http://pepperknit.com/blog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:20:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Potholder Swap 2010 is in full swing---what fun potholders are you making? I can't wait to receive mine from the swap, and making the ones I'll contribute has been a lot of fun, too. I have even tried my pattern out, and they function pretty darn well! I took the ... http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/540 I totally get all the cynicism around Valentine's Day. I get it. Believe me, I hate Hallmark with a firey passion (in fact, I've not stepped foot in a Hallmark store since I worked on a book with them 10 years ago), and I don't even like much chocolate or ... http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/538 It's no secret 'round these parts how much I adore Valentine's Day. It's a weird thing---I guess about 10 or so years ago, I just decided to embrace the holiday and make it mine. I mean, sure, it's overcommercialized and generally a disgusting thing that Hallmark has thrust upon us, ... http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/536 Every girl needs her own army of meek adorable robots, don't you think? These guys are particularly polite and sweet, and they're going to live with Specs, a polite and sweet friend who didn't even bellyache one bit that I delayed more than six months to hold up my end of ... http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/535 Some eat to live; I've always lived to eat. I cook a lot, and I take photos of the majority of what I make---I take photos of the majority of what I eat, whether I cooked it or not. Looking back at the pictures, I can relive every bite. Like these ... http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/534 Let's start with the knitting---this is, at its core, a knitting blog after all. The total here might look paltry . . . and, well, it is! Seven? That's it? Really? Did I forget to tag something and put it in the set? Hm . . . I know that the ... http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/533 Back in Vestvember, I got very zealous and started three vests. Two I finished during the month of November, but as the third was a Christmas present for Dad, I moved a bit slower on it. I brought it with me to Norway and worked on it in plain sight ... http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/532 Merry Christmas all! I'm here in Norway celebrating with my parents. It's been freezing and snowy pretty much every day. But I suppose that's a lot more Christmassy feeling than what we had the last time we were together for the holiday. Merry Christmas! http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/531 I'm not sure if I believed that it was going to work, despite all assurances that it would. When people told me it was no sweat---really---to take scissors to my knitting, I nodded and shrugged like I was well versed in this technique and had no concern. But the truth is, I'd ... http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/530 Vestvember is still in full swing here, never fear---just because I finished my first vest doesn't mean I'm stopping! I didn't deliberately pick the color because of its warm honey tones, but boy does it fit for this pattern! The yarn was leftover from my Mirage, and this was a great ... http://pepperknit.com/blog/archives/528