Archive for February, 2006
Progress
February 25, 2006 - 7:39 pm PST
You’ll be proud of me. I pinned and cut out a few of the pattern pieces for my wedding dress tonight Slow but steady progress. Maybe Monday can be a day to really get some work done on it.
Green Linen
February 24, 2006 - 9:15 pm PST
I had a few comments in my previous post about the color of the fabric hanging there in my shower. It looks too dark because it was soaking wet in that picture. Today I took down the dried linen, and spent several hours ironing all 13+ yards of it. Fun stuff! It’s good to have [...]
The Awful German Language by Mark Twain
February 23, 2006 - 3:58 pm PST
For those of you who have ever studied a foreign language for any length of time, you may find this recording:”The Awful German Language by Mark Twain(Listen to the recording at Librivox.)”:http://librivox.org/the-awful-german-language-by-mark-twain/ amusing. It comes from Librivox, and is about an hour long (in three parts). The focus is on learning the German language, but [...]
Wedding Dress?
- 3:23 pm PST
That’s a hell of a lot of fabric. I washed and rinsed the linen for my wedding dress today, so hopefully that means soon I get it ironed and started sewing. What you see isn’t all of the fabric either, it’s folded and draped on one of those lattice drying racks. Now we’ll see how [...]
More Crafty Goodness
February 17, 2006 - 8:24 pm PST
Quickly, here’s a little update on my scarf.
It’s halfway, or a third completed. I have no clue how long it will be in the end. When it’s done, I’ll decide it’s done. Every time I think about it, I change my mind about weaving ribbons through the lacy bits. If I found a ribbon of [...]
Knitted Scarf
February 14, 2006 - 7:03 pm PST
Remember the picture I showed of the first knitting project I started? Do you remember that it was supposed to be a scarf?
Well, I gave up on that. I’m not sad I did it, but I decided that it was time to be done with that project. I wasn’t going to use it for anything, [...]
Entry: Not so bad
Author: Paul
Time: August 6, 2008, 12:59 pm PDT
Comment: Kristin, Wanted to let you know that today I started listening to your recording of “The Count of Monte Cristo” at Librivox. Thanks so much for your...