pattern: Squirrely Swedish Mittens [...]
FO: John’s Family of Penguins
Posted in knits, tagged fo, gift, mittens, stuffed animal, wip on January 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
John’s birthday is on Friday. That means he’s one of those cursed people who has a close-to-Christmas birthday that’s never celebrated as much as it should be, because everyone’s broke and sick of picking out presents by the time it rolls around. I’ve been keeping a list all year of things I could get him, [...]
House!
Posted in personal, tagged house, lansing on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, for the past few months John and I have been house hunting. And yes, saying that makes me feel like a grown-up, which is hilarious. Anyway, we found one we could both agree on (harder than you might imagine), negotiated a price with the seller (harder still), and re-negotiated that price based on everything [...]
