Yarn Fu

Political Commentary

Sarah Palin opposes abortion in cases of rape or incest.

Nuff said.

On the plus side, she does have nice hair...But that's about it...

Wanderlust

I recently had occasion to be in Seattle, so of course I made sure to locate an LYS to check out while I was there...It was a flying visit (I was only there 1 night) but I did manage to head over to Capitol Hill and Stitches...It's right next door to a sex shop, and just a few doors down from the best Pagan bookstore I've been to quite a while, so I figured this place was right up my alley...*smirk*  (Oh, and Pagan Bookstore Lady?  If you make the devil hat from the Domiknitrix book and sell it in your store?  That's called "a copyright violation"...I'm just sayin'...)

Stitches seems to be predominantly a fabric store...I don't sew at all, so much of it was lost on me, but it did seem to have lots of the bits and pieces and notions and things...I reckon if you were a quilter or sew-y type person, it would have been fabulous, since pretty much one whole wall is taken up by little snaps and scissors and grommets and seam rippers and stitch thingumabobs and sewing whoozywhatsis...*grin*  The yarn section was disappointingly small, almost exclusively Cascade, but since I loves me some Cascade, I was pretty content...Most of the Cascade I have seen around here is of the 220/Paints/Quatro variety, I was happy to get a chance to poke at stuff like the Cash Vero and 109...I tried to lick the Venezia, but the lady working in the store was too quick for me...*snerk*

I did make some small purchases...They had a bead display, so I picked up some cute little skull beads to make into stitch markers...And this!

So cute!  I had seen this book before, and at first I didn't really get it...But now I think the Corporate Zombie pattern has stolen my heart...*grimaces*...So to speak...

iPod Tuesday!

Fred's Top Ten

1.  Cops Of The World--Phil Ochs

2.  Listen To My Hearth--The Ramones

3.  Riot--Dead Kennedys

4.  Son Of A Bush--Public Enemy

5.  Nervous Breakdown--Black Flag

6.  Egg Man--The Beastie Boys

7.  Ghost Town--The Specials

8.  Big Six--Judge Dread

9.  Love A Dub--Ranking Dread

10.  Devil Doll--X

The quiz isn't yarn-related, but my end result was!  *grin*

What weird skill would suit you the best?

Your weird skill would be being able to knit a sweater from spaghetti! Yes, warm spaghetti! So it's all weak, slippery from the sauce and easy to break! But you would be able to knit anything you want with those slippery strings. I don't know who would want to wear a spaghetti-sweater, though... But it would be an amazing skill anyway! Take this quiz! Quizilla | Join | Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab Code

iPod Tuesday!

Fred's Top Ten

1.  Around The World--Red Hot Chili Peppers

2.  My Home Among The Hills--The Carter Family

3.  Green Hell--The Misfits

4.  Dreader Than Dread--Honey Boy Martin

5.  One  Of These Days--Operation Ivy

6.  Six Pack--Black Flag

7.  It Follows--Minor Thread

8.  007 (Shanty Town)--Desmond Dekker

9.  They're Red Hot--Robert Johnson

10.  Bend Down Low--Bob Marley & The Wailers

Adventures

So it's the middle of the freakin' night, no point in going to sleep now, since I have to be up in 1 1/2 hours...*scowls*

Got my Ravelry shirt!  Woo hoo!

Still working on all my Ravelympics projects!  Boo! I'll stick some pictures up soon, when I'm not completely stressed and overtired...Maybe I'll even be able to Blog about why I'm stressed and overtired!  Oh, and Oz?  I'm still not pregnant!  *snerk*

But I'm making some decent Ravelympics progress...I'm glad I picked some stuff to do in the WIP event...I'm just about done with the Contradiction needle case (just one pocket to sew on), though I seem to be pathologically incapable of following a pattern--I modified it to be two little pockets on one side and one big pocket on the other side...And I did the smaller pockets as little Babette-style squares...And I'm going to put crochet hooks in it, so it's not even a contradiction any more...*sigh*

I've finished sewing the handles on the felted granny square bags as well...Now I just need to re-felt them, and probably give them another going-over with the defuzzer thingy...

The Peruvia roses are almost completed as well...I liked those very much...It was very fun to learn to knit in a circle (basically) because as a Knitting Noob, I'd never been able to work out in my head exactly how you would knit a circle...I mean, I'd seen it, I just didn't get it...And, the little roses are so perfect for the little wool odds and ends I have left over from my A4A vests too...I always can use up the solid colors in a stripey vest or whatever, but I had a bunch of variegated yarn that I just couldn't work out an 'aesthetically pleasing' way to use in a vest, so this is great...They just need felting too...(I can tell what I will be doing on Sunday already...)

I'll be starting on a pair of Ravelympics socks soon as well...Provided the TSA doesn't steal my dpns...

iPod Tuesday!

Fred's Top Ten

1.  The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts--The Minutemen

2.  Fire--Red Hot Chili Peppers

3.  Come Wi Goh Dung Deh--Linton Kwesi Johnson

4.  All Mine--Dance Hall Crashers

5.  Cretin Hop--The Ramones

6.  Africa Unite--Bob Marley

7.  A String Of Pearls--Glenn Miller

8.  Direction--The Toasters

9.  Draft Dodger Rag--Phil Ochs

10.  Black-Haired Lad--Old Blind Dogs

Me And My Big Mouth

OK, so a while back, a good buddy of mine went to Foreign Lands and came back with the Little Man...Well, now she's doing it again, and she asked me for my address to be a reference for them with adoption agency...I vaguely recall her doing this last time and it was no big deal, I mean, I know my own address and everything...Or maybe it was the Lovely Ms L, for a new job, I don't know--who can remember farther back than last Tuesday anyway?  So I gave it to her, whatevs...

BUT NOW THE ADOPTION AGENCY WANTS ME TO ACTUALLY GIVE THEM A REFERENCE!!!

Oh noes!  I have to WRITE A LETTER and TELL THEM THINGS ABOUT MY FRIENDS!!!  Should I refrain from mentioning that Mr. K has all of the Star Wars books?  I am definitely going to mention how Heathen Mama fed the Little Man eggplant, which I would consider child abuse...It is important for them to know that they will be giving a child to a household that believes in recycling and home-grown foods, however, I will be certain to reassure the agency that I will make frequent visits with bags of Cheetos and gumdrops...

In reality, I am so honored to be able to help out in a small way with this new addition to their family...I've seen how wonderful they are with their son, and am so looking forward to meeting the new baby...I know that he will be so loved, and so lucky to have parents like Mr. K and Heathen Mama...

The only thing left now is the hideous slap-fight that will ensue as Sleepycat and I duke it out to see who gets to make a Baby Surprise Jacket for the new arrival...It will not be a pretty sight...