Disks 1-5 of Lost

During which I knit 5 hats for Dulaan.



Damn good show.

Knitscene

The preview is up for the new magazine from Interweave Press.

Botoxarexia

Arnie's got it bad.



Look at him strain to smile. And that forehead looks like molded plastic. Eesh.

Thursdays are For What the Hell is This?

The French have style. French women just know how to dress. French designers make such lovely clothes. But I find French knitwear designs to be lacking. After looking at the newest Bouton d'Or designs I found out what was missing.

The backs.



Of course, taste and good sense might also be MIA.

My Eyes! My Eyes!

Martha Stewart has a new live morning talk show. Yesterday was... sigh... Poncho Day. Everyone in the entire audience and crew wore the "Coming Home" Poncho (which now has knit and crochet patterns for kids as well as dogs). For crying out loud, her dogs were wearing them. And they had Lily Chin in the Flying Fingers Yarn Bus crocheting a poncho for Paw Paw during the show. (It was awful when they would talk to her. She's kind of a fast and overly-mannered talker anyway so when she's trying to crochet as fast as she can and talk at the same time on live television...not good.) They even made Elmo wear a poncho! I did especially enjoy seeing all the middle aged men in the audience being force to look happy about wearing a poncho.

Hopeful Hat Trick

Three new Hopefuls completed. See all the details on the Hopeful Knitalong blog.

Starting to Look Like Something

I finished the second front on Martha tonight. I short rowed the shoulders and did a three needle bind off with the back. Just one sleeve to go!

An Evening on Bainbridge

Molly and I headed to Bainbridge late yesterday afternoon for Churchmouse's 5th anniversary celebration. The shop has been changed around quite a bit since the last time I visited in June. They also have several new yarns. We perused, we groped, we dove through the clearance section.


1 skein of Calmer for Shedir, 3 skeins of Kid Classic to add to the collection, 2 skeins of Meilenweit Fun, a sock pattern book from Koigu and a free tape measure as a gift for wearing a handknit item (Retro Prep)

After shopping, free cake and bubbly (water for me, champagne for Molly) we headed to dinner at the Harbour Public House. As we sat on the balcony Martha took in the view of the sunset.

No Chicken Escapes from Tweedy's Farm

My five year old wanted a new hat to replace last year's model which seems to have gotten lost. We were watching Chicken Run and I asked him if he would like a hat like Ginger's. He would.



Lamb's Pride Superwash Bulky on US 9s

And while I was feeling hatty, I knocked off my first contribution to the second Dulaan Project.

Spinning Addendum

Another cool thing about the drop-in spinning was when a woman who no longer spins came in and gave away her fiber stash. I got a big bag of this pretty romney cross.

Knitting Glossary

My copy of the Knitting Glossary on DVD arrived on Tuesday. I don't recall ordering it. I think I put my name on what I thought was a contact list for when it was ready while I was at camp. It's great but kind of funny in the editing. A lot of the intros to segments got cut out. Meg has added a lot of new segments as well. It's a great resource especially for "visual learners."

Drop In Spinning

Weaving Works has just started a monthly drop-in spinning group. Molly and I went together last night for the first. Marti and Melinda were there too. (I'm sure there are spinning bloggers I know whose names do not start with "M." But none of them were there last night.) It was a lot of fun to see what everyone was working on, their wheels, their wool. I got to grope Melinda's Spin Off anniversary sweater. It's spongy, soft and gorgeous. I worked on the pink yarn for the Union Square Market Pullover. Everyone kept coming over to me and saying, "It looks like you're spinning cotton candy." It feels good to know that at least once a month I can take three hours and devote it to spinning. At home, I'm always lured back to my knitting projects.