I need more good movies and shows to knit by. Sometimes I think knitters are the only crafters who build their entertainment around their craft. We want our entertainment to accommodate our need to knit simultaneously.
I got really sick of those “High School Reunion” ads on TV Land that ran for the last few months. [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 14, 2008
Meet Ichiro
This has nothing to do with knitting.
This has been in the works for a few weeks, but this weekend I took my Dad out with me to get a pug puppy. It was my gift to him. His dear dog Duke had passed away, and Dad was feeling pretty lonely. We are [...]
April 11, 2008
Deciphering Japanese Patterns: an Adventure
My husband has this habit (a bit irritating to me) of watching foreign movies without the subtitles. He’s perfectly happy enjoying the movie by watching and interpreting facial impressions and physical gestures. Sometimes he just likes to sit back and enjoy the cinematography or art direction. I realized the other day that I should [...]
April 4, 2008
Friday Fun: Spongebob does Casablanca
Nothing to do with Knitting, but…
The Marlon Brando scene at the end is classic.
I had this fantasy at my old job (which I did not really like) that the day I went nuts or quit… I would suddenly break into song in my cubicle and start singing the Spongebob Squarepants theme [...]
April 1, 2008
Frothy pink French chic
I finished this scarf over the weekend to wear at the wedding I never attended. It’s the Lala scarf in the Greetings from Knit Cafe book. It was a pretty quick knit until I got to the ruffle, but knitting picot after picot actually put me into a meditative state. It was [...]
