Abstract

I apologize for whining so much about my dissertation lately, because I’m about to do some more now. Waaaah. I’ve been working on the abstract because I need it for my postdoc application, and right now I feel nauseated. Fact is, I loathe writing abstracts. And I spent three years writing my Intro and coming [...]

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FO: Deja

  I’m very pleased with the bohemian look of the Deja pattern by French Girl, ordered from Jimmy Beans Wool.* (No, my left arm isn’t longer than my right; it’s just a weird perspective thing.) It worked up in three evenings, and even then I made some adjustments and backtracked in one part where I [...]

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D-Day May 28

Last Wednesday: “Access denied.” Access to the library’s article databases from my home computer is cut off. Thursday: Update CV for postdoc and policy analyst job apps. Friday: start on the dreaded dissertation abstract. Type type type Chapter 6. Sunday: spend hours in the abandoned, over-chilled department computer lab downloading 97 news articles and 43 [...]

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8 Random Things

Geckogrrl tagged me for the 8 Random Things meme; and a little while ago Hobbyzu tagged me for 7 Random Things. (Wikipedia article on memes here. Fascinating phenomenon.) I’ll do 8 and cover both bases, but my list of potential tag-ees has been tapped out. I’ll see what I can put together next week. 1. [...]

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Cabled Knit Bag Progress

I actually finished the body of the bag, but my partner took the camera today so I have to make do with the latest WIP photo: The edge cable forms the top of the bag which is now about 9.5″ high and 11″ in length. Love the look of cables, hate making them. I accidentally [...]

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D-Day May 23

Two days late on this dissertation progress report. I’ve already published most of the Chapter 6 material in two articles–about 30 pages that I can use–but it’s taking a lot of work to craft the intro and integrate existing material into a larger narrative. After a couple of weeks of floundering, the intro finally clicked [...]

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FO: White Quartz Cropped Cardi

Voila! The perfect summer sweater. This is modified from the Smoky Quartz Tunic Pattern in Interweave Crochet Fall 2006. I already made a longer, cap-sleeved fitted sweater version as the Black Quartz Tunic. Materials: Lion Babysoft, 1 ball cream; 4.5mm crochet hook. After fussing with different lengths, waistbands, etc. (click here for longer version), I [...]

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Project Obituary 3/17/07

I’ve reported several of projects on this blog that are now resting in the frog pond (unraveled) or the UFO pile (unfinished objects). So this is an obituary, so to speak: Frou Frou in Dark Sage TLC Lustre. Fell victim to too-heavy yarn, too-wide sleeves, too-small waist, and numerous ill-advised pattern changes by a novice. [...]

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D-Day May 10: I “Graduated”!

I wrote some on Chapter 6, though nothing sizzling hot. The momentum will come (I hope). For some reason I was terribly depressed and anxious all last week. Probably overwhelmed by the impending graduation — ceremonial and real — and momentous life decisions to make, in addition to the workload of grading and finishing my [...]

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Colorwheel … and Hep Hat renditions

First of all, I’ve been meaning to post these: a few people crocheted hats using my Hep Hat pattern — Steen and Renee over at Craftster, and angie_star at her blog. I think they all turned out great! Gathering the yarn for Babette blanket — and figuring out how to dye the colors I can’t [...]

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