Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

On Projects.

I was speaking with The Coz today, off in merrie olde England, and I was getting all excited for summer. For her garden. Ok - for her mother's garden, which she will not be able to enjoy this year because she will be gallivanting around Europe, going to Operas in Vienna, and so on.

Because I am obsessed with Reader, and more specifically the glorious possibilities afforded to me by the source of instant gratification in the form of food blogs, Food in Jars was recently brought to my attention. Canning, apparently, is the new Thing. The new Cake Pops, if you will. As people move away from processed foods, and actually eye the nutritional labels to see the sodium content (and subsequently keel over from spontaneous cardiac arrest) the old-fashioned ways return.



Fascinating no? The product review seems particularly intriguing. I was not able to talk myself into the purchase however. I feel like I should start smaller with things I actually have available: blackberry jam, for instance. Or pickles.

Not making my own butter from the placid Cow I have in the backyard.

We shall see if this actually happens. I typically get all excited to start a project, but rarely actually do so. For example, the time I wanted to build a couch. Or last week, when I got all excited to make pillows out of my new bridesmaid dress.

However, when I DO start things, I typically finish them. For example, I am still working on my scarf! At this point it is NEARLY large enough to SWADDLE A BABY. So...I am still toolin' right along on that front.

Except when that "thing" that I start is Lent. I don't want to talk about it.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Another Blog Fail

So I have noticed a pattern in my blog fails. My posting tends to be interrupted when life kicks in. Not such a bad thing!

Except for today. Today, I had no life. The Mav and I went to breakfast and the Haight. Speaking of the Haight, The Booksmith changed! There are things moving around and a new register and I DON'T LIKE IT.

Then we came home. And vegged. And made cookies! We had this whole plan to cook short ribs in the oven, but our endeavor was cut miserably short. Because we didn't feel like waiting 3 hours for a braise. Lamo.

In other news, the epically long scarf is coming along quite nicely! I managed to be productive whilst laying on the couch. It's gonna be gorgeous team. Purple! And Mysterious!


Managed to make it to the Academy yesterday - apparently, the South African Penguins that are chillin at the museum are also called "jackass" penguins. Because they are scrappy. And loud.

I find that amusing.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Somehow, Today Still Managed to be Awesome

Against all odds, today still managed to be awesome.

DESPITE Mr. Best sustaining SERIOUS INJURY.

And DESPITE Cal losing to Oregon State AGAIN. Today didn't suck! Let's go into why:

1) I went to Imagiknit today in Noe Valley! I got neeeeedles AND awesome yarn AAAAND:


Awww Yeah. That's gonna be how I'm rollin. RIGHT. KNITTING IS COOL. Also, I've been stalking Etsy (per the usj.) and have found stupid cool patterns here, and here and here.



Anyway, clearly I am excited. Hooray for a creative outlet.

Finally, at the game today we find out that to the long list of championships that the University of California at Berkeley is proud to call its own, we can add concrete canoeing.

Also, I love that at Berkeley, we tend to do standing ovation cheers for our Nobel Laureates. Yay Economics.

And Go Bears.