August 21, 2008 at 8:56 pm
· Filed under Knitting
Lately I’ve been a little burned out on this blog. Possibly because the people I know in real life who are reading it has exploded, and I need to spend more time meditating on audience. Possibly because I’ve just spent a summer working a lot and not doing the things I consider blog-worthy as much…but that’s going to end soon.
I am going to take a vacation from this for a while, but I’ll be back. Don’t change your RSS subscription if you have one.
In the meantime, Flickr is a safe choice if you want to follow my crafts, Maeve, etc. Or for more on me, try here or here or here (archives-Lone Arrangers).
Added later: how could I forget Ravelry?!
See you later!
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August 10, 2008 at 10:13 pm
· Filed under Cat, Kid, Library Things, Life, Rodney
For the second year we took our summer vacation in Seattle. This time we also went to the Pacific coast (it was cold), Bainbridge Island (just me and Maeve), and Sammamish (to see an old friend I knew when I lived in Japan). We also finally found the Fantagraphics shop. All good. Here are some photo highlights.
Maeve in Olympia. She is an awesome traveler for a two-year-old.
With our hosts, former Detroiters Norm and Lexi, in Olympia
Maeve with her own donut at Top Pot*
On the ferry to Bainbridge. We did this while Rodney was hiking near Mt. Rainier.
Rodney with his bubble tea. As far as we know, you can’t get this in Kalamazoo.
I managed to knit one boot sock on this trip. I have learned that two socks on two circs is not for me, but one sock on two circs is pretty nice. No laddering like with DPNs. I did visit Churchmouse Yarns & Teas on Bainbridge, but none of their yarns seemed to be local in origin, and I can buy Rowan and all the other fancy things here at home. Plus, the Michigan Fiber Fest is only a few days away.
*I broke with all of my strict healthy-diet rules on this trip. We’ll see how easy it is getting back to our usual vegetable/fruit/homecooked life. Oh and the time difference.
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