tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68555208966291577412024-03-13T15:44:15.740-04:00Ariadne's LegacyFurther Adventures with Fiber, Books, Kids, and Creativity.Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-46626598319448004402009-01-17T07:50:00.000-05:002009-01-17T07:51:30.583-05:00Just Keeping This Blog AliveJust posting so I can keep this link: If you want the rest of the blog, go to www.ariadneslegacy.wordpress.com.Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-44062181787625157612008-10-19T07:51:00.001-04:002008-10-19T07:51:45.911-04:00Moving NoticeClick <a href="http://ariadneslegacy.wordpress.com/">here </a>to go to my new blog site.Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-35692782713133781462008-10-13T18:25:00.034-04:002008-10-13T18:56:45.935-04:00Out of My Mind, Back in 5 Minutes . . . Or 2 Months<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPMhxbI8zI/AAAAAAAABOM/H_MNqNFrhZw/s1600-h/October+13+006.jpg"></a>I've definitely got some catching up to do. The start of the school year has been crazy. Too many students, new building, too many students, merging three faculties, too many students. I love the age group I am working with, just think the schedule is a killer. Today my assistant took a day off and I had to deal with 180 students on my own. Enough to make me want to skip blogging again, but fortunately my sister made me promise to update it . . .<br /><br />At least the books are on the shelves.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPMclAWdNI/AAAAAAAABOE/0W8VLb3F8NQ/s1600-h/October+13+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256769981413487826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPMclAWdNI/AAAAAAAABOE/0W8VLb3F8NQ/s200/October+13+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Photo taken in a rare but mercifully student-free moment.</em><br /><br /><br />I was off to see the Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting exhibit at the Indiana State Museum when last we spoke. I really did go:<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPMOmjISXI/AAAAAAAABN8/mgljyAGweL4/s1600-h/October+13+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256769741309626738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPMOmjISXI/AAAAAAAABN8/mgljyAGweL4/s200/October+13+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPMJVHAbPI/AAAAAAAABN0/gOAjyXNsdtI/s1600-h/October+13+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256769650728922354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPMJVHAbPI/AAAAAAAABN0/gOAjyXNsdtI/s200/October+13+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPME_70iOI/AAAAAAAABNs/bGdLfzZmgWo/s1600-h/October+13+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256769576325384418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPME_70iOI/AAAAAAAABNs/bGdLfzZmgWo/s200/October+13+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPL_O3pz7I/AAAAAAAABNk/Z5nAb7uftd4/s1600-h/October+13+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256769477255221170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPL_O3pz7I/AAAAAAAABNk/Z5nAb7uftd4/s200/October+13+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em>It was pretty cool. I think my 3 muggle friends even enjoyed it. As always, click for bigger images.</em> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>Muggle friend Lacy just had her baby Saturday. A healthy girl -- already showered in handknits.<br /><br />I've been working on my handspun sweater.<br /></div><div></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPLz4IKsLI/AAAAAAAABNU/dDEn1cyvNcE/s1600-h/October+13+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256769282171908274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPLz4IKsLI/AAAAAAAABNU/dDEn1cyvNcE/s320/October+13+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em>I think it's going to be one of those hovering in the background projects for a while.<br /></em><br /></div><br /><div><br />A big storm went through a few weeks ago.</div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPLukLaPEI/AAAAAAAABNM/154ZDlCp9gs/s1600-h/October+13+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256769190917454914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPLukLaPEI/AAAAAAAABNM/154ZDlCp9gs/s320/October+13+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em>Neighbor's tree, my yard.<br /></em><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br />I scored some books at the local library's discard sale for 10 cents each.</div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPLpOudyAI/AAAAAAAABNE/zsyU1sGXgsI/s1600-h/October+13+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256769099259561986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPLpOudyAI/AAAAAAAABNE/zsyU1sGXgsI/s320/October+13+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>A Barbara Walker stitch dictionary, a Kaffe Fassett, Vogue knits, and a traditional Fair Isle book, among others.<br /></em><br />Tis the season for stealth knitting. The holidays are fast approaching and I'm busy. I have finished my grandmother's Christmas socks (perfectly safe shown here, as my 88 year old grandparents hate computers and to my knowledge have never even been on the Internet).</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPLjEHxcrI/AAAAAAAABM8/4Uq-I0UeZVE/s1600-h/October+13+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256768993333703346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SPPLjEHxcrI/AAAAAAAABM8/4Uq-I0UeZVE/s320/October+13+014.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>The ball band from the yarn fits perfectly, a great way of keeping the washing info together with the socks.</em></div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-19015167649865680062008-10-12T20:30:00.001-04:002008-10-12T20:31:31.897-04:00Coming Soon . . .An actual, fer sure blog post. Yup. Just as soon as I can retrieve the replacement battery for the camera from my desk at work and download some pix. I promise.Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-55376614476811387602008-07-31T10:00:00.013-04:002008-12-11T07:19:59.292-05:00What I Have and Haven't DoneI did work most of the summer trying to get the new library up and running at school (kids start Aug. 13).<br /><br />I didn't blog for most of the month (I think there's a correlation there).<br /><br />I did get a chunk of the "Cotton Candy" yarn spun.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHF48AWTqI/AAAAAAAAA2A/M5QSBXfL6H0/s1600-h/July+31+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229178224324791970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHF48AWTqI/AAAAAAAAA2A/M5QSBXfL6H0/s320/July+31+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I didn't meet my <a href="http://www.tourdefleece.com/">Tour de Fleece</a> goal.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHF0-97L3I/AAAAAAAAA14/LYCUzA9alyo/s1600-h/July+31+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229178156400455538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHF0-97L3I/AAAAAAAAA14/LYCUzA9alyo/s320/July+31+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I did annoy Lady Jane by being so busy (which means less play time for her).<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHFwxxN-OI/AAAAAAAAA1w/ki-iXPFwUeM/s1600-h/July+31+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229178084138023138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHFwxxN-OI/AAAAAAAAA1w/ki-iXPFwUeM/s320/July+31+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I didn't find the mini-clothespins to complete this baby room decoration for a friend of mine.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHFrX1JcVI/AAAAAAAAA1o/OvUF06bn50k/s1600-h/July+31+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229177991275835730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHFrX1JcVI/AAAAAAAAA1o/OvUF06bn50k/s320/July+31+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I did (almost -- do buttons count?) finish this sweater for her upcoming baby, since baby's mommy and daddy are <a href="http://www.whufcboxoffice.com/">big football fans</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHFnrAMkMI/AAAAAAAAA1g/uIBXVA4Dfuk/s1600-h/July+31+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229177927702974658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHFnrAMkMI/AAAAAAAAA1g/uIBXVA4Dfuk/s320/July+31+013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I didn't take a picture at the baby shower I went to in Chicago this past weekend.<br /><br />I did visit a yarn store while there and scored some neat alpaca/silk laceweight, which I have plans for already.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHFjpK9WII/AAAAAAAAA1Y/0a1kVFEJ83E/s1600-h/July+31+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229177858491766914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SJHFjpK9WII/AAAAAAAAA1Y/0a1kVFEJ83E/s320/July+31+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Now I must be off -- her royal highness needs more cat food, and I have to go to the library before joining some friends for the <a href="http://www.indianamuseum.org/quilts/quilts.html">Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting exhibit</a>.</div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-50459411761500465662008-07-07T17:38:00.013-04:002008-07-07T18:28:49.699-04:00Mostly Books (a.ka. the Attack of the Parenthesis)Last year on this date <a href="http://ariadneslegacy.blogspot.com/2007/07/cape-breton-here-i-come.html">I arrived in beautiful Cape Breton</a>. Sigh. I'd love to take another road trip, but it doesn't look like it's on the agenda this summer.<br /><br />However, for those of you who like to browse here for book suggestions [Laura :-) ] here's a "few" I've read lately.<br /><ul><li>Several in the Daisy Dalrymple 1920s mystery series by Carola Dunn: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Damsel-Distress-Daisy-Dalrymple-Mysteries/dp/0758227302/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215467180&sr=1-3">Damsel in Distress</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Water-Dalrymple-Mystery-Mysteries/dp/1575667568/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215467244&sr=1-12">Dead in the Water</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Garden-Mystery-Dalrymple-Mysteries/dp/1575667517/ref=pd_sim_b_6">the Winter Garden Mystery</a></li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Halseys-Typhoon-Fighting-Admiral-Untold/dp/0802143377/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215467338&sr=1-1">Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue</a> by Bob Drury & Tom Clavin -- the story of a 1944 typhoon that struck the Pacific Fleet during WWII. Not my usual type of read (as much as I like history, World War II is not one of my favorites and the book had some harrowing passages) but it was on audio at the public library so I gave it a try. Coincindentally, John McCain's grandfather featured prominently.</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tomb-Zeus-Laetitia-Talbot-Mysteries/dp/0385339909/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215467660&sr=1-1">The Tomb of Zeus</a> by Barbara Cleverly -- another 1920s mystery, set at an archaeological dig on Crete</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pushing-Up-Daisies-Business-Mysteries/dp/0312369670/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215467800&sr=1-1">Pushing Up Daisies</a> by Rosemary Harris -- landscaper Paula Holliday stumbles upon body in the course of her work. I really liked her interaction with the cops, especially "MOM," Sgt. Mike O'Malley. Unfortunately this seems the first in the series and I don't think any others are out yet.</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Barometer-Rising-New-Canadian-Library/dp/0771099916/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215468181&sr=1-1">Barometer Rising</a> by Hugh MacLennan -- a novel set at the time of the <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/">Halifax explosion </a>in 1917. I picked it up last year on my trip (in Halifax, of course). </li><li>Several children's books: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Court-Stone-Children-Eleanor-Cameron/dp/0140342893/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215468427&sr=1-1">The Court of the Stone Children </a>by Eleanor Cameron, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Magyk-Septimus-Heap-Book-1/dp/0060577312/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215468511&sr=1-2">Magyk </a>and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flyte-Septimus-Heap-Book-2/dp/0060577347/ref=bxgy_cc_b_img_b">Flyte </a>by Angie Sage (my oldest niece is two books ahead of me on this series), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moxy-Maxwell-Does-Stuart-Little/dp/0440422302/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215468611&sr=1-1">Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little </a>by Peggy Gifford (my younger niece would like this; it's a hoot), and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Book-Three-Chronicles-Prydain/dp/0805080481/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215468682&sr=1-1">The Book of Three </a>by Lloyd Alexander. That last one I'd read when I was young and thought I'd reread it since I bought a copy for the new library. </li><li>I also got on a fantasy kick and read or listened to several Tamora Pierce books: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Magic-Immortals-Tamora-Pierce/dp/1416903437/ref=pd_sim_b_2">Wild Magic</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-speaker-Immortals-Tamora-Pierce/dp/1416903445/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215468824&sr=1-7">Wolf Speaker</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sandrys-Book-Circle-Magic/dp/0590554085/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215468942&sr=1-1">The Circle of Magic Quartet</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tricksters-Choice-Daughter-Lioness-Book/dp/0375828796/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215468991&sr=1-1">Trickster's Choice</a>.</li><li>I listened to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Distant-Mirror-Calamitous-14th-Century/dp/0345349571/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215469050&sr=1-1">A Distant Mirror: the Calamitous 14th Century </a>by Barbara Tuchman while I did a lot of my quilt work -- kind of a downer, what with the plague, wars, exploitation of peasants, etc. And not being able to see all that French written out (I'm <em>such</em> a visual person) drove me crazy. But it was very informative.</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Very-Dangerous-Woman-Martha-Wright/dp/1558494472/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215469207&sr=1-1">A Very Dangerous Woman: Martha Wright and Women's Rights</a> by Sherry H. Penny and James D. Livingston -- an interesting biography picked up at <a href="http://www.nps.gov/wori/">Women's Rights National Historical Park </a>in Seneca Falls, NY, last summer.</li></ul><p>I've started exercising again. I figure if Dara Torres can make the Olympics at 41, I can get into shape (although, round is already a shape). Note to self: taking the iPod to the gym does no good if you leave the earbuds in the car.</p><p><br /><br /></p>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-65893068064819812392008-07-06T14:37:00.034-04:002008-12-11T07:20:01.763-05:00Tour de Niece, Tour de Fleece<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHETbFgJiHI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/MJR0BUnG7gE/s1600-h/July+6+008.jpg"></a>So my nieces were staying with Grandma and Grandpa this past week, prompting a visit to the <a href="http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/index.htm">Indianapolis Children's Museum</a>, one of the coolest places in town (whether you're a kid or not).<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHESPGB-YLI/AAAAAAAAA0w/ay2m5dQZ_Vk/s1600-h/July+6+001.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHETXsLTBLI/AAAAAAAAA1I/oycfpEi10LE/s1600-h/July+6+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219974740815578290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHETXsLTBLI/AAAAAAAAA1I/oycfpEi10LE/s320/July+6+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>There's the 1917 carousel that I rode as a kid.</div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219974662456080450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHETTIQ7-EI/AAAAAAAAA1A/7snBSwBihZQ/s200/July+6+006.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHESG0VZzbI/AAAAAAAAA0g/j1QHFl8cAXQ/s1600-h/July+6+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219973351436045746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHESG0VZzbI/AAAAAAAAA0g/j1QHFl8cAXQ/s200/July+6+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br />Science Works, where you can get wet.</div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHESBkJ26aI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/FfAlZYqz3ek/s1600-h/July+6+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219973261193308578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHESBkJ26aI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/FfAlZYqz3ek/s200/July+6+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div>A race car where you can pretend to be the next Danica Patrick (or Sarah Fisher).</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHER9HBx_-I/AAAAAAAAA0Q/8dwwPq3V3FE/s1600-h/July+6+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219973184655327202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHER9HBx_-I/AAAAAAAAA0Q/8dwwPq3V3FE/s200/July+6+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A really cool climbing wall which Niece the Younger termed "Mt. Everest."<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHER4rUK5CI/AAAAAAAAA0I/LYB_HOpqVjk/s1600-h/July+6+015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219973108496786466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHER4rUK5CI/AAAAAAAAA0I/LYB_HOpqVjk/s200/July+6+015.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHER07Z3qAI/AAAAAAAAA0A/uNNrltTsnZM/s1600-h/July+6+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219973044096182274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHER07Z3qAI/AAAAAAAAA0A/uNNrltTsnZM/s200/July+6+014.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>And my favorite, Dale <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chihuly's</span> Fireworks of Glass.<br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHERs5jDbPI/AAAAAAAAAz4/t__oi2hqtdU/s1600-h/July+6+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219972906158877938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHERs5jDbPI/AAAAAAAAAz4/t__oi2hqtdU/s320/July+6+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHERmbxEKDI/AAAAAAAAAzw/51Pfz-Z_M80/s1600-h/July+6+016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219972795085367346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHERmbxEKDI/AAAAAAAAAzw/51Pfz-Z_M80/s200/July+6+016.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>You can go to the lower level beneath the sculpture and look up at a "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">kaleidescope</span>."<br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219972396168405730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHERPNr2YuI/AAAAAAAAAzk/Kf6h7Y2eZKE/s200/July+6+021.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHERJ7cWaOI/AAAAAAAAAzc/uPjdF6Dzdog/s1600-h/July+6+023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219972305372211426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHERJ7cWaOI/AAAAAAAAAzc/uPjdF6Dzdog/s200/July+6+023.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>So now the nieces are back in Iowa and Aunt Ariadne is on to the <a href="http://www.tourdefleece.com/">Tour <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">de</span> Fleece</a>.<br /></div><div><a href="http://www.tourdefleece.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219972197480184498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHERDpg4urI/AAAAAAAAAzU/vRGs-wwZl84/s320/tdf_2008_badge.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My goal is to finish spinning this bag of wool I bought back in April. It is a wonderful color (close in the second picture, although it's almost impossible to get an accurate color with my camera). But it is very course and so doesn't draft extremely easily and "wants" to be spun <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">thinly</span>, so it's taking a while. If I spin about an hour a day surely I'll have it done by July 27?<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219972122632618578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHEQ_Sr1glI/AAAAAAAAAzM/w3msnlZKQcw/s200/July+6+025.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHEQ6AqcKMI/AAAAAAAAAzE/PfPtporTons/s1600-h/July+6+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219972031895578818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SHEQ6AqcKMI/AAAAAAAAAzE/PfPtporTons/s200/July+6+027.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-69912243237412818122008-06-29T18:32:00.012-04:002008-12-11T07:20:03.300-05:00Boxes of Books<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgPNL8EzaI/AAAAAAAAAyE/KMjnSa45BgI/s1600-h/June+29+009.jpg"></a>Well, I'm into the new library and during the last week I've unpacked and checked in 80 boxes of new books.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgPH774O_I/AAAAAAAAAx8/QucZejwD2Vw/s1600-h/June+29+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217436797331061746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgPH774O_I/AAAAAAAAAx8/QucZejwD2Vw/s320/June+29+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I've still got the processing to do on these, plus the boxes of books being transferred from other schools. By the time I unpacked the 80th box, I was actually tired of handling books, something that is <strong><em>very</em></strong> rare for me.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgPDcgZuKI/AAAAAAAAAx0/TsLeLBx2GbE/s1600-h/June+29+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217436720174839970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgPDcgZuKI/AAAAAAAAAx0/TsLeLBx2GbE/s320/June+29+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Return to work has brought my quilting to a screeching halt. However, before the books came in, I had a sort of assembly line thing going.<br /><br />I set up the squares, aligned and ready to go.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgO6o5xruI/AAAAAAAAAxs/OFA_eassCHQ/s1600-h/June+29+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217436568883670754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgO6o5xruI/AAAAAAAAAxs/OFA_eassCHQ/s320/June+29+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Yes, my machine is a ca. 1970 Singer Touch and Sew Model 648. It was my mum's when I was a kid and therefore the one I learned to sew on. I like its simplicity and durability.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgO2xOMC4I/AAAAAAAAAxk/1O13ooZmCh8/s1600-h/June+9+017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217436502397291394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgO2xOMC4I/AAAAAAAAAxk/1O13ooZmCh8/s320/June+9+017.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anyway, I next sew two squares together, over and over, without stopping to cut the threads, which would slow me way down.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgOu6FYnvI/AAAAAAAAAxc/1K616FeY4gY/s1600-h/Copy+of+June+9+016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217436367337332466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgOu6FYnvI/AAAAAAAAAxc/1K616FeY4gY/s320/Copy+of+June+9+016.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After I have a string of these, I cut and trim the threads.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgOkfIFFWI/AAAAAAAAAxU/sn8JZPwXzqM/s1600-h/June+29+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217436188302185826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgOkfIFFWI/AAAAAAAAAxU/sn8JZPwXzqM/s320/June+29+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Pressing the double squares open, I get these . . .<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgOeeXg22I/AAAAAAAAAxM/UqiFuHHEg5c/s1600-h/June+29+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217436085019269986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgOeeXg22I/AAAAAAAAAxM/UqiFuHHEg5c/s320/June+29+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Which I then join to get these four-square blocks.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgOAUQGS9I/AAAAAAAAAxE/wvI1EWFNupM/s1600-h/June+29+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217435566907739090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SGgOAUQGS9I/AAAAAAAAAxE/wvI1EWFNupM/s320/June+29+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I did get all the four-square blocks finished, now I "<em>just"</em> have to sew them together to make the quilt top, baste the sandwich of top, batting, and backing, and finally quilt and bind it.<br /><br />This will probably wait a while, though. The quilting seems like a "big project" which requires chunks of time and dragging out the sewing machine. On the other hand, my knitting is a pick-up-and-go-anytime type of thing, so I will probably be doing more of that until I get another chunk of time. (The first quilt I made took 10 years of pulling out and putting away before I finished it.)Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-84718988528472296372008-06-09T15:40:00.022-04:002008-12-11T07:20:04.719-05:00What I've Been Up to Since May 10No, the mess in the office didn't bury me, it just felt like it. May is always a crazy busy time in a school. This year was added the fact that I am moving books and opening a new library in another building. So we had to be packed and ready to leave a day or two after school was out. Boxes of books -- one reason I had not planned to move for quite a while after buying a house. Well, I'm not moving house and I'm still packing books!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SE2H601nT5I/AAAAAAAAAw0/8z4M6lYZInw/s1600-h/June+9+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209969788623212434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SE2H601nT5I/AAAAAAAAAw0/8z4M6lYZInw/s320/June+9+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I finished spinning the Blue Faced Leicester and with it added to the alpaca I'd spun I think I have enough for a sweater. I've started on it; pictures when I've made some headway.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SE2HoQUpBEI/AAAAAAAAAwk/dNpDR68XcTE/s1600-h/June+9+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209969469583590466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SE2HoQUpBEI/AAAAAAAAAwk/dNpDR68XcTE/s320/June+9+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I finished a lace table topper for my assistant who retired at the end of May. Here it is blocking.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SE2HjszXJXI/AAAAAAAAAwc/MUN2BGMVOQw/s1600-h/June+9+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209969391329289586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SE2HjszXJXI/AAAAAAAAAwc/MUN2BGMVOQw/s320/June+9+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SE2HfBF9BeI/AAAAAAAAAwU/xPo5HWAZZFI/s1600-h/June+9+012.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I dyed some wool -- the picture's fuzzy but the color's pretty true.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SE2Hat4eYvI/AAAAAAAAAwM/vUPsC64ul68/s1600-h/June+9+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209969237000348402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SE2Hat4eYvI/AAAAAAAAAwM/vUPsC64ul68/s320/June+9+013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And in an unusal (for me) departure into other realms of textile arts, I've been working towards quilting. More on that soon.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SE2HTlxx5BI/AAAAAAAAAwE/Nkpaer1EWb8/s1600-h/June+9+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209969114565698578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SE2HTlxx5BI/AAAAAAAAAwE/Nkpaer1EWb8/s320/June+9+018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br />We've also been dodging <a href="http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080604/LOCAL18/306040006">tornadoes</a>, <a href="http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/NEWS/80605045">storms</a>, and <a href="http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080609/NEWS/80609004">floods </a>for the last two weeks. There's another one rolling in now, wouldn't you know.</div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-35133989241420173602008-05-10T08:50:00.002-04:002008-12-11T07:20:04.841-05:00Why I Haven't Posted Much Lately<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SCWaI-KcROI/AAAAAAAAAv8/WDpJ9zPiZBI/s1600-h/Desk.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198730823785530594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SCWaI-KcROI/AAAAAAAAAv8/WDpJ9zPiZBI/s320/Desk.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-54557396778138097002008-04-30T06:32:00.002-04:002008-04-30T06:44:41.758-04:00Ode to the Yarn Harlot**Complete doggerel produced by theta brain waves upon waking this morning.<br /><br />On yesterday's date<br />The <a href="http://www.yarnharlot.ca/">Harlot </a>came to our wonderful state (Indy's in the middle)<br />But at <a href="http://www.bazbeaux.com/">Bazbeaux </a>we stopped and ate (yum)<br />So my line ticket did not rate<br />And today there's too much on my plate<br />So I couldn't stay too late<br />I didn't meet her -- that I hate<br />But Steph was absolutely great<br />The true tale of Calgary she did relate<br />Her visit was worth the wait!<br /><br />We totally freaked out the muggles. Scott, the bookstore guy, took photos to prove to his friends that his job was scarier than theirs. Stephanie spoke for about an hour and a half on muggles, knitting, brain research, and life. And that sentence in no way conveys the hilarious and complete and utter fun of the evening.Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-54149408821853687662008-04-28T20:52:00.013-04:002008-12-11T07:20:06.111-05:00Fibery Goodness<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZyED1y-LI/AAAAAAAAAv0/8Xsvdo1NLDA/s1600-h/Apr+28+002.jpg"></a>Just a quick posting before I collapse on the couch after a 13 hour work day.<br /><br />A couple of weeks ago I went to the local "Fiber Event." One of my male co-workers calls it the "Lint Event" which at least has the felicity of rhyming.<br /><br />There were lots of sheeps.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZx_z1y-KI/AAAAAAAAAvs/NCA6RFLHNdQ/s1600-h/Apr+28+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194464561279989922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZx_z1y-KI/AAAAAAAAAvs/NCA6RFLHNdQ/s320/Apr+28+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My muggle friend Lacy really wants an alpaca.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZx7j1y-JI/AAAAAAAAAvk/LbopPWVLCRs/s1600-h/Apr+28+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194464488265545874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZx7j1y-JI/AAAAAAAAAvk/LbopPWVLCRs/s320/Apr+28+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Lacy had never been to a fiber show before and found it amusing that things were sold by the ounce and there were lots of needles.<br /><br />I bought a bag of this yummy looking wool.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZxzD1y-II/AAAAAAAAAvc/EFbYBV-3gpg/s1600-h/Apr+28+094.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194464342236657794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZxzD1y-II/AAAAAAAAAvc/EFbYBV-3gpg/s320/Apr+28+094.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It spins up into singles that look like this.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZxuj1y-HI/AAAAAAAAAvU/xWZOs7Ctiww/s1600-h/Apr+28+087.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194464264927246450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZxuj1y-HI/AAAAAAAAAvU/xWZOs7Ctiww/s320/Apr+28+087.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZxnD1y-GI/AAAAAAAAAvM/esdw8ufxiF0/s1600-h/Apr+28+008.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><strong>Felting Alert!</strong></div><div>Before:<br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZxgz1y-FI/AAAAAAAAAvE/algt3frA9bs/s1600-h/Apr+28+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194464028704045138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZxgz1y-FI/AAAAAAAAAvE/algt3frA9bs/s320/Apr+28+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>After:<br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZxcz1y-EI/AAAAAAAAAu8/_uiMUZs_P3c/s1600-h/Apr+28+097.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194463959984568386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZxcz1y-EI/AAAAAAAAAu8/_uiMUZs_P3c/s320/Apr+28+097.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>Finally, Lacy, who's an art teacher, found this in the art room and wants me to set it up. Think I need another fiber addiction?<br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZxXz1y-DI/AAAAAAAAAu0/IELakEbXHyY/s1600-h/Apr+28+084.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194463874085222450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SBZxXz1y-DI/AAAAAAAAAu0/IELakEbXHyY/s320/Apr+28+084.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-58570219762369205052008-04-15T18:43:00.005-04:002008-12-11T07:20:06.267-05:00The Answers<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SAUwSSWlmNI/AAAAAAAAAus/spYdCUbuQEo/s1600-h/Blog+005.jpg"></a>The answers to my movie quote quiz:<br /><ol><li><em>Of couse he had a gun. This is Texas! Everybody has a gun. My florist has a gun!</em> -- <strong>Miss Congeniality</strong></li><li><em>This is my corn. You people are guests in my corn.</em> – <strong>Field of Dreams</strong></li><li><em>As for his mum, she appeared to be clinically insane, and wearing some kind of yeti costume.</em> Stumped you! – <strong>About a Boy</strong>, the only movie in which I actually liked Hugh Grant, which is funny since his character is not very likeable.</li><li><em>It's not right for a woman to read. Soon she starts getting ideas, and thinking . . . </em>Another stumper. This is Gaston speaking in Disney’s <strong>Beauty and the Beast</strong>. </li><li><em>Mental that one, I'm telling you.</em> – Jen was right, this is Ron in <strong>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone</strong> (referring to Hermione).</li><li><em>Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!</em> – <strong>The Commitments</strong></li><li><em>I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck . . . maybe even a recreational vehicle.</em> -- <strong>The Hunt for Red October</strong> </li><li><em>You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.</em> – <strong>The Princess Bride</strong>. The trouble with this one is picking one quote out of the many memorable ones. </li><li><em>Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!</em> -- <strong>Monty Python and the Holy Grail</strong>. Wendy says she has this movie memorized; check out her career plans regarding it in <a href="http://wendyknits.net/archives/1619">today’s blog entry</a>.</li><li><em>It's like gum in your hair. It comes out eventually.</em> – <strong>The Matchmaker</strong>, a little gem set in Ireland. The character is referring to love; the tagline for this movie is "a romantic comedy for the unromantic."</li></ol><p>And, since I haven't any other pics to post today, here's a gratuitous kitty photo.<br /></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SAUvxCWlmMI/AAAAAAAAAuk/sYVmA79bBY8/s1600-h/Blog+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189606665106069698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/SAUvxCWlmMI/AAAAAAAAAuk/sYVmA79bBY8/s320/Blog+005.jpg" border="0" /></a>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-5702436511316899232008-03-31T17:20:00.004-04:002008-03-31T17:54:39.085-04:00Movie Quotes<a href="http://wendyknits.net/archives/1563">Wendy</a> recently did a movie quote meme on her site. I liked it, even though I didn't guess any of her movies. Like her, I'm not a big fan of memes, since usually it's all about me, me, me, but this one is not so much like that. So . . . here's my version of the rules:<br /><br />1. Pick 10 of your favorite movies quotes.<br />2. Post them on your blog for everyone to guess.<br />3. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.<br />4. Looking them up is cheating, please don’t.<br /><br />If you want to guess, leave a comment by clicking on the comments link at the bottom of the day's entry. If you are hesitant to comment because you don't belong to Blogger, don't be. Just comment as "anonymous" and you can add your name at the end of your comment (or not if you prefer).<br /><br />My quotes are not quite as obscure as Wendy's (I hope). Anyway, they're not from as highbrow/old movies. Composing my list gave me a good chuckle. I hope you enjoy it too.<br /><ol><li>Of couse he had a gun. This is Texas! Everybody has a gun. My florist has a gun!</li><li>This is my corn. You people are guests in my corn.</li><li>As for his mum, she appeared to be clinically insane, and wearing some kind of yeti costume.</li><li>It's not right for a woman to read. Soon she starts getting <em>ideas</em>, and <em>thinking</em> . . .</li><li>Mental that one, I'm telling you.</li><li>Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud. </li><li>I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck . . . maybe even a recreational vehicle.</li><li>You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.</li><li>Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!</li><li>It's like gum in your hair. It comes out eventually.</li></ol><p>There are other quotes I like, but I chose not to use. Some are too well known ("Here's looking at you, kid"). Some reveal the movie in the quote (Ben Stein's "Bueller? Bueller?"). And some date my prime movie watching days a little too much ("Wax on, wax off.") </p><p>If you are interested, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.afi.com">AFI</a> has a list of top 100 Movie Quotes. You have to register, but not join, to access the full list.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-46876721627129361672008-03-29T21:58:00.018-04:002008-12-11T07:20:07.610-05:00Finished Object, Finished Books, Finished 2nd Graders<strong>A Big Finished Object</strong><br /><br />The Lacy Prairie Shawl from Cheryl Oberle's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Folk-Shawls-Knitting-Cheryl-Oberle/dp/1883010594/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206843489&sr=1-1">Folk Shawls</a>. I'd been working on it for over a year, maybe two. I'd work on it a bit, then put it away for other projects.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-704EOULYI/AAAAAAAAAuU/XrUWGisfi6w/s1600-h/Mar+21+025.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183349465193655682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-704EOULYI/AAAAAAAAAuU/XrUWGisfi6w/s320/Mar+21+025.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Unblocked.<br /></em><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-70zUOULXI/AAAAAAAAAuM/mEKSBG3GYRY/s1600-h/Mar+21+029.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183349383589277042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-70zUOULXI/AAAAAAAAAuM/mEKSBG3GYRY/s320/Mar+21+029.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Close-up.</em><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-70vEOULWI/AAAAAAAAAuE/nSoiEwT5mbQ/s1600-h/Mar+21+032.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183349310574832994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-70vEOULWI/AAAAAAAAAuE/nSoiEwT5mbQ/s320/Mar+21+032.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Modeled.</em><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-70pkOULVI/AAAAAAAAAt8/5YYbiKl6NEQ/s1600-h/Mar+21+033.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183349216085552466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-70pkOULVI/AAAAAAAAAt8/5YYbiKl6NEQ/s320/Mar+21+033.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Leftover yarn. Nothing like cutting it a bit close.</em> It's done in Cascade 220 in the "Tahiti" colorway.<br /><br /><strong>Books I've finished in March</strong><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Johnstown-Flood-David-McCullough/dp/0743540867/ref=sr_oe_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206843670&sr=1-1">The Johnstown Flood</a> by David McCullough -- a history, rather gruesome at times, but fascinating</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Riddle-Sands-Modern-Library-Classics/dp/0812966147/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206843711&sr=1-1">The Riddle of the Sands</a> by Erskine Childers -- a turn of the (last) century thriller that is considered the first spy novel in English. Set in the Frisian Islands in the time leading up to WWI. A few old fashioned passages, but really a rip roaring read. Interesting factoid: the author was later killed in the Irish Civil War.</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Tower-Dalrymple-Mystery-Mysteries/dp/0312363060/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206844314&sr=1-1">The Bloody Tower</a> by Carola Dunn -- Former aristocrat and policeman's wife Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher solves a murder at the Tower of London in the 1920s. Not rip-roaring, more comfortable, but I love the setting.</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Shark-Island-Wiki-Coffin-Mysteries/dp/0312361475/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206843787&sr=1-2">Shark Island</a> by Joan Druett -- More in the Wiki Coffin nautical mystery series</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bounty-True-Story-Mutiny/dp/0142800295/ref=sr_oe_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206843825&sr=1-1">The Bounty</a> by Caroline Alexander -- a detailed history of the mutiny and its aftermath</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Tort-CD-Suspense-Mysteries/dp/0060898305/ref=sr_oe_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206843864&sr=1-1">Dark Tort</a> by Diane Mott Davidson -- another Goldy Bear catering mystery</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Invention-Hugo-Cabret-Brian-Selznick/dp/0439813786/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206843899&sr=1-2">The Invention of Hugo Cabret</a> by Brian Selznick -- this one is hard to categorize. It is the most recent <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm">Caldecott medal book</a>, but it is 500+ pages. However, it's a quick read as some of the action takes place in the illustrations and in movie stills. It's not a comic book, but might appeal to young comic book readers.</li><li><a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_PART_000149&BV_SessionID=@@@@0359196184.1206843985@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccciadedjkiglkecefecekjdffidfim.0">The Unfinished Clue</a> by Georgette Heyer -- another 1930s classic British mystery. I like Heyer because she sometimes sneaks in a bit of dry humor.</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Flying-Scotsman-Dalrymple-Mysteries/dp/1575667533/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206843944&sr=1-1">Murder on the Flying Scotsman</a> by Carola Dunn -- another Daisy Dalrymple mystery</li></ul><strong>Finished Second Graders</strong><br /><br />While I was out on medical leave, the second grade heard several versions of <strong><em>Rumpelstiltskin</em></strong>. I brought in my spinning wheel and demonstrated for them. One of our state standards is that they learn concept of a production process for finished goods and I thought this would qualify.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-70jEOULUI/AAAAAAAAAt0/90yXAaPuEpg/s1600-h/Mar+29+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183349104416402754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-70jEOULUI/AAAAAAAAAt0/90yXAaPuEpg/s320/Mar+29+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>I've never had as rapt an audience in this age level right before spring break! They were fascinated.<br /></em><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-70eUOULTI/AAAAAAAAAts/KgLWnzAf9kA/s1600-h/Mar+29+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183349022812024114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-70eUOULTI/AAAAAAAAAts/KgLWnzAf9kA/s320/Mar+29+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>They were even interested in the knitting that follows spinning.</em><br /><br />Finally, as an aside, does this look like a comfortable way to sleep?<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-7z-0OULSI/AAAAAAAAAtk/vLfxzkqP1ag/s1600-h/Mar+21+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183348481646144802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-7z-0OULSI/AAAAAAAAAtk/vLfxzkqP1ag/s320/Mar+21+018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-18471618967954798682008-03-21T16:44:00.032-04:002008-12-11T07:20:08.131-05:00Things It's Good To Know<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-Qi30OULRI/AAAAAAAAAtc/Jh7nzXMJ9F0/s1600-h/DSCF0001.JPG"></a>First of all, when your doctor is going to do surgery on your eye, he comes into the prep room and writes above the correct eye on your forehead.<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-QiukOULQI/AAAAAAAAAtU/-pRkRVEp8zA/s1600-h/Eye.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180303654775958786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-QiukOULQI/AAAAAAAAAtU/-pRkRVEp8zA/s320/Eye.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-QfNkOULPI/AAAAAAAAAtM/IQ0J8ALM1Bc/s1600-h/Mar+21+033.jpg"></a><em>Look closely, it says "yes."</em></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br />This eye surgery doesn't really hurt all that much, but when they say not to touch your eye it sure starts to itch.<br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div>When kids send you get well cards, they are often cute, sometimes funny, and always entertaining.<br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-QfE0OULOI/AAAAAAAAAtE/RXF9tZTWNuA/s1600-h/Mar+21+019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180299638981536994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-QfE0OULOI/AAAAAAAAAtE/RXF9tZTWNuA/s320/Mar+21+019.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><em>Get well, or we'll send you into space?</em></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-Qe-EOULNI/AAAAAAAAAs8/BWsqIDe0dFI/s1600-h/Mar+21+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180299523017419986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-Qe-EOULNI/AAAAAAAAAs8/BWsqIDe0dFI/s320/Mar+21+021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><em>The sign on the right says </em></div><div><em>"Reading Park." The one on the left says </em></div><div><em>"biogerfee." Creative spelling!</em></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-Qe4EOULMI/AAAAAAAAAs0/RjeqpdGEjp0/s1600-h/Mar+21+024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180299419938204866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-Qe4EOULMI/AAAAAAAAAs0/RjeqpdGEjp0/s320/Mar+21+024.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><em>Again with the spelling, but they <strong>are </strong>only second graders.</em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-QelEOULLI/AAAAAAAAAss/l-An7YxO0eg/s1600-h/Mar+21+021.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-QegEOULKI/AAAAAAAAAsk/ggX3kzpUb0o/s1600-h/Mar+21+024.jpg"></a><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div>When you go back to work after two months off, it's good to be prepared for anything. Including:</div><div></div><ul><li>Sending a fifth grader back to the teacher for misbehaving during the <em>very first class </em>you see.</li><li>Taking a first grader to the counselor because she's crying about family problems.</li><li>A second grader left late after school and telling you cheerfully that it's not the first time her mom's been late.</li><li>Finding three, count 'em, <em>three</em> library books have been chewed by dogs while you were gone and two were lost in a fire. [I don't think we've lost that many to dogs in the last three <em>years</em>].</li><li>Walking into the cafeteria and having a group of kids repeat "It's her!" like you're a movie star, just because they've missed you.</li><li>Having a second grader accost you and say "You know that book I checked out two days ago?" </li><li>Wanting to reply to the second grader, "No, my ESP is apparently not working."</li><li>Many, many hugs from students and staff.</li><li>A great welcome-back banner signed by many, many students and staff.<br /></li></ul><div>And finally, be prepared for unexpected gifts. </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-QeakOULJI/AAAAAAAAAsc/R4TNLA19Smo/s1600-h/Mar+21+036.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180298913132063890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R-QeakOULJI/AAAAAAAAAsc/R4TNLA19Smo/s320/Mar+21+036.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><em>This card is supposed to be an Easter egg.</em></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Inside it says, with exact spelling and punctuation:</div><div>"Dear [my name] I am so eggsited your back your freind [student's name] </div><div>P.S. happy Ester</div><div>P.S.S We all mised you</div><div>P.S.S.S. I like Applesauce"</div><div><br /></div><div>Up next, a big finished object and also finished books.</div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-35931237735421269832008-03-05T15:08:00.004-05:002008-12-11T07:20:08.303-05:00The best laid schemes o' mice an' men . . .<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R88APZ77oRI/AAAAAAAAAsU/Vjs-NYF4dDw/s1600-h/Feb+22+001.jpg"></a>. . . Gang aft agley, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_a_Mouse">to quote Robbie Burns</a>. He's basically saying the same thing as Proverbs 16:9, but thousands of years later in that way cool if sometimes unintelligible Scots dialect.<br /><br />Anyway.<br /><br />The surgery center and insurance company are arguing about me, so my surgery has been postponed a week.<br /><br />So, other than frustration, all I have today is this:<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R87__J77oQI/AAAAAAAAAsM/EW3kfjwyN7U/s1600-h/Mar+5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174354482359410946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R87__J77oQI/AAAAAAAAAsM/EW3kfjwyN7U/s320/Mar+5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><a href="http://loxosceles.org/crafty/bacterium.html">Bacteria</a>, for a friend who thought they were cool.<br /><br /><div></div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-90412829777303506992008-03-04T10:43:00.020-05:002008-12-11T07:20:08.745-05:00She Likes It! Hey Mikey!<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYEXzx-TINc">If you recognize the title</a> (slightly amended) of this post, you so grew up in the 70s.<br /><br />My sister does like her new hat. It is either "awesome" or "so cool." I forget which she said, but there was definite approval there. Now she is bummed because Salt Lake City is undergoing a warming trend and she can't wear it.<br /><br />Finished Objects:<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R81uaMJXSJI/AAAAAAAAAr8/CQumI_0AImg/s1600-h/Mar+4+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173912943134722194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R81uaMJXSJI/AAAAAAAAAr8/CQumI_0AImg/s320/Mar+4+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em>Baby Sweater from April 2008 <strong>Knit 'N Style</strong>, page 70.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R81uVsJXSII/AAAAAAAAAr0/tMQhIAZrxuc/s1600-h/Mar+4+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173912865825310850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R81uVsJXSII/AAAAAAAAAr0/tMQhIAZrxuc/s320/Mar+4+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><em>Scrambled Eggs Blanket (the color and texture remind me of scrambled eggs).</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Finished Books:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Double-Shot-Goldy-Culinary-Mysteries/dp/B0009K76DK/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204646333&sr=1-1">Double Shot</a> by Diane Mott Davidson -- a Goldy Bear catering mystery</li><li><a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BALE_000001&BV_SessionID=@@@@1056327529.1204646015@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgadedhiimldkcefecekjdffidfgi.0">How Come They Always Had the Battles in the National Parks?</a> by Peter Bales -- a laugh-out-loud history of the US up through the Civil War. The humor is a little crude in places and the author has some definite political opinions, but overall just the thing for history nerds like myself.</li></ul>Lady Jane has found a new place to perch:<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R81uLsJXSGI/AAAAAAAAArk/m8SMwJfeFh4/s1600-h/Mar+4+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173912694026618978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R81uLsJXSGI/AAAAAAAAArk/m8SMwJfeFh4/s320/Mar+4+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div>I'll probably be absent from blogland for a few days, since I am having <a href="http://www.eyemdlink.com/EyeProcedure.asp?EyeProcedureID=32">this surgery</a> on Thursday morning. Looks like I'll have a cool scar and a black eye for a while. </div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-63145874043637895152008-02-28T19:40:00.002-05:002008-02-28T20:03:34.665-05:00Books, Books, BooksAlong with knitting I've been getting a lot of reading done lately (sometimes at the same time):<br /><ul><li>Finished <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/Reluctant-Genius-Charlotte-Gray/dp/0002006766/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204246179&sr=8-2">Reluctant Genius</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLAK_001145&BV_SessionID=@@@@2028761867.1204246396@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccckadedheedmllcefecekjdffidfij.0">The Proud Tower</a></strong>.</li><li><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nine-Tailors-Dorothy-L-Sayers/dp/0156658992/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204246231&sr=1-1">The Nine Tailors</a></strong> by Dorothy Sayers -- Classic thirties British mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey.</li><li><strong><a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BKOT_000417&BV_SessionID=@@@@2028761867.1204246396@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccckadedheedmllcefecekjdffidfij.0">Winston Churchill</a></strong> by John Keegan (audio) -- Really only touched the surface, maybe I'll read more on him later. I don't think he was necessarily a nice guy, but definitely an interesting one.</li><li><strong><a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_AREN_000222&BV_SessionID=@@@@2028761867.1204246396@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccckadedheedmllcefecekjdffidfij.0">James Herriot's Cat Stories</a></strong> (audio) -- Delightful stories by . . . James Herriot, about . . . wait for it . . . cats.</li><li><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Far-Traveler-Voyages-Viking-Woman/dp/015101440X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204246286&sr=1-1">The Far Traveler</a></strong> by Nancy Marie Brown -- A "biography" of a legendary Viking woman, more or less a retelling of some sagas and an analysis of Viking life. Interesting section on spinning. Apparently wool cloth was the standard of trade for a time in the Viking world.</li><li><strong><a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLAK_002377&BV_SessionID=@@@@2028761867.1204246396@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccckadedheedmllcefecekjdffidfij.0">In the Shadow of the Glacier</a></strong> by Vicki Delany -- A Canadian mystery set in B.C. The protagonist is a policewoman with aging hippie parents.</li><li><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Watery-Grave-Joan-Druett/dp/0312334419/ref=ed_oe_h">A Watery Grave</a></strong> by Joan Druett -- A half Maori, half American sailor with the United States Exploring Expedition in 1838 solves a murder while on the ocean. Who says all mysteries are the same?</li><li>I'm currently listening to <strong><a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLAK_002377&BV_SessionID=@@@@2028761867.1204246396@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccckadedheedmllcefecekjdffidfij.0">Double Shot</a></strong> by Diane Mott Davidson</li></ul>Went to the immunologist/allergist today. Blood drawn, tests in the works. The best news is that I'm not allergic to my beloved kitty, although mold and dust mites have it in for me.<br /><br />Added note: I just discovered my "beloved kitty" on the top of my dresser. After four years of life with me she's suddenly become attracted to high places. Either that or she was extremely stealthy about it before. She was on top of the entertainment stand interfering with the rabbit ears antenna earlier. Obviously she doesn't know what a narrow escape she's had with my visit to the allergist.Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-74412294286768831342008-02-22T14:59:00.036-05:002008-12-11T07:20:10.769-05:00We Now Return You to Your Regularly Scheduled Blog<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qyDsdEkI/AAAAAAAAArc/VcWL4U50KtE/s1600-h/Feb+22+001.jpg"></a>Sorry for the long absence -- I wound up in the hospital again a couple of weeks ago. I refuse to let this turn into a long boring list of the gory details of my health, so I will just say that I'm to see an immunologist, be on medical leave through March 12, and have upcoming surgery to fix a blocked tear duct.<br /><br />The up side of long illness is lots of knitting and reading time when you don't feel energetic enough to do anything else.<br /><br /><strong>Mystery Object Revealed</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qszsdEjI/AAAAAAAAArU/cq14SozX9vE/s1600-h/Feb+22+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169897846523892274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qszsdEjI/AAAAAAAAArU/cq14SozX9vE/s320/Feb+22+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Step One<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qmjsdEiI/AAAAAAAAArM/6xlVpacdTxk/s1600-h/Feb+22+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169897739149709858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qmjsdEiI/AAAAAAAAArM/6xlVpacdTxk/s320/Feb+22+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Step Two<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qiDsdEhI/AAAAAAAAArE/GFHAwalJQAk/s1600-h/Feb+22+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169897661840298514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qiDsdEhI/AAAAAAAAArE/GFHAwalJQAk/s320/Feb+22+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Step Three<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qajsdEgI/AAAAAAAAAq8/uTZH0Gd1c5Y/s1600-h/Feb+22+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169897532991279618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qajsdEgI/AAAAAAAAAq8/uTZH0Gd1c5Y/s320/Feb+22+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Finished! Yep, it's a pom-pom maker.</div><div> <br /><br /></div><div> <br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>I've finally caught up (mostly) on photographing knitting projects I've finished in the last couple of months.</div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qVDsdEfI/AAAAAAAAAq0/6LyJnJovQV0/s1600-h/Feb+22+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169897438501999090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qVDsdEfI/AAAAAAAAAq0/6LyJnJovQV0/s320/Feb+22+010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A whole lot of cotton dishcloths. When you're too tired to think, these are great projects. <a href="http://www.masondixonknitting.com/">Ann and Kay</a> would be so proud.<br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qQzsdEeI/AAAAAAAAAqs/CLw7m8ryPp0/s1600-h/Feb+22+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169897365487555042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qQzsdEeI/AAAAAAAAAqs/CLw7m8ryPp0/s320/Feb+22+002.jpg" border="0" /></a>Charity knitting. The hats were for my sister, but gauge went horribly wrong. I call the left one "Darth Vader" (imagine it in black)though it's <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer05/PATTbluehills.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qNDsdEdI/AAAAAAAAAqk/55c3SWHhzNM/s1600-h/Feb+22+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169897301063045586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qNDsdEdI/AAAAAAAAAqk/55c3SWHhzNM/s320/Feb+22+003.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>More charity knitting. Staying at my parents' after getting out of the hospital I ran out of yarn!! My mom produced some green 70's acrylic originally intended for an afghan. The square is for <a href="http://www.warmupamerica.com/home.html">Warm Up America</a>. It may be an unnatural green, but it's still warm.<br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qHTsdEcI/AAAAAAAAAqc/nyL0kPJAVb4/s1600-h/Feb+22+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169897202278797762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78qHTsdEcI/AAAAAAAAAqc/nyL0kPJAVb4/s320/Feb+22+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Wool bed socks (for moi).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78p9TsdEbI/AAAAAAAAAqU/zmNQcmORV08/s1600-h/Feb+22+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169897030480105906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78p9TsdEbI/AAAAAAAAAqU/zmNQcmORV08/s320/Feb+22+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />We have hat day every year at school and the only hat I had was a baseball cap that gave me hat head and made me hot. I wanted something looser but dramatic, so I used up a bunch of old acrylic on this.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><br /> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78p3zsdEaI/AAAAAAAAAqM/h87dLrComvM/s1600-h/Feb+22+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169896935990825378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78p3zsdEaI/AAAAAAAAAqM/h87dLrComvM/s320/Feb+22+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My sister has about 3 hats I've made for her, but says they all don't cover her ears adequately. So, I have finally come up with this. It's a cross between the <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer05/PATTbluehills.html">Blue Hills</a> cap and a traditional Peruvian chullo. Note the pom pom on top, specifically per her request.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div> <br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br />Somebody was really clingy and attention seeking after I got home from the hospital! That doesn't stop her from snatching my seat for a nap in the sun.<br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78pvDsdEZI/AAAAAAAAAqE/KWcz5xOG8vw/s1600-h/Feb+22+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169896785666970002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R78pvDsdEZI/AAAAAAAAAqE/KWcz5xOG8vw/s320/Feb+22+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-87955753655228960932008-01-26T09:44:00.001-05:002008-12-11T07:20:11.808-05:00Conference, Day 2<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tH0MRyoMI/AAAAAAAAAp8/bz2--sEeIao/s1600-h/Jan+25+003.jpg"></a>Yesterday was the second day of the <a href="http://www.iceindiana.org/">ICE </a>Conference.<br /><br />But first, my dad made this for me. Anyone want to guess what this is?<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHwsRyoLI/AAAAAAAAAp0/Jp-MJgGjZdk/s1600-h/Jan+25+Part+2+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159796699928109234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHwsRyoLI/AAAAAAAAAp0/Jp-MJgGjZdk/s320/Jan+25+Part+2+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Mystery object.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The conference was pretty interesting this year. I went to two sessions with <a href="http://www.davidpogue.com/">David Pogue</a>, the NY Times technology critic. He was entertaining and informative.<br /><br />And I got some artsy photos of downtown Indy:<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHpcRyoKI/AAAAAAAAAps/x7v7ezr2_Bo/s1600-h/Jan+25+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159796575374057634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHpcRyoKI/AAAAAAAAAps/x7v7ezr2_Bo/s320/Jan+25+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>I liked the lines in this shot.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHlMRyoJI/AAAAAAAAApk/Az8Q7ISfZfs/s1600-h/Jan+25+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159796502359613586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHlMRyoJI/AAAAAAAAApk/Az8Q7ISfZfs/s320/Jan+25+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Reflections.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHhMRyoII/AAAAAAAAApc/v1EfbTHCOtI/s1600-h/Jan+25+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159796433640136834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHhMRyoII/AAAAAAAAApc/v1EfbTHCOtI/s320/Jan+25+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Old and new: the statehouse and the Simon building.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHb8RyoHI/AAAAAAAAApU/8nyYCz6_zAA/s1600-h/Jan+25+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159796343445823602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHb8RyoHI/AAAAAAAAApU/8nyYCz6_zAA/s320/Jan+25+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><br />State capitol building.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Finally, two days of meetings and workshops allowed me to finish the eyelash scarf in record time. This despite the fellow educator who sat down beside me and said (trying to be funny) "Hey, you can't sew in here." My reply: "I'm not."<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHWcRyoGI/AAAAAAAAApM/ljDgeELcydg/s1600-h/Jan+25+Part+2+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159796248956543074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5tHWcRyoGI/AAAAAAAAApM/ljDgeELcydg/s320/Jan+25+Part+2+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><em>Sorry for the crummy lighting; the sun is hiding today.</em></div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-33405724485563061612008-01-24T16:11:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:20:12.442-05:00Loud, Cold, and Not My Favorite Yarn<strong>Loud</strong><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5j_j8Ryn9I/AAAAAAAAAn0/hiFt6tf5AWE/s1600-h/Jan+24+002.jpg"></a><br />So, for Christmas I got a dock/stereo system for my iPod. Thank you, Uncle Alan! I love it; it's great for listening to tunes and audiobooks without the ear buds. However . . .<br /><br />I was away in dreamland the other night when I was awakened about 11:30 by a loud female British voice from the living room. Somehow the thing had turned itself on and picked up in the middle of my audiobook.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5j_gsRyn8I/AAAAAAAAAns/BxKH8Cej8wQ/s1600-h/Jan+24+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159154310259580866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5j_gsRyn8I/AAAAAAAAAns/BxKH8Cej8wQ/s200/Jan+24+006.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>The cat was on the bed with me, so I know she didn't touch it.</em><br /><br />Spooky.<br /><br /><strong>Cold</strong><br />Today and tomorrow, I'm attending the <a href="http://www.iceindiana.org/">I.C.E.</a> conference at the Convention Center in Indy. I went to a really interesting workshop on<a href="http://www.learninginhand.com/ipod/index.html"> using iPods</a> (for the classroom, not just for fun).<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5j_c8Ryn7I/AAAAAAAAAnk/7GJ1vxmOkt8/s1600-h/Jan+24+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159154245835071410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5j_c8Ryn7I/AAAAAAAAAnk/7GJ1vxmOkt8/s200/Jan+24+004.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>ICE, ICE, baby.<br /></em><br />This conference is appropriately named. I go to I.C.E. almost every year and almost every year it is <em>freezing</em>. Today was no exception: 2F (-16.6 C) for a low.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5j_YMRyn6I/AAAAAAAAAnc/fcrnjNhk864/s1600-h/Jan+24+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159154164230692770" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5j_YMRyn6I/AAAAAAAAAnc/fcrnjNhk864/s200/Jan+24+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>Fortunately there are "gerbil tubes" (skyways) connecting things.</em><br /><br /><strong>Not my favorite yarn</strong><br /><br />A friend is paying me to knit a scarf for her aunt. I'm happy to do it, since I like her -- the friend; I don't know the aunt. Even though you can never charge enough for the time you put in to make knitting for pay worthwhile, I consider this more of a favor than a money-making enterprise. Anyway, she already had the yarn for the scarf she wanted and now I know why everyone gripes about using novelty yarns. It's a slick eyelash and boy, is it hard to see the stitches. Fortunately, it's a garter stitch and I'm halfway finished, so it's no big deal, but I don't see myself knitting a lot more of these.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5j_TcRyn5I/AAAAAAAAAnU/7WMs0y6gPdw/s1600-h/Jan+24+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159154082626314130" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5j_TcRyn5I/AAAAAAAAAnU/7WMs0y6gPdw/s200/Jan+24+007.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Love the color and the finished effect, though.</em><br /><br />At least the sun is out and it's warm inside! And two episodes of <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/">Chuck </a>are on tonight (embrace your inner nerd). Couch potato time.Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-79460510955419009562008-01-22T16:56:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:20:13.701-05:00Brrrr<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5ZnDt-kAkI/AAAAAAAAAmU/888ymXp7h68/s1600-h/Jan+22+003.jpg"></a>When I got up Sunday it was 0 degrees F (-17.7 C) with a wind chill of -18 F (-27.7 C). Now I know my Canadian readers won't be too impressed, but that's <em>cold</em>!<br /><br />So, the perfect day to come home from church and watch the Bruins come within 45 seconds of a shutout. And knit, of course.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5ZnAN-kAjI/AAAAAAAAAmM/21hGu10ex4Q/s1600-h/Jan+22+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158423676649210418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5ZnAN-kAjI/AAAAAAAAAmM/21hGu10ex4Q/s200/Jan+22+005.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Final score: Boston 3, NY 1.</em><br /><br />Other fiber fun from the past couple of weeks:<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5Zm8d-kAiI/AAAAAAAAAmE/zoOWiMup6WM/s1600-h/Jan+22+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158423612224700962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5Zm8d-kAiI/AAAAAAAAAmE/zoOWiMup6WM/s200/Jan+22+003.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Setting the twist on some spun and plied BFL.<br /></em><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5Zm4N-kAhI/AAAAAAAAAl8/15uXljqiRqA/s1600-h/Jan+22+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158423539210256914" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5Zm4N-kAhI/AAAAAAAAAl8/15uXljqiRqA/s200/Jan+22+002.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Felt-o-rama!</em><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5Zmy9-kAgI/AAAAAAAAAl0/43qrkXYWK2g/s1600-h/Jan+22+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158423449015943682" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5Zmy9-kAgI/AAAAAAAAAl0/43qrkXYWK2g/s200/Jan+22+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> Sock in progress.</em><br /><br />Winter is the time for books. Curl up on the couch with a good one. (Of course, I think summer's great for reading too, and spring and fall . . .)<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5Zmqt-kAfI/AAAAAAAAAls/AyqXx5esEzg/s1600-h/Jan+22+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158423307282022898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R5Zmqt-kAfI/AAAAAAAAAls/AyqXx5esEzg/s200/Jan+22+006.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Current reading: picked it up in Nova Scotia.</em></div><div><br /></div><div>Recent reads:</div><ul><li><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Beginning-Novel-Anne-Perry/dp/0345485823/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201040091&sr=1-1">A Christmas Beginning</a></em> by Anne Perry -- one of her characters from the Pitt mysteries appears here on the Welsh Isle of Anglesey.</li><li><em><a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BBCW_000925&BV_SessionID=@@@@1171486080.1201040246@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeddmkjdkicefecekjdffidflj.0">The Birth of Britain</a></em> by Winston Churchill -- Churchill was definitely a "great men make great history" type of guy, and way into the accomplishments of England. I listened to it on audio and enjoyed it a lot -- one of my favorite time periods and places for history.</li><li><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bodies-Water-Sarah-Deane-Mystery/dp/0312926030/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201040423&sr=1-11">Bodies of Water</a></em> by J.S. Borthwick -- I liked this author's books <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Student-Body-Carnival-All-Hockey-Sculptures/dp/0312926057/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201040504&sr=1-1">The Student Body</a></em> and <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Down-East-Murders-Sarah-Deane-Mystery/dp/0312926065/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201040567&sr=1-9">The Down East Murders</a></em>, but this one not so much. The main character was almost willfully ignorant of the bad guy, which readers could see a mile away.</li><li>I'm currently listening to Barbara Tuchman's <em><a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BLAK_001145&BV_SessionID=@@@@1171486080.1201040246@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjadeddmkjdkicefecekjdffidflj.0">The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914</a></em>. Guess I'm just in the mood for history lately. </li></ul>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-84690772910477809132008-01-05T12:31:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:20:14.512-05:00Blah Day<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R3-__N-kAeI/AAAAAAAAAlk/a2ISbeRrq1g/s1600-h/Gloomy.jpg"></a>It's one of those gloomy, blah, winter days. And I'm fighting off another round of sniffles and congestion.<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R3-_79-kAdI/AAAAAAAAAlc/iwANDixnixQ/s1600-h/Gloomy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152047535705293266" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R3-_79-kAdI/AAAAAAAAAlc/iwANDixnixQ/s200/Gloomy.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> No sunshine.</em></div><div></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R3-_2d-kAcI/AAAAAAAAAlU/mgA7oejddSY/s1600-h/Lady+Jane.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152047441216012738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R3-_2d-kAcI/AAAAAAAAAlU/mgA7oejddSY/s200/Lady+Jane.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Lady Jane sure knows how to deal with days like this.</em><br /></div><div><br />On the up side I've some FOs.<br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R3-_yN-kAbI/AAAAAAAAAlM/PSxIhdW3ycI/s1600-h/Hats.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152047368201568690" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R3-_yN-kAbI/AAAAAAAAAlM/PSxIhdW3ycI/s200/Hats.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> Baby hats for upcoming shower (for a girl).</em><br /></div><div><br />And yesterday I finished spinning one of the Blue Face Leicester singles. One more huge bobbin of single to go, then I can ply.<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R3-_ut-kAaI/AAAAAAAAAlE/ALcZ0Pucfno/s1600-h/Single.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152047308072026530" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R3-_ut-kAaI/AAAAAAAAAlE/ALcZ0Pucfno/s200/Single.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> Brown Blue-Faced goodness.</em><br /><br />I'm going to go be a couch potato and knit some more.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R3-_od-kAZI/AAAAAAAAAk8/_ElPLQe88Dk/s1600-h/What.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152047200697844114" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R3-_od-kAZI/AAAAAAAAAk8/_ElPLQe88Dk/s200/What.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>"I'm still not sure about this thing!"</em> </div></div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6855520896629157741.post-18054110102619380302008-01-04T12:24:00.000-05:002008-12-11T07:20:15.512-05:00Stealth Knitting Revealed<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R35tJd-kAYI/AAAAAAAAAk0/TKUPN6bPLwQ/s1600-h/1.jpg"></a>Well, I started gift knitting over the summer, which was a good thing, given what my autumn turned out to be like. If you are interested in that stuff, you can go to my flickr photoset <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ariadne07/sets/72157603629364732/">here </a>and check out what was involved. The photos are completely lacking in creative arrangement, but most are clear and fairly accurate in color representation.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ariadne07/sets/72157603629364732/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151674749723869554" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R35s49-kAXI/AAAAAAAAAks/4zEySprc3Z0/s200/Green+Bowl+Filled.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>Gift knit bowl (felted).</em><br /><br />My co-conspirator in spinning this past summer, <a href="http://www.hiredhands.ca/">Paula</a>, has a son living in Beijing. She recently posted a link to his blog, which includes a very scary video of a Beijing bike ride, and also <a href="http://ben.jokuty.ca/blog/2007/12/acquisitions_part_1.html">this post </a>about his cute new humidifier. In the same vein, since my house has been so dry I've been generating sparks each time I touch metal or the cat, behold the penguin:<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R35sst-kAWI/AAAAAAAAAkk/vBIMHkSMRm8/s1600-h/Penguin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151674539270472034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R35sst-kAWI/AAAAAAAAAkk/vBIMHkSMRm8/s200/Penguin.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>The vapor comes out his beak.<br /></em><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R35sdd-kAVI/AAAAAAAAAkc/amSLRVPpWKg/s1600-h/Penguin+&+LJ.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151674277277466962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qhGbOJzKcPY/R35sdd-kAVI/AAAAAAAAAkc/amSLRVPpWKg/s200/Penguin+%26+LJ.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> Lady Jane: "I'm not going near </em>that<em>!"</em><br /><br />Well, there's this spinning wheel in my living room I haven't touched in months; I hope to make use of it today, and so have more fiber photos soon.<br /></div>Ariadnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09882936955173204203noreply@blogger.com0