Back in August, I joined Sock a Month 2. I had been knitting socks, and I didn’t think it would be a big deal to finish a pair a month. Well, last month and this month, I have been frantically finishing the socks at the last possible moment.
This month, my knitting has been [...]
Archive for November, 2006
Last Day of the Month Socks
Posted in knitting on November 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty Nine? Twenty Nine! Take 2
Posted in bay area life on November 28, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Today I turn twenty-nine. This time last year our super awesome friends were helping us load the moving truck to move here. (Not a super fun way to spend your birthday.) The past year has gone by amazingly fast, despite the fact that my first few months here (living alone, while Evan finished his degree [...]
It’s off to Oregon we go
Posted in Evan, family, travel on November 21, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Around this time of year, Evan started obsessively checking the weather forecast for central Oregon. His extended family has gathered there for the last twenty-seven years. I have very much enjoyed joining his family tradition, cooking for the masses, drinking good wine and playing board games or cards, and sitting curled up with [...]
Switzerland Top Five
Posted in travel on November 14, 2006 | 3 Comments »
5. Jet l’eau. This fountain is so simple and yet so fun. I think it is because it resembles a firehose pointed straight up in the air. Of course it would be the Swiss who would design such an efficient fountain.
4. The fog. The morning fog in the mountains [...]
I think I might be getting slightly addicted to these swaps
Posted in knitting on November 11, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I recently joined the knit mitt kit swap, which involves make a homemade project bag for a mitten knitter, along with sending the supplies to make a pair of mittens. I’ve only made one pair of mittens, and they were a disaster, so I thought it would be fun to have an excuse to [...]
