Sadness…what a common title for my posts… December 30, 2007

I made one of my Baudelaire socks…bound off and everything.  And I can get it on my foot, but it takes about 5 minutes…I’ve got a weird instep or something; patterns fit up to my foot, but the calf often is too small to get over my heel.  And I was working on dpns rather than circulars, and the one time I tried it on I thought it was just where the heel met the back pattern that was the problem.  So I’m going to bring it to one of my friends to see if it will fit her, and if it does, awesome, I’ll make another.  If it doesn’t, I’ll still find a home for it.  Either way, no pics yet.

As for the sock pattern I purchased yesterday, I’m not knitting it yet because I want to find the perfect yarn.  But I did start on the Millicent pattern because I bought that too.  But I am making modifications to that…I’m not too fond of the cuff at the top.  I have thick calves, and I don’t think putting a large horizontal band on top of them would be ideal.  And I’m not much for socks and skirts with my thick calves; these will be for the really cold January days.  So I did 1×1 ribbing for about 1.25″ and then 5 rows of garter stitch, and now I’m onto the rib pattern.  The thing I love about the pattern that made me want to buy it is the beautiful way the ribbing sweeps across the top of the foot.  And having purchased the pattern, the thing I love about the pattern is that it accommodates weird legs like mine.

Oops, gotta go, going to watch a barber decapitate people.

Mini Splurge December 29, 2007

I just bought another Cookie A pattern.  Marilinda!

Back to the Land of Dial-Up… December 23, 2007

Today, once I get my exhausted self up and running (I don’t recommend working 21 days straight), I’m heading out to see the ‘rents and others for Christmas cheer.  So…not like it will be overly noticeable because my posting has been sporadic at best, but I won’t be posting for a little bit.

Here are a few of my latest sewing projects in the mean time.

The apron I made for a far less ruffly friend.

Along with the apron, I sewed the knitting needle holder and obnoxious bag, and I gifted the wool and spindle so I can spread the addiction.

And this is another 1920s piece for work.

May you have a good time celebrating your December-ish holiday with family or friends, whatever it may be.

Knitting and Why I Love Ravelry December 22, 2007

I have a finished object.

Yarn: 2 skeins of Sulka Shade 209; 50g/50m/55yds

Needles: 6.5mm and 5.5mm

Pattern: Foliage

Sulka’s a pretty chunky (and delightfully warm!) yarn.  The pattern typically recommends knitting a bulky yarn only till the line in the first chart, but as recommended by at least one of the members of Ravelry, I finished the first chart with my chunky yarn to try to make it a little more slouchy.  Then I did the second chart once through, followed by the first five rows, though with the fifth I omitted the yarn-overs so that it would take it in a little bit so the hat would stay on my head.  I finished up with the smaller needles doing a 2×2 rib.

I totally dig on this hat, I feel so kitschy cute!

Baker Street December 16, 2007

Baker Street by Undercover

My brother had this song on a dance compilation when I was a kid and I LOVED this song! I was hunting down some tunes when I stumbled across the Foo Fighters’ version, and then tried to find it through iTunes to no avail…thank goodness for YouTube…

Christmas Meltdown December 16, 2007

It finally happened last night. I was considering all of the gifts I had started to make and the small amount I had finished, and realised that with the working 7 days a week that I’ve been doing and the social commitments, there’s no way I’ll be done in time. The snapping point was when I remembered that my mother has only enjoyed my silver gifts, not so much my textile gifts, and I was considering knitting her another scarf she wouldn’t wear (the only scarves she wears that I knit were made with eyelash yarns, which is a little painful to a natural fibre snob like me).

So I cast on Baudelaire out of Arequipa yarn in colour 206. Dudes, it’s squishy alpaca-y goodness. For me.

But here’s the apron I made for my friend’s birthday. I already gave it to her so it’s available to be viewed.

And for your amusement, Catzilla with Laser Shooting Eye Action!

Conversation December 7, 2007

I ended up having a conversation yesterday at my “other job”.

Cute dude, “So, is there a policy that everyone has to wear glasses here?”

Me, “Nope.”

Cute dude, “So you’re telling me that those aren’t fake glasses.”

Me, “Oh no, they’re real.”

Cute dude, “You wouldn’t be lying to me…”

Me, “Oh, they’re real.”

Then the cute dude winked at me as he left.

I may have giggled.

Superior Outlets of Gentlemanly Clothing December 5, 2007

That’s me and Lil Rose Thorn.  Scroll down to the bottom of this page and you will see some of the men that we costume.

And check out the paper doll chains the lad in the cream suit produced for one of the buildings.  Awesome talent surrounds us.

Sadness December 3, 2007

The Urban Peasant, the dude who could always inspire me to cook (which is saying something because I don’t cook…I bake, but I don’t cook) passed away.

OMFG! December 1, 2007

If you like chocolate, and you like baking, I suggest you go get this recipe right now, run out and get the ingredients and bake because oh! My Goodness! These are the best cupcakes I have ever made. So good, I’d like to marry them, but the love would be fleeting in a marriage sense because it’s not human to eat the groom.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I made mine with 1.5 cups mini-semi-sweet chocolate chips and 0.5 cup SKOR bits.  Drool.