Blatherskite

Foolish gibberish

recent posts

about

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

  • Crafty Monday: What I'm Working On

    Last weekend I sewed a skirt and actually sewed in my first zipper. And I didn’t completely lose my mind in the process! It was quite an accomplishment! But I decided to not take a picture of it. It’s black and I didn’t think it would make an interesting subject. So instead I thought I…

  • Photography Friday – Pipe

    Photography Friday – Pipe

      Taken at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor in January.

  • Forsythia

    This is a project I’ve been thinking about for a long time. It’s Forsythia a pattern by Symeon North (aka Pippi Kneesocks) in the book Spin to Knit. The pattern is VERY simple. It’s a top down sweater. You cast on the stitches for the neck, knit ribbing for an inch, and then add in…

  • Goodbye Squeaker

    My mom called me a couple of hours ago when I was waiting for Raf at the dentist office. She called to ask me if I could make her something out of her dog, Squeaker’s, fur. I said, “Yes, but why? What happened?” She told me that they had to put her to sleep. She…

  • Running on the Beach

    I am thinking, right now, about how I used to run in my Seabright neighborhood in the early mornings. I would run down Seabright Avenue by my favorite house, the one with the lovely big front porch. I would run by the cat sleeping on the fence. I would run by the shops down the…