Ezra decided at the last possible minute that he would really prefer to be Batman instead Darth Vader for Halloween this year. I searched the local costume shops for a little boy sized Batman costume to no avail, and eventually decided to haul out the ol’ Kenmore.
Three years or so ago, I made a bat [...]
Archive for October, 2008
31 Oct
How I made a Batman Costume
29 Oct
Whiskers on Wednesday
This picture has appeared here before, but Doozer’s expression is classic “I’m going to bite your face” so I couldn’t resist posting it again for this Halloween edition of Whiskers On Wednesday! Now, go humiliate dress up your pet!
28 Oct
New Blogs
I’ve been kind of sucked into the computer lately. Of course, I’m still cranking away on my knitting projects and am very nearly finished with the two I have on the needles right now–a pair of socks for Mr. Interrupted and a pair of fingerless mitts for the same. (And no, they’re not Dashing. I’m [...]
26 Oct
I got nuthin’
This week’s 3am Epiphany just never materialized for me. The exercise was to choose a list of 10 words (e.g., the top 10 words of 2004) and write a story fragment using them. I simply wasn’t inspired by it. My sister had a good one, though. Come to think of it, my sister has had [...]
23 Oct
3
Yesterday was Ezra’s 3rd birthday. It’s amazing how quickly we go from here:
to here:
Happy birthday, EZ-E!
21 Oct
Another one down
Another long suffering UFO [ravelry] is now off the needles.
Isaac is the model, but the scarf is not for him. Actually, I’m not sure who it’s for. The original intended recipient has since developed a need for other (baby-sized) knitted items so I decided to save this for someone else. Lesson: a lot can happen [...]
20 Oct
Rhinebeck part 2, the Haul
So, over the last week or so, I decided that the only way I would learn how to spin and get good at it is to just jump right in and start doing it. I had purchased a Turkish drop spindle at the CT Sheep & Wool festival a couple of years ago, along with [...]
19 Oct
*Happy Sigh* or, Rhinebeck part 1
Today officially and completely made up for last year’s disappointment that was Rhinebeck. I really had a miserable time last year, due in part to the large, rude surge of humanity that was enormously unfriendly to children in general and strollers in particular. I spent a lot of time over the last year, trying to [...]
18 Oct
And so…
This concludes the holiday portion of our knitting program.
Tomorrow we shall return to our regularly scheduled knitting projects.
17 Oct
#95
Here’s the second post in this series. This exercise was all about being able to summarize a story that takes place over several years. I have to say, at first I wasn’t inspired, but once I found the character’s voice the words flowed easily and I ended up really enjoying it. What a wonderful surprise. [...]
