My first ever sweater has arisen, complete, from 2.5 pounds of balled-up cotton string. It's finally really-really done, the loose ends tucked in and everything. It is cozy and stylish. Pics soon, promise.

Praise be to the Knittany Sweatshoppe! Without them, I certainly would have taken even longer to finish it.

Holiday adventures were many & sundry, to mixed enjoyment. The holidays are tough for me for many reasons, to be discussed at a later date. I received plenty of indications people care about me, and that was good ( Read more... )

Insight: "I'm playing God this weekend" sounds much better than "I'm spending my weekend at the lab growing microbes that smell like poo.

I miss watching The Daily Show and Colbert Report. Case in point (4 min clip). Full episode

Obama signed an executive order Friday lifting the moratorium on funding international aid to organizations which ( Read more... )

I had mentioned some time ago that I was working on a knitting project which was so awesome it could only be shared once complete and someone else would take pictures of it. Gentle[wo]men, BEHOLD! Photographic evidence is here!


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I haven't been talking about my craft projects of late, but I had a super sekrit one I was working on slowly since the Christmas time and quickly finished early this week. At this time, the package containing said project has been delivered to its new owner. ampersand should have all of the goodies now, so I can post pictures without ruining the surprise. ( Read more... )

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