Month: January 2008 (page 6 of 8)

Auntie Kris!

Hooray! My sister has finally revealed that she’s definitely having a girl. This will be my first niece after three boys! I’ve got so many cute baby outfits to knit…

Lloyd Dobler

This one’s for my sister: What I Did for Lloyd. It’s about Lloyd Dobler. *sigh*

Golden Compass Hat

Golden Compass Hat. Ahh, see, I was mentally trying to work out a pattern for this hat all through the movie Wednesday night. I’d arrived at pretty much the same idea this blogger uses, except I was debating the utility of adding a short row or two to create more of a point at the top.

Carbos by the Bay

My sister has revealed her new blog!

Meat House

I think Miss Jane may have provided the inspiration for this year’s Halloween centerpiece. Behold… the Meat House!

Homemade Pizza

This is awesome. Somebody on AskMetaFilter asks about making pizza from scratch. Except they want to make it as from scratch as possible, like growing and grinding your own flour, making your own pepperoni, and foraging for your mushrooms. It’s a fascinating thought experiment. I laughed when I got to: “The best mozzarella for pizza is buffalo mozzarella. Do you have room for a buffalo in the backyard?”

langankierre

I can’t read Finnish, but I found this great blog in my referrers this morning. (She links to my sock monkey tutorial.) I love the colours that she uses in her stuff, and those kids’ things are gorgeous. Also, if that is indeed a knitting needle roll with a hand-embroidered dragon on it… WANT.

Wrack versus rack

I had occasion this morning to use the phrase “rack my brains” in an e-mail, and I realised I couldn’t remember if it was “rack” or “wrack.” Turns out it’s “rack.” And now you know!

Video Games

What Video Game System Should I Buy? A handy flowchart discovered by the Snook. As he points out, it looks like we made the right choice.

Knitting Journal

Knitting Journal pages for printing. Neat! (Link courtesy of Bex in a Ravelry post.)