Entries from January 2009

January 24, 2009

Simple pleasures

Jill P.:
I have been finding myself relishing the little things in life.  My knitting is going pretty well.  Here are my pictures of my Leafy Cabled Vest:

Pattern: Green Day (link to the pattern not Ravelry) by Mari Muinonen (tikru)
Yarn: The Fibre Co. Terra in Acorn.  I used all but a couple yards of 4 skeins. 
It [...]

January 21, 2009

Nonsense

Jill P.:
Yesterday there were historic and important things going on, but all I could think about was silly TV clips.  I couldn’t get them out of my head, so decided to do some youtube clips here today.
This last weekend I finally got around to rewatching The Dave Chapelle Show on DVD.  My new favorite thing [...]

January 14, 2009

FO: Silky Tweed Blouse

Jill P:
I keep meaning to write posts that aren’t just finished item posts, but keep forgetting.  Here’s my latest finished sweater.  I started it before I left for the holidays.  I kind of hoped that I would be able to finish the whole sweater while I was at home.  I might have been able to [...]

January 4, 2009

Christmas wrap-up

Jill P:
I was home in Camas for about 11 days.  That is the small paper mill town I’m from, which is really so close to Portland it could be considered a suburb.  But we’re on the other side of the river in Washington state.  Last year we had a white Christmas and it had been [...]