30 Days of Knitting Day 7

Your least favorite?

I generally don't finish projects I don't like. I tend to frog them and move onto something else. I'm having problems with my Ron Hearts Hermione hat (Rav link). I love the pattern but the yarn I picked is the worst possible yarn for that project. If I ever finish it that hat will be my least favorite project.

As for completed projects or near completed projects I would have to say the computer case I've got a dozen rows left on. It started off fine, but looking at it now the bottom section's too narrow (so it stretches something horrible) and while the cable pattern's great I'm so sick of looking at it. Plus the texture of the yarn is disappointing. I used the yarn (Carrousel Wintuk) for a cowl a year or so prior to starting the computer case and I love the texture and the feel of it. Knitting it up for this project not so much. For the cowl it's soft and thick for the computer case it's rougher, almost dense.

Needless to say the case is sitting in limbo. I haven't decided what I'd do with the yarn if I frogged the project so it's staying put for now. ...below's a snapshot from the beginning of the project:

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Earth Day aka "Green Love" 2008

Leafy Tree Pendant from OneElf Earth Day’s fast approaching and I’m super excited. My ‘hug a tree’ shirt’s ready and waiting and I’m impatiently counting down the hours. Yes I’m a giant geek, but it’s the one day where spreading the green love is totally socially acceptable. Although I will still try and refrain from yelling at people who chuck plastic bottles in the trash; I will not refrain from rolling my eyes at people who look at me funny when I remove perfectly good rolls of wrapping paper from the trash. It’s going to be fun. However since it is Earth Day I know everyone’s being berated with things like ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ and ‘turn the water off when you brush your teeth’. Important, yes, but I think there’s a bit of a bigger picture that gets missed in all that, so I’m going for something different. I’m not going to talk about it, at least not today. Today I’m talking about worms. Yes, I’m finally writing a real entry about something, and yes it’s about worms. ...

Teaser Tuesday - July 29th

Lack of perspective in literature (or in readers) often causes a contemporary condition I've heard referred to as "presentism"; that is, a disposition to judge all literature by the narrow standards of present time and present culture. This leads to the phenomena such as the denunciation of classic novels such as Huckleberry Finn , on grounds that they deal with issues such as slavery, women's civil rights, ect., in a way not consistent with the notion of present-day political correctness. - "Presentism" The Outlandish Companion by Diana Gabaldon Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading . For other contributions click here .

12 on 12: September 2015

I had forgotten to do my 12 on 12 on the 12th this month so when I went out on Saturday I was only all too willing to get a bit snap happy. The day started out back in my old neighborhood at the annual library book sale. I stocked up and then we headed to my favorite places to shop: the farmers market, Trader Joes, and Wegmans. After that, we stopped off at the Stone Quarry Hill Art Park since Saturday was also the Smithsonian's annual Museum Day Live . The park was beautiful, we had a nice walk and even ran into a wedding party. We took the long way home and had a great time meandering through the country looking at old barns, cows, and windmills.

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