tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-378814082009-02-21T00:56:50.701-08:00Courtneynoreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-20627664894372345832008-12-29T18:19:00.000-08:002008-12-29T18:30:12.680-08:00

When the weather is cold outside nothing warms the inside of one's stomach (or home) quite the same way that a nice hot bowl of soup can. With that it mind, I present to you a recipe!Chicken tortilla soup1 lb chicken breasts, cooked and shredded or cut into 1 inch pieces3 shallots, diced1/2 a roasted onion, sliced (I happened to have these left over. If you don't, just saute some in your pan

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-22377472663734794252008-12-24T19:27:00.001-08:002008-12-24T19:31:23.270-08:00

"Mama says that Santa Claus is coming tonight! Oh boy!"

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-11030900306864363082008-12-21T17:55:00.000-08:002008-12-21T18:00:32.554-08:00

I was originally going to cast on for the Vinterblomster mittens this week. I even bought yarn for the project, but the problem is that the colors aren't quite right. I cast on for a fair-isle hat instead, and got a solid 4 inches into it before realizing that it wasn't going to fit me at all.Fortunately I live in a household with a small head (Betty), so when I'm done with the hat I'll give it

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-3998931493495177912008-12-13T12:59:00.000-08:002008-12-13T13:11:58.818-08:00

Ok, so it's about time I checked in! How are you all (all 2 of you)? I'm doing just great. It's Christmas time, which I love. I'm doing some knitting, and some sewing, which I love. I have a 7 foot tall tree in my livingroom, and I can't even DESCRIBE how much I like that... it's a lot. I'm keeping busy at work (really busy actually. The world of costuming is kind of run on stress that is

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-28821194006920227072008-09-19T21:17:00.000-07:002008-09-19T21:21:45.897-07:00

As you may have noticed from my silence, the amount of free time that I have to sit at my computer and update the whole world has gone sharply downhill. Mostly that's because I'm lazy, but it's also because I'm among the world of the employed now, and every spare second that isn't spent sleeping or working is spent raising my kid to be an outstanding person.But knitting is happening too! I

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-33246361875241316822008-07-20T17:06:00.000-07:002008-07-20T17:10:28.636-07:00

No posts for a while, but I swear that I have a good reason! I got a job, which means that Betty goes to a friend's house during the day (she has a load of fun, but I miss hanging out with her).Meanwhile, I tootle off to the costume department at the local Children's Theater where I'm working this summer as a stitcher. I. Love. It.It's honestly the kind of job that I don't mind getting up for,

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-83388381977899164482008-06-18T08:27:00.000-07:002008-06-18T08:28:37.962-07:00

56As a 1930s wife, I amAverageTake the test!As a 1930's housewife.

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I'm fairly sure that I haven't posted about this finished object yet, and since it is FINALLY on its way to its new home (courtesy of my husband, who is driving to Tacoma to get me a really cool sewing machine and accessories), I feel like I can safely show you a picture!

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-34301307899862843172008-06-04T15:19:00.000-07:002008-06-04T15:30:19.761-07:00

I finished Betty's summerlin, I whipped up a Tribble to use in the tub and then I sat down and I finished the first sleeve for my Gathered-ish Pullover. It made me feel good to be finishing a few things but it made me feel REALLY good to be so close to done with this blasted sweater.Don't get me wrong. I love this sweater. It is long enough, the color is great, the fair-isle is decent (if not

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-8161218561173993142008-05-29T12:40:00.000-07:002008-05-29T12:55:21.798-07:00

My husband would like me to confess to the world that even after two posts about my inability to stick with a project, I cast on for ANOTHER project. I was going to keep it quiet, casually brandishing a finished object in about a week, and not go into details about how I saw this dress on ravelry and cast on almost immediately. To be COMPLETELY honest, I plan to copy the set that Devonem

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-54917712040120972502008-05-27T11:21:00.000-07:002008-05-27T11:29:23.517-07:00

Yep. It's official. I have the knitting attention span of a leaf of lettuce. I knit happily away on my Froot Loop sock until just after turning the heel before I lost interest. Then I cast on for a shawl out of some lovely handspun yarn I picked up at the Farmer's Market a year ago. When it became PAINFULLY clear that I wasn't going to have enough yarn, I put that down too, and now I'm back

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-28784733808829321822008-05-01T18:50:00.000-07:002008-05-01T18:57:14.522-07:00

. . . is when you “think” you’ve committed to finishing a project, but then you start another project anyway and justify it by saying that the second project is a different TYPE of project and therefore doesn’t count. Take for example my Sisik Gathered Pullover. I picked it up again, and swore that I would knit exclusively on the sweater until it was done and no longer hanging over my head.

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-17587408863872671222008-04-21T16:29:00.001-07:002008-04-23T14:57:27.201-07:00

It's a good thing that my husband took me for better or worse etc., because the last few weeks have been absolutely PACKED with health issues around here. Hardly anyone reads this thing, so I don't feel too bad carving out a space to whine in.First I had an eyelid infection. Then acute allergic pink-eye, during which my eyelids were swollen shut and my eyes looked like they were made out of

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-59079978501275688842008-04-15T06:49:00.000-07:002008-04-15T06:56:27.870-07:00

Marsha! Your comment made me laugh the hardest, so I'll be shipping you a box full of goodies!To everyone who entered my contest, thanks. To everyone else, you missed out on a load of fun stuff. Better luck next time!Anyway, pop over and visit Marsha's blog. It's really first rate: I've been reading her stuff for quite a while now, so it was fun to be able to "thank" her for her blogosphere

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-47381462578679797172008-04-01T15:58:00.000-07:002008-04-01T16:07:23.096-07:00

We are creeping up on my third Blogiversary, and as promised I'm going to hold a contest. Simply leave a comment with an entertaining caption for this picture of Betty. Whoever makes me laugh the hardest gets a fun prize! Since I have a variety of readers, you should also indicate whether or not you are a knitter so I can send you something you'll actually enjoy. You have until 9:00 pm on the

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-32447894925892462982008-03-26T17:37:00.000-07:002008-03-26T18:54:39.233-07:00

I'm sure all moms go through this with their kids, which is why I'm classifying it as a mom moment.I was looking at the last couple of pictures I've posted of the Wee me, and it hit me: my daughter is a pretty darn good looking one year old. I like her. I think she's going to spend a lot of her life making me proud. She ALREADY makes me feel proud.She is, without a doubt, the best finished

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-14761846957577429902008-03-26T08:08:00.000-07:002008-03-26T08:26:38.510-07:00

I did some actual knitting! Of course, I can't show the finished object to you, because the recipient doesn't have it yet. You'll have to settle for a baby picture.I don't think the recipient can manage the internet and if she could I'm pretty sure she couldn't find my web-page (probably wouldn't even think to look), but I wouldn't be the first person to rely too heavily on the "safety" and

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-24426373113060064492008-03-11T16:02:00.001-07:002008-03-11T16:08:35.785-07:00

Well, we officially made it to a year. Hopefully the second year will have a few more nights of sleep in it because I miss sleeping through the night. Friends tell me that it happens eventually, that toddlers sleep through pretty much anything, but I'll believe it when I get there.Here's to a lifetime of sleepless nights!

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-49750232716093229312008-03-07T14:53:00.000-08:002008-03-07T21:49:47.212-08:00

I am the type of person who doesn't iron her clothes. Special occasion clothes go to the drycleaner for a wash and press before I wear them, and otherwise I try not to even OWN things that require ironing. I also don't generally iron my husband's things, and as a result he doesn't own things that require ironing either (or maybe I'm giving him too little credit, and he just has some common

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-20008912147628505702008-02-23T08:37:00.000-08:002008-02-23T21:07:12.420-08:00

Marsha left me a list of questions in the comments about Betty's little shirt, and I thought I'd answer them here in case anyone else is wondering the same things.I totally used a pattern. If you are interested in sewing for a baby, it's New Look 6792. For a little older infant, you might look at New Look 6473. I haven't compared them in detail, but they look pretty similar to me (the neckline

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-16218650427248190472008-02-22T21:35:00.000-08:002008-02-22T21:52:07.973-08:00

A savvy reader left a comment in my last post asking me to show a picture of some things that I've sewn for Lil B. Clearly she hasn't been reading my blog very long, or she would know that all offers to show pictures of progress on various projects are EMPTY EMPTY PROMISES!I always say I'm going to get back to you all with a photo, and then I don't, but NO-ONE ever seems to notice. So here you

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-19077524127652262522008-02-12T09:05:00.000-08:002008-02-12T09:12:36.147-08:00

It is still winter here. No matter how much I wish for spring, it doesn't change the fact that it still snows at least once a week, and that pretty much no-one can leave the valley because mountain passes in every direction are closed off and on because of accidents and avalanches. In an effort to escape winter's grasp, I put the Endpaper Mittens on hold (only temporarily! I'm going back to

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-51316574529440166232008-02-01T15:05:00.000-08:002008-02-01T15:11:31.753-08:00

I loved the previous template I was using (although I might actually like this one better), but I just COULD NOT STAND the way that my text kept overlapping onto the border images. It was irritating and difficult to read, so I switched it up. Not much progress on the Endpaper mittens since yesterday, because I just spent the only knitting time of my day importing the last year of KTK posts to

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-32050510295661916682008-01-31T19:30:00.000-08:002008-01-31T19:41:41.399-08:00

I have very little self-control (something which I think other knitters out there can understand), which is why, after a full 48 hours of obsessing over someone else's hand-knit mittens, I cast on for my own.I've looked at and loved the endpaper mitts for a long time, so when the fair-isle bug hit me, I decided that the Mitts would be a perfect project for me! Or at least they WOULD be if

Courtneynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37881408.post-22478350273803551112008-01-16T21:58:00.000-08:002008-01-16T22:06:10.876-08:00

Wendy just finished some absolutely stunning mittens, and I'm having an impossible time concentrating on anything but the potential for fair-isle. I spent several hours scanning around the internet for fingering-weight yarns that would be great in mittens (Chocolate brown and a nice bright peach hand-dyed yarn anyone???), and I have to go to bed, simmering in a pot of disappointment because I

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