Curses!
Sunday, October 11th, 2009Did you need to curse a blue streak today, only to open your mouth and find no words coming out? Or if they did, they were unsatisfyingly mild, like “darn” and “heck”? Yeah, sorry about that–Ken and I used up the daily allotment of the really bad four-letter words, trying to wrap our brains (and [...]
Geometry + Lasers = Fashion!
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Here’s a pic of my new circle skirt, a pretty, swirly victory yanked from the jaws of defeat, courtesy of Ken’s sewing skills and perseverance: We set out to make a dress. Ken had pre-shrunk the material on Friday, so we could start right in Saturday morning with pattern layout and cutting. It soon became [...]
Monsters!
Sunday, March 29th, 2009Please to meet Boris (L) and Bela (R), my SCARY MONSTER SLIPPERS! Boris is affable enough, but Bela would bite you as soon as look at you. Just ask the cat. Bwa ha ha ha!
Input, Output
Monday, December 22nd, 2008I’ve been motivated much more by knitting than by reading lately–perhaps it’s the winter nesting instinct, perhaps it’s just that I’ve been using lunch hours for knitting with a co-worker. I finished Neal Stephenson’s Anathem back in November, and found I had little to say about it once it was over. I enjoyed it very [...]