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April 24, 2008

Yikes! Stripes!

This morning I finished some longstockings-

In my favorite mindless stockinette pattern which for some reason I never seem to tire of.

Ok, well not that long, but certainly pleasantly colorful and stripey. I made them with KnitPicks
Felici in the colorway called Provence. Which I didn't realize from the picture on the screen that it had quite so much purple. Egads. I still like them-

The pasty white legs are mine oh yes.

I don't know if I ever posted the limey limeade socks. Here they are in their solid color stockinette splendor-

Plus the thing is I can't seem to ever make 2 socks exactly the same size. How does it happen?? Because. I try the first one on and I always think its too big or too small so I adjust. And I never count how many rows I did in the first one. Or else sometimes I just get carried away and keep going with the Mindlessness- Stockinette Sock Knitting Hypnosis (Catatonia?). Its chronic. There are worse things.

Marcel was really pleased with the towel covered in hand-washed hand-knitted socks -among other things- I put in the sun to dry. Needless to say I put the quiatus (pronounced kwaye-ate-es- but I never was sure how to spell it- D.B., you out there??) on that. One has simply got to draw the line somewhere.

Oh, and plus I really really really want to make some of these. Omg.

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April 23, 2008

smushy face theater

Oh! Yesterday it was a beyoootiful day to be a dawg! Marcel and I went to visit his girlfriend- Lucy!

Ok, so she makes him a little nervous.

Because!

Omg-

She will kiss you!!!

And then eat you up in one bite!!
The end.

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April 19, 2008

Dig it. Springtime.

It is always surprising and wonderful, isn't it?
Especially on the first warm days when a small dawg with not much fur can survey the goings-on in the parkles from a sunny place-

Mmmm. It smells like-

pretty.

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April 15, 2008

Can it be?? + a bit of good news!

Oh, things are getting green!
Marcel and I have been waiting so long for good walkies weather and honestly we've been a little blah-

But the sun is coming out and now is the time when a little dawg likes to warm his brisket on the front stairs-

In honor of springtime we cleaned our ears. Oh yes. Now we smell petunia-fresh. Believe it!

I've been out on my bike, despite its sadness and rust from being buried in snow and ice. Egads. I need a new chain. Oh I would post a picture but I think you get it- a solidly rusty chain- that goes clickety click when I ride- never again, never again do I neglect my poor pony!!!

As for knitting, I have actually finished a whimsical striped sock made from Knit Picks Felici in the colorway called Provence. The colors were a little brighter than I thought they would be, but in all it knits up really nice.

I've begun the second of the pair- what is it about stockinette socks that is so mindless and yet so satisfying? They go fast, now I have 4 pairs- perhaps its the instant gratification factor. Perhaps I am not a very ambitious knitter. Its something soothing that I find in the repetitive motion, and plus waiting for the color to change. Oh, I am tempted by lace and in particular picot hemmed edges- oh yes- they make me salivate. But I have found a recipe for stockinette which works for my skinny legs. I'm sticking to it, for now. Maybe someday I will grow some (center pull) balls- it could happen. I've been eyeballing some Estonian socks in the
Vogue Knitting Ultimate Sock Book- which I am the inconsiderate problem patron who has had it out for freaking ever from the Sulzer Library- don't hate me. So we'll see.

The good news is that I got a residency at Ragdale this summer or early fall - not sure which yet- and I am hoping to do much more drawing there. I'm also hoping the prairie plants will be so tall that they will be over my head, and bugs and birds will be singing, and the lovely brain quieting will descend to allow all the secret ideas to flow to the surface. We'll see!

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tell me who's gonna buy their bombs?

In honor of tax day and war tax resistance everywhere-

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