Archive for the 'Cool Stuff' Category

Provocatively Irreverent

Thursday, March 30th, 2006

On Saturday, I went to the library in Dartmouth, which I never do, because they have a really good children’s reference section there, which I needed to use to work on assignments for my Services and Resources for Children course. The Dartmouth trip also had another purpose besides schoolwork. See, the library is very close [...]

We Have (a Smidgen of) Fleece Artist!

Friday, March 24th, 2006

The other day I went to LK Yarns, ostensibly to buy some needles, but really more to fondle drool over admire yarn. If you are able to walk by Fleece Artist Curlylocks or Fleece Artist Handmaiden Sea Silk without stroking it, then you are not freakin’ human.
But how does an unemployed bum grad student manage [...]

She Shoots, She Scores?

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

Although I had toyed with the idea of trying to knit a scarf during the Paralympics, I had to give that up as another impossible dream when schoolwork got in the way. I knew it was likely that would happen, though, as I’ve learned through experience that the surest way for me not to do [...]

Knitted Gir

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

This is the best thing ever. TChemGrrl, who is clearly awesome not only due to her knitting ability, but also because she is married to a library school boy, which proves she has great taste in guys, has knitted Gir from Invader Zim. Scroll about halfway down this page to see him. This is definitely [...]