One of the cold hard truths I learned when I quit the engineering job and started setting my own schedule was this:
You can’t get anything done on the days when DH is home.
Jan 27
Posted by TessM in It's All About Me, Not Knitting, Project Management | No Comments
One of the cold hard truths I learned when I quit the engineering job and started setting my own schedule was this:
You can’t get anything done on the days when DH is home.
Jun 12
Posted by TessM in It's All About the Blog, Knit Funny | No Comments
This post was originally going to be poignant, touching and funny. Everything you always wanted in a knitting blog post.
Alas, due to the machinations of big business, my original vision has been forced to change a bit.
Read more on I Just Want You to Know, I Had Big Plans…
Tags: sister
Both my sister and a college friend recently sent me copies of this Wall Street Journal article about knitting.
More specifically, it’s about "Sock Wars", where the idea is that everyone playing the game is an "assassin" and has an assigned "target". You are supposed to "assassinate" that person by knitting them a pair of socks, and then you send them to your target before your assassin sends a pair of finished socks to you.
Sep 28
Posted by TessM in Books, Sites, Mags, It's All About Me | 4 Comments
So, you may have noticed that in the previous post, I said that my sister was knitting a sweater for her fiance.
YIKES! but what about the famous, infamous Sweater Curse?
Read more on (Breaking) the Sweater Curse…
Tags: DH, engineering, sister, sweater curse, VK
I can trace my original fascination with knitting back to age 6. That’s when my big sister, Bets, came for her very last Christmas visit home – because she was engaged, and would be married in April. (Bets and I are at either end of a large family – there are 17 years between us).
Read more on It’s My Sister’s Fault!…
Tags: Continental, crochet, sister
Sep 27
Posted by TessM in It's All About Me, It's All About the Blog | No Comments
“A year from now, you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
OK, so I’m starting today. Hiya. Welcome to my blog! I intend for this to be a blog about knitting, mainly, with some color commentary about life and whatnot thrown in.
Read more on In the beginning……
Tags: DH, engineering, sister
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