I came home this evening to find my W-2 waiting patiently for me, along with form 1099G. (For those playing along at home, I also got form 1099-INT and three of those coveted form 1098s. Ooh, baby.) I went the TurboTax online route, like I did last year, and it was totally worth it. Sadly, [...]

It’s been freakishly warm this week, making it hard to concentrate on woolly knits. Well, cottony knits. When’s the last time it hit 70 degrees in January? It doesn’t exactly happen every year, you know, not in upstate Maryland. I’ve been working on a sweater for myself, a simple basketweave pullover. I found a nice [...]

I’ve been knitting up a storm recently, and for the first time in a very long time, I’m actually planning a series of things for myself! My mum loved her hat and the mittens I made her (though I’ll be making her a second hat that actually fits. Grr.) I also knit up Tychus for [...]