Saturday, August 26, 2006

No there yet, little smurfs



I have bloggin malaise. Why? you ask. The truth is that I have nothing to report about



It isn't that I haven't been knitting. But I'm still working on the now neverending rows of the last pattern chart of Icarus. I'm really hoping that by some miracle I will be done that chart this weekend. And then on to the border.



So no pictures, they would be boring. Other people seem to be able to get nice pictures of their lace in progress, but mine look lame. I need to work on my photography skills. One day I will be done and I will post pre and post-blocking pictures, and model it. But that day will not be today.



Our trip to Ohio was lots of fun. Our friends have the cutest current eight month around. And we timed it really well, because she wasn't teething and was sleeping through both the evenings and nights. So the grown-ups did a lot of hanging out and reminiscing over some drinks during the beautiful Ohio evenings. It was really nice being out in the country away from a big metro area. It made me kind of miss by grad school summers in Ithaca. We also got to see BIG Jesus on the interstate followed not a mile away by Larry Flint's sense of humour. It about summed up the American dichotomy. Good trip!

Friday, August 11, 2006

Progress??



Point 1: The meeting was an absolute blast, but no productive knitting was done.



Point 2:The paper draft is done! and off to my boss for revisions. (that reminds me I should put links to my papers on the side bar, to proove I am an actual scientist type person .



Point 3: My knitting has been of the unproductive sort. Knit... find a mistake.....rip.... re-knit.... a seemingly vicisious cycle



Point 4:This is where I am on the Icarus. Not too far behind the 't want harlot.






Point 5: Trip to Ohio this weekend. No knitting because of the terrorist threat, and the fact that all I'm bring on board is a book and my wallet. I wanted to read "Prep", but I left it at work. I'm bringing bleak house, but I might buy something lighter at the airport. Bleak house is good, but it tend to make me sleepy.