year in review
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another new year
Happy new year, all. I made that Norwegian godt nyttår garland back in 2010, and it’s still going strong – I expect it to last a long while yet. At the time, I was living in a shared house in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle with a housemate I met in Icelandic class (who became Continue reading
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looking back at 2018
I’ve been taking some time to look back, as one is wont to do at this time of year. Yesterday was the winter solstice, which means this year has almost drawn to a close. 2018 has been quite a year. I released a lot of patterns this year. I knew I had done more work than Continue reading
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best of 2016
Already we are the better part of a week into the new year, but I’ve been traveling and I’ve only just gotten home, so I hope you’ll humor me with one or two looks back to 2016 in the coming days. Mostly I just wanted to pop by to say that I have a few Continue reading
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a look back; a look forward
It’s the time of year when we’re all reflecting, we’re all doing recaps on our blogs and social media, we’re setting goals for the new year. I think these are good things, but I’ve had an unusual year, so I’ll be doing it a little differently this time. A year ago today, I rounded up all Continue reading
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2-0-1-4
Tomorrow is my birthday. I’ve always liked how neatly the years of my life line up with the years on the calendar; there’s something very tidy about being the same age for an entire calendar year. I also haven’t had to throw myself a birthday party for years – I get to celebrate with the Continue reading