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Month: December 2011
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Making a Luffa Sponge
Making a Luffa Sponge – Neat! I only learned a couple years ago that loofahs aren’t sea creatures, but rather vegetables you grow in the garden. This actually shows how you grow the gourd and then prepare it for use.
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Shared today on Twitter
@dancingman Hm. Hey @the_snook – you remember who moved ours in?
RT @the_snook: Whose language was what now? http://t.co/YoW51ssB
@hexsteph Back to the Future, definitely.
@Soma377 You liked this, didn’t you? http://t.co/h9aPGNXT I have a vague memory of watching it once.
@miss_reecie I am in a carb shame spiral.
@miss_reecie Audiobook? Interesting. Who reads it? Might have to borrow 3rd one from you, since I didn’t finish it…
BOOYAKASHA. The Rhiannon monkey is off my back. That messed up cable setup row? Is now my bitch. (Sometimes knitting is violent…)
@randomknits We generally do. One year we did a DJ’s gift card. Other years I have done treats (Christmas cookies, box of chocs, etc).
@randomknits Shite, good thing you reminded me! Need to get something by next Monday…
@blakkat @stamf AWESOME. So glad you liked it. (I was trying to convince @the_snook to go as Boba Fett to Y! Xmas party last week.)
OH wow. Boston Rob QUILT. http://t.co/TO92TnYK (Paging @drkknits and @knitterjp…)
@mrs_sockvictim Oh, but your’e going to do something horrible with it, aren’t you? Like bake in a car or drown it in a drain?
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Nanner and Boyfriend Socks
Here are my final two pairs of socks for the 2011 “Super Special Six Pattern Sock Club”! First up are the Nanner Socks from wendy knits. These were knitted at the same time on a pair of 2.75mm circular needles. The wool is Knitabulous Yarn Ultimate Sock in “Sorbet”. If my socks look weird to you compared to the pattern photo, it’s because I knitted them incorrectly. I only discovered it when my friends at Sewjourn noticed the difference. It turns out that I had followed the charts exactly… and missed the bit of text that explained how you were to insert a row of plain knitting every other row. Oops. So my lace scallop repeats are only half as high as they should be. My only planned modification was to gradually add in an extra repeat on the leg portion, just to give a bit more room in the cuff. That worked out pretty well! My complaint about these socks is that they bias and twist really badly. I’m not sure whether that’s due to the pattern or due to my error in knitting them. More photos are available over on Ravelry.
These are the Boyfriend Socks from slippedstitch, which I only finished last night. They were knitted toe-up one-at-a-time on a pair of 2.75mm circular needles. The wool is Regia Design Line Kaffe Fassett. The photos aren’t very colour-accurate; the green is a lot stronger in person. (This is probably my least favourite of the Kaffe Fassett colourways.) The pattern is interesting. From the photos I thought that the cables actually travelled, but they don’t. Instead when the pattern repeat ends, some knits become purls and vice versa. It’s weird at first, but you get used to it. I eventually had it memorised. I used Judy’s Magic Cast-On for the toe and knitted the heel as written in the pattern. I knitted 3.5 repeats of the cables, then did a couple P2tog so that it turned nicely into K2P2 ribbing. Then I just ribbed til I ran out of wool. They fit the Snook nicely. Again, more photos over on Ravelry.And that’s it! Six pairs of socks done for 2011. I didn’t do any substitutions; I knitted all the socks as set out a year ago: Shur-tugal, Nutkin, Leyburn, Fox Faces, Nanners, and Boyfriend. I also used up quite a bit of sock yarn from stash, which is always welcome. Yay!
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Shared today on Twitter
Sunny Sunday #ootd. Self-made skirt, blouse, Chucks. Now for yumcha! http://t.co/BtSS35Mw #pose
Post yumcha treat!! (@ Via Del Corso) [pic]: http://t.co/6Dmd4mb0
Earlier today: posted a 7.65 km run – Summer is here! 2:30/:45 r/w all by myself. Felt great. http://t.co/cJlemu37 #RunKeeper
@Soma377 It’s not been a great summer so far. Nov & Dec have been decidedly shitty. Coldest in 50 years. 🙁 http://t.co/uNeby37O
“Hey girl. It’s killing me that you have to frog all those rows.” ZOMG LOVE. http://t.co/s9T6DWlc is the best thing ever.
Two very pretty Wollmeise yarn cakes. Rhiannon – LET’S DO THIS. (And thank you @Yarna_!) http://t.co/vTEpzgM0
Awwww. Geek in from of me on the bus is carrying a “Bag of Holding” (complete with label) and wearing a cravat. Bless.
And it was from ThinkGeek! Extra XP, baby geek. http://t.co/C1oiS7WH
I used @randomknits’s suggestion to fix my 2nd Sorbetto neckline w/ elastic. It’s wearable, though still has problems. http://t.co/lAlqanpD
@arwenamin @randomknits For some reason this one looks too “hospital scrubs” to me. Maybe bad fabric choice.
@drkknits That’s what I do. @lemon_lime usually takes flattering photos of me. 🙂
Rainy #ootd. Doesn’t feel like summer in Sydney at all! #jewelmint http://t.co/hStBjNEt #pose
@randomknits Tried to keep elastic as loose as possible, but it still gathers a bit unless I yank it down. Hoping it will relax eventually.
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Photo Post
Rainy #ootd. Jeans, self-made blouse, blazer, scarf.
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Commercials for Old Milwaukee beer starring Will Ferrell
Commercials for Old Milwaukee beer starring Will Ferrell – Amusing. I like the ones from Terre Haute. (Dad and Cindy – have you seen those?)
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Handmade Ryan Gosling
Handmade Ryan Gosling – This is the best Tumblr ever. I had tears from laughing.
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RunningBlog: Week 49
I am back on the horse! My cough is nearly gone and I managed three runs this week along with a workout at Spudds. I’m trying to hold back and build up slowly, but it feels so great to be able to exercise again.
Dec. 4: 4.79km
Dec. 6: 5.16km
Dec. 9: 5.20km
Total this week: 15.15km (9.5mi)
Total in 2011: 989.17km (618.2mi)There’s still no chance that I’ll meet my goal of running 1100km in 2011, but I’m assured of breaking 1000km. Last year I managed 1002km, so I’ll definitely surpass that.
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Photo Post
Sunny Sunday #ootd. Self-made robot skirt, blouse, Chucks.
