rhinebeck recap.

Oh, how to summarize something so big and overwhelming and amazing in a blog post? It just can't be done. So, I'll just try to hit on the highlights: The Trip to Rhinebeck (Friday): I made the mistake of not taking dramamine, thinking I could somehow handle 5 hours in the car without it. WRONG.…

happy fall, y’all.

I figure today's as good a day as any to debut my newest sweater: I've tentatively named this design "Haapsalu Autumn", Haapsalu being the town in Estonia from which the nupp/lace motifs that inspired the maple leaf design came. Here are the details: Ravelry Project Page Pattern: My own, inspired by the Haapsalu style lace…

just a quick update

I don't have a whole lot to say, but since Thursdays are my "work at home" day, I actually have a chance to write on the blog, so I figured I'd take advantage of it. The semester is moving along at a steady clip, and I'm pretty much constantly on the edge (well, over the…

i heart nupps

Why hello there, blog! I just cannot seem to find the time to update this thing more often than about once every 1-2 weeks. Oh well. In the time since I last wrote, I've survived a couple of symphony rehearsals and a variety of scheduling nightmares, answered endless emails from students in the class I'm…

…and I’m back.

I finished comps on Thursday at 5pm, but took several days to recover to even marginally normal status. I'm still feeling terribly wiped out and exhausted, and a little bit under the weather, and I have no idea what to think about what I wrote for my exam. I suppose it's better to just not…

nupps!

I finished reading everything on my comps list at the beginning of the week.  Since my exam doesn't start until Monday, that meant getting a little under a week for putting my notes and thoughts together, and most importantly, resting and relaxing before the big event.  The day I finished my last reading, I spent…