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Knitting, the Long View
It's tiresome to read a blog that begins each entry with "well, it's been a long time since I posted, but . . .," so I won't begin that way. I have no intention of discontinuing Fig and Plum,...
Baby Surprise Jacket
It's been an eventful week at Fig & Plum. I have a finished object to show you . . . Pattern: Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmermann [Ravelry] Yarn: Knitpicks Telemark, Fibre Company Terra Needles: 5? Recipient: Graham Willis Started:...
Koolhaas
Happy New Year! Let's put 2007 to bed (thank goodness) and ring in 2008 with a finished object! Pattern: Koolhaas by Jared Flood, Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts 2007 [ravelry] Yarn: Malabrigo Merino Worsted, Azul Profundo, 1 skein Needles: US 8...
A Seasonal Post Concerning Seasonal Topics, Continued
[there is knitting content here . . . read on] I'm on vacation! (if you can call already having a call scheduled and fully expecting to have to redraft a memo vacation, but at least I'm not going to work...
More Pictures of Croatia and Italy Than You Ever Imagined Possible?
Having abandoned hair producting, makeupping, getting "dressed" or any other form of morning get-ready-ing (which is one of my least favorite parts of working), I woke every day with a new crazy hairstyle, sometimes from letting a few layers...
Birch II
Pattern: Birch, Rowan 34 Yarn: Morehouse Merino Laceweight, Charcoal, 3.5 skeins Needles: US 8 Balene needles Started: June 2006 Finished: August 2006 Notes: Failing to block lace is a heinous offense against the fiber gods. Do not think I...
Advice Needed: Italy & Croatia?
To say it has been a stressful couple of months would woefully understate the situation. A vacation together was long overdue. We have two tickets on a direct flight to Rome, two weeks off, and two excited travellers. And that...
Moroccan Vacation: Photo Albums
So the three of us finally got it together and compiled our Morocco photos into a semi-coherent Flickr mass! You'll find them below sort of in order (some of my personal favorites are above). Sarah and I actually kept...
Dangers of Doing Nothing
Ah vacation. Another day of sitting around, doing whateves. I'm more than halfway through The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. The Razor Cami is finished and blocking - in this moist weather, blocking will conclude in about three weeks. There are lots...
Vacation Index
Cities visited: 8 (Barcelona, Malaga, Tangier, Marrakech, Essaouira, El-Jadida, Fez, Chefchaouen) Books read: 2.5 (The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami, Saturday by Ian McEwan) New Moroccan...
Morockin' Vacation
So, um, like who's seen the June 5, 2006 issue of First Magazine, now out on newsstands? Page 12, Dear Readers, page 12. Fig and Plum: now 35% shinier! But in bigger news, my two dear law school friends Dena...
The Laboratory of Last Minute Learning
I am one of those lucky students whose first exam will be held on the very first day of the two-week exam period. The first time slot of the first day of exam period, no less. That would be tomorrow...
Cattywatch
Catty is home! Well, actually you knew that already. But I guess this is the official "Catty Update" post :-) We brought her home on Thursday. All they told us at the vet was that she'd taken a few slow...
Self-Striping Kool-Aid Dyed Yarn (Not the Product of Rational Action)
Last night I ventured for the third time into the world of Kool-Aid dyeing. Let's cut straight to the photos, shall we? These two are a little more vibrant than the actual yarn. It's been so cloudy that color accuracy...
If At First You Don't Succeed, Try (Try) Again
Why are there two "tries" in the expression "if at first you don't succeed"? Poetic effect I guess. I prefer one try. We'll get to the second try if the need arises. I've been inspired by gawking at the...
Adirondacks 2005
We're back! Highlights of the trip: Stars, two meteors, and Mars too Canoeing on Blue Mountain Lake Old Forge Hardware - so big, it has the equivalent of an entire knitting store inside... not to mention the largest selection of...
Colchique Progress and Away
Here's a first progress shot of the back of Colchique. We'll be in the Adirondacks this weekend, so no Internet for a few days. I'm in a foul mood right now, mostly frustration about girl-health-type-things. It's nothing serious. I'm...
Here and Gone
We're back, but we're going again... this time to Fire Island for a sweetheart of a week in Ocean Beach. Then we'll stop going on vacation for a few weeks. Anyhoo... For the lazy and/or patient, and/or ambivalent: in about...
Propping Eyelids Open With Toothpicks, Etc.
Today (*yawns, struggles to prop eyelids open*) was my first day on the job at fancy schmancy law firm job. Attended a looong day of tech training, etc., but met quite a few nice peeps and got settled into the...
Days at Home, Simply Grape, and That Old-Book Smell
Is anything better than vacation? Especially valuable are those precious days off in your home town: vacation where you're not visiting anyone, not traveling, renting cars or catching flights, not really doing anything except hanging around the neighborhood. Of course,...
Cape May Photos
THANK YOU, C., for a wonderful weekend. For those of you who couldn't make it on our romantic vacation in Cape May, NJ, here are a few photos. Extreme close-up of C. on the Cape May Trolley C. contemplating the...
Blog Holiday
Information overload: the ailment of our generation. Anyway, I've been feeling it a bit lately, so I'm taking a blog-reading and blog-writing vacation. Oh, and I'm not going to shop for yarn online, either! Fig and Plum will return next...
Jess Is On Vacation!
I'm going to be out of town until Sunday, March 21, and won't be writing until we return. Joy or Sarah might post in the meantime, though, so check back anyway. Sarah, you are on vacation too - finish those...
I'm Staying In the Closet Until You Get Back
Moses kitty doesn't want us to go on vacation, apparently, because we found her hiding in our closet today as we were starting to pack. Maybe she's been watching ET while we're not around....
Puerto Rico!
While the many soujourns visiting family in Jersey this year have physically gotten us out of town, calling them "vacations" pushes the boundaries of the word. After dilly-dallying about what to do with our first mutual spring break in...
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