A week of being sneezed and coughed on by snotty little boys has finally caught up with me and I have a stinker of a cold. Everything hurts. Added to which I think the tiny needles are creating hand problems. Whine, whine, whine. I know. In sock news, I got fed up with untangling the… Continue reading Bleurgh
Month: February 2006
Slacking For Snowmen
I confess I have made very little progress on my project today, but there were snowmen to be built. Since I have an almost-three year old and this has been only our second big snow this winter, I feel that Snowmom has to be my other event. So I’m a biathlete (now, why does that… Continue reading Slacking For Snowmen
Snow For The Winter Olympics
WinterOlympics Originally uploaded by jwordsmith. Look, it’s obligingly snowing here, just to make it feel extra-winter-Olympicky. I tried to get my 11-month old to model the socks-in-progress, but the window frame was much more cooperative (and showed off our lovely snowscape, to boot). I’m making good progress on the Husband Socks. Assuming they fit him…Will… Continue reading Snow For The Winter Olympics
The Knitsanity Begins
Due to some confusion about when I was supposed to start (and the fact that NBC presented their coverage as if they Olympics were starting at 8pm EST, which was odd, really, since I KNOW that’s 2AM in Turin) I lost a whole five hours and the feeling of solidarity of starting with thousands of… Continue reading The Knitsanity Begins
Knitting Olympics
Oh no! Not another blog. Oh yes. I’m afraid so. This one is begun in honour of the first Knitting Olympics and the insanity that is my joining it. I’m sparing the spare readership of my writing blog the tedium of hearing me rant about knitting. Instead I’m sharing my obsession here, perhaps with other… Continue reading Knitting Olympics
Knitting Olympics
With my sister signing up for a sponsored walk and urging me to “move yer arse” I have instead opted for the slightly more sedentary challenge of the Knitting Olympics. This was the insane whim of one knitter and has grown to include 3000 insane knitters in various teams. My team is the USA Sock… Continue reading Knitting Olympics