http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ on a quest for the perfect cotton yarn en Vox Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:27:44 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/a-posting-schedule.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/a-posting-schedule.html?_c=feed-rss http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/a-posting-schedule.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:27:44 -0800 So now that my daily posting is done I have decided that I should still post on some kind of schedule. My original plan was Monday, Wednesday, Friday and sometimes the first idea is the best so we're going with that. The only problem with this pl... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/a-posting-schedule.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123f183dd7d860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> gift knitting anhinga http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-i-did-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-i-did-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-i-did-it.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:37:17 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123dded0017860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123dded0017860d-50si" alt="I did it!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I was over one one day but I still had 30 posts in 30 days so I'm going to claim victory. Woo hoo! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-i-did-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123ddd9554f860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> nablopomo http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-30-nanoswemo-fail.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-30-nanoswemo-fail.html?_c=feed-rss http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-30-nanoswemo-fail.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:28:05 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123f1831401860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123f1831401860f-50si" alt="the end of NaNoSweMo" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Well, this is as far as I got in my NaNoSweMo goal. Pardon my expression I'm still under the weather. I didn't do too badly, I think. I am going to do one or two more decrease on the sleeve and then knit straight for two inches and bind off. I ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-30-nanoswemo-fail.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123f183143e860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> knitting knitting pictures anhinga http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-29-the-end-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-29-the-end-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-29-the-end-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:15:11 -0800 Tomorrow is the last day of November. I'm kind of glad and sad. Sad because I didn't reach my sweater goal but glad because the daily posting was starting to get to me. I do want to post more regularly on my blog though, and I like how "having" to... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-29-the-end-is-nigh.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123ddc3f4ba860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> knitting anhinga http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-28-admitting-defeat.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-28-admitting-defeat.html?_c=feed-rss http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-28-admitting-defeat.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:36:35 -0800 I woke up feeling like ick this morning and have barely been out of bed, let alone vertical, let alone able to hold my knitting. I'm admitting right now that I won't make my NaNoSweMo goal. There's always next year. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-28-admitting-defeat.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d01240b7ee128860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> knitting http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-27-oh-crap.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-27-oh-crap.html?_c=feed-rss http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-27-oh-crap.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:27:58 -0800 Here I am, breezing along in my sweater, posting daily and then I suddenly realized today that if I want to finish this sweater in the month of November, I have three days to do it! Oh. Crap. I think it's safe to say that isn't going to happen.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-27-oh-crap.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123ddd83809860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> knitting wip anhinga http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-26-learninga-new-skill.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-26-learninga-new-skill.html?_c=feed-rss http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-26-learninga-new-skill.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:52:19 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123ddc2f092860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123ddc2f092860b-50si" alt="start of the top-down set-in sleeve" /></a> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123ddd7e11d860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123ddd7e11d860c-50si" alt="Front done, sleeve in progress" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Last night I finished sewing in the front panel and started on the first sleeve. I decided from the outset to do a top-down set-in sleeve following Barbara Walker's instructions in Knitting from the Top. I am doing this for simplicity's sake: I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-26-learninga-new-skill.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123f181ada4860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> knitting wip knitting pictures barbara walker ahinga top down set in sleeve http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-25-pie.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-25-pie.html?_c=feed-rss http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-25-pie.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:17:01 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123f181585a860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123f181585a860f-50si" alt="Pies!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I worked on my seam a bit today but I'm having trouble getting it to look like the other side where I picked up stitches. I have an idea for what to try next but I need to get the kids to bed before I can try it. Instead I made pie. The pumpk... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-25-pie.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d01240b7dea48860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pie food thanksgiving http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablapomo-day-24-newsflash-i-like-reds-and-oranges.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablapomo-day-24-newsflash-i-like-reds-and-oranges.html?_c=feed-rss http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablapomo-day-24-newsflash-i-like-reds-and-oranges.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:28:53 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123f18102fe860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123f18102fe860f-50si" alt="apparently, I like reds and oranges" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I noticed something odd today when I was taking my hand knit socks off of the drying rack. Except for that lone pair of blue/purple panda cotton all of my hand knit socks are reds and oranges. I did not notice this before. In my defense (sort o... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablapomo-day-24-newsflash-i-like-reds-and-oranges.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123ddc24497860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> socks knitting knitting pictures http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-23-make-bread-not-sweaters.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(abigailvr) http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-23-make-bread-not-sweaters.html?_c=feed-rss http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-23-make-bread-not-sweaters.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:31:31 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d01240b7d2cea860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d01240b7d2cea860e-50si" alt="honey whole wheat recipe" /></a> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123f1809ad6860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123f1809ad6860f-50si" alt="shiny bread" /></a> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123ddea7887860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123ddea7887860d-50si" alt="yum yum" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I know this is not very helpful in terms of my NaNoSweMo goal but I made soup, spaghetti sauce and bread today and did not knit very much. Niels was sick over the weekend and was not fever free for 24 hours yet this morning so he stayed home from ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://abigailvr.vox.com/library/post/nablopomo-day-23-make-bread-not-sweaters.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251e4dc58e1d0123ddc1dd5b860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> baking food bread