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some of my favorite moments of 2015, on twitter and the world in general. my favorite favorites, i guess. MusicNotes from the XPN Morning Show: Watch @jmascis & Fred Armisen cover Mazzy Starr. http://t.co/3ZfbnlOYaA pic.twitter.com/ukqUduiSIn — wxpnfm (@wxpnfm) February 5, 2015 Wife dabbles in art. pic.twitter.com/SJlhHXlrTF — Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) March 15, 2015 America, we need to have a talk about our laziness pic.twitter.com/GCpNCpT0yD — Roman Mars (@romanmars) March 31, 2015 Does anyone else think "don't be a weirdo, don't be a weirdo" over and over when entering social gatherings? Cause I don't. — Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) April 8, 2015 Definitely worth the read 👌 pic.twitter.com/mkuzKa5jFA — Calvin and Hobbes (@Calvinn_Hobbes) May 11, 2015 The Low Anthem playing me a song at their recording studio inside the stunning Columbus Theatre in Providence pic.twitter.com/i2FpdXKtRG — kr...

another summer gone, for real. it was a pretty good one. as usual, we got to see tons of good live music. getting to newport for the folk festival without car trouble was a bonus. (l to r: the low anthem at one providence, james taylor at the newport folk festival, string builder at burnside park, deerhoof at foo fest) this has definitely been a year of changes and transitions. to finally have a name for something that's been wrong for years and years.. is pretty damn good, to say the least. also, we had four weddings this year among our family and friends, three in september alone.. including ours! credit for framed song lyric idea to leethal ! it all went by pretty quickly.. i did some crafty-type wedding stuff, but not as much as i would have liked (but there's never too much stuff to make, right?). here's to more good changes ahead, okay? for one thing, this blog layout is sorely in need of an overhaul. thanks for dealing with the current weir...

a belated (partial) week 2 of leethal's photo-a-day project. #oval #floor #stack #throwback

recently my dad came across one of my grandmother's old crochet magazines and gave it to me. vintage knit/crochet magazines are always a favorite (70s ones especially!), so here - woman's day granny squares: the photo essay. already drawn in by the 70s color schemes. straight-up afghan as clothing. i don't know. there is something appealing about this one though, in a hippie-ish sort of way i guess. nice folk album cover art styling. i always love the strange kid photos.. think about the fact that this was the best shot of the session. this kid's face says it all. i do rather like this wall hanging. except, you know, as a blanket.. gravity-defying. i have no idea what's happening here. more photos on my tumblr , if you're up for it.

and we're back. i haven't been feeling much in the way of creativity this winter. likely because these past few months can be summed up pretty well by this image: (though actually the place in japan where this photo was taken is pretty interesting .) anyway, i'm doing lee meredith 's photo-a-day thing for april on instagram. i figured one photo per day would be simple enough, but i've lately i'm out of the house for about 12 hours on work days, so.. not so much. oy. but i will plug along. (: week one: day 1: #sky day 2: #face day 3: #twist day 5: #sweet some have been challenging (in a good way!).. who would have thought i would have trouble finding something for "clash"? in the past i think i would have just stopped doing it altogether if i missed one day (because if it's not going to be just right, why keep going?), but i seem to have gotten past that a bit. i'll try and catch up a bit, but here at least we ...

since i'm in vintage mode lately, i put together a monochromatic 90s treasury on etsy. i forgot these were fun, dude. maybe next something spring-y? it would be nice to see some color around here, but it seems like it'll never stop snowing...

so i realized i have never photographed one of my favorite FOs, my neon lace socks . these started out a thrifted white merino and cashmere sweater. i unraveled the body, and was left with the sleeves. i'd heard of using sweater sleeves as sock blanks before, so i figured i'd give that a try. it turned out pretty awesome, i think. i used some of my hoard of easter egg dyes to make a super neon rainbow. one sleeve turned out to be enough for both socks. the dye didn't penetrate the knit fabric fully, which actually gave the yarn a cool sort of mottled look. so, something to be aware of if that's not what you're going for. i knit the socks pretty much directly from the sleeve, without winding it into a ball first.. seemed unnecessary. okay, fine, i guess i could have, but who needs an extra step between them and knitting? i did discover that the yarn is a bit delicate for socks. like a lot of store-bought sweaters, this one was made from multip...