Lost: One (1) sock knitting mojo. If found, please return thisaway. In the meantime, you’ll likely see me over here spinning away * and knitting frantically on shawl/ettes **. Maybe I just need more really nice self-striping sock yarn. * ITW Call Box – 50/30/20 Alpaca/Merino/Silk, half of 8.5 oz ** Quaker Yarn […]
I made yarn! I told you I was working on content! For reference’s sake, here is what I started with: December 2013 Fiber Club Shipment from FatCatKnits, Mambo and Tango on Polwarth (5oz total). I did not take the photos – they are the inventory shots from Ginny’s website. I’m simply including them as a […]
Games you can play while you watch this: 1. Name the era / realize when the era changes 2. Name that tuning (also: count the groping for the slide, shifting of feet for pedals) 3. How many of those songs did you you (or someone you know) spend hours learning on a fake, plastic guitar […]
I found this little gem on Reddit. The artist’s name is Kawehi and while she doesn’t exactly have Cobain’s growls and distortion, she has her own flair. I’ll totally overlook the use of the auto-tune-like filter she’s using on her voice as it lends extra atmosphere. TCS – Robot Heart: Heart-Shaped Box – Nirvana (covered […]
Ye Olde Internal Wurlitzer has started playing Danse Macabre, composed by Camille Saint-Saens, arranged by Liszt/Horowitz. This one gets in your head and whirls around at a breakneck pace until you’re just on the edge of dizzy. And then good luck getting it out of your head for the rest of the day. You’re welcome.
Not sure how many readers will know this (as I have no idea your demographic), but I used to be a musician. In fact, music was my first career choice prior to going to Art College (I gave up the dream after a series of University auditions that spanked my immature little pride on her […]
I meant to post before now, but things have been scattered and hectic over the holiday (I consider it ‘the holiday that wasn’t’ because I worked for most of it, but what can you do, right? It’s the nature of the beast when you knowingly continue a career path that includes features shift work). So, […]
About a year or two ago, I made the Husbeast a hat. I used the Ripley pattern by Ysolda Teague, and made it out of a dark grey alpaca blend from Michael’s. It itches. And an itchy hat doesn’t make for happy husbeasts. (This is not the first occasion when an alpaca blend has caused […]
For kicks, I asked my extremely tall co-worker Jeff if the Magnums fit his hands. I guess that answers that question. Still slogging away at the Yule knitting. Hoping to have something viewable soon. I hope.
I know that updates have been sparse lately, but I blame that on the work schedule being a bit wonky. One of the drawbacks of rotating shifts, I guess. When I haven’t been working, though, I’ve been keeping myself busy – and not with my Sims game! I’ve noticed time just slipping right away when […]