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An adventure in baby food.

13th February 2009

An adventure in baby food.

What type of insane human being buys 8 lbs of carrots, 10 lbs of potatoes, and ungodly huge bags of spinach for no real reason other than “hey, they were a good value.”?  Me, obviously.

Now, what do you do with said truckload of veggies?  Why, make a truckload of baby food, of course!


Left:  Chicken/veggie medley  Right:  Spinach, carrots, and potatoes. Yummy, huh?
 

Carrots and potatoes
 
Seriously, though.  All this (there are also two more ice cube trays not pictured) may have cost me a total of $4 to make.  Much, much cheaper than jarred baby food.
Oh yeah, and here’s one of the things I’ve been working on:

From the Longcat Scarf pattern
And it’s reversable!

Longcat is LOOOOOOOOONNNNNGGG!
And, for good measure, here’s a picture of the Nooblet opening her Valentine’s Day present from her boooyyyfffrieeend.
 
Adorable… utterly adorable.

posted in In Progress, Holidays, Geekery, Recipes, For the love of Ravelry, Nooblet, Photography, Vegetables, Poultry, Real-life Stuff, Knitting | 2 Comments

4th February 2009

Milestones.

The Nooblet learned to crawl this week!  Here’s a video!  (note:  Yes, she’s crawling towards a bottle of Tylenol - I assure you the cap was on tightly and I was supervising.)  She really is growing up too quickly.

And here is the obligatory cute baby picture:

Bath Time!

 

Crafty stuff to follow as soon as I get pictures!

posted in In Progress, Nooblet | 1 Comment

25th January 2009

Thrums

I love these thrummed mittens and I haven’t even finished them yet!

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 And a closer look…

 

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Yeah, that’s the same hand-dyed fiber from way back when!

posted in In Progress, For the love of Ravelry, Fiber | 1 Comment

8th November 2008

The beginnings of a monster…

I am currently hoping to turn this…

What a mess!

into these…

Yoyos

into this…Yoyo Afghan

posted in NaBloPoMo, In Progress, For the love of Ravelry, Crochet | 1 Comment

19th September 2008

Handknit for the babe.

I finally dug out the few sweaters that I had knit for the Nooblet months ago… and it’s a good thing I did.  I now mourn the fact that there is no possible way that these will fit her come winter.  Still, I made sure to get some pictures last weekend.

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She’s already getting so big!

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I believe this is the first time I ever posted a picture of myself…

 Also, I had a request for a pattern of a sop to add to my Cerberus pattern.  I’m going to attempt to get a quick freebie pattern ready for next week.  Now… let’s see if the Nooblet allows to actually pick up a crochet hook.

posted in Patterns, In Progress, Nooblet, Knitting | 0 Comments

23rd May 2008

Is my geek showing?

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The back one says Nooblet, if you can’t see it.

I also frogged and restarted this project:

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From Warm Heart Woolies. Is this picture insanely dark to anyone else? I think I’m having issues with my monitor.

That’s it, I guess. My brainmeats are too tired to think of anything to write.

posted in Geekery, In Progress, Nooblet, Finished Projects, Knitting | 1 Comment

11th March 2008

Lather, rinse, repeat.

I’m not one to ever repeat a project. I find it difficult enough to stay interested in it the first time around. That said, it surprises me that all my current in-progress projects are second-timers. After the slight issues with my first Star Afghan, I decided to give it a second try. The only difference is I’m using a slightly looser gauge. So far it seems to be going much more smoothly.

Additionally, I’ve given the sweater pattern from last time a second try as well. I even managed to count correctly this time! Amazing!

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I really dislike the lighting in our apartment. Nothing ever looks right.

And here’s a picture of the younger kitty-boy, Sergio, just because he’s cute:

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Ignore his kitty-dandruff.

 

 

 

 

posted in In Progress, The Kitty-boys, For the love of Ravelry, Nooblet, Crochet, Knitting | 0 Comments

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