Mim’s Blog

I got a bonsai tree today… FTD.com shipped it to me (and very well packaged, might I add). I’ve always wanted a bonsai, but when I was ordering it despite the fact that they had plenty of more traditional bonsais, I was overwhelmingly drawn to the dwarf jade because it reminded me of my [...]

Every winter I long for the beginning of the hiking season. Something in me craves fresh air on my face and soft earth under my feet. When I was visiting with my sister L’s family over the weekend, we took a trip up into the mountains. All the spring growth has started [...]

I know I’ve said it before, but I love my camera! This is my 50mm f/1.8 II EF lens. I

1. I don’t do well with posting if I don’t start the week out with a ton of posts all set to publish at daily intervals. Last week was such a crappy week for posting because I didn’t take the time on Sunday to work up the week’s posts. Even if I [...]

I really didn’t expect to get so many people de-lurking when I posted about birth control. It seems like there are a lot of women for whom artificial hormones are just BAD NEWS! I’m rather excited at the prospect of getting back to ‘Normal’, and being able to think clearly again.
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… but still knitting. Click to get to flickr to see bigger pics.

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I’m not sure which I’m more in love with, the Zephyros Shawl, or my new camera!

You can see the whole flickr set here.
When I’ve struggled with a project I always get a little pissed off at it by the end. I’m less than pleased until I look at it through the lens of a [...]

The knitting and blocking for Zephyros is done, but I have returned the loner camera to my dad and my new camera is not set to be here until later, so all I have is in progress pictures for you.
Here is a detailed shot of the border:

And detail of the turned short row corner:

The finished [...]

1. I feel super klutzy lately. I have been running into walls (although I think that has more to do with a messed up equilibrium due to sinus issues than klutzyness) and I managed to bruise the INSIDE of my right index finger and my left shin (in two separate incidents) QUITE badly. [...]

So I spoke last night at the knitting guild meeting and it went really well! There were probably… 60 people there and it was standing room only in the back. I started out with a bit of my design philosophy and a slide show presentation showing some of the inspiration for designs. [...]