tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60299352011-12-14T19:03:09.224-08:00Knitting it all togetherMusings on knitting, along with mostly unrelated topics like voluntary simplicity, walkable communities, organic food, homeschooling, weather on the 45th parallel and whatever else might be on my mind.Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.comBlogger571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-28202921359574492722010-10-03T10:11:00.000-07:002010-10-03T11:12:24.867-07:00Early fall dinnerEditor's disclaimer: on the slim chance that any reader still exists for this knitting blog, rest assured that I'm not converting it to yet-another-food blog. This is a one-time posting to efficiently distribute information to a few friends.For a seasonal cook, the first days of October in northern Michigan offer tantalizing options. My CSA box this week was a bridge from summer to fall. The Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-22675127074585582062009-09-12T08:38:00.000-07:002009-09-12T09:48:40.760-07:00A nation ripe for ironyIf only I had the intellect and wit of Jonathan Swift, I would write a modest proposal for my country. This past week has elicited so many topics worthy of satire and parody. I wish I could remember them all.The one that stands out in my addled mind is the controversy surrounding President Obama's speech to the nation's schoolchildren. Some conservative parents claimed to be distraught that theirSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-52262034014006408122009-07-24T07:33:00.000-07:002009-07-24T08:24:54.391-07:00Baby stuffA visit to the mall generally serves to reinforce two points for me: first, I'm made aware that I'm not exceptionally fat, perhaps not even average fat; and second, I'm resolved to continue to order my life so that it will be at least another six months before I feel compelled to make another visit.During yesterday's sojourn, while treating my daughter to the delights of Subway in the mall food Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-15813138093784218592009-06-29T06:30:00.000-07:002009-06-29T18:11:23.567-07:00Mysteries of the Great LakesAfter 17 years of living in Michigan, I decided it was finally time to see the state's largest city. Detroit seems so far away, and I've only been in the city proper once, when I stopped downtown to pickup my husband for the drive up to Traverse City, on my second visit after we decided to relocate from Washington, D.C. That was in 1992. In the intervening years, all I've seen of Detroit are the Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-84577127658055180402009-06-23T12:33:00.000-07:002009-06-23T13:57:35.997-07:00More books to rememberAs promised, part two of books I've read that stayed in my life:*A Flag for Sunrise, by Robert Stone. I read this in 1985, my junior year of college, when my political awareness was primarily focused on watching the cute guys playing hackeysack by the anti-apartheid shanties on the quad and attending the occasional beans and rice dinner sponsored by the Central American Solidarity Committee. ThisSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-88791866010411654572009-06-21T08:29:00.000-07:002009-06-21T12:14:23.299-07:00Books to rememberPerhaps, like others in their 40s, I too often confuse information overload with the onset of senility. If I can't remember where I read something, or even what I read, the logical explanation is that the volume of data I've attempted to stuff into my brain simply exceeds its storage capacity. But then, didn't I read once that humans use less than one percent of our brain power? Can't remember Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-66854100206144170782009-06-11T10:41:00.000-07:002009-06-11T11:51:50.693-07:00The search for meaningAs Glinda the Good Witch advised Dorothy, "it's always best to start at the beginning," and so as I embark on homeschooling, I've started at the beginning by reading a book about the end. In this case, author Neil Postman's "end" is really more about the entirety. I first read The End of Education several years ago, and I decided a few weeks ago that I could use a refresher on it since I recalledSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-62768282392155165062009-06-02T10:14:00.000-07:002009-06-02T10:43:29.746-07:00Homeschooling -- Can I do it?Barring any earth-shattering events this summer, my daughter will not be returning to school in the fall. I'll refrain from elaborating on the circumstances that prompted this decision; suffice it to say that my husband and I believe this to be best for our daughter emotionally, mentally and academically. We remain ardent supporters of public schools -- and our son Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-30871860293517368812009-05-14T11:16:00.000-07:002009-05-14T20:10:26.915-07:00A fine spring day in northern Michigan brings me out to the front porch with my laptop. A breeze carries the sweet fragrance of the antique lilac bush on the west end of the porch, and the only improvement I could imagine to this day would be another 5°F and some friends stopping by with coffee and croissants.It's doubtful that I have any blog readers after a three-year hiatus, not that I ever Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1145901753392211302006-04-24T07:17:00.000-07:002006-04-24T11:08:24.790-07:00Oooh, if I post today, I will not have gone a full year between blog entries! Of course, I don't expect that anyone is still reading...No knitting content. I need to clean the house, and hopefully I will uncover my digital camera in the process, and then I can take some pictures of completed projects.The real reason I'm trying to remember how to use Blogspot this morning is that I want to talk Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1114789140699202582005-04-29T08:39:00.000-07:002005-04-29T09:50:02.080-07:00"Mendocino" cardigan in Peruvian Collection alpaca. Design from Pacific Coast Highway by Alice Starmore. Just finished. And that's all the knitting news for now.Turning to the voluntary simplicity section of this blog, the topic foremost on my mind in recent weeks is peak oil. Probably most of you are familiar with this phenom, which is not about the end of oil but rather the end of cheap oil. IfSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1111249620923686922005-03-19T08:27:00.000-08:002005-03-19T08:51:11.406-08:00Beaded shawl in Turkish mohair. Unfortunately, it's hard to see the beads in the photo. I thought it was time for some knitting-related content, since this is supposedly a knitting blog. And yes, that's snow in the background. Still. (sigh)In joint knitting-and-politics content, Leslie of NakeidKnits (one of my favorite blogs), has started a KnitIn in protest of the outrageous Senate vote to Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1111065743740719892005-03-17T04:37:00.000-08:002005-03-17T05:22:23.746-08:00Wilderness -- Who Needs It?So the Senate voted yesterday to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. I do not have sufficient words to express my contempt for those 51 senators. I hope that all across the land today, people who live in the states of those 51 senators are recruiting and funding serious opponents for them in their next election and that they will all lose their Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1110913465210589592005-03-15T08:33:00.000-08:002005-03-15T11:04:25.213-08:00Yep, life really is like a roller coaster rideI will start this blog entry on a happy note because I must end it with sad news.Sometime last week, my usual bout with Seasonal Affective Disorder took a turn from the February hide-in-bed-watching-movies-and-knitting-with-a-2lb.-box-of-SeesCandies-at-my-side stage to the coming-out-of-it-with-manic-energy stage. That is good news. I've been singing Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1108578147559269692005-02-16T09:40:00.000-08:002005-02-16T10:22:27.563-08:00Is stash reduction possible? Ever?I'm finally getting over what must have been the flu. I've spent a significant chunk of the past week and a half in bed, knitting and watching movies. I started another beaded shawl and Mendocino, a longish cardigan from Alice Starmore's Pacific Coast Highway. I have a couple of finished projects, too, but I'm too tired to get the camera out now. Maybe Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1107450970683232782005-02-03T08:28:00.000-08:002005-02-03T15:37:58.523-08:00Gandhi and Spinning
My recent hiatus from blogging was also a hiatus from blog reading. Imagine my surprise to come back and discover that the spinning bug had captured even Wendy, arguably one of the most popular and influential knitters on-line! (I am envious, but not surprised, that she is already more accomplished at spinning than I likely ever will be.)
I haven't yet had the leisure to Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1107279779390141062005-02-01T09:42:00.000-08:002005-02-01T10:49:23.086-08:00As promised, the photo of my only finished knitting project of 2005:
A Peruvian-style hat, made with Peruvian Collection pure alpaca, from a pattern in Sue Bradley's 1991 book, Around the World in 80 Sweaters.
That's it for the fiber content for this blog today. Tomorrow I will bring you musings on spinning and Gandhi. But for today, I have ...
Movies!!
If you haven't yet seen Sideways, by Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1107116085934891862005-01-30T13:14:00.000-08:002005-01-30T12:32:40.503-08:00We interrupt this blog to bring you a technical message:
I'm working on getting photos up. Apparently the MSN thing was not successful (thanks for the heads-up, Janet). Until the ISP techies can figure out what's wrong with my webspace, I'm trying Blogger's Hello thing. But I'm still figuring it out, so keep checking back if it's not working yet.
Scroll down to the January 24 entry and you Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1106935631370989902005-01-28T10:05:00.000-08:002005-01-28T11:01:47.780-08:00Better late than never, and because I'm procrastinating once again, I'll play Leslie's "what's my stuff" game. Here's my list:
Grooming Products
Shampoo--Aubrey Organics Blue Chamomile
Moisturizer--Aubrey Organics Green Tea SPF10
Cologne--none
Razor--none in winter, my husband's in summer
Toothpaste--Jason's Seafresh
Electronics
Cell phone--none. Really.
Computer--Dell Dimension 4600
Television-Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1106592987462563092005-01-24T10:35:00.000-08:002005-01-30T12:27:38.793-08:00I'm so tickled to have two readers (thanks Dianne and Salt) that I've spent most of the morning trying to figure out how to get those darn photos on this blog. Unfortunately, I can't seem to access my ISP webspace on this new computer, so I'm temporarily trying out MSN.
I've also been busy lately trying to save my daughter's elementary school from closing. We have a lovely school at the end of Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1106254509945745872005-01-20T13:17:00.000-08:002005-01-20T12:55:09.946-08:00Return from blogging hiatus
I was never a very regular blogger, but I admit that a 5-month lapse is extreme even by my standards. This is what happened: the kids went back to school, and while that technically should have freed up more time for blogging, it also freed up time for other things that were more compelling than blogging, at the time. Then the computer crashed and I had to get a new Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1093985824990002762004-08-31T16:55:00.000-07:002004-08-31T13:57:04.990-07:00Pictures! Lots of them. Better late than never, I have a report from the Michigan Fiber Festival.
I stopped by, family in tow, on the way home from Chicago last Sunday (Aug. 22). Some of you may know, or remember from my earlier postings, that the MFF was the same four days this year as Stitches Midwest, held about three hours away in St. Charles, Illinois. The impact of this scheduling was Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1092148837605478782004-08-10T10:37:00.000-07:002004-08-10T07:40:37.606-07:00It's not that I haven't had anything to say for a month, it's just that... well, it's summer, you know. Here at the 45th parallel in Snow Belt country, we spend far too many gray and cold days dreaming of July and August, when it will be 75F and sunny with nice lake breezes that don't bring lake-effect snow. It would be a crime to spend beautiful summer days at the computer.
So why am I here nowSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1089851296006409782004-07-14T17:23:00.000-07:002004-07-14T17:28:16.006-07:00Urgent Breaking News!!!!
Just thought some of y'all might like to know that a trailer is finally available for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Colin looks gorgeous, as usual.
Talk amongst yourselves.
Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1089645787991856492004-07-12T07:52:00.000-07:002004-07-12T08:23:07.990-07:00Finally summer is coming to northern Michigan. It's supposed to get into the 80s today -- a significant improvement from the low 60s we had as highs last week.
This is obviously the weather for cotton tank knitting as evidenced by most other blogs, but I am still plugging away in Shetland wool on Donegal. I have finished the body, except for the neckband. I should have a photo for my next entry.Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1088451746888920662004-06-28T11:57:00.000-07:002004-06-28T12:43:25.253-07:00Last week I heard an NPR report about blogging and I was surprised to learn that some people post to their blogs as much as 12 times a day. Can you imagine? I've been in awe of the knitting bloggers who manage to post more than once or twice a week. Obviously, I'm not much of a blogger, but I suppose 10 days between posts is really pathetic. In my defense, I ask my regular readers (all 5 of you) Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1087566512924894712004-06-18T06:36:00.000-07:002004-07-14T17:32:54.846-07:00Not much knitting news to report lately as not much knitting has been happening at my house. I'm almost up to the neck steeks on Donegal, and I've started a pair of self-patterning socks for take-away knitting, and I've decided to frog the cashmere scarf and do something else with the year. But that's it.
I have been spinning a little, and early next week I will post a photo of the ugliest yarnSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1086289348512565852004-06-03T11:33:00.000-07:002004-06-04T05:55:32.890-07:00After numerous tries, I was finally able to view the newly-released trailer for Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. Some of the scenes are chilling, particularly near the end when Bush says with a determined and serious face "I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers" and then turns non-chalantly to the golf course and says, "Now watch this drive." And don't Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1085755778081860702004-05-28T07:42:00.000-07:002004-05-28T08:31:21.363-07:00Thanks for the terrific comments from last entry. Dianne, be careful about encouraging me or I'll never get off my soapbox! And Max, you will have an easy time ditching your car in the D.C. area. We started our one-car lifestyle when we lived there in the late 80s-early 90s; if we were to move back, I think it would be much easier to do without a car entirely because the area now has two car Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1085245615858719662004-05-22T07:47:00.000-07:002004-05-22T10:06:55.856-07:00Warning to those who read this blog for its knitting content: none in this entry.
Today's musings are about hardship and sacrifice, or what passes for it in modern U.S. culture.
Regular readers (if there are any) of this blog may recall that my family attempts to do what is widely regarded by most of our neighbors as an enterprise in pure folly: we "get by" with "only" one car. My husband (I Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1084804218749648142004-05-17T07:18:00.000-07:002004-05-17T07:30:18.750-07:00A little blog housekeeping to start. I noticed this weekend that the referral system appeared to be out again as my blog did not have the usual list of referring web pages. Then this morning when I was reading Wendy's blog, I noticed that her referral list was working and I wondered, what's up with that? So I clicked on the link to the referral service, copied and pasted the code back into my Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1084558380541394392004-05-14T09:19:00.000-07:002004-05-14T11:13:00.540-07:00Finally, a Finished Object to show! This is Fjalar, a design from Elsebeth Lavold's Viking Patterns for Knitting, in Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece:
Here's a detail of the cabled band:
Thanks to Joe for the photography tips. The last time I attempted to photograph Fjalar, the texture did not show at all. Joe recommended photographing it with the morning or afternoon sun, without a flash. Since Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1084202113911849052004-05-10T07:29:00.000-07:002004-05-10T08:15:13.913-07:00In knitting news: I joined the Audrey knit-along and I'm very eager to begin, but I've promised myself not to even swatch it until I've finished at least one current WIP. Thanks to a rainy weekend that was perfect for movies and knitting (finally got to see "Love Actually"!), I am just a few rows short of finishing the sleeves for Fjalar (from Lavold's Viking Patterns for Knitting), and thanks toSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1083947685611935482004-05-07T09:34:00.000-07:002004-05-07T09:42:36.420-07:00Because I am procrastinating on something else I need to do, and one reader of this blog expressed an interest in voluntary simplicity, and Wendy is getting grief over her penchant for luxury yarn, it seems an appropriate time to address the role of money in knitting and in life.
This issue goes much deeper than the usual "yarn snob" flap over acrylic vs. natural fibers, but let's get that out Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1083608545536336852004-05-03T11:22:00.000-07:002004-05-03T11:26:35.873-07:00As the calendar now indicates we are now in the month of May, I suppose eventually warm weather will come again to northern Michigan and I will be spending more time outside and less time inside watching TV and knitting. That is a good thing, if the first night of May sweeps is any indication of what is in store on the boob tube. I am embarrassed to admit I watched the last 45 minutes of last Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1082474921033277632004-04-20T08:28:00.000-07:002004-04-20T10:17:39.403-07:00I found the camera, so here is a photo of the second acquisition to my collection of Turkish socks:
Compare with the first pair:
My brother-in-law, Altug, said the new pair is more authentic, but not being a knitter, he wasn't sure why. I've been trying to figure it out based on the photos and information in Anna Zilboorg's Fancy Feet, which does not include any pattern resembling this one,Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1081791758438659262004-04-12T10:42:00.000-07:002004-04-12T10:49:41.450-07:00I've been browsing the contents of the Michigan Fiber Festival magazine, and I have to share with you some questions from a very cute quiz. The "Giggles Quiz" on page 38 seeks to determine if the Michigan Fiber Festival is the right place for you. I would never violate the copyright by including the whole quiz, but here's a question that gives the flavor:
"2. I own enough fiber for ...
a. Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1081560612975553392004-04-09T18:30:00.000-07:002004-04-09T18:34:02.996-07:00Just back from Spring Break in North Carolina. It was great to escape the Michigan cold and see actual green things, plus dogwoods and azaleas in bloom. The weather could have been a bit warmer, but we still had a good time visiting the relatives.
I have two fiber highlights from the trip. On the way down, I dropped off a Romney fleece I purchased last summer for processing at Zeilinger in Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1079194906084517902004-03-13T08:21:00.000-08:002004-03-13T08:25:50.530-08:00Today is one of those days when I am really missing the West. Last winter we were living in Colorado, just west of Boulder, courtesy of my husband's journalism fellowship. During our nine months there, I fell in love with the Southwest, particularly New Mexico. I have regular fantasies about moving to Santa Fe. Today I am nursing those fantasies by crocheting the mosaic afghan from the yarn I Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1078345419426874372004-03-03T12:23:00.000-08:002004-03-03T12:26:38.450-08:00No finished objects to show today, but I've made some progress on Donegal:
I've also cast on for a bag, "Incan Figures" from Folk Bags. One of these days I'm going to figure out how to make a nifty "current projects" link on this blog, but in the meantime, my WIPs include the mosaic afghan, "The Rebozo" shawl from Cheryl Oberle's Folk Shawls and the Fjalar pullover. Plus, I've swatched a Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1076431776337519232004-02-10T08:49:00.000-08:002004-02-10T08:54:31.546-08:00I have pictures! First, the completed "Midnight Sun" dress and cap:
You would not believe how adorable my daughter looks in it!
And, next, I've finished the back of Fjalar, which is from Elsebeth Lavold's Viking Patterns for Knitting:
I've tried several times and can't get the cables to show up well in the photo. It's in Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece, same as the little dress and LochinverSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1074991415118753212004-01-24T16:43:00.000-08:002004-01-24T16:45:40.466-08:00The Michigan primary is looming and we here at Knitnthink have not yet made our decision. While all of the Democratic hopefuls are vastly superior to the current incumbent, some may be stronger candidates than others. Now I respect my almost-neighbor Michael Moore's argument in favor of General Clark , especially his assertion that the election will be decided by a handful of voters in a handful Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1074270199432147922004-01-16T08:23:00.000-08:002004-01-16T08:25:13.670-08:00If it weren't for knitting, I'm sure I'd go insane! Last night as I was sitting through yet another interminable meeting, happily knitting away on the easy part of the Lavold sweater, I wondered how all the other attendees could tolerate it when all they could do was just sit there.
But the major contribution knitting makes to my sanity is in getting through the winter. It is cold here in Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1074098903567279972004-01-14T08:48:00.000-08:002004-01-14T08:52:43.450-08:00Today's sermon is about walking. For those who want to skip ahead, there is a photo of a pair of gorgeous Turkish socks below. But bear with me -- you might find this interesting.
There was a Washington Post story making the rounds on a couple of my e-mail lists this week about the near-impossibility of simply walking to a destination in the suburbs. No news there, at least not for me. But it Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1074011066707136542004-01-13T08:24:00.000-08:002004-01-13T08:28:09.560-08:00It's January and everyone seems to be on a diet. I hope those contemplating the Atkins diet or any that relies on meat will read this first. It's a very blunt essay by one of my favorite writers, Michael Pollan, on the sorry state of industrial meat. Actually, I don't bring this up to blast meat-eating or low-carb diets -- in fact, I'm trying to restrict my carbs, too, along the recommendations Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1073399467241937792004-01-06T06:31:00.000-08:002004-01-06T06:40:31.596-08:00We're back from our holiday trip to North Carolina. Later, I will post a photo of the Turkish socks my brother-in-law brought back for me from Turkey. They are awesome!
In other knitting news, I had a little impulse buy at the LYS yesterday, purchasing a yarn pack for the vine motif cardigan from "Poetry in Stitches." It was just calling my name from the top of the shelf. I don't know when I'm Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1072027894246417142003-12-21T09:31:00.000-08:002003-12-21T09:31:49.270-08:00Tada!
Above is the finished back of "Shannon" and below
the front. Won't the little recipient feel special? I can hardly wait to give it to her, although I'm not sure I'll actually let her wear it.
More from the gallery coming up. I haven't been blogging because I've been so busy knitting. And here's what I've done:
The finished Christmas stocking. Since we've decided to spend the Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1070641574492730432003-12-05T09:38:00.000-08:002003-12-05T09:38:56.660-08:00It's a rare sunny December day here in northern Michigan, and I've just come from a lovely breakfast with friends and a pleasant walk home, yet I'm infused with a sense of dread. When my kids get home from school, I have promised my son, who celebrated his 10th birthday this week, an outing with friends to the movies. In our town, the only place to see a PG or G movie is at the mall. Ugh! Can Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1070146914024031062003-11-30T10:11:00.000-08:002003-11-30T11:01:11.940-08:00As the (hopefully) last of the Thanksgiving leftovers warms in the oven, I thought I'd take a moment to reflect on this season of joy and gratitude. In the "what is the world coming to" category, I found this CNN.com - Woman knocked unconscious by trampling shoppers - Nov. 29, 2003 story in my inbox. After reading it in horror, I rejoiced in my smug superiority that I once again celebrated Buy Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-10696867612920672003-11-24T07:29:00.000-08:002003-11-24T07:29:43.036-08:00"Shannon" is nearing completion. I have about half a sleeve to knit, then seam it together and knit the button bands. Here is the back, which is my current knitting masterpiece:
Now, should I let my daughter actually wear it?
I've decided there is no such thing as "difficult" knitting; there is only knitting you've done before and knitting you've not yet tried. Some knitting requires more Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1069463351561262332003-11-21T17:09:00.000-08:002003-11-21T17:17:57.856-08:00A great interview with Colin Firth (aka "Mr. Darcy") proves he is interesting and intelligent as he is gorgeous. Check it out at Fresh Air: Friday - November 14, 2003 And of course, once I figured out how to post photos on my blog, this had to go up:
In knitting news, I think the color substition for the "Midnight Sun" dress looks great. Here it is:
I'm on the second sleeve of "Shannon."Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1069345171455934192003-11-20T08:19:00.000-08:002003-11-20T10:24:54.170-08:00Yesterday was a great knitting day as I had tons of meetings. I made lots of progress on the two Harry Potter scarves, but they are silly and boring and nothing like the nice one I made for my son. If only I had started sooner, I could have made equally nice gifts for my niece and nephew. But, then I would have had to knit the same scarf three times, so maybe it's just as well it worked out the Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1069181516268362302003-11-18T10:51:00.000-08:002003-11-18T11:03:18.490-08:00Two new WIPs: Harry Potter scarves for my niece and nephew for Xmas. They won't be as deluxe as my son's scarf because there simply isn't time. I'm knitting these simultaneously on size 10s in a simple garter stitch. I'll probably make them about a foot shorter. I have lots of meetings in the next two days, so I should make tons of progress.
"Midnight Sun" is still coming along, and I have Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1069075294702422832003-11-17T05:21:00.000-08:002003-11-17T05:21:40.890-08:00Today I must, must, must clean the house. I will not pick up the knitting needles or sit down at the spinning wheel or read anything until I have thoroughly cleaned the kitchen, bathroom and office. I also need to clean the litter box, do two loads of laundry and make sauerkraut. My domestic duties have been severely neglected.
But the neglect has been for good causes. On Saturday I attended a Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1068769280249831902003-11-13T16:21:00.000-08:002003-11-13T16:21:25.573-08:00No knitting today, so far. Instead, I've been working on my web page, which is not quite finished, but is a lot better than it was. Check it out with the link on the right.
Now I'm about to head upstairs and work on the first sleeve of "Shannon." Tonight's a good knitting night -- Survivor and CSI, but I doubt I'll stay awake for Without a Trace.
"Midnight Sun" is cast on. I still haven't Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1068650263293597562003-11-12T07:17:00.000-08:002003-11-12T07:17:48.316-08:00Today looks to be a good knitting day as I have two meetings scheduled and the wait-in-line for swim lesson signup.
Right now I have 3 official works in progress and I'm swatching for a 4th. They are:
"Shannon" from The Celtic Collection by Alice Starmore. This is a child's cardigan and will be my daughter's Christmas present. I ordered the yarn direct from Scotland at Virtual Yarns. It is Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6029935.post-1067958085141963202003-11-04T07:01:00.000-08:002003-11-04T07:01:28.380-08:00Hello, and welcome to my blog. I'll be showing off some of the things I've knitted as soon as I can figure out how to work this thing.
In the meantime, I have two homepages to link to. The first is a family page about our year of adventures, although it desperately needs updating since it currently is only the first two months of the year away.
The second homepage will be about my knitting, Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10807410992690160954noreply@blogger.com0