Ohhhhh, man. Where do I start? Aside from the fact that I'll never remember it all in order, so will no doubt mix up things between Saturday and Sunday. Ah, well. Just get started, huh? With one preliminary note: I'll put everyone's Ravelry name in parens after their real name. If there's a link for 'em, that'll be to their blog. If they don't have ( Read more... )

Yep, the rest of the decent - and some semi-decent - photos. And not nearly so much text. Some are pretty blurry. I have got to practice taking action shots! I'm sure my camera can do it; I'm the one who doesn't know what she's doing, and sticks to auto settings. I foresee some intense studying of the manual before the next event I go to. I hope, ( Read more... )

If you're going to hold a bang-up event for knitters, like the Yarn Harlot coming to town, make sure a yarn company throws it. Better yet, make sure said company's yarns are wildly popular. Then to add all the toppings, make it a local company.

About 30 miles down the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon, in a smallish town named Scappoose, there's ( Read more... )

Nope, no excuses. Not a one. It's been over a week since my last post, and hey, it happens. Now, if I could just ignore that guilty feeling. ;)

It sure was a week and a bit of good sleep, though, because I got back onto anti-cholesterol pills, and apparently the side affect I get is longer sleeping hours. But oy, the price. $51.49 for a month. Which ( Read more... )

Nope, nothing to do with movies here. Just one of my bouncing around posts with not much of a theme. ;)

Tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a few pictures. I'm almost done with the final decreases on the hat for Covenant House, so there'll be that. (Oh whee. A picture of a plain old watch cap. Yeah, that'll be exciting. ) And there'll be some new stash, ( Read more... )

So, did everyone survive the holiday all right? I certainly hope so. Despite my disappearing (you should be used to that by now, ghu knows), I survived too. Happy New Year to everyone!

Starting out the year as I mean to go on - i.e., running late, as usual ; no, I don't make New Year's resolutions, you had to ask? -  in this post I'm going to ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm reaching on that one. But you'll note I didn't blog much in October, and geesh, November's just flown by and I didn't get much done then, either, so there are bits and pieces to cover. Not that I'll get everything in this one; although I think I am getting all the pix, so yes, there are several of those in this post, too. However, I won't ( Read more... )

Well, did everyone survive their Thanksgiving ok? Seriously, I hope it was a good one for all. I had a nice, simple, peaceful day and subsequent weekend, wherein I didn't do much of anything special. Except relax; which believe thee me, I'm always thankful for. Naturally, I didn't get in on the madness that is Black Friday. In fact, as I mentioned ( Read more... )

Yep, it's another event report. I know, I know...for an agoraphobic, I sure am getting out lately. Cool, huh? I may break a record and make it out more than 10-14 times or so this year! Aside from things like the necessary monthly trips for groceries, scrips and such, that is. I don't count those; I just freak over 'em. ;) And ok, so I lied about ( Read more... )

Sounds weird, doesn't it? Ok, I'm not actually making blueberry chai, but I am - gasp - swatching.

It's the yarn color that's Blueberry. I'm also 'swatching' the chai too, though, in effect.

See, when I got my grocery order, I was looking for something a little different to drink, and found the selection of chai concentrates. What the hey. I'd had ( Read more... )