Neatly Tangled

Progress.

Posted on January 16, 2008 by deb | Comments Off

I’ve got the blogroll more or less in shape. Still have the rest of the sidebar to do when there’s time. I like it all pretty, but time is very limited right now.

A real update soon, I promise.

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Whew!

Posted on January 14, 2008 by deb | 1 comment

Yay for getting the blog back! Now to rebuild the sidebar. I’ve not got time just now…maybe tonight. Same goes for reconstructing e-mails now that *that* is working again.

I think the saying is, “please stand by.”

Thanks. 😀

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Test.

Posted on January 14, 2008 by deb | Comments Off

Test.

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Er, ok…

Posted on January 11, 2008 by deb | 1 comment

For whatever reason, all the mail to this domain seems to have taken the Pony Express. So if you sent me something yesterday, it’s just now thinking about showing up.

*sigh*

In any case, I’m not ignoring you. And I feel better about my habit of checking Etsy just a little too often, because my e-mail there forwards to this one and can you imagine making a sale and not even knowing it for a day? Yikes.

More if I can wrestle my computer back from my 3-year-old.

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Re: the Finishalongapalooza

Posted on January 7, 2008 by deb | 1 comment

It has been brought to my attention that the Misses Lime & Violet have embarked upon a most excellent adventure known as the Finishalongapalooza. So I went looking for WIPs, and this is what I came up with:

1 magic scarf…I’m still working on the first pattern repeat. Of course, I just started last night. Heh.

1 Irish Hiking Scarf, which despite having been frogged still makes the list because I’ve started it twice already and I WILL make the dratted thing, since it’s lovely and fun.

1 log cabin ‘ghan (starter panel done)

1 small rectangle granny ‘ghan (maybe 1/4 done, at the outside)

1 giant granny gift ‘ghan (probably 1/6 of the way into it)

1 Monster

3 small freeform projects

1 freeform project not yet started for submission

1 yellow pouch

2 little design projects

1 “fishy fishy”

and the design project that’s been costing me what hair hasn’t been leaping off my head of its own accord (oh, the joys of childbearing, lol).

Most of these are either really small or really fast. I totally didn’t count my perpetual dishcloth making, either.

The thing I most want to finish? The Monster.

Nothing to frog right now, I don’t think. I went on a tear before Christmas, and I think I got ’em all. 🙂

I think I had something else to say about this idea but today’s been such a freaking Monday that if I did, I’ve got no clue what it was. Yee-haw!

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Posted in Crochet, Knitting

What I did this weekend:

Posted on January 6, 2008 by deb | 1 comment

My three-year-old decided she wanted a new dress for her doll, and specifically requested crochet and a particular yarn from my stash. I came up with this (click to make bigger):

I must have done something right, because she got those big awed happy eyes that you’re aiming for on Christmas morning. She only reluctantly let me have pictures after I’d made sure she liked it.

All I can say is 😀

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It was past time for a new theme.

Posted on January 4, 2008 by deb | 4 comments

So if you find anything broken, let me know, please? 😀

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I am SO exciting!

Posted on December 31, 2007 by deb | 3 comments

Totally spending New Year’s Eve playing with yarn and poking around Ravelry. I’ve been so slow to really use and appreciate that site. Have to take some pics and add projects soon.

I’m also working on a design that’s a rethinking of another design of mine, and it’s looking like it’ll wind up combining knit and crochet. Oooooh, heresy. But really? I think they play well together in this context, make things more interesting. We’ll see how it goes. I’ve done about 12 crocheted versions in the last week and I just wasn’t loving any of them. Heresy! LOL.

Of course, I got the Harmony Stitch Guides for crochet for Christmas, so the needles might be getting mighty lonesome pretty soon here. 😀

Er, back to it. Carry on. Something like that!

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Anxiety, social and otherwise.

Posted on December 31, 2007 by deb | 1 comment

Once upon a time, I thought I might recover from my years of schooling.

Apparently, I was wrong. I find it incredibly difficult to do things like “friend” people in Ravelry. I know better, but the social networking part of that particular revolution has been passing me by. I don’t do resolutions, but getting over myself that way is one of the ones I’m not making, lol.

Also? The whole “heart” thing on Etsy? Way too loaded for me. Easier to get over that one, though, since it’s classified in my head as *business* and I’m used to being more straightforward in that sort of situation. Also, I’m far, far better at separating out myself and my work than I used to be, so it doesn’t really bother me when those fluctuate, and I don’t worry when I unheart something.

The otherwise probably doesn’t belong on this particular blog. So I’ll spare ya. Who says I’m a big meanie? LOL. 😛

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