I realized I had inadvertently hurt my anonymous blog commenter with my seeming endorsement of a political candidate Friday, and then I realized why: The commenter is Dave Buhler.
Sorry, Dave. But even you must admit it wasn’t a very good picture.
I realized I had inadvertently hurt my anonymous blog commenter with my seeming endorsement of a political candidate Friday, and then I realized why: The commenter is Dave Buhler.
Sorry, Dave. But even you must admit it wasn’t a very good picture.
1. I bought pants yesterday! This is big news because I spent the summer in skirts and dresses and didn’t notice that I was slowly outgrowing all my jeans (hello, potatoes baked in heavy cream!). The Pants Summit will lead to a custom-tailored pair I’ll sew, but the second meeting isn’t until the end of the month, so I was relieved to find a pair to tide me over.
2.. This is a picture from the Salt Lake Tribune of the two mayoral candidates, Dave Bulher (l) and Ralph Becker (r). The look on Becker’s face is priceless: “O rly?”I would vote for Ralph just for that look. Awesome.
3. Two separate people sent me this yesterday. I got the silk for the plaid wedding reception dress yesterday and I did this very same thing:
I read a lot of craft and knitting blogs, but I don’t participate in any of the online craft community: I don’t refer to myself as a “crafter,” I don’t participate in secret blog pal yarn swaps, I don’t join online knit-alongs (KALS). But I do think this online event is worth mentioning, considering how happy I am with my sock progress: October is the month of Socktoberfest–a “monthlong celebration of socks” by knitters. Of course!
CuteOverload will tell us that October is actually ‘Tocktober, a celebration of furry ‘tocks like these:
And of course, there’s Halloween. I need to come up with a costume soon if I’m going to make one, but, like every year, I’m stuck–unless I can make something like this (links to YouTube, with sound).
I got my sewing mojo back over the weekend and finished something the pattern called a minidress and I call a tunic (one must be able to actually sit in a dress).It’s not represented well in the picture, but it’s made out of very soft corduroy, which makes the sleeve ties feel like little goat ears.
Ahem. Moving right along to socks: It’s almost one sock, in just a week. I’m making good speed compared with the last pair, which took about a month.
1. I have the day off! Ha ha ha ha ha!
2. What some commenters will be doing this weekend: Anonymous 1 will be at the PBR bull riding event tonight. Anonymous 2 (I assume) will be at the organ festival. Mr. Isbell will be (and I quote) sleeping.
3. I may be brave enough to try some sewing again this weekend. I’ve retreated to the sock-knitting all week, but I need some (warm) long-sleeved tops to wear to work. Also, I realized I won’t be wearing skirts if the weather insists on getting colder (stupid weather), so I have to re-purpose four yards of skirt fabric.
Look at the little guy born at Blue Moon Ranch yesterday! Awww! His name is Primo.
austral: pertaining to the Southern Hemisphere
nervio (this one’s Spanish): “a feeling of such intense affection that one trembles or grits his teeth with restraint so as not to harm the object of his affection.” (I guess it’s equivalent to the “I could eat you up!” feeling.)
(I got “nervio” from here, which is worth visiting because it has a picture of Picasso demonstrating the concept.)
The things you can learn from the interwebs!
I had to scrap two sewing projects over the weekend, which was deeply frustrating because it was a perfect weekend to “stove up” (as Mr. Isbell says) inside and be crafty. However, on Saturday a houndstooth skirt failed because I refused to admit the fabric was too loosely woven to be cut on the bias, and on Sunday I finished the blue chambray dress and discovered it looked like something issued to an impoverished Russian woman at a state institution for unwed mothers. (Not a flattering fit and not the best use for a plain [prison] blue fabric, in hindsight.)
However, there’s knitting! And sweaters are warmer than dresses, especially when they’re this thick: This cardigan is going well, but last night I detoured to the yarn store because all I could think of all day was socks (I think my ankles were cold).
So I bought some sock yarn that is computer-dyed to knit up into patterns, like this: I generally avoid things knitted on tiny needles, but I think the magic color changes will keep me interested–and keep my ankles a lot warmer than a Soviet-issue dress.