Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Balmy Breezes

Why is it that in July, when it's 62 degrees in the evening with a light breeze, I can sit in front of the open sliding door and knit happily away, enjoying the night sky, but in February when it's 62 degrees in the evening with a light breeze, I am so bulked up in sweaters - and that's with the heat going - I can hardly move my arms and fingers?

How Come...

...dryers have buzzers, but washing machines don't?

Thursday, July 24, 2008

When Did...

So last week, Yarn Harlot wrote about the age-old process of spinning fibers and how that's how fabrics have been made for years and years. And I've been thinking about that a bit, as it tangents off a similar concept/question I've had for years.... When did walking become exercise, instead of transportation? Likewise, when did spinning (or knitting or sewing or quilting) become art or craft, instead of how we protected ourselves from the elements? When did cooking become a television network, instead of how we kept from starving? You get the idea.

I know there are a hundred anthropological and historical and cultural answers to these and other, similar questions; it's just interesting how we live today, and what we're "reinventing" to suit our discretionary time or money. If I had to knit to keep DH and I from walking around nekkid, well, I do mittens and socks pretty well, but society might not be ready for us to be prancing around in my "art."

Just an idle question/observation. No real point. Look at the pretty socks I made LMKnits and then say goodnight, Gracie. Goodnight, Gracie.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Nuthin' To See Here, Move Along...

Been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my home town...

No, wait; wrong intro.

Hi. Quiet. Lazy 4th of July weekend. Didn't do a lick of billable hours, but knit an awful lot, making good progress on Hibito and Picchu-Picchu. Converted 2 more people to toe-up socks (I think I'm up to about 15 now... when I hit 20, do I get a toaster-oven?).

DH's appointment with the mediator (and the ex and the 2 lawyers) was postponed from today (Monday) until Thursday because his lawyer was in the hospital over the weekend with a kidney stone. There's a little bit of apprehension about that. There's no way to tell how balanced the mediator will be; in other words, how close to 'our side' or 'her side' he'll be. He's likely to be sort of in the middle (that's kind of his job - to be in the middle)... of course, my definition of 'balanced' puts him much much closer to 'our side' than 'her side'!

Sorry there's not much knitting content. Here; look at a pretty picture:

I got this off of AOL 'waaaay back when I was doing beta testing for them. The olden days - 1992 or 1993, thereabouts. It was called "Married," and I've always been taken by its fluid look. I have no idea who took the original picture - or what it was originally a picture of - or who swirled it. (Back in the day, if you uploaded a photo as part of beta testing, you relinquished all commercial rights to it, and I think a lot of details were lost along the way, too.) Anyway, I've kept it all these years onnacounta I think it's pretty and soothing. Enjoy.