> happy july 4th, everybody.

>after about a half-hour at today’s stitch & bitch, i finally worked up to the last arm-warming ribbing at the end of the bianca shawl. only half an arm’s length left to go! right now it’s this humongous longish rectangle (table-runner, anyone?), but all that the finishing entails is sewing up the arm-warmers, c’est tout. … Continue reading

>after literally dining solely on cereal, fruit, popcorn, cheese, and crackers for the last several days (punctuated by unattended free food in the lab *pounce!* and the pathetic appearance of a food truck lunch), i am relieved to be going out for an actual meal tonight with fellow hpair comrade lipoff. he claims the cong … Continue reading

>an apology to two lovely knitters i may have upset.

>the hedgehog, just because. i feel like he’s going to be a very rotund little hedgehog. the nose and the face are with DMC cotton perle on size 6 dpns, and the body fur is bernat boa on size 9 needles. i’ve never used such fluffy novelty yarn… it’s supersoft! only thing is that it’s … Continue reading