Posted by: twistedtexan on: November 21, 2007
From the Twisted house to yours: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Posted by: twistedtexan on: November 18, 2007
This weekend I received “the call” from my mother-in-law. The chemotherapy has started taking its toll and her hair has begun to fall out. So, being the wonderful daughter-in-law that I am, I quickly crocheted a cap to keep her noggin comfy and warm.
The pattern is “It’s called a Toque, Eh?” from Amy Swenson’s [...]
Posted by: twistedtexan on: November 16, 2007
This is reason 9,954,472,038 why I love my best friend:
This is part of my Christmas gift. A big ol’ honkin’ box full of knit picks yarn!
I am now the proud owner of:
1 knit picks sock sampler in “cool”. Dude! 12 balls of yarn in the sampler! 12!
4 skeins of gloss in woodland sage.
2 skeins of [...]
Posted by: twistedtexan on: November 13, 2007
A little something to entertain you on a Tuesday:
I never would have guessed that I am a “mohair”
What kind of yarn
are you?
You are Mohair.You are a warm and fuzzy type who works well with others, doing your share without being too weighty. You can be stubborn and absolutely refuse to change your position [...]
Posted by: twistedtexan on: November 10, 2007
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you thought it would just NEVER end?? Well, that’s the kind of week I had – hence, the silence in twistedland. Work was an absolute bear and I am so thankful that it’s the weekend and that I get to play with yarn. Yarn always makes [...]
Posted by: twistedtexan on: November 2, 2007
Sometimes I’m surprised at how, er, “non-intelligent” (OK, STUPID.) some people can be. For instance, I met an aspiring law student last night that asked me the following:
Law dork: “So you work with rodents, right?”
Me: “Yes.”
Law dork: “Like what?”
Me: “Predominantly mice, and occasionally rats.”
Law dork: “Oh, you mean you kill the mice before they grow up to [...]
