xmas knits and baked goods

TJR's noro stripey scarf:


SAMcS's fingerless gradient gloves:


SAMcS's EZ ribwarmer:


PF's brioche-in-the-round hat:


Finnish pulla:


Pea quiche:

An old friend, Steam Shovel:

CGMcS's hat n mittens:




ALMcS's scottish golfer hat:


And tiny silly thumbless mitts:




IJMcS's nosewarmer (KJB's nosewarmer unseen here):



SAM's slightly wall-eyed slippers.

Plus 4 unphotographed beer cozies for my brother, bro-in-law, nephew, and dad.

A few more items in the works, stay tuned...

schlurp schlurp burp schlurp

One of Lulu's best tricks, invented by my brother.
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crunch and crack

I got into a fender bender w/ the Country Squire (crunch). She and I and everyone else involved are fine, but for various reasons the incident necessitated me finding my own car. Voila:


Tragically, on the first day I bought it a rock jumped up and bit the windshield (crack). I'm over it now, though.

Anyway, we have here one of those adopt-and-rename situations. "Fit" is too tidy. It's a dead heat between The Red Menace and The City (Urban?) [E]Squire. I'll take votes and other suggestions too.

The ol' Country Squire is for sale now, if someone wants a mostly functional sweet old thing great for hauling your stuff around.

This blog seems to mostly be about vehicles.

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pictures

Saw The September Issue, got excited about taking pictures again, drove home, yawn.

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it's a chopper baby

as requested:







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the truth-telling bradley turns 41

And gets a birthday present:





If you give them cuffs, they should fit bottles too.


Evidently the tabs on MHL cans are not similarly situated w/r/2 the can design. Fascinating. So much to learn about the high life.

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Miss Pronounce

• epitome (ep-ih-tome)
  
• chaos (chouse)
  
• chihuahua (chih-hoo-a-hoo-a)
  
• macabre (mackaber)
  
• devour (d'vore)
  

Mostly learned through reading and not realizing that they were the same word that I'd heard pronounced. I still screw up the last two.

There are more. There was a good one the other day that I forget now.

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pictures (Allied Chemical)

Probably the last 70-degree day in Nebraska this year (today, Dodge St.):



The Slowdown floor, during the Minabirds' debut (last week):



DMC et al. watching JB (Empty Room, a few weeks ago):


More Empty Room (same night):


Seatbelt (Country Squire, September sometime).


Sunny Day Back Porch (Sept.):


and let's not forget these good times (09/05/09):


I'm still working on pictures of the scooter. It's cold now.

(a later note: the pictures are really better if you click on & embiggen them)

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banksy

See more here.

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how a sewing machine works

I never had any idea.





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a knitting revolution in the making

http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2007/05/easier-way-to-kitchener-stitch-also.html


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an unanticipated consequence

of the scooter (red, vino, natch): not so much with the NPR. the morning alarm will have to matter again.

conflate

to blow together (hence, inflate, deflate). Not, as I thought, to switcheroo.

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polka dot

from Bird & Banner

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The NYT on Women at War

Here. "Like many commanders who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan, [Col. Burt K. Thompson] said that women have ended the debate over their role by their performance."

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10 miles per gallon

I think I will drive my other unair-conditioned car until it sells.
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the country squire

My borrowed wheels, thanks to NPW and my own busted wheels:


The gas gauge is broken, the gear shift points to N when it should point to D, things are a little sticky, and there's a trick to getting the key in the ignition.



And this is the hole in the dashboard where I'm convinced an animal lives:


But she plays Superhits 99.9 KGOR just fine and when I'm in her, I own the road.

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DMB+MR 5/24/09

DMB & MR (got married and) received some nuptial napkins (I hope I'm not ruining the surprise here people) on Sunday.


A few notable new design elements for ACMcS Napkins Co. include: one set/different fabrics (this one is my favorite);


color-coordinated thread (this is a lemon yellow, tho it appears white);


the doubled hemline;


and (a new skill and part of the reason for dreaming up the doubled hemline), attempts at mitered corners.


Here's an member of an older set I've been visiting in Boston for the past few days:

Hand-sewn, wider hems, and brains!
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