May 08, 2008
We Have a Lot to Cover Today...
1) Wow. Everyone wanted the Cat Bordhi book! I still need to email the winners to get their addresses, but here they are!
Andrea gets the Cat Bordhi book.
Nephele gets Charmed Knits.
And Iris gets the Ana Paula Rimoli book.
Congrats, ladies!
2) My new haircut makes me look like Annie Potts from Ghostbusters 2. It's kinda freaking me out. I was trying to hold off until I got to Florida so I could go to my guy there, but I needed a haircut badly. It was way too long. Instead, the weird Deadhead dude who never cuts it exactly how I want it got to play with my hair again. Is it really so hard to do a sharp angled cut?
But seriously, guys, Annie Potts.
I'm still resisting dying it though. I'm surprised I've lasted this long. Every day I think about doing something just to cover my (now very long) roots. But I can resist. Maybe.
3) Did someone in Chicago send me a chain letter text message last night? At 1:30 in the morning I got this from a number I'd never seen before.
"My life is full of mistakes. I'm not perfect, but one thing i'll NEVER regret is meeting u. Snd to ur true friends & c how many u get bac"
Really? Text message chain letters? I don't get enough of these in my email?
4) Pie.
May 05, 2008
Books!! For You!!
Cad Bordhi's New Pathways for Sock Knitters
A truely beautiful book for sock knitters. As you've come to expect for Cat Bordhi, it's full of interesting textures and amazing constructions. I love to look at it, but honestly I'm just not a sock knitter. In fact, I'm going to confess something here. I don't like wearing hand-knit socks. I don't find them comfortable. There. I said it. I just don't like them. I like making them, but really, how many pairs of socks can I make for other people? Not that many, apparently. So, have my gorgeous Cat Bordhi book. Make yourself or someone you know a beautiful and intricate pair of socks. Just not me.
Next up is Ana Paul Rimoli's Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet.
I love this woman's work and I love this book. It comprises some of the cutest amigurumi I've ever seen. I, luckily for you, seem to have 2 copies of this book. One of them is all mine. You couldn't pry it out of my cold, dead, still holding a crochet hook and no longer cute hands. But I don't need 2 copies. Go! Take the book! Learn to crochet for the love of the cuteness like I did. You won't look back.
Here's another book I have a bunch of copies of, but this one makes a little bit of sense. Charmed Knits by Alison Hansel.
Remember how I have a pattern in there? When it came out, everyone and their brother (but not my brother) gave me copies of it. I swear I have 6 copies of this thing. It's one thing to be proud to be published; it's another thing to have 6 copies of a book you have one pattern in. Not that there's anything wrong with that; it just doesn't fit in my destashing mind frame. I'm going to see my parents at the end of the month. I'll take them a copy (maybe one for my aunt (Hi, Neeno!) as well). That plus giving a copy to you guys will really help lessen the Charmed Knits load.
So, yeah, if you're still here, comment and let me know which book you want. Free to a good home. Maybe send me a picture with something you made from it? That's not required though. Hell, you're already doing me a favor by taking these off my hands.
Also, curried pear pie? Delicious. Pictures, recipe soon?
May 01, 2008
Feels Like Crap
I'm at home sick today. I think I'm getting whatever plague has been going around lately. I feel like crap. The internets and DayQuil have been keeping me company though. Facebook, iGoogle and twitter have been getting a lot of love. I figured the blog needed a little love as well.
Speaking of twitter, I have a feed over there on the sidebar. I seem to be bad with this whole blogging regularly thing lately (or, you know, more than lately) so maybe the twitter thing will be updated more often. You can keep checking the feed here or you can sign up to follow me. I didn't stick with that Quiry thing, but maybe I'll be better with this.
I've also been sewing up a for-work sweater today, but sadly, I can't give you pictures of that. I can, however, give you a picture of something I finished a couple weeks ago that I never got around to publishing. My first magnetic Katamari!
This was for my friends in Boston who (I believe) love Katamari as much as I do. When I heard that Q had gotten Beautiful Katamari, I knew I had to make one for her, but with all the work knitting never got around to it. Then all of a sudden they were coming to town so I had to whip one up for them. They liked it and I enjoyed making it. I'm definitely going to have to make another of these. So cute and fun to play with!
Wow. A long blog post. With fiber arts, finished objects, multiple paragraphs and everything. Maybe a daily dose of DayQuil is what I need for better blogging. Miss you guys! Have fun at MS&W this weekend, those of you who are braving the heat!
April 29, 2008
OO! LONG! OO! LONG!
What a great video! I'm kinda jealous of this guy's energy today. It's raining and gross and all I want to do is curl up in my bed and nap. Maybe I should tank up on the tea, too.
OO! LONG! OO! LONG!
April 17, 2008
A la Mochimochi
A la Mochimochi, creepy shop windows!
These were in the Illori window in Soho. What are they? Lamps? Sculpture?
(Also stealing the "A la..." format from Carolyn.)
April 03, 2008
Lionine
That lion needs a body. But isn't he cute so far!? Considering my little obsession with making toys, you knew it was only a matter of time before I took up crochet merely for the amigurumi, right? I've started a few little things, but haven't really found the stamina for a full toy recently. It certainly helps that this little guy's head is the size of my palm. ;)
The pattern is from Ana Paula Rimoli's new book, Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet. I've been loving her designs for awhile now; I'm really excited for her that she has a book out.
The pear is next on my list. You know, to go in my kitchen and remind me to make more pie.
March 31, 2008
Pie Weekend
Oh, Pushing Daisies. I'm so in love with that show. Whimsy, wonder, knitting and beautiful, mouth-watering pies. I'm baking so much more lately since I've started seeing it.
Case in point, Cassie's boy's birthday party was this weekend. So I made a Pear-Gruyere pie (those of you who have seen the show should understand I did not add "extra vanilla"). Not 5 minutes after I cut it, the entire thing was eaten. Apparently it was the rock-star of the party. Everyone was talking about pie all night long: various kinds of pie, pie-related professions (Michelle, you open your yarn shop and I'll make your pies.) I'm quite proud.
Sadly, I did not take a picture of the pie. I know, I know, I'm sorry. But! But! But! I bought enough ingredients and made extra pie dough to make another one. I'll be doing that tonight. So, I will have photos and recipes for you soon.
To hold you until then, I will show you what else I made this weekend. I made a lot of extra pie dough. (Who knows what sort of pie I might want to make next, right?) Yesterday morning I made homemade poptart-type things. They were very very yummy and very easy.
They're just pie dough and preserves, but my god, they're yummy. The ones on the left (with the fork docking) are Honey Lemon Creme, the ones on the right (with a knife slit) are Blackberry. Personally, I think the Honey Lemon ones were the best, but the Blackberry ones were fantastic. I think I'm going to make some more with sausage and either maple syrup or more preserves. They'll need to be a little larger, but holy crap, I think they're going to be fantastic.
