Today is Bix and Pippa’s birthday and because it’s Friday, and we’ve nothing really better to do, we are live blogging the event. Yes. There’s an invite out on Facebook and everything!
Presents and tuna fish won’t be until later today as the Honorees have cycled into the first morning nap which is not to be [...]
This is my work in progress (WIP in the parlance). I’ve been rather stuck here as I’m at the point where I divide for front, back and sleeves (it’s being knit from the neck down). From there it’s straight knitting until the interesting bits come around again at the end.
Knitting is a funny thing and [...]
I get a lot of catalogs, still. I was on everybody’s list for a while because we suffered through having dial up for what seemed like an eternity and when one lives in the middle of nowhere, one does a lot of mail order.
There’s one catalog that I can’t give up: Levenger. Not only do [...]
But here are the cats. I was just sitting on the bed watching TVand it struck me suddenly and with great force that this could be a still from a movie. Specifically … who? Bergman? Fellini? Hitchcock? There’s our heroine, Pippa, all sultry and brunette and stuff. Bix, Leading Man, brooding and Heathcliff like. Is [...]
Not here, no, that would be silly. I’m to be interviewed for my knit shop Fresh Purls‘ blog. Pal and owner Karen has just jumped on the blog wagon and seeks Content. The subject is "My Favorite Yarn" which can usually be summed up in one word: Expensive. I justify this by knitting classic pieces [...]
There has to be one somewhere, doesn’t there?
First, the design is far from over. The header picture is Nauset Beach in February. The offest of off season, which is my favorite time on The Cape. The picture will change since I’m not that pleased with it.
Next, what the hell with the “congeries”? If you fly [...]