And so concludes the crazy part of our week. Graduations are done. Birthdays are done. Cookie baking is done. Time to breathe. Despite the touch-and-go weather, it's now officially summer break!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Another Graduation?
Big Sister had *her* day today. She said goodbye to Preschool. In 3 short months, my little girl will be in Kindergarten!
And so concludes the crazy part of our week. Graduations are done. Birthdays are done. Cookie baking is done. Time to breathe. Despite the touch-and-go weather, it's now officially summer break!
And so concludes the crazy part of our week. Graduations are done. Birthdays are done. Cookie baking is done. Time to breathe. Despite the touch-and-go weather, it's now officially summer break!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Happy Birthday Baby Yarnworks!
I think I may need to find a new name for my baby girl. Baby Yarnworks just turned two! She's not much of a baby anymore, is she?
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Misbehaving Numbers
I'm currently working on a design for gloves inspired by Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga. And well, I love them. To this point they have come together almost straight from my head, to paper, to wool & needles.
Last night, I began the sizing process. And I was amazed with how the numbers behaved so well. Each calculation seemed to leave me with a nice pretty number to work with. I couldn't have asked for any better. I began to gloat. Pride oozed....at the time I wasn't appalled, but in hindsight, I should have seen the karmic warnings.
Tonight, I began to test knit one of the other sizes. Within 30 minutes, I started to find problems. My numbers, all lined up nice and pretty, had been plotting overnight. They must have been. They thought up ways to thwart my perfect little system.
So I pulled out the calculator again. And the harder I tried, the more my little numbers rebelled. So I wrestled with them, trying to force them to submit. No such luck.
I'm putting these little boogers in time-out. I'll deal with them in the morning.
Last night, I began the sizing process. And I was amazed with how the numbers behaved so well. Each calculation seemed to leave me with a nice pretty number to work with. I couldn't have asked for any better. I began to gloat. Pride oozed....at the time I wasn't appalled, but in hindsight, I should have seen the karmic warnings.
Tonight, I began to test knit one of the other sizes. Within 30 minutes, I started to find problems. My numbers, all lined up nice and pretty, had been plotting overnight. They must have been. They thought up ways to thwart my perfect little system.
So I pulled out the calculator again. And the harder I tried, the more my little numbers rebelled. So I wrestled with them, trying to force them to submit. No such luck.
I'm putting these little boogers in time-out. I'll deal with them in the morning.
Friday, May 02, 2008
Tablecloth Update
As you all know, I finished the Never-Ending Tablecloth a couple weeks ago. Well, since then, I've been trying to reach the woman who hired me to complete the project. All my emails are bouncing and no one is answering her phone -- not even voicemail. *sigh* I hope this wasn't all for nothing....