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Author: Kris

  • Finished Objects

    Finished Baby Objects!
    Nat’s baby package is nearly ready to go out. On the left is the completed Baby Norgi sweater, which I finished up today. I pretty much followed the pattern exactly for once. The wool is Bambi by Grignasco, which is an extrafine 4-ply 100% Italian merino. (And it’s nicer than anything I’ve ever knit for myself!) My only reservation with this project is the fear that the baby’s head won’t fit through. Babies have big heads. I tried to make the neckline as loose as possible, but who knows. Nat and Staci might have to save this one for their next kid and hope for a smaller noggin. 🙂

    The second item is a secret one that I finished a couple of weeks ago: the Sirdar Sleeping Bag. Isn’t it the cutest thing ever? It even has little teddy bear ears! The cuteness of it almost makes up for the fact that Snowflake Chunky is the worst, most godawful thing in the world to knit. It’s as if someone took a nice terrycloth towel and cut it into a long, very fine strip. You can’t see any of your stitches amidst all that fleeciness, which kinda defeats the purpose of hand-knitting something in the first place. I mean, if you saw that in a shop, would you think it was hand-knitted? (Slight wonkiness aside?) Nope. So while it’s definitely a cute project, I don’t think it’s quite heirloom quality. At least I know that one will fit though.

    Baby Norgi   Sleeping Bag

    Now all I’ve got to do is give them a final wash to get all the cat hair off…

  • Knitted cat sweater

    Oh my God. Miftik found a pattern for a knitted cat sweater… with STEEKS! Insanity.

  • Sexy Vegos

    Who are the world’s sexiest vegetarians? I voted for Christian Bale and Natalie Portman. Man, there are a lot of weird names on there though. Come on, who’s gonna vote for Casey Kasem or Ed Begley, Jr? (Link courtesy of Brigita, who questions Bale’s vegetarian credentials but I don’t care, because he’s smokin’ hot and he has been ever since Little Women.)

  • Motivated by money?

    I haven’t been following the Michael Jackson trial that closely, but how can the defense team make the argument that the boy’s family are out for money when this went to a criminal trial? If they wanted to cash out, wouldn’t they have just threatened him and taken the multi-million dollar payout like the last couple of kids?

  • The New Brando

    What I wouldn’t give to see Obi-Wan singing “Luck Be a Lady”… *sigh*

  • Godawful stupidity

    I could not agree more with Graham about the stupidity of the “Corby Martyrs’ Bridgade” (TM Graham), and I take back some of the good things I said about Australians’ attitudes towards Indonesians last January. One drug-smuggling conviction and the yobbos are back to hating them again. We didn’t even get anyone from the Red Shield Appeal at our door this year, but I’ve half a mind to call up the Red Cross and donate $100 with the express wish that it go directly to Indonesian causes. Harrumph.

  • Corn and Cheddar Chowder

    I know it’s probably all hot and SUMMERY where you are, but Down Under it’s the first day of winter and it’s damn chilly out. Tonight felt like the perfect night for some CHOWDA. We tried out this Corn and Cheddar Chowder recipe and it was excellent. As per some of the recommendations, we added a couple cloves of garlic, a few shakes of cayenne, and some extra potato and bacon. Not low-fat or low-cal at all, but who’s counting? (Says the sick girl who hasn’t done any exercise or Points-tracking yet has nevertheless managed to lose another pound because, YAY BEING SICK!)

  • A Laugh a Minute

    And just like that, a fading star in the blogosphere has suddenly winked back into existence. Welcome back, Tara D! Now, make with the funny! I love Tara D’s funny.

  • My Steek MYSTIQUE!

    I did it! I totally steeked that bad boy. Check it out:

    Sewing the steek   Cutting the steek   Finished armhole steek   Ready for final assembly

    Okay, since most of you probably have no idea what I’m talking about, steeking is a Norwegian technique for constructing sweaters. Basically you knit the whole body as a tube with no armholes, then you physically cut the tube to put the sleeves in. Sounds traumatic, right? Exactly. (Incidentally, that article I linked has pictures of this exact sweater I’m knitting. Do any other knitters think that Wendy‘s floats are too long there? She doesn’t look like she’s tacked the long ones down at ALL. All of my books say that you should definitely twist if carrying a float of more than five stitches. I’m just annoyed because her wrong side looks a lot neater than mine, and the dark green floats don’t show through the white nearly as much.)

    Anyway, yeah, so the first picture is me using the sewing machine to secure the steeks, which I’d outlined in bright yellow yarn so my lines would stay straight. I went around twice as the pattern suggests… and then chickened out and went around a third time. Then I was satisfied that those ends wouldn’t be going anywhere. Next is me preparing to make the first cut. TRAUMA! I had to go have a beer afterwards. Third is the cut and completed arm hole. And in the last shot, I’ve sewn the shoulder seams and now I’m ready to insert the sleeves and finish up the collar. Shouldn’t take me too much longer, which is a good thing… because the baby it’s intended for (Ruth Lauren Cunningham, daughter of my dear college friend Nat) was born last week!

  • Lord Vader read my mind.

    Lord Vader just read my mind! He insulted me, asked me seventeen questions, had a pow-wow with the Burger King, and then correctly ascertained that I was thinking of a sock. You don’t know the power of the Dark Side! (Link courtesy of Kevin.)