Pensive Frog

This seems appropriate for Halloween.

Ew.

Fall has hit Seattle pretty hard - it’s raining regularly, the trees are losing their leaves, but there are still a lot of lovely things to see on the UW campus…

I don’t think I’m being too generous when I say that Kool-aid is the best thing that ever happened to my knitting. I’ve dyed yarn twice, and I always get hungry to do it again when I see other people’s fantastic results. Liz has some awesome examples on her blog. Then yesterday, [...]

Wow, has Pensive Frog gotten boring all of a sudden, or what? I think this is entirely attributable to school starting. I have fewer “work-from-home” days and more “PCR-in-the-morning, meetings-and-seminars-in-the-afternoon, stumble-home-and-scrounge-dinner” days. Oy. No one ever told me that a Ph.D. would be this much work. At least I’ll be [...]

I’ve been really bad about taking photos of my WIPs lately, but I can tell you that I have a Clapotis scarf on the needles, as well as a Christmas stocking, some socks, the Edgar scarf from Fall Knitty, and the wristwarmers from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. What can I say, I’m a starter, [...]

Drumroll, please. The correct answer to the vacation contest was Maui, Hawaii. We had a fabulous trip, that was simultaneously relaxing and exhausting. You can view some photos from my vacation by clicking here.
And here’s an explanation of the clues:
Clue 1: Waterproof camera. This came in handy on our snorkeling [...]

My first blogiversary was October 7! Oopsie. I knew it was approaching, but I missed it. Well, I hope y’all have enjoyed the first year of this site. It’s been fun. And I promise I’ll announce the winner of the vacation contest soon! It seems wrong to announce it [...]

And I will never, never, use it.

I just found a pattern for something that I didn’t know I needed! A hat with built-in turtleneck orifices for pigtails! Now, I love anything with turtlenecks, including sweaters and hamburgers, and now this hat!
(Hamburgers, you say? Well, next time you get a burger wrapped in paper, there’s a good chance its [...]