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October 27, 2009

trees. rain. injury. stashbusting. travel plans.

Some weeks ago, we planted "eureka" lemon trees to replace the dead and rotted tree stumps in front of our house. what a difference it makes. one of the trees is already flourishing with fruit and even some pretty little flowers.

bracken take ii
a fallen and unripe eureka lemon... which immediately made me think of a project long on-the-shelf.

as a result, i started my bracken sweater vest again -- and finished it. at last. course, i still haven't blocked it yet. and i don't know what buttons to use for it!

winter in san francisco means rain. i love the sound of rain pouring down. now we know where the leaks in the roof are located and that the front steps are slippery when wet.

first rainfall of the season
waiting for the bus one rainy morning.

getting to work and back was frustrating, expensive, and somewhat painful last week due to a soccer injury. but, the orthopedist assured me that it was nothing more than a "classic" sprain and i'm already walking about without crutches. this does mean, however, that i am out of soccer for almost an entire season.

i am in insane stashbusting mode. the winter is settling in, and adam says my feet are cold. thus, the 3-ish skeins of Noro Silk Garden that have sat on the self for some time are fast becoming socklets with the help of size 7 dpns. i also finished a pretty hat in the Malabrigo yarn i bought at stitches west last year. more on these projects and the sweater vest, soon.

we've booked our flights to Philly for early December. it'll be the usual whirlwind of family visits and holiday gatherings -- who wants to meet and knit together?

happy knitting!

July 1, 2009

it's been a while, hasn't it?

the move went very well, though we are by no means completely unpacked. it's just so wonderful to actually be living in our home — i really don't even mind that the list of things to do seems to grow daily... i'm sure we'll get to everything. in time.

craft room
setting up my craft room the day after the move. i think i might need a hard hat!

i have plenty of projects finished and in-progress to blog about. soon. what have you been up to?

May 28, 2009

a whole new world...

we won't move in til the end of the June, but we're homeowners now:

our house
this cute little victorian is ours.

you can see some of the repair work has started but there are many more to do before we move in. then we'll take our time turning this house into our home.


On the Needles

  • Cornflower cowl
  • Diamond lattice scarf, redux
  • New Year sweater!

In the Queue

On the Shelf

  • Kidsilk haze lace shawlette

Finished! 2010

  • Peanut the elephant II