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Just Call Me Ariadne

Friday afternoon I went through my yarn stash and decided to give some of it to charity. Okay, so it was some not-really-funky cheap acrylic novelty yarn that I picked up at the beginning of my knitting career (i.e. February), but it doesn’t matter if the destashed yarn was cheap and nasty - I destashed [...]

Posted 08 June 2008 † Karie § Craft § Popular Culture ‡ Comments (0)

Must. Not. Buy.

Oh dear. Following a visit to the neurologist, I’m sitting here going: “I so need to buy myself some yarn as a treat.” I don’t exactly lack yarn, so I’m guessing that I’ve fallen into the trap of so many other crafters: buying supplies as a substitute for actually making something. Or perhaps I just [...]

Posted 15 May 2008 † Karie § Craft § Personal ‡ Comments (1)

Airing the Closet

I don’t know if anybody’s keeping tabs on the Now Reading section of the sidebar. If you do, you will have noticed that it seems to have frozen. Could it really be? Has Ms Bookish given up on reading?
Of course not. I’m just reading books that don’t really fit into my usual categories. Yes, [...]

Posted 14 May 2008 † Karie § Craft § Personal ‡ Comments (0)

Stranger Things Have Happened

If somebody could explain to me why I spend an entire day feeling excruciatingly guilty over telling my manager that I’m still ill and, no, I do not know when I’ll be back at work, then leave me a comment. I shouldn’t feeling guilty for telling the truth but I suspect it’s that old authority [...]

Posted 09 April 2008 † Karie § Craft § Personal § Popular Culture ‡ Comments (0)

On Parcels Expected And Unexpected

Isn’t that just pretty?
My Canadian friend, Fearthainn, wrote to me asking for my snail mail when she realised that a) I had rediscovering crocheting and knitting and b) I had fallen ill.
And she has just sent me the most beautiful handspun yarn I have ever seen in my life. Yes, she is a [...]

Posted 03 April 2008 † Karie § Craft § Literature § Personal § Scotland ‡ Comments (1)

Careful, Stumble, You Might Fall

I’d show you a picture, but it’s a bit too gruesome: I have yarn burn on my left hand. It’s all band-aided up now, but I had to abandon the yarn-fest late yesterday night after it started hurting too much. Who knew that my latest obsession would turn this nasty? I’m accustomed to paper cuts, [...]

Posted 24 March 2008 † Karie § Bibliophilia § Personal ‡ Comments (0)