Archive for August, 2007
Adventures in Gauge
One of the lessons I have learned while knitting is that getting gauge, while boring, is important. It is a little bit like winding bobbins of floss for a new cross-stitch project. It is just something that should be done before really getting into a project. Otherwise, all of your floss will end up a [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on August 30th, 2007 tagged knitting | Comment now »
Katrina Remembered
Ok, the knitting will have to wait a day. I really pondered on whether to post this – so many other people have much more direct experiences. However, Louisiana is my home state, and my current home, Houston, was also impacted. Living in a Gulf Coast area, I always track hurricanes, so I kept my [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on August 29th, 2007 tagged Other | Comment now »
10,000 Crazy People
I spent the weekend with over 10,000 crazy people. How do I know they were all crazy? They all voluntarily participated in an bicycling event called the Hotter ‘n Hell and in fact 70% of them were signed up to do the Hotter ‘n Hell 100 (meaning 100 miles). It was up in Wichita Falls, [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on August 28th, 2007 tagged cycling, travel | Comment now »
I caved
I was going to wait until next month, but I caved and ordered yarn for the Tilted Duster. All the blogs say that it knits up really quickly, and I’d love to have it this fall, since it is still really hot here now. On the other hand, I need to be a good cross [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on August 22nd, 2007 tagged design work, Other | Comment now »
Deep Cleaning
I am in the process of trying to do some deep cleaning of the house. That’s the kind of cleaning where drawers are cleaned out rather than just putting more stuff in them. I got a good start over the weekend; I put away the DVDs instead of just stacking them and cleaned the clutter [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on August 21st, 2007 tagged design work, Other | Comment now »
Technology doesn’t like me
First, I had an email slip-up. To the person from New Zeland who emailed me about the complimentary charts, please resend your email – it accidentally got deleted and is gone into the ether(net). This happened because my mail client will open up a window for viewing email which contains a red x on the [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on August 15th, 2007 tagged design work, tech | 1 Comment »
Mocha’s big day
Mocha is the official resident cat for Cross Eyed Kat – but she isn’t cross eyed. She is a mommy’s cat; she’s one of those cats that’s not a lap cat – a little bit fiesty, a little bit stand-offish. Oh, but she loves to get attention from her mommy (me). Yesterday, when I got [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on August 10th, 2007 tagged cat | Comment now »
Still no Yellow
This post vacation catchup is neverending. I hope to get Snowfight: Yellow photographed tonight so that the charts can be completed. The good news is that everything for the trunk show at Needle Orts got shipped off on Tuesday. Additionally, critical laundry and grocery shopping has gotten done. I got an interesting email from the [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on August 8th, 2007 tagged news, Other, TNNA | Comment now »
Where Kat Was
Fourteen days, nine states and over 3000 miles. All in the name of RAGBRAI madness. That’s rag-bry for the uninitiated – a seven day bike ride across the state of Iowa. I did not ride – I was sherpa/support for my rider. This is what Iowa looks like if you haven’t been there: Sometimes there’s [...]
Published by cross eyed kat on August 7th, 2007 tagged travel | Comment now »
Announcements
A few announcements: 1. I am still alive. 2. I survived a strange craziness known as RAGBRAI (pronounced rag-bry). If you’re from Iowa, you know what I’m talking about. During this craziness, I discovered that there is an inordinant amount of corn and soybeans covering Iowa. More on RAGBRAI in another post. 3. “Snowfight: Yellow” [...]