Pensive Frog

Help me out, folks. Is there a knitty.com equivalent for sewing? I have a modest stack of fabric that I would love to turn into fugly objets d’art, but I have no patterns. And no desire to buy patterns. Do you see my dilemma? I know Craftster is a pretty [...]

I know you’ve seen those commercials for KFC’s Famous Bowls. You know, a slop of mashed potatoes, corn, chicken bits, gravy, and cheese? That concoction will ne’er pass my lips, but luckily there is at least one intrepid journalist willing to put his life on the line to taste-test the bowl (via Slashfood, [...]

By now we’ve all heard about the new Samuel L. Jackson movie. You know, the one with snakes? And a plane? Oh ho, you haven’t? Well, read up and come back. Got it? OK, so this movie has some serious juujuu associated with it - it apparently has the [...]

I think the heat is getting to me, because all of a sudden I’m planning this year’s stocking stuffers. Already. Maybe I’m just deep in lustful anticipation of cooler weather. It’s been hot in Seattle, by Seattle standards, but I just got back from southern California, where it is hot, by HELL [...]

It’s…. soup or salad?
Now this is an interesting gimmick - Dinner in the Sky (via Slashfood). Imagine eating dinner with 22 of your closest friends at a table suspended 50 meters in the air. There’s a plexiglas canopy suspended over the table - I presume to prevent birds from adding additional “seasoning” [...]

I’m not fishing for compliments, but I’m starting to think that this blog sucks. I just can’t get into the whole inappropriate self-disclosure thing like some people (which I love to read, just like you!). And my knitting isn’t that interesting. And I’m darn sure y’all don’t want to read lengthy posts [...]

It would be a sin not to visit a museum or two while in D.C., so I checked out the new National Museum of the American Indian. I think it’s a great addition to the other Smithsonian museums on the Mall - it houses lots of great artifacts as well as learning exbihits on [...]

Just got back from a little travelin’ to our nation’s capital. So here’s some pictures, although they don’t convey the heat and humidity.
First, the view of Thomas Square from my hotel room. Evidently Seattle isn’t the only city eternally under construction.

Each morning I walked about 6 blocks to the DC Convention Center, pictured [...]

Last week I went to lunch with the girls at the Grand Central Bakery Cafe on Eastlake, and I had the most delectable cream of mushroom soup. And, lucky for me, the recipe is available here. So, so good. And so very far removed from the gelatinous white shivering mass that glops [...]

OK, forget what I said about making the yarn goddess happy. I boldly cast on for my next baby project, a set of slip on bootees from the “50 baby bootees to knit” book. See if you can tell the difference between what I knit and the picture in the book:

Hmm, still trying [...]

I think I mentioned a few days ago that I’ve got a baby to knit for, and I just completed my first wee project! It’s the baby hat from One Skein.

This hat turned out pretty cute, but the pattern was a little difficult to follow. And, the finished product doesn’t look complicated enough [...]

Oh gawd, this is the funniest picture I’ve seen in quite a while.

Y’all remember my ugly neon green and pink yarn? Well, I finally got around to fixing it. Of course, that depends on your definition of “fixed”. My definition is “different”.
The requisite before picture:

OK, so the first step is overdyeing with coffee. I had been saving old coffee in the refrigerator for [...]

With shopping! Crate and Barrel is having quite a nice sale, where I picked up these cute little bowls for $1.25 each.

They’re the perfect size for ice cream, or serving condiments. Plus, they’re a great compliment to my fiestaware dessert plates, that you can just make out in the background.
I also picked up [...]

No, I’m not talking about that miracle cleaner peddled by Billy Mays on TV. I’m talking about the treasured tradition of exploding things on Independence Day. You know, when people celebrate the birth of their country by blowing a piece of it to smithereens? I live just a few blocks away from [...]

Before the baby knits, there was the Trellis Scarf. This puppy is going to be be-yoo-ti-ful, if I even finish it. Here’s a list of the things I can’t do while knitting this scarf:
1. Watch TV
2. Chew gum
3. Talk companionably to other knitters
4. Listen to other people talking
5. [...]