Hee hee. Even if you're not military, have never been married to military, divorced from military or had anything to do with military, I suspect you'll like this.  It's pretty funny.

Came home yesterday and crashed massively; I was one tired little Ysabet-- think my cold really kicked my ass-- and while I have vague memories of talking to nightengale  at some ( Read more... )

YES. IT IS DONE.  Um, sorry, gratuitous capslock time...  Anyway, I completed the Hat Of Doom last night.  It looks a bit different than planned-- I was going for a tuke (took? toock? What a strange word) initially, not a pompommed toboggan-cap, but... um, well.  I used a finish from a pattern called 'Fakeisle' and completed the hat; and being that ( Read more... )

Yesterday I learned two valuable lessons.  They are as follows:

1.  If, by chance, through one's own stupidity, one does not take one's blood-pressure pills for three fricking days and ends up feeling panicky and as if in the throes of massive PMS... one should have both a caring friend nearby and a lot of chocolate.  I had the first but not the ( Read more... )

Y'all recall my speculating that knitting the Hat would result in a loss of my sanity (such as it is?)  Well... if it comes down to a contest between Hat and Ysabet's Gray Matter...

...the Hat is winning.

Saturday afternoon I looked at the Hat and its instructions and went "Hey! I've knitted 6" beyond the corrugated part!  I can now start my ( Read more... )

Just a quick blog entry to catch myself up to date...  I spent yesterday home sick with what probably was the beginnings of a cold-- frequent trips to the bathroom, sore throat, sinus crap, general all-over aches... Am feeling much better today, though.  I slept through most of Thursday while under the influence of Theraflu, which is rather like ( Read more... )

Okay!  Being that the viewing audience has deemed me madder than a box of frogs (currently a 37% majority vote), I'm working on the bloody hat.  Would those of you who'd like access to the pattern please send me your email addy via LJ message?  I'd just post the thing like I had intended, but there's a copyright issue even though it's a free ( Read more... )

Here I sit, knitting to-be-felted catnip mice for selling on my Etsy account prior to getting ready for work.  And several things occur to me:

1.  The bloody size 10.5 dpn needles (oak, very sharp, 7" long) keep ending up under me every time I sit down on my bed.  I could leave them across the ROOM and they'd end up right under where I'm sitting ( Read more... )

Meh.  Stayed home today due to feeling like I'd been dragged bass-ackwards through a hedge-- feverish, no energy, sore throat, biiiiig booming headache behind the eyeballs...  Thank gods I got a freaking ton done yesterday at work (and I really did; yesterday was Let's-Give-Ysabet-Some-Projects Day or something.)  So, I've slept away most of today ( Read more... )

Found this on a website somewhere while looking up an *entirely* different subject, and I just had to post it.

Ode to My Socks

Maru Mori brought me
    a pair of socks
    which she knitted herself
    with her sheepherder's hands,
    two socks as soft as rabbits.
    I slipped my feet into them
    as if they were two cases
    knitted with threads of ( Read more... )

^__^  Had a GREAT time on Saturday at Dragon's Hoarde; I've always loved this event, but considering the weather (threatening rain and delivering it on occasion all day long) didn't expect to enjoy myself as much as I did.  But I had a blast; I spent most of the day beneath the main tent (the 'Pig') knitting and jabbering with a bunch of ladies who ( Read more... )