Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Year: 2009

  • A quickie crafty monday post

    I don’t have much to show you at the moment so I thought I would tell you what I’m working on. It is a pattern from Wendy Bernard’s book Custom Knits. It’s a vest called Jewel. This is some yarn that I bought a few weeks ago with some birthday money. I’m not super fond…

  • Turnbull

    Turnbull

    We finally had a nice day last Sunday so Raf and I decided to walk around Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. The weather has been absolutely gorgeous this past week and I’ve been so happy about that. Unfortunately, there is snow in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday. WTF?

  • What’s Going On

    Snow in April for us. Hurray for Progress! A fun story about finding a message in a bottle from a hundred years ago. LOL. A part of me wants to say, “good for them!” This is absolutely horrific. My good thoughts are with the people of Italy. I am so pleased with Obama. He’s doing…

  • Crafty Monday: Silk Garden Cardi

    I finished my Silk Garden Cardigan over the weekend, the final touch being the sewing on of the lovely wood buttons. This is probably my favorite knitting project to date. It was knitted from the top down using the method in Barbara Walker’s book, Knitting From the Top. I based the general design on  my…

  • Princess of the Midnight Ball

    Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George I picked up this wonderful book a few weeks ago. It was among some new books and I was intrigued by the cover (as I am quite often). I read the inside flap and saw that it was a retelling of the fairytale classic, “The Twelve…