http://blog.halfacregoods.com This blog is about reclaiming my anonymity...Oh wait, I am writing a blog. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:20:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What's this? An FO? Get ready, there will be a few of these coming up (and some backdated for the month of June). Description: Socks for me Pattern: Marigold Socks by Pamela Wynne Yarn used: .62 skeins of Austermann Step Colorway 05 (Wool, Nylon) 100g / 460 yds This yarn ... http://blog.halfacregoods.com/2008/08/05/fo-sock-monkey-socks/ The boy and I traipsed out to the lake house this weekend. My parents have been inviting us down to see their new boat so we obliged and squeezed them into our busy busy summer schedule. (The summer of weddings and business travel attacks!) Saturday after eating a scrumptious breakfast ... http://blog.halfacregoods.com/2008/08/04/lakehouse/ We're off to the woods this weekend. This is our first bit of summer that we have been able to snag all summer (not including the 4th of July). The woods is a bit of an internet and cell phone black hole so I won't be posting again until Sunday/Monday. ... http://blog.halfacregoods.com/2008/08/01/to-the-woods/ 10 Ways the World Has Changed Since You've Been in School It's been four years since I graduated from college. Turns out it's kind of hard to figure out how the world changes in such a short time span. Sometimes things really do change that quickly. Bear in mind this list ... http://blog.halfacregoods.com/2008/07/31/ten-on-thursday/ My blog chum and fellow Master's student KnitWitch recently started her own yarn company, Amia Yarn Company. She has a contest going through tom'w (Thursday July 31st) to win some of the amazing yarn her company has to offer. Click on the picture below to get more details! :) http://blog.halfacregoods.com/2008/07/30/amia-yarn-company/ Oh did you notice I hadn't been here in a minute? Never fear. I have added updating the blog to my to do list and will either backdate posts where appropriate or start from here on out. :) I have finished projects, family vacations, baby showers (not mine!) and lots ... http://blog.halfacregoods.com/2008/07/29/where-did-i-go-2/ I am spending my day hanging with the boy and his parents, parading it up, eating ribs and watching fireworks. I hope you all have a wonderful day! Enjoy the video! :) http://blog.halfacregoods.com/2008/07/04/happy-4th-of-july/ I finished seaming two things this weekend. I seamed my minimalist cardigan (action shots to come!) and that surprise I knitted last weekend. We also painted the closet, hung the shelves, put everything back in the closets, got the lawn mowed and a sundry of other tasks around the house. ... http://blog.halfacregoods.com/2008/06/08/seaming/ Today's Eye Candy Friday is brought by the letter E and the number 2. The lovely EcoWool you see before you was purchased on my last business trip to Denver, CO. I found it at the very fun Fancy Tiger yarn shop. Hopefully I can go see them again when ... http://blog.halfacregoods.com/2008/06/06/eye-candy-friday-ecological-wool/ The Ravelry team arrived in town today for TNNA and guess whom they decided to grace with their presence? Me! and the rest of the Clintonville Knit gang. I knew they were coming as of Wednesday and decided to keep it as a surprise for everyone else. (Well, I told one ... http://blog.halfacregoods.com/2008/06/05/ravelry-knit-night/