Posted in Crochet, Knitting, sweaters on July 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »
At long last!
It’s ugly, I know, but I wanted to finish something, anything. Who cares if a washcloth is a little misshapen? Sugar n’ Cream yarn and 5mm Clover bamboo needles. This cotton is kind of yucky to knit or crochet with–I like soft, stretchy wool better. I didn’t bother [...]
Posted in Babette blanket, Crochet, dissertation, life, sweaters on July 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
It’s been so long since my last post!! No pic today either. My apologies. Between diss stuff and contract research, life has been a nutty flurry.
My advisor signed off on my dissertation two Mondays ago. Should have felt great, but I get the inkling that he’s disappointed that I haven’t turned [...]
Posted in Crochet on July 12, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Just needed to bubble and freak out at the same time. I finished polishing all six chapters and pasted them into one document. 298 pages! Yay!
I promised to deliver the whole thing (title page, TOC and the works) to my second chair tomorrow. Ahem. It’s 9:30pm and I haven’t finished [...]
Posted in Babette blanket, Crochet on July 9, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Babette Panels 1-6, originally uploaded by Rina7.
Completed and sewed on panel six (column on left). Three more to go! Photo shows the whole thing being spray-blocked. Don’t know how this will work: I’m using both wool blends and 100% wool yarn. If it does, I will spray block [...]
Posted in dissertation, life on July 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Ack! How did it get to be July? I had hoped to return from Yosemite with inspiration for my Intro. But in fact I didn’t think about my diss at all during the trip.
The only inspiration I got was to go backpacking in the wilderness. This was bolstered this morning when I caught [...]
Posted in life, nature on July 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We survived! That is, my sister, partner and I didn’t strangle each other or wound each other’s souls during four days together. Saturday: biked around the valley on rickety cruisers (my favorite ride; damn these East Bay hills!) and cooled off with a river swim. Sunday: hiked up the endless stairs [...]
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