This story begins on a Wednesday night. Not that it really felt like a weekend, I suppose it technically was. ( You always know it's coming, and think you can fool yourself. )

Ravelry! Lists yarn! That other people will sell to you from their stash!

I will find the elusive 2413 yet...and finish the scarf of doooooom!

Done!

And yet fail. My Stella hat is too big! I should have guessed it would be, but didn't really think about it. So I am calling it a Knitting Olympics success, but I'm also ripping out the whole thing and cutting it down right from the start so the band isn't so big around.

Yay and bah.

Friday I went out with Naiad for her photoshoot with Chris Florio. As is photo shoot tradition, I got to carry stuff and throw out ideas for poses that other people actually listened to. It's like having puppets on strings. Dance! Muahahaha ( Read more... )

So I'm fiddling off an on with my ravelry account, and getting a feel for it. Profile pics, neat! Profile details, neat! Friends, neat! Stash, needle, and pattern hoard recording, neat! Ohh, I can look up patterns ( Read more... )

Okay! I'm halofire on Ravelry. I can stop pestering everyone for patterns!

This was listed under "Strange News" in WRAL :)

Men's-Only Knitting Night a hit at Ohio Shop.

My air conditioner blew, I suspect, last Tuesday after a power outage during the day. I did not catch on to this fact until Thursday night when I got home. Darling brother was nice enough to play with fuses, which failed to solve the problem, before setting up a service appointment for today. Thursday night sleeping on the couch in icky heat was ( Read more... )

I think this might be my next knit project ( Read more... )

Wouldn't it be cool to walk into work this winter and have people go, "Ooh! neat hat! What's on it?" and respond "The victims of Vlad the Impaler"?

I think it would be.