Posts from February 2007

» The bottom line


It’s lucky that I don’t make my socks very tall, because I weighed the Claudia Hand Painted yarn I’m using, and both skeins are only about 36g instead of the 50g it’s supposed to be sold in. I was surprised when I finished my sock today, because there was so little left over from [...]

Posted on: February 27, 2007 by Liz | Tags: | 1 comment

» Ba-da-bum, ba-da-bum (OR: Songs stuck in my head)


It’s been a sort of crappy day, with a little bit of amusement tacked on at the end. I went to the LYS down the street from here to see if they had any part-time job openings, since that’d be an ideal way to tide me over until I can find a real job. [...]

Posted on: February 26, 2007 by Liz | Tags: , | no comments

» weekend review


I’ve been trying to post this entry since Sunday morning, but either WordPress or our server had other ideas. The Big Bash Friday was BJ Bass’ 60th birthday, and we had a party, which is a rarity for us. I don’t think we’ve had a birthday party here since CJ was little. I made two [...]

Posted on: February 26, 2007 by Meg | Tags: , | 1 comment

» Measuring worth


There were fires all over Raleigh yesterday. People who were there, fighting it or helping people get out, said that they hadn’t ever seen anything like it here before - it was more like something you’d expect to see in southern California. The weather conditions were perfect for it - hot (well, over [...]

Posted on: February 23, 2007 by Liz | Tags: , | no comments

» an unsolicited review


Yesterday was a day of running around. I had a doctor’s appointment at noon (routine, nothing to worry about), and the waiting I knew I’d have to do there allowed me to start this fair isle scarf. It’s the model for a class I’m teaching next month, using a simple checkerboard design based [...]

Posted on: February 21, 2007 by Meg | Tags: , | no comments

» hot dogs roasting on an open fire


I worked a long day today (darn boss, I need to have words with her!), and got home later than I wanted to. BJ Bass has a rehearsal on Monday night and needs to be out of the house by 6:00 or so. When I get home at 5:30 it makes for a [...]

Posted on: February 19, 2007 by Meg | Tags: , , | no comments

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