Archive for September, 2006
Monday, September 18th, 2006
Living with history
DH and I took a break this week and went for a drive on a day when the weather actually happened to be nice (after nearly 2 weeks of rain). Along the way, I took this photo:
It’s a fairly typical wooden building, but not quite what they call a Trønderlån. It may have actually started […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Daily Trivia, Norway by rhonna
Sunday, September 17th, 2006
Oregon and enablers
Janice is a terrible enabler. Note that I mean that facetiously; she’s absolutely brilliant at it, and I’m convinced that she takes a totally wicked amount of glee in doing so. When she recommended the Oregon shawl because the pattern was easy to follow and remember but it wasn’t something you’d get bored with, I […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Daily Trivia, Knitting-Crochet by rhonna
Sunday, September 17th, 2006
Swaps
The recent Whose Lace is It Anyway? Knitters Lace Swap was, as far as I’m concerned, an unqualified success. Donna and Ailsa ran the thing brilliantly. They were gracious, incredibly well organized, and handled all things Swap like pros. Seriously, I was so impressed that I’d sign up for a swap with them again […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Daily Trivia, Knitting-Crochet by rhonna
Friday, September 8th, 2006
Yarny thoughts
One of the things which has come of the recent Lace Swap has been the opportunity to see yarns and knitting tools and gadgets from all over the world. As a relatively new knitter who only had access to—or knew about—the local Norwegian yarn stores (specifically Garnhuset, Jens Hoff, and Husfliden [the last of which […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Daily Trivia, Knitting-Crochet by rhonna
Friday, September 8th, 2006
Semester start
This has been my Fall term kickoff week. I’ve had one lecture with the local university; other lectures, exams, and coursework are crowding the horizon but for now I have a couple weeks’ break with them. It was also the first week of the LIT 207 class with SNHU.
I’ve done a fair amount with the […]
No Comments » - Posted in Daily Trivia, Academics by rhonna
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
September 5
Yesterday was Janice’s birthday.
It was also my youngest brother’s birthday (pappa to new nephew Dane Aaron).
I celebrated by making a quick run to the LYS and getting myself some blue and white yarn for a pair of Selbu mittens.
It dawned on me that knitters should have their own version of Jeff Foxworthy. We may not […]
