On Kinnearing…
I still remember when the Yarn Harlot posted her first attempts at Kinnearing on her blog – but I had no idea it had gone so far:
Most excellent!
I Always Knew…
I don’t talk about knitting often enough over here. I also don’t knit often enough. I’m working on that. It is one of my time-management goals right now. Put down the laptop and KNIT SOMETHING. Like the sleeves on my February Lady Sweater.
While reading knitting blogs last week, I discovered that Kay & Ann [...]
Seattle…
I just wanted to take a moment to gush about how fabulous Seattle is, from the city to the weather to the people. I never want to leave. Mike is being asked at least once an hour by Jason or I if we can move here forever and ever.
Photos coming soon, if I can stand [...]
Your Vote?
The Knitting Olympics will be upon us soon, so I need to choose a project to knit! Something that will be a challenge to knit within 17 days, that will push me – but not something that will push me to the point of giving up. We don’t want that. Since I’ll be traveling during [...]
Flat Feet…
Even though I haven’t been picking up the knitting needles often lately (definitely not as often as I would like), I always look for knitting shops whenever I visit a new city. My trip to California allowed me to visit 3 great shops, and I’ll be sharing details of each one as I photograph [...]
Fifty Most Influential Female Bloggers…
I am finding all sorts of great sites on this list of 50 most Influential Female Bloggers – but I have to confess that I squealed out loud (and twittered my excitement) when I saw that the Yarn Harlot, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, is listed as number 15! FIFTEEN!!! That is so awesome!
I still remember commenting to [...]
I Think We Have A Problem…
So I’m not using the recommended yarn for my Einstein Coat, but I am getting gauge — so it shouldn’t be a problem, right? WRONG.
While waiting for things to upload to the server, I took the bottom portion and held it up to me to see the length; the top portion of the coat [...]
Whirlwind Calmed by Knitting…
I feel like I’ve been constantly busy, and yet I have nothing to say. Weird, huh? I blame it all on Twitter. Twitter has eaten my brain. If I can cram it all into 140 characters, do I really have that much to say?
Last week I had several meetings that I [...]
What a Week!
Whew! What a week it has been! Mike & I started Weight Watchers on Monday. We are doing the Online version because I know we would end up skipping meetings, whenever I’ve done the meetings they talked about things on the site that I had already read, and because Elaine is doing [...]
Do They Even Know How to Knit?
Many people out there are trying to claim they died in a knitting accident. I wonder though … do they even know how to knit? Would they know a knit from a purl, or what garter stitch even is? Show me some lace that you’ve knit, or a cable or two, and [...]
The Harlot Came to Houston!
I took this photo of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, aka The Yarn Harlot right after she wrote “To Christine: Smart ass.” in my book. I kept laughing about that for the rest of the night. I simply adore her.
The rumors are true, I did manage to interview Stephanie briefly for the next PointySticks podcast. [...]
Knitting, At Last!
When my Mom was staying with us while there house was being worked on, she commented on how I wasn’t knitting. Crazy – not like there is a shortage of yarn in my house! – but I just didn’t seem to have it in me. But I packed yarn and needles when we [...]
Get Your Knit On!
I just have to share the love – great books at awesome prices!
Interweave Press announced today its annual, highly anticipated hurt book sale, beginning today at 10 a.m. MDT at http://www.hurtbooksale.com/hurt. More than 125 craft books will be deeply discounted and sold online only on a first-come basis until inventory runs out. This is a [...]
We Went, We Conquered, We Returned Home…
First off, I have to say it. My t-shirt was a big hit. I was stopped by people several times throughout the day about it. Matter of fact, if I gave you a business card and you ended up here looking for the “I can go bat-shit crazy, or I can knit. [...]
Bat-Shit Crazy…
I realized that it was simply insane to think I could knit something in a week to wear to MDSW. So crazy, that instead I decided to order two t-shirts from the Pointy Sticks Spreadshirt shop – a “I could go bat-shit crazy, or I could knit. Your choice.” t-shirt and a “Life [...]
The Must-Knits for Spring 2007?
In just over a week I’ll be flying east to go to Maryland Sheep & Wool with Mac and Adelle. Off to the land of fibery goodness. And as I plan my trip, I end up feeling the same way I always do before I go anywhere with knitters…
What should I make to [...]
Geek Knits…
A much more eloquent version of what I was trying to post last night:
Are you are a knitter, a knit blogger, a friend of knit bloggers, a knit blog lurker, a crafter who feels kinship with knitters, or a yarn fetishist? Will you be in Austin during SXSW?
Planned snugly between the Boss Lady panel (with [...]
Podcasts and Cats…
Murphy is home and doing fairly well. He is whining a lot, but I guess I would too if I had stitches. I am sure they itch. He has a bandage around his neck, and for how fluffy his body is it makes him look like he is a pinhead. It [...]
Podcastiversary!
After all sorts of drama with the podcast itself – for some reason, my mic has decided to crap out and I sounded like I recorded it in a tin can – the 14 episode of the PointySticks Podcast is now LIVE! *cheers from everyone in my house!* Mike even participates in this [...]
Feeling FRESH!
I’m SO excited! For so many reasons too. Here are just a few of them:
- Fresh Photography now has online ordering. All thanks to the ScriptyGoddess, Jenn, who we hired to make it all pretty and functional for us. Wheee! Want a print? You can easily order them now!
- [...]
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Hi! I'm Christine. I've been blogging here since 2000. I am married to Mike. I have a son, Jason. We have a cat, Mona. We live in Houston, Texas.
I love helping other photographers and other small business owners improve their businesses. Most of my posts here are related to that, although sometimes I write about personal things as well.
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I am a wedding and boudoir photographer and I'm available both in Houston and for travel worldwide. I would love to be a part of your wedding!
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In addition to photography and geek things, I sometimes knit. I even used to have a knitting podcast, PointySticks.
