tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169752842024-03-23T13:10:47.065-05:00Ozark KnittingJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-28533629780098133012014-06-03T21:14:00.000-05:002014-06-03T21:14:07.256-05:00School's Out for Summer!Oh, hello! School has actually been out for over a week for the students. Teachers had to go back for a couple of days after Memorial Day. This was my 7th year of teaching. Whew. Time flies ...
The kid who was a high school sophomore my first year of teaching graduated from college last month, and commissioned in the USArmy as a 2LT. He's home for a few weeks before he has to report for his Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-59674038551194998642012-08-04T13:31:00.000-05:002012-08-04T13:31:42.949-05:00A little detour into ice cream makingShortly after Sheri wrote about her ice cream machine and the recipe book she purchased with it, I decided to follow suit and get both for myself. The first ice cream I made was a recipe from the book that came with the machine. More cream than milk, about a 2:1 ratio. I didn't really like the taste, or more accurately, the feel of it. Hard to explain. So I turned to Jeni's Splendid Ice Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-46082533482759627112012-04-14T12:12:00.000-05:002012-04-14T12:12:00.800-05:00Que sera, seraAnother new project: the Que Sera cardigan from Knitty. Knitting ADD, much? Sheri from The Loopy Ewe presented her 2nd quarter challenge, which is to knit adult socks, a sweater or a vest with a yarn that has cotton in it. There was about a week at the end of March where you could get 20% off the yarn you were going to use for the challenge. So I'm making a very girly pink lacy cardigan.&Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-34592230779907179902012-03-11T22:18:00.000-05:002012-03-11T22:18:58.275-05:00Take TwoI restarted my Perfect Raglan cardigan today, for several reasons:
1. I forgot to subtract 2 stitches from the back neck cast-on to compensate for the raglan eyelets.
2. My crochet cast-on seemed way too loose. This cardigan will get a button band, but I don't think the back neck would ever lay quite right. So I switched to long-tail cast-on.
3. I decided to do the v-neck increases as specified Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-75228941038721449422012-03-10T21:39:00.000-06:002012-03-10T21:39:32.597-06:00Knitting ADDI did finish the Sock Hop socks, about 2 weeks after that last post. The short-row toes were a bit wonky, so I ripped them out & reknit.
wonky short-row toes
I think I have mentioned that the yarn color is called Free Bird. Really, it makes me think of The Official Preppy Handbook. I believe I have a copy of that book in a box around here somewhere.
And I started the Wayward Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-33227586881158866112012-02-18T15:17:00.000-06:002012-02-18T15:17:29.391-06:00Socks and suchEarly this month, I got a shipping notice from Cookie A -- the first 2012 sock club shipment would be arriving soon. I decided that I should try to finish a pair of socks before the yarn came & I would want to start the new socks. So I rummaged around and found these:
Sock Hop Free Bird
The first sock was finished, and the second sock was about an inch long. The safety pins along the foot Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-729142197951423332012-01-29T18:17:00.000-06:002012-01-29T18:17:47.727-06:00Two steps forward, one step backI finished the first L-shaped section of my garter stitch blanket, and weighed it to get an idea of how much yarn I had used. It weighs 15.9 oz., according to my handy digital kitchen scale. Just a smidge under a pound. And this piece represents about 1/8 of the blanket. This is going to be an 8-pound blanket!
I was scanning the pattern to put it on my ipad (a new trick I learned this past weekJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-18903320857988124322012-01-21T16:29:00.000-06:002012-01-21T16:29:33.442-06:00It's been awhileOh, goodness. It's been a very long while since I've been here.
I finished my Diamond Fantasy Shawl. It's beautiful, and I haven't worn it yet. Hmm... need to find something to put together with it. It is unblocked in this photo (sorry).
Also completed all 3 Camp Loopy projects last summer, and earned the completion prize, a skein of Wollmeise Sockenwolle 80/20 Twin, in Blaue Tinte (blue).
TheJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-10453427486300997022011-06-08T16:47:00.000-05:002011-06-08T16:47:22.907-05:00Reflection Shawl & Camp LoopyI have been doing some knitting! I have finished a small shawl called the Reflection Shawl (Ravelry link). The yarn is Fleece Artist BFL sock yarn. More details on my Ravelry project page.
Fiber friends: if you're not on Ravelry, please join! It's a wonderful place to share projects, get ideas, keep track of your stash & what's going on in the fiber world. You can spend as much or as Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-52249046943106126782011-06-06T21:20:00.000-05:002011-06-06T21:20:56.712-05:00There's a First Time for EverythingI have been married to this man for almost 29 years. He is retired from the Army and is teaching JROTC (high school).
He does this with his students several times a year. Today, he invited his family to join in the fun. Our son has done this before, but this was the first time for both of the female members of the household.
The kids are ready to go:
I thought about chickening out,Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-86598336645046063462011-06-01T08:56:00.000-05:002011-06-01T08:56:09.043-05:00It's a universal truth ;-)Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-40470493622679521762011-03-12T10:54:00.000-06:002011-03-12T10:54:11.532-06:00Combat KnittersAnother link I wanted to share -- a Washington Post article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/09/AR2011030905233.htmlJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-42784656728264361872011-03-12T09:56:00.001-06:002011-03-12T09:56:51.374-06:00A good deedHello again!
This blog has been long-neglected, and I have to admit I haven't been reading anyone else's blogs regularly. There are only so many hours in a day, and many of the things I would like to do just don't get done.
Teaching -- creating lessons, grading student work, trying to figure out yet another way to present the lesson as the first (second, third...) try didn't quite work -- takes Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-90755447119094678212010-12-17T13:35:00.000-06:002010-12-17T13:35:15.890-06:00If there had been social networking back then...Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-59455580312627185792010-08-04T14:15:00.000-05:002010-08-04T14:15:45.749-05:00"This never happens here"Here's what my morning looked like:
This picture was on the homepage of the Des Moines Register for awhile this morning. We're here for a conference my husband is attending. The text below was a hotlink to the article on the site. Heavy rains caused flash flooding, which in turn caused a storm drain to collapse. My car has been towed, and will likely be totalled. The water was up over the hood Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-71962778120422826822010-07-12T11:16:00.000-05:002010-07-12T11:16:00.968-05:00How's Your Summer Going?Goodness, has it been that long again? I do appreciate those of you who have the patience & fortitude to keep checking to see if I've posted anything.
First and foremost, I'm still working on writing curriculum. Well, you and I both know that I'm really procrastinating more than actually working on it, or it would be done by now. Why do we have to reinvent the wheel? And the format in which Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-65367648050215307692010-05-08T12:01:00.000-05:002010-05-08T12:01:37.225-05:00Oh, hiWell, thank you for checking in. Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Currently feeling a bit like a big snowball rolling downhill, gathering debris & more snow as it gains momentum.
The school year is coming to a close. Seniors have one more week. Graduation will be the following Friday. In the meantime, the seniors' last week is also the week we are doing End of Course (EOC) testing (those Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-80692144527628632222010-03-24T21:01:00.000-05:002010-03-24T21:01:54.699-05:00Yum!
see more Lolcats and funny picturesJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-77952965803594154842010-03-20T12:55:00.000-05:002010-03-20T12:55:31.813-05:00Catching upMy high school history/government teacher said that we use the word "up" too much, that it is redundant in most cases. I don't think a post titled "Catching" would make much sense, though.
Over a month has gone by since my last post. It's been a busy time. The Olympic knitting project was a fail. [But Afghans for Afghans is doing a part 2 for their youth campaign, with an early May deadline. Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-80105557952181475982010-02-14T07:25:00.002-06:002010-02-14T07:26:43.953-06:00Happy Valentine's DayJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-20507544219015793292010-02-13T11:42:00.005-06:002010-02-13T12:29:53.010-06:00Olympic KnittingBefore the opening ceremonies, I gathered my yarn, needles, and books:Here's my progress, after 3 hours.It would have been about twice as much, but I misinterpreted the directions for left twist (LT): "K the second st tbl, then k the first st and sl both sts off needle." I stuck my right needle into the back loop of the second stitch from the front of the work (going between the 1st and 2nd sts),Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-23984330831529985652010-02-01T13:58:00.003-06:002010-02-01T14:56:07.107-06:00Snow Day!At this rate, we'll be in school till June. For some of you, this may be a cause for confusion, as you're always in school till June. We started school on August 19th, a good 2 1/2 weeks before the traditional after-Labor-Day start that seems to be more common on the East and West coasts. For whatever reason, our district never builds snow days into the calendar. They tease us with Spring Break,Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-38491672927223716642010-01-18T20:38:00.004-06:002010-01-18T21:28:35.436-06:00ProportionsOr, you just might use that math you learned in high school.I am currently working on the Tudor Grace pattern by Anne Hanson. It is the January KAL project for The Loopy Ewe's Spring Fling. I was fortunate enough to get a spot at this year's Fling, to be held April 22-25 in St. Louis. I didn't get to go last year, but I did attend the first one the year before. I was the last person to arrive, Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-64065756379167680062010-01-16T11:43:00.002-06:002010-01-16T12:02:56.544-06:00Winter Lace ProjectI am working on approximately a dozen or more projects, as usual. I just dropped in to invite anyone reading this to join a new Yahoo Group; Andrea of BadCatDesigns is going to do a KAL for a Pi shawl (circular, using Elizabeth Zimmermann's Pi shaping). The charts will be posted at SnowQueenShawl. She'll be closing the group when membership reaches 400, so get over there! Description from the Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16975284.post-86268672637337315982009-12-26T16:32:00.002-06:002009-12-26T16:50:23.682-06:00Snowed InNot really snowed in, but we checked highway conditions between here and home and decided to stay another day. For the 1st half of our trip, the map shows that the roads are partially covered. And the snow continues to fall, here. So we may be here longer than Plan B dictates. The boys are out trying to start the vehicle right now. Not sure what's wrong. We went to the movies last night (SherlockJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18443682747370299287noreply@blogger.com1