http://rustyk.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ she's crafty...or she tries, anyway en Vox Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:11:23 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/super-secret-pal-11-reveal.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(rustyk) http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/super-secret-pal-11-reveal.html?_c=feed-rss http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/super-secret-pal-11-reveal.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:11:23 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ce3d6b0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ce3d6b0003-50si" alt="Secret Pal 11 Reveal!" /></a> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ce22270002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ce22270002-50si" alt="Secret Pal 11 Reveal!" /></a> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ce36a10005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ce36a10005-50si" alt="Secret Pal 11 Reveal!" /></a> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ce1d710001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ce1d710001-50si" alt="The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You&#39;ll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I know I've been the worst craft blogger ever (OMG I hate when people write for days about how busy they've been and why they haven't blogged in ages), but after traveling to Texas for the birth of baby girl Lilac and breaking my camera and t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/super-secret-pal-11-reveal.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ce1e690001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> knitting crafty exchange secret pal 11 sp11 http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/giving-thanks.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(rustyk) http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/giving-thanks.html?_c=feed-rss http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/giving-thanks.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:39:36 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398c167040001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398c167040001-50si" alt="More feast food" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Thanksgiving this year was smaller than usual, but a lot more work due to my mom and I deciding to cook almost everything from scratch. Woo hoo! It was fun and tasty. We tried to make everything from local and organic whenever possible. Our menu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/giving-thanks.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398c17aa20004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> recipes food thanks martha stewart thanksgiving http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/belated-thank-you-to-my-super-secret-pal.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(rustyk) http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/belated-thank-you-to-my-super-secret-pal.html?_c=feed-rss http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/belated-thank-you-to-my-super-secret-pal.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:41:36 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ba9c860003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ba9c860003-50si" alt="The Knitters Book of Finishing Techniques" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Well, I've been struggling with my camera for the last couple weeks and I think it's officially dead. I've rudely made my upstream Secret Pal wait for a public "thank you" for quite some time while I tried to get some pictures of the awesome good... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/belated-thank-you-to-my-super-secret-pal.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ba87460002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> thanks goodies secret pal 11 sp11 http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/my-first-secret-pal-package.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(rustyk) http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/my-first-secret-pal-package.html?_c=feed-rss http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/my-first-secret-pal-package.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:12:28 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aebbc00001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aebbc00001-50si" alt="The note" /></a> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aed84d0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aed84d0003-50si" alt="The whole package" /></a> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aed8500003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aed8500003-50si" alt="The cure for my sock knitting &quot;problem&quot;" /></a> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aec29b0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aec29b0002-50si" alt="Goodies!" /></a> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aec29c0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aec29c0002-50si" alt="A little secret pal note" /></a> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aed8510003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aed8510003-50si" alt="a little sumpin&#39; special" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yesterday, I came home to a mysterious package. Funny, how excited a grown woman can get over a box with her name on it. Weird, even. Anyway, my pictures are kind of sucky, but I think I have the most considerate and thoughtful Secret Pal evah! ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/my-first-secret-pal-package.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398aedae70004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books knitting yarn secret exchange pal secret pal sp11 http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/my-first-homemade-apple-butter.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(rustyk) http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/my-first-homemade-apple-butter.html?_c=feed-rss http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/my-first-homemade-apple-butter.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:25:34 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ae553f0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ae553f0001-50si" alt="Homemade Applegate Apple Butter" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yum! My mom and I made homemade apple butter this weekend from apples we picked in our orchard. We slow cooked them using a very cool and super easy recipe. The apple butter turned out amazing! One note, though, we almost totally blew it on the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/my-first-homemade-apple-butter.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ae71300003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> recipe food cooking first country life canning apple butter http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/obnoxious-ravelry-er.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(rustyk) http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/obnoxious-ravelry-er.html?_c=feed-rss http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/obnoxious-ravelry-er.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:10:12 -0700 I now belong to something like 44 million Ravelry groups. It's out of control. Must scale back. Maybe tomorrow. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/obnoxious-ravelry-er.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398acd8310004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> ravelry http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/gonna-learn-to-drop-spin.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(rustyk) http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/gonna-learn-to-drop-spin.html?_c=feed-rss http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/gonna-learn-to-drop-spin.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:06:05 -0700 Woo hoo! I am so excited. This weekend my little froo froo LYS is having a drop spindle class and I'm going! Kids are staying with my mom and I'm going to finally learn how to spin yarn. OMG. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/gonna-learn-to-drop-spin.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398ac565c0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> yarn spin wool drop spindle http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/sp11---first-package-sent.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(rustyk) http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/sp11---first-package-sent.html?_c=feed-rss http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/sp11---first-package-sent.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:54:15 -0700 So did I mention that I sent out my very first Secret Pal goodie package last week? I'm dying to see if she likes it. I think I did a pretty good job...maybe even went a little overboard. I guess I can't really say what I sent because it's, uh, a ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/sp11---first-package-sent.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398a757d80003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> knitting secret pal 11 sp11 http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/simple-living-vs-knitpicks-wood-options-needles.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(rustyk) http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/simple-living-vs-knitpicks-wood-options-needles.html?_c=feed-rss http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/simple-living-vs-knitpicks-wood-options-needles.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:46:37 -0700 So much for simple living and not being driven by my consuming habit...no more shopping...blah, blah, blah. Did you see the new KnitPicks Harmony Wood Options needle set? Dammit. I wants them. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/simple-living-vs-knitpicks-wood-options-needles.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398a716f40003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> knitting simplicity knitpicks needles set http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/feeding-my-sould-with-books.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(rustyk) http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/feeding-my-sould-with-books.html?_c=feed-rss http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/feeding-my-sould-with-books.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:44:06 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398a70da40005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398a70da40005-50si" alt="Super Natural Cooking: Five Ways To Incorporate Whole and Natural Ingredients into Your Cooking" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I didn't get much chance to craft or knit this past week, but I did do some cooking and a lot of reading (among many family-related activities). I'm reading three books right now that I'm really loving. The first is Noah Levine's "Against the Str... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://rustyk.vox.com/library/post/feeding-my-sould-with-books.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22528b9e8549d00e398a6ee050001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books buddhism reading natural simplicity organic cooking