Digital Swatching

Here's a way to keep track of projects in a digital archive.
When I knit a gauge swatch, I arrange the swatch, the band or other tag that identifies the yarn and a tape measure on my scanner and take a scan. I now have a digital record of that yarn. I can tag the document (which can be saved as a jpg or a pdf, or placed in a Word document) with keywords like the yarn's weight, color, gauge, the pattern it's intended for--anything I might want to sort my collection by later. I can  also print the document later and have a good record of the gauge (thanks to the tape measure). The only thing missing is the way the yarn feels.

necklet

Gauge = 4 inches/ 20 sts size 8s knitting Saphira from SWTC in k1, p1 rib.
necklet unstretched = 12 inches

Cast on 60 sts and join, knit 2.5 inches.
Bind off 15 stitches, wor round keeping in pattern.
CO 15 over BO stitches and continue in pat until necklet measures X inches. Bind off as stretchy as possible.
knit and attach nose.
add mustache fringe.

Eating for the Unemployed

What do you think? Would you read my unemployed eating blog?
I have been away for months, and such goings on since I last posted!

I lost my job AGAIN!

Yup. Position eliminated. AGAIN.