for real, this time

Does this look familiar? Y'all might remember how I was going to finish my Golden Dragon socks during the phase of Project Spectrum that included "metallics" last year. And yet, here we are, many months later..."metallics" have rolled around again, and those socks are still in the exact same state as they were: But this…

I think I might have a sock problem.

In the past couple of days, I've cast on for two different socks. If you've been paying attention, you'll realize that this brings the number of unrelated socks that are simultaneously in progress on my needles to four. I can't help myself! I don't feel up to do much of anything beyond knitting little things…

On Socks and the Summer Solstice

(Today's Eye Candy: a picture of our cat, Ren, enjoying the sunlight on the porch) So, it is the first day of Summer today. Happy Solstice, everyone! This means that my husband and I have now been married for 9 seasons (since we got married on the Spring Equinox in 2005). We like to have…

me and metallics

I made a very difficult decision yesterday. I'd been putting it off because I didn't want to think about it, but I finally decided that going to the "Linguistics Summer Camp" that I've been looking forward to all year is just not going to be possible given my health. So I'm withdrawing, as sad as…

celebrating yellows and golds

Today's post is perfect for Project Spectrum. In my last post, I promised that a post about casting on for my "Golden Dragon Socks" would be forthcoming. Well, here it is: Of course, I've done more than just cast on since my last post (though not much! It's nearing the end of the semester, so…