Woolarina
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
happy xmas and hannukah!
Things have been busy busy around our apartment.. cleaning and cooking and scrounging up last minute gifts when certain ones didn't show up. and cooking some more because I got cookbooks for christmas and the massive amounts of food I cooked Xmas day were all eaten! And visiting people and cleaning and painting my dads house. and sewing things for my secret santa (though it isn't due til the end of january- whew!)
This was a bookish sort of Christmas for me, which is always great. and timely since I finally am getting around to reading these and knocking a few books off my to-read shelf. I got a few new paperbacks, a map book of DC (and no more arguments about ALWAYS going the wrong direction- we also both have compasses now! ;), and another fun book by Melanie Falick:
And some sock yarn (for when I *finally* get around to finishing more of them... soon I swear!). And a nice and soft and warm cashmere sweater. and liquor, of course! No holiday is complete without liquor!
and I got myself a whole bunch of Noro Kureyon, simply because it was on SALE and I just HAD to have it. Why? It's not even that soft! it has questionable VM throughout it. I KNOW THIS! why was I drawn in?! I will make mittens to sell out of a couple of skeins. the rest will make this. probably minus the front stripey, as I'm not sure it is me... WHY though?! I still have Rogue to make a hood for. and a brooke's farm mohair sweater to finish. and socks. and a tank. and a clapotis. and wristwarmers. WHY am I sitting on my couch knitting with NORO?
This was a bookish sort of Christmas for me, which is always great. and timely since I finally am getting around to reading these and knocking a few books off my to-read shelf. I got a few new paperbacks, a map book of DC (and no more arguments about ALWAYS going the wrong direction- we also both have compasses now! ;), and another fun book by Melanie Falick:
And some sock yarn (for when I *finally* get around to finishing more of them... soon I swear!). And a nice and soft and warm cashmere sweater. and liquor, of course! No holiday is complete without liquor!
and I got myself a whole bunch of Noro Kureyon, simply because it was on SALE and I just HAD to have it. Why? It's not even that soft! it has questionable VM throughout it. I KNOW THIS! why was I drawn in?! I will make mittens to sell out of a couple of skeins. the rest will make this. probably minus the front stripey, as I'm not sure it is me... WHY though?! I still have Rogue to make a hood for. and a brooke's farm mohair sweater to finish. and socks. and a tank. and a clapotis. and wristwarmers. WHY am I sitting on my couch knitting with NORO?
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Monday, December 19, 2005
psssst. we are getting married!
not that wedding planning is entirely exciting. but.. better than going on and on about it here, eh?
It's here for now, but will be moving once we get around to setting up our webpage.
marcel and paula get hitched
It's here for now, but will be moving once we get around to setting up our webpage.
marcel and paula get hitched
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
craft fair, donations -- THIS WEEKEND!
Woolarina will be at the visions in feminism craft fair this saturday, from 1-3 pm at the Infoshop in DC. Come by and get some Christmas/Hanukkah presents for people on your list- we've got loads of yarn and hats and scarves and a few little goodies left over from bazaar bizarre!
CRAFT FAIR
December 17th, 2005 1pm-4pm
The Brian MacKenzie Infoshop
Community Room
1426 9th St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.986.0681
Admission: One Canned Food and Sanitary Item Donation
CRAFT FAIR
December 17th, 2005 1pm-4pm
The Brian MacKenzie Infoshop
Community Room
1426 9th St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.986.0681
Admission: One Canned Food and Sanitary Item Donation
bazarre bizarre
great times! so many craftsters! rundown of the weekend coming soon!
so- Friday we wake up to a non snow day. Went to bed to no snow, and woke up to blue skies. And 2 hours delay at work. I manage to come in 2.5 hours late to work. drats. I check and double check the airport website all day, seeing how there is some sort of thundersnow in boston. Eek! we leave work early friday to get to BWI... only to find our flight delayed to near midnight. Uhh? no thank you! The nice people at AirTran were good about rebooking us for the next morning, at least. Was way better to sleep in my own bed rather than the airport, and I bet k8 and her guy were glad to not come to the airport at 1 am!
We do some non-xmas shopping and eating and go home... come back the next day and are on our merry way. We braved the super cheap T system (really, $1.50?!?! to go anywhere?!?) and meet friends for lunch and check out their new place and crazy dog. their crazy 50 pound lap dog! ruff! Then we found k8 and tim and ate some yummy cambodian food and some even yummier ice cream. Then did some last minute skeining and packing.
Sunday was nice and leisurely- sure is great when craft fairs start at 1 PM! no leaving the house at 7 am! We got there around 10:30, and took our time setting up. Had some Dunkin Donuts coffee. (I love the donuts, but the coffee? not strong enough for the cold boston weather! why does everyone there drink it?!) We had sooooo much yarn. It filled our big ikea rack and then some!
1 pm rolls around, and there's a line out the door! I guess they aren't allowed to have so many people in there for the fire code, but there was plenty of space.. and plenty of crowds! We were mobbed for the first couple hours I think. And we were just in the door (but thankfully FAR from the loud music and occasional theremin noise that just didn't agree with my ears even if it was kinda neat!) so everyone came with $20 bills. we ran out of change again and again! kind of embarassing, but I think it was ok in the end. we knocked a few bucks off here and there, but survived!
Here we are at the beginning.. look how much yarn we made!!
This is how many people there were! MADNESS!! 3500 in all I think!
And at the end. CLEANED OUT!
Haha.. notice that Kate is STILL KNITTING HATS.. can't stop knitting! at least boston is cold enough to wear hats, eh?
All in all, it was a fun weekend. Boston is always a fun place to be! And, cold as it is, seems like a good place to live! Lots of cool knitters about!
so- Friday we wake up to a non snow day. Went to bed to no snow, and woke up to blue skies. And 2 hours delay at work. I manage to come in 2.5 hours late to work. drats. I check and double check the airport website all day, seeing how there is some sort of thundersnow in boston. Eek! we leave work early friday to get to BWI... only to find our flight delayed to near midnight. Uhh? no thank you! The nice people at AirTran were good about rebooking us for the next morning, at least. Was way better to sleep in my own bed rather than the airport, and I bet k8 and her guy were glad to not come to the airport at 1 am!
We do some non-xmas shopping and eating and go home... come back the next day and are on our merry way. We braved the super cheap T system (really, $1.50?!?! to go anywhere?!?) and meet friends for lunch and check out their new place and crazy dog. their crazy 50 pound lap dog! ruff! Then we found k8 and tim and ate some yummy cambodian food and some even yummier ice cream. Then did some last minute skeining and packing.
Sunday was nice and leisurely- sure is great when craft fairs start at 1 PM! no leaving the house at 7 am! We got there around 10:30, and took our time setting up. Had some Dunkin Donuts coffee. (I love the donuts, but the coffee? not strong enough for the cold boston weather! why does everyone there drink it?!) We had sooooo much yarn. It filled our big ikea rack and then some!
1 pm rolls around, and there's a line out the door! I guess they aren't allowed to have so many people in there for the fire code, but there was plenty of space.. and plenty of crowds! We were mobbed for the first couple hours I think. And we were just in the door (but thankfully FAR from the loud music and occasional theremin noise that just didn't agree with my ears even if it was kinda neat!) so everyone came with $20 bills. we ran out of change again and again! kind of embarassing, but I think it was ok in the end. we knocked a few bucks off here and there, but survived!
Here we are at the beginning.. look how much yarn we made!!
This is how many people there were! MADNESS!! 3500 in all I think!
And at the end. CLEANED OUT!
Haha.. notice that Kate is STILL KNITTING HATS.. can't stop knitting! at least boston is cold enough to wear hats, eh?
All in all, it was a fun weekend. Boston is always a fun place to be! And, cold as it is, seems like a good place to live! Lots of cool knitters about!
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
business trip
howdy. I've been a bit out of the loop... getting ready for BIG CRAFT FAIR Sunday (btw- if you're in Boston, please stop by and say hi!!!) and wedding planning and work trips. I was lucky enough to HAVE to attend a review in Boulder last week... I'm always amazed at how pretty Colorado is. This is going from Denver to Boulder.
We had most of the first afternoon and all evening free (hehe... unlike colleagues who took a LATE flight that was DELAYED by apparent TORNADO WARNINGS in the DC area!!) so we wandered around downtown Boulder. Tons of fun shops and restaurants, and some great brew pubs. And a whole bunch of people not from Boulder! We met a few DC people, actually... which is wierd since noone is from DC either (except me!) Where do DCers go?! Anyhow, downtown Boulder? Nice! they have 5 or 6 blocks of a street set up as a fussgangerzone, and have a lot of stuff in between the sidewalks. lots of sculptures, rock gardens, etc.
We stayed at a hotel that smelled funny. But it had nice comforters. fake quilts! cute. not so cute when the AWFUL COLD I was trying to avoid since the sunday before hit me HARD after a long night of drinking (yay for a couple of coworkers that were my age, or acted my age!) sore throat stuffy head can't breath... wah.
I suffered through the second day of the review and dinner (with homebrewed root beer!) somehow... my one colleague really saved me with making sure I wasn't dying and driving me to safeway to get non-meth-making sudafed. She didn't even mind that I had to stay in the car instead of go hiking here while we had a few hours to kill before the flight.. but it was stinking windy and cold out!
Though Boulder this week is hovering around zero. F!!! so glad we were there last week, cold and all..
howdy. I've been a bit out of the loop... getting ready for BIG CRAFT FAIR Sunday (btw- if you're in Boston, please stop by and say hi!!!) and wedding planning and work trips. I was lucky enough to HAVE to attend a review in Boulder last week... I'm always amazed at how pretty Colorado is. This is going from Denver to Boulder. We had most of the first afternoon and all evening free (hehe... unlike colleagues who took a LATE flight that was DELAYED by apparent TORNADO WARNINGS in the DC area!!) so we wandered around downtown Boulder. Tons of fun shops and restaurants, and some great brew pubs. And a whole bunch of people not from Boulder! We met a few DC people, actually... which is wierd since noone is from DC either (except me!) Where do DCers go?! Anyhow, downtown Boulder? Nice! they have 5 or 6 blocks of a street set up as a fussgangerzone, and have a lot of stuff in between the sidewalks. lots of sculptures, rock gardens, etc. We stayed at a hotel that smelled funny. But it had nice comforters. fake quilts! cute. not so cute when the AWFUL COLD I was trying to avoid since the sunday before hit me HARD after a long night of drinking (yay for a couple of coworkers that were my age, or acted my age!) sore throat stuffy head can't breath... wah. I suffered through the second day of the review and dinner (with homebrewed root beer!) somehow... my one colleague really saved me with making sure I wasn't dying and driving me to safeway to get non-meth-making sudafed. She didn't even mind that I had to stay in the car instead of go hiking here while we had a few hours to kill before the flight.. but it was stinking windy and cold out!
Though Boulder this week is hovering around zero. F!!! so glad we were there last week, cold and all..
