Remember this post? In which I collected all my unfinished knitting projects and put them out on my porch in a great Heap of Shame? http://nirethak.livejournal.com/151901.htmlRead more... )

I realized I haven't posted chicken pictures in a long time! Here is the majority of my flock (the mean Cornish hen was in the chicken house eating an egg because she is an asshole like that)


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Wow, it's been a long time since I posted! In my defense, my computer has been working erratically. It seems to have had a power supply issue, I hope it's been resolved.

I went to see my mom and saw some ponies! I wanted to take one home but my mom refused to help me. And she has a minivan and everything.


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Quite a few, so there will be sub-headings.

First: Chickens: The chicks are all still alive and growing quickly and eating me out of house and home. They also get into everything and then make tragic peeping noises ( Read more... )

I finished another knit item (number 5 out of the original 18 unfinished items). This one is a significant one, too! I came across the pattern on Ravelry and fell in love with it and bought it on the spot. Unfortunately, while the PDF looked very nice, the chart printed out in 2 very similar shades of gray. I emailed the designer and her ( Read more... )

I haven't been up to much interesting because I have had a yucky cold. But, I have been pretty productive knitting-wise ( Read more... )

Yeah! Another FO! It is a silly hat. Apparently, except for the purple one, I only knit silly hats. When I'm done with my personal knitting challenge I need to think about knitting a non-silly hat.
I'll post a photo tomorrow, I'm sleepy now.

ETA: Here's a crappy photo! It's very overcast today so no good lighting anywhere.


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I finished another project! Since it's a test knit, I don't think I can share a picture, though. Still, that's 2 down ( Read more... )

Aw yeah, 2 finished items!


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I like to set myself a knitting challenge each year, last year's was to knit Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac, which project kind of fell apart midway through the year (health crises and depressive episodes will do that to you, but I did wind up with some nice mittens and hats and things ( Read more... )