The Top 10 Geekiest Yarn Creations on the Web. I was actually expecting #10 to be: “Pathetic Harry Potter fan knits entire outfit; ends up being only person at theater.”
Author: Kris
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Productive Day
It was a very productive Saturday! First up was the Snook’s cotton jumper, which you may recall I finished over a year ago. Yeah, it’s taken me that long to put buttons on the thing. I just forgot! They’re lovely round carved horn from the button shop. Doesn’t it look nice?
Next is the Snook’s offering for dinner tonight: Seafood Gumbo. The recipe came from Herbie’s Spices and we picked up the seafood at the Fish Markets this morning. It has scallops, prawns, and crab meat. It was delicious! Just the thing for a cold winter night.
And lastly, those are some socks I just finished for my Secret Pal. The pattern is “Uptown Boot Socks” from Interweave’s Favorite Socks. Yes, this is the third pattern I’ve knit from this book. It has a subtle cable twist down the leg and the top of the foot that this photo really doesn’t do justice. (You can see it better here.) The yarn is Heirloom Jigsaw colour 37. (One ball was more than enough.) I hope my Secret Pal likes them!
Oh, and what’s that you say? One of those socks appears… blockier than the other? That would be because Snookums has completed the prototype of my very own Sock Blocking Forms. This is basically a flat wooden foot in profile that you use to stretch the sock into the correct shape. I’ve wanted some for ages but I’ve never seen them in Australia, and I can’t be bothered paying to get them shipped from overseas. Instead I traced my own in Illustrator and made a resizable template. The Snook cut this one for me out of plywood. He still has to drill holes in it to allow the sock to dry faster, and then give it a coat of varnish so it doesn’t get moldy. I’ll be sure to show you the finished product though!
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Mr Rogers
Knitting trivia: Every cardigan Mr Rogers wore on his television show was hand knitted by his mother (scroll to #15). Isn’t that lovely?
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Duct Tape Mannequin
I’d heard of making “duct tape mannequins” before (so people who make their own clothes can have a dummy with their exact measurements), but this photo tutorial really demystifies the whole process. Cool!
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Skyping Penn
Skyping Penn
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Pretty kitty!
Pretty kitty! Too bad I don’t have a spare $22K lying around.
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BARBIE SHOES!
I just got an e-mail from Crocs alerting me to the fact that they’ve put their Fuschia Prima (aka BARBIE SHOES!) on sale for $30! I might need to get those to soothe my disappointment over the discovery that the way cool Pirates Crocs are only for kids.
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Smoke-free pubs
Wow, I didn’t realize that smoke-free pubs were coming to Sydney so soon! That will be nice.
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Seeds
Poll: Do you eat grape seeds?
I bought a bag of grapes this morning expecting them to be seedless, but the very first one went CRUUUNCH! in my mouth. Being new to grape-eating and curious about the protocol, I went googling. Hey, it turns out that all the good stuff is in the seeds! I decided to crunch away. (Besides, I’m anti-spitting.) I may need to take a poll on this issue though. Down on the right, folks… -
The Science of Sleep
The Science of Sleep
I am such a horrible sleeper. I have trouble falling asleep so I stay up too late, and then once I am asleep I find it impossible to get out of bed. Last weekend I slept in til 11 o’clock one day! (What am I, a uni student?) I really need to get up and exercise in the mornings, and I just can’t. I’m tired and groggy for the first two hours every day and it’s so frustrating. Last week I was reading AskMeFi when I saw a reference to Modafinil. This drug WAKES YOU UP. It sounds awesome. Unfortunately it seems to be prescription-only in Australia, and judging by the online pharmacies, it’s pretty damn expensive too. Crap. I’ll ask my doctor next time I see him, but that looks like a dead end.The Snook: Just have a coffee!
Me: But I don’t love coffee as much as you, and all the coffeeshops near me in the city suck. Choking down a burnt and bitter long black just makes me ill.
Him: So have an espresso. Pretend it’s medicine.
Me: Now there’s an idea…Today he made me a macchiato (espresso with a tiny bit of milk) as soon as I got up. I downed it in three sips. Verdict? I’M RARIN’ TO GO!
