tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295181832024-03-05T08:51:12.018-05:00Knitting Interruptedwherein a knitter blogs about knitting, inter aliaJen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-25127896692369195362008-02-13T14:03:00.002-05:002008-02-13T14:07:11.516-05:00Whoops!Knitting Interrupted has moved! You can find my blog here.Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-18296924994025971042007-12-04T08:46:00.000-05:002007-12-04T09:10:20.488-05:00Moving DayI know this will come as news to everyone, but I have been thinking for some time about changing blog hosts. Part of the reason I was so distracted by the computer yesterday is that I was setting up my blog over here. One of the benefits will be that it will be easier to interact with my readers/commenters, which is what I believe to be the purpose of blogging in the first place. I do hope you Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-39596434693226501742007-12-03T21:14:00.000-05:002007-12-03T21:31:56.465-05:00Ugh!Today has been one of those days, spent mostly distracted by the computer and cleaning up after children (including the 6'4" child to whom I am married) and I have nothing of interest really to report. I seem to have lost my writing groove, but seriously? Who could blame me? I want to knit but whenever I pick up my needles, the project I'm working on just seems to flail around in my hands and I Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-39802705697854936552007-11-29T18:25:00.000-05:002007-11-29T18:28:59.951-05:00I Did It!Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-23772569076835267342007-11-29T07:42:00.000-05:002007-11-29T07:51:05.620-05:00Can't Talk, Novelling...I'm going for the big finish today. Pray for me.Meanwhile, just to prove this is still a knitting blog...Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-80283012994369399502007-11-27T22:51:00.000-05:002007-11-27T22:57:05.296-05:00Just Checking In...I am still alive, and chugging steadily toward the NaNoWriMo goal of 50K words. I just wanted to check in briefly to wish a certain 6-year-old a very happy birthday. I know he is an avid reader of this blog and will appreciate the birthday greetings in cyberspace immensely. Well, maybe not. Anyway...Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-12271448055803009952007-11-23T21:50:00.000-05:002007-11-23T22:16:28.765-05:00Happy Thanksgiving!Well, belated salutations, anyway.I hope you all had a wonderful time feasting and visiting relatives (if that applies). I am only taking short break from novelling to check in. Please enjoy these pictures of my finished Charade socks.And a closeup of the heel:And the purl side for those of you who are into that sort of thing...I cast them off on Monday night, just in time to show them off to my Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-71931765034855398592007-11-15T16:53:00.000-05:002007-11-15T17:10:22.560-05:00Or maybe I'm doing it wrong...This is my vacuum.I would like to preface my remarks by first saying that I love my vacuum. This is a workhorse that really gets the job done, in spite of persistent abuse and mistreatment. Like the time I put the air filter in upside down (and vacuumed for months like that), or the numerous times the back end has gotten stuck around the corner and I yanked on the hose hard, or the fact that I'veJen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-62013066741447370852007-11-14T18:48:00.000-05:002007-11-14T18:53:58.825-05:00Shakespeare-Knitblogging MashupIf the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon were a knit blogger...It is the knitting,The knitting above us, govern our conditions.Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from?Get your own quotes: And my personal favorite...Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your knitting.Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from?Get your own quotes: Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-11602066091483057522007-11-13T08:14:00.000-05:002007-11-13T08:46:54.290-05:00As Promised......some knitting content. Yes, in spite of being completely preoccupied with NaNoWriMo, I have gotten some actual knitting done.First, the Charade socks I've been working on.I was doing them in the traditional manner--one sock, cuff down--and got all the way to the toe shaping, which I proceeded to f*ck up royally. Since I had also screwed up made a teensy mistake at the top of the gusset, I Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-37321277194028995282007-11-08T08:03:00.000-05:002007-11-08T17:58:03.362-05:00This PlaceThis fall, Isaac took a class here called "Life on the farm". It is a beautiful and special place.Where they can run and jump and shout...And try to catch the frogs in the pond...Or swing on the tire swing.There is always an opportunity to be chased by the farm's alpha rooster, Eagle. (Seriously, that rooster is stalking me. Not long after I took that last picture, he decided I had no business Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-54374909193798813402007-11-07T16:03:00.000-05:002007-11-07T23:32:25.759-05:00InsteadInstead of working on my novel, I was reading blogs.Instead of cooking dinner, I am blogging.Instead of knitting, I will be working on my novel.Anybody else having a day like that?Also, a quick note to quietly mark the passing of one of our fish, Goldie, swimming happily now in that great big goldfish bowl in the sky. May the water be warm and oxygenated, and may you always have just the right Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-90159619396663735252007-11-06T22:18:00.001-05:002007-11-14T18:41:51.090-05:00I'm way behind...I didn't write at all yesterday, having fallen asleep at 7:30 pm with the kids. Today, I wasn't any where near my computer all day and, while I did some some hand-written stuff, it turns out that it only amounted to about 800 words or so. I'm exhausted tonight. It looks like I will be starting off tomorrow with a 4,700 word deficit. And I'm going into the long haul--the middle, the point where Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-23370273321789712132007-11-04T00:07:00.000-04:002007-11-04T00:24:55.436-04:00NaNoWriMo UpdateWe're finishing up day 3 of NaNoWriMo and I'm happy with how I'm doing so far. I'm running about a 900 word deficit and I have no clue at all what will happen in the middle of my novel. (Well, I have a sort of vague idea of what will happen at the end of my novel, but getting there is going to be a helluva surprise for me and the characters involved.) But hey, I've written more than 4000 words! Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-51977822186346884582007-11-03T08:11:00.000-04:002007-11-03T08:16:10.014-04:00Um...I am really not sure what to think about this... (Link via BuzzFeed, thanks!)Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-4558127309301694892007-11-01T09:29:00.000-04:002007-11-01T09:38:36.876-04:00It begins...Remember when I mentioned that I would be too busy in the month of November for Holiday knitting? The reason is that I signed up for NaNoWriMo. I'm very excited. I got a few of my friends to join in the fun as well--even Mr. Interrupted (sadly blogless) signed up! Yesterday, I would get butterflies in my stomach every time I thought of NaNo starting today. Crap, it starts today?! I gotta go!Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-35107895811936913392007-10-31T12:25:00.000-04:002007-10-31T12:31:16.603-04:00Happy Halloween!Have a fun, safe night out there!What are you (or your kids?) dressing up as?Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-29821645464315760592007-10-31T08:40:00.000-04:002007-10-31T09:16:26.685-04:00Swelling with Pride, Filled with EnvyI remember how I prodded my totally awesome sister into starting up a blog. She now has three blogs and has recently received some blog accolades. The best one (and the one least like a meme) was The Rising Blogger's Post of the Day for the beautiful and poignant post she wrote about Autumn. (Go read it, if you haven't already, it's really quite lovely.) I am so proud of her.Also, her authority Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-43417991781077321602007-10-26T17:53:00.000-04:002007-10-26T18:09:42.106-04:00It's OfficialDoozer is toilet-trained.Last night, I removed the remains of the CitiKitty litter tray and sprinkled just a few grains of litter on the toilet seat (you know, as a hint). I admit, I was nervous. That tray was all that stood between me and shoveling cat litter every day. This morning, I woke to a cheerful "Mommy, Doozer made a poop in the potty!" sung out by my soon-to-be-six-year-old. Later, I Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-83763091197328725652007-10-25T09:33:00.001-04:002007-10-25T09:52:45.343-04:00The View From HereThis* is what my Wednesday nights look like. I play with the local community orchestra, and we are rehearsing for our upcoming November concert.Can you tell what instrument I play by where I sit in the orchestra?*Sorry for the crappy Photoshop panoramic. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to Kinnear an entire orchestra when you are supposed to be counting measures? (click the image for a Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-44995176074886659862007-10-22T19:37:00.000-04:002007-10-22T19:46:25.831-04:00Happy Birthday!Look Out!EZ-E turned two today. Don't let that beguiling smile beguile you. That one is trouble with a capital T.Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-61476511159937966322007-10-21T18:26:00.000-04:002007-10-21T19:40:10.488-04:00Rhinebeck sucked....or Thoughts from a Rhinebeck NewbieI wanted to love it the way everyone else does. I wanted to have a great time and make knitterly/bloggerly connections. I was so excited to see the sheep and the yarn and the spinners. I thought it would be great, and there were a few things that were good. But mostly, it was bad.Good things:1. Meeting Casey, the Father of Ravelry, at the Ravelry gathering (Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-73408481871472190612007-10-19T16:07:00.000-04:002007-10-19T16:11:23.255-04:00Booty Club photos!I just nipped out to the mailbox, and much to my surprise and delight, found that Booty Club yarn has arrived. Let me tell you, this club continues to kick serious ass. Look, needles! I didn't even order needles. And, in 2 different sizes. Yarn Pirate, you rock!This is not a colorway I would have picked out on my own at a yarn shop, but seriously, isn't it awesome?!Also, as an added bonus, I haveJen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-790472070370446472007-10-19T15:15:00.000-04:002007-10-19T15:25:23.487-04:00A Shopping List of SortsThis weekend is Rhinebeck. I am very excited as this is my first year attending. The boys are looking forward to seeing all the fiber bearing creatures and I will bring the Turkish Spindle I picked up at the CT Sheep and Wool festival to see if someone will volunteer to give me an impromptu lesson. (Hey spinners! If you see me, HELP!)Also, I am looking forward to the shopping. I don't have Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29518183.post-32215779852141115412007-10-18T09:28:00.000-04:002007-10-18T09:46:19.392-04:00Exterminate!Check out this Dalek jack-o-lantern. Thanks CraftyCrafty!Jen in FLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10680050167909182743noreply@blogger.com