This is a small departure from my more recent computer centric posts, but I thought it was worth posting, since most of the directions online are text only. I’ve changed belts on Singers with external motors before, but this was my first time changing an internal belt. This post should probably help anyone with a [...]

I knit continental style and HATE purling through the back loop. I only just discovered the secret to twist stitch harmony and wish to record it for all posterity. PLT/LPT: Insert the right needle into the back of the second stitch from the end of the left needle. Now, pull the left needle out of [...]

Some of you may have heard of mint.com. It’s brilliant! It tracks your finances, both through your bank and credit cards, and even keeps tabs on things like retirement plans (like 401k plans) and just about anything else financial that you can access through the Internet. (Depressingly, it also keeps track of the value of [...]

Here’s to my mum! Thanks to her, I now have 101 (I counted) gently used scifi and fantasy books. Apparently her library is cutting down on their scifi section and replacing it with an expanded large print section. Their loss is my gain. Some of the authors include classics like Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Brian [...]

I know I’ve mentioned Ravelry before. I know quite a few of you are already there (and if you’re not on Ravelry and you knit or crochet, perhaps it’s worth a visit? Yes?). What you might not know is that Ravelry offers all kinds of interesting opportunities. Such as test knitting. Why? What’s this here? [...]

Huzzah for poor lighting. A woman in our knitting/crochet group took some photos (Thanks Denise!). We meet every Wednesday at Panera Bread Company from 7-9pm. That’s me in both pictures. Of course I’d highlight the ones I was in! ;)

(And we won’t go into what might have happened to the first half of October!) Just two weeks ago, I was enjoying the warm sunny days of early fall on Hatteras Island, part of the Outer Banks in North Carolina. The water was warm, perfect for dunking toes and collecting shells, and the peaceful calm [...]

hI haven’t posted much recently because very little that’s been happening in my life has been good news. For one thing, I rear ended someone with my car two weeks back, and I’m only just now getting my car back this week (I hope). That’s depressing enough, but then I got a message from my [...]

Double the photos, double the fun! Without even meaning to, I’ve managed to post two pictures for every project in this post. Go me! First, a small status update. I finally finished my Herringbone Gloves, thanks to a week long computer conference in a very, very warm auditorium, and I’ve started work on a t-shirt [...]

The weather hasn’t decided what it wants to do just yet, and I wish it would hurry up and make up its mind. Just last friday, it hit 78 degrees around here, right before plummeting back into the 50′s. The weather’s been playing similar tricks all this month. No wonder so many people are getting [...]