By alienman on January 31, 2010
I’ve been working on a new scarf for the adorable and ever delectable Jen. I found some sweet yarn stores close to my new home. I got this amazing high quality yarn from Twisted, which has quickly become my new favorite yarn store for their great services and yarn selection. They also have a huge [...]
Posted in Knitting | Tagged knit, knitting, scarf, yarn
By alienman on January 28, 2010
Finally got around to getting the ol’ mane trimmed. Does it look too thinned out? I don’t know why she thought it was necessary to use a straightening iron. I mean, yea, my hair is kind of naturally wavy but I think it looks better than straight, limp hair.
I got this shirt from Goodwill [...]
Posted in Knitting, Photos of Oregon | Tagged alberta, food stand, grilled cheese, hat, knit, knitting, oregon, portland, tea, teahouse, townshend
By alienman on January 9, 2010
There are still boxes EVERYWHERE, holy crap. THEY WILL NEVER GO AWAY.
I should have made a New Year’s Resolution to stop typing in all-caps. TOO BAD I DID NOT HAR HAR HAR.
The highlight of my year so far? My latest scarf project! Okay, I’m kidding. If that were to end up being the highlight of [...]
Posted in Art | Tagged cable, knit, knitting, scarf
By alienman on December 30, 2009
The boyfriend is quite fond of the scarf I made him. He’s been wearing it everywhere. When I first finished it, he wore it indoors for a couple of days out of sheer delight.
Fricken’ boyfriend. We were watching a show on Hulu together when that Latisse commercial comes on. He turns to me and says, [...]
Posted in anecdotes | Tagged knit, knitting, scarf
By alienman on December 27, 2009
I discovered that wearing Sinful Colors in Call You Later over China Glaze Medallion is redundant. It just looks like Call You Later by itself, but with more chunkier gold.
Call You Later is a clear polish with fine gold shimmer and larger chunks of green glitter. It just occurred to me that this would be [...]
Posted in Nails | Tagged call you later, glitter, gold, green, knit, knitting, nail polish, scarf, sinful, sinful colors, sinful professional