I have to confess that, for many, many years, I didn’t fully understand the yarn-snobbery against acrylic. I mean, yeah… it’s plastic… it doesn’t feel as nice as wool, definitely nowhere near something like silk, or even other synthetics like rayon. But it still has its uses, you know? It’s cheap, it’s tough, most people [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...You know, in case you had any doubts.
So no, I’m not dead, and yes, things are good out here in Michigan. Very good, actually. I love college. Like, truly and seriously love it. I want to be a student for the rest of my life. Hah! We’ve finally had our first rounds of exams, and [...]
One of my classes this semester is Aging to Infancy: A Life Course Retrospective, an interdisciplinary overview of life issues, what makes us who we are, focusing heavily on later-life experience and the elderly. It’s a prerequisite for a lot of the medical-related fields, so it’s more or less mandatory, but I’m really enjoying the [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...I can’t think of any beautiful, writerly way to put it, so I’m just going to blurt: I’m a COLLEGE STUDENT! I can hardly believe it. The summer that seemed like it would never end finally ended, the wait is over, and I am pitched head-first into a world I’ve both dreamed about and dreaded [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...…and hey, I’m only late by 4 days! (for Project Spectrum July/August)
pattern: picot eyelet socks by black dog designs
yarn: fleece artist merino 2/6
I started these on July 26, and finished them this morning around 1am. (What can I say, I’m a night owl - heh.) I suppose that’s not really all that long, [...]
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