Posted in Crochet, sweaters on April 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Neglected this for a while, but it’s time to wrap it up. Plan a few more rows on the body in a lace pattern, long sleeves, and a reinforcing border on the inside edges and neckline.
Previous post on this project.
Posted in Knitting, dissertation, hats on April 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Woo-hoo! Dropped off Chapter 5. Fifty-nine pages. My reward: a yarn winder, gifted from my partner. He’s been storing it in his office for weeks, it turns out, waiting for me to finish Ch. 5. Can’t wait until he brings home the baby tonight.
I also picked up my Ph.D. cap and gown [...]
Posted in Crochet, sweaters on April 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Cupcake sweater wasn’t going so well, but I wanted to use the yarn–Patons Grace, a mercerized cotton with delicate sheen–for a summer garment. Someone on Craftster pointed out that Eddie Bauer had some nice crochet sweaters this season, and I was inspired to make a knock-off. Here is the back panel, [...]
Posted in recipes on April 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
My partner, sister and I took a great hike in Redwood Park today. (Hurray for the East Bay Regional Parks system!) I regretted not having brought my camera along–the woods and views were beautifully verdant, with clear water running in the streams.
The hike worked up my appetite. I rooted for Szechuwan food, but [...]
Posted in dissertation, life on April 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Know what it’s like to run around town hoping no looks down at your feet? Was a tad distracted when I left the house this morning. Blame it on the dissertation.
My partner introduced me to the Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD) cartoon strip. I spent a few minutes exclaiming “oh my god, [...]
Posted in Knitting, dissertation, sweaters on April 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I forgot to do D-Day on Monday, so here is my belated dissertation update. Not much done since early last week, basically, with the papers to grade and the conference and… a trip to a spa in Calistoga with my sister.
But I deviously took along my draft of Chapter 5 to the [...]
Posted in Crochet on April 22, 2007 | No Comments »
I do everything the hard way. For instance, Cupcake from SnB Crochet: The Happy Hooker. Instead of crocheting it in flat panels from the bottom up like the pattern says, I’m doing it top-down in the round.
Because the sweater started to pull down on itself as it gathered weight, I worked the [...]
Posted in Crochet, sweaters on April 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
What a grueling week! I gave a conference talk on Friday and another early this morning, and then came home sick and utterly drained. Luckily my partner went out and got some Korean oxtail soup –a rich white broth that you season with salt and fresh sliced green onions. I felt much better [...]
Posted in Babette blanket, Crochet, Yarn on April 19, 2007 | 6 Comments »
*Yawn* Excuse me. I’m zonked from staying up most of the night marking up student draft papers. Must write two talks for a conference that has already started across the bay in San Francisco. On to crafting, so much more fun: Why did it take me so long? I just [...]
Posted in Knitting, sweaters on April 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A bit shadowy nighttime pic. Most women would be starting the hem by now. Not with my extra long torso. Got another four inches to go! Hope that once the sleeves are done, the collar will lay a little lower and wider.
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