Last night, I drove in from Tyler starting at 8 p.m.  I got in Houston around 1 a.m. and we packed the car.  Then, I departed my house at 3 a.m.  I sat in traffic from 3 a.m. until 12 p.m. and moved around 30 miles.  I needed to go around 200 miles to get … Continue reading →

Just a note to let you know that this little knitter and her dog are getting the heck out of dodge and heading to San Antonio to ride out Hurricane Rita.  The husband has to stay behind and be heroic or something in the medical center.  I should have internet from the in-laws house, so … Continue reading →

Countin’ down.  Just a couple of days to go until these beauties need to be in the mail.  Now that I’ve survived about three attempts at the heel (gotta hate it when you think you know the pattern and you don’t), it should be smooth sailing from here. Continue reading →

I spent much of today at Reliant Park with the husband.  He works in environmental safety and has been taking care of biomedical waste there this weekend.  I went along to help because they have plenty of general volunteers right now and I wanted a way to help.  In the midst of taking care of … Continue reading →

First of all, if you have yet to participate in this effort, put together by two very fabulous knitters, please go to the Red Cross Site now and donate.  Then, let them know you donated and they will put you in a drawing to win fabulous knitterly prizes!  It’s a win win situation people! The … Continue reading →

Wednesday, I drove to work thinking about how people were using their gifts and professions to help those impacted by Katrina.  Paramedics going to help with search and rescue, fishermen going to man boats, the list goes on and on.  I longed to have a profession or a gift that could help.  About a half … Continue reading →

The husband was out of town this weekend, which left me here at home to be productive.  On top of a birthday celebration with friends (yesterday was my birthday and today is another friends, so we celebrated together) and completing a major part of my thesis, I got quite a bit of knitting done!  First … Continue reading →

Here’s my progress so far on the Cutaway Jacket.  You gotta love boring stockinette for the blog fodder, but it’s actually kind of nice right now.  I’m less than 3 inches from the working the armholes and I just started it on Sunday.  Since it’s a DK sweater, I’m happy about my progress.  I’m feeling … Continue reading →

Look at what’s in the tree in our front yard!  It’s a sad little excuse for a tree so I feel kinda bad for the poor little bird.  This one won’t leave the nest, even in the midst of weedeating around the tree.  I provide this picture in hopes it will distract you from the … Continue reading →

Calling all people with opinions (psst that would be you)!  I need advice concerning my Sockapaltwoza sock in progress.  I have started and re-started this thing like three times.  Originally, I wanted to do the "go with the flow" pattern from Interweave but the lace pattern just really didn’t work with this yarn.  I did … Continue reading →