Way out in the Middle of Nowhere

Operative: "I believe in something that is greater than myself. A better world. A world without sin." Mal: "So me and mine got to lie down and die so you can live in your better world?" — "Serenity" The fun part being that this 'better world' involved the Alliance (AKA: Government) poisoning an entire planet with millions of people with a chemical in the hopes of making them more subdued. This resulted them being so apathetic that they ended up just laying down and dying But there were a few  that ended up turning into Reavers: People who lost all humanity, and traveled the 'Verse' killing in the most horrific ways imaginable. "If they [Reavers] take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skin into their clothes ... and if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order." The Operative was a hired gun, a man who did whatever the Alliance ordered without question. He was sent to k...

The geese are in breeding mode, I'm typing one handed due to a baby chick being in the other hand. he's keeping warm and chatting. We had two hatch but one died...and that leads to a lonely chick. Knitting is going sporadically. One cardigan and one shawl are being worked on interchangeably. I purchased (gasp! Yes, purchased a pattern!) the Lin-lin pattern. I'm working that in Malabrigo red. The other one is a cardigan with a cabled front, but I cannot find the pattern right now.

Today we will be accepting the delivery of a pair of new recliners to replace that old busted up part of a sectional sofa/recliner that has been my rest for over 6 years. I'm excited! I'll be able to sit closer to my hubby, watch tv and take good naps. On the knitting front, I've been going through the spare bedroom where my sewing/craft excess is stored. I found a few more projects and will think about whether to frog or finish. In an effort to puzzle out a pattern I saw online of a cute little fox hood for a kid, I tried to create a semblence of it in an adult size, without the ears and with a pattern to the hood. My effort was interesting. At first, I made the hood part too short. Which made it just insane to try to wear. This is when I added another 2" to the whole thing.  All of the yarn in this hood was handspun, two ply. I held 3 strands together and worked on size 11 needles to give it a ton of warmth. I casted on 90 stitches on circular needles. Then ...