14 posts tagged “doctor who”
I started off the new year with my favorite pattern, Rose Red by Ysolda.
A few thoughts:
1- This red is not NTSC safe. Really. It was impossible to get a good picture.
2- I am really flippin’ pale.
3- This yarn is great for showing off stitches and stitch definition, but doesn’t shape very well.
4- Knowing me, I’ll be making this again in a few months. I love this pattern.
5- I really need a haircut. My bangs are out of control.
Well, I'm off to read up on Matt Smith. Happy NewDoctor Year!
1- This red is not NTSC safe. Really. It was impossible to get a good picture.
2- I am really flippin’ pale.
3- This yarn is great for showing off stitches and stitch definition, but doesn’t shape very well.
4- Knowing me, I’ll be making this again in a few months. I love this pattern.
5- I really need a haircut. My bangs are out of control.
Well, I'm off to read up on Matt Smith. Happy New
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I just spent the last five days in Nashville at a music theory/musicology convention. It was really awesome. The only knitting I did was on my DW season 12 scarf, here's how far along I am.
I'm also posting because I have a short list of the books that I still haven't replaced after the moving company lost them. I figured, hey, people read this and might be generous. So here's the list.
Knit Wit - Amy Singer
Getting Started Knitting Socks - Ann Budd
Amigurumi!: Super Happy Crochet Cute - Elisabeth Doherty
Stitch 'N Bitch - Debby Stoller
Stitch 'N Bitch: the Happy Hooker - Debby Stoller
Doctor Who Pattern Book - Joy Gammon
If you're down for buying me a book in a trade for something knit or crochet, I would love to make an arrangement. Or if you are just a generous soul, leave a comment or send me a message.
I need to sleep now ...
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p.s. Title not related, just awesome.
Knit Wit - Amy Singer
Getting Started Knitting Socks - Ann Budd
Amigurumi!: Super Happy Crochet Cute - Elisabeth Doherty
Stitch 'N Bitch - Debby Stoller
Stitch 'N Bitch: the Happy Hooker - Debby Stoller
Doctor Who Pattern Book - Joy Gammon
If you're down for buying me a book in a trade for something knit or crochet, I would love to make an arrangement. Or if you are just a generous soul, leave a comment or send me a message.
I need to sleep now ...
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p.s. Title not related, just awesome.
Lefty's blocking. That makes my 41st project of 2008. I should blast through 50 in no time. Go me! Too bad my queue has like 200+ things on it.
Here I am, in Austin, TX. My stuff isn't here yet, so I'm sleeping on a couch. As such it doesn't quite feel like home yet. I'm making strides, though.
While in LR I went to a Hobby Lobby and got a skein of the softest cotton in the world which I used to make this:
The pattern is from Weekend Knits, but is also available online at CanadianLiving.com. Very easy, pretty quick. I made most of it while watching a baseball game Wednesday night, and did the rest while watching "The Two Doctors" episode of Doctor Who (Sixth Doctor and Second Doctor). By the way, I think I am in love with Jamie. He may just be my new favorite companion.
Now I'm off to the mega Whole Foods downtown to do some much-needed shopping. And maybe treat myself to something fancy. I mean, it's my birthday, so why not?
Stay cool,
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Now I'm off to the mega Whole Foods downtown to do some much-needed shopping. And maybe treat myself to something fancy. I mean, it's my birthday, so why not?
Stay cool,
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(I made these for the Ravelympics.)
Here is a quick picture parade of my latest FO, Ysolda Teague's Rose Red.
Oh, and I did some more holiday yarn shopping at Wool & Co. in Geneva, IL.
BUT! I was good and only got yarn for patterns in my Ravelry queue.
Totally unrelated:
I am seriously flipping out over tomorrow's Doctor Who episode. Although I have to admit, I am more concerned about Jack, Gwen & Ianto, and Sarah Jane than I am about Ten's pseudo-regeneration or whatever may happen. Please don't let Sarah Jane die! ah! ;_;
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I am seriously flipping out over tomorrow's Doctor Who episode. Although I have to admit, I am more concerned about Jack, Gwen & Ianto, and Sarah Jane than I am about Ten's pseudo-regeneration or whatever may happen. Please don't let Sarah Jane die! ah! ;_;
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My local library is awesome.
Because I am a poor and lowly college student, I am borrowing these books to get the patterns I want out of them. And there are some awesome ones!
On the way home I stopped at a local craft store and got:
On the way home I stopped at a local craft store and got:
This is Olivia, my new foam head display thingy. She's just lovely. And very dramatic.
As far as knitting stuff goes, I finished my bamboo cowl, though I'm not getting any good photos to turn out. So oh well. Maybe I'll get some action shots when the weather cools down ... oh wait, I'm moving to Texas. Well, maybe someday.
I recently got a pattern that I really liked from Glampyre Knits, so that is my project for today. I've had two skeins of Noro Kujaku sitting around for like three years. I need to use it.
In more nerdy news, I figured out how to use Boot Camp to partition my hard drive and install Windows on part of it. I feel like I've soiled my poor MacBook, but I really wanted to be able to watch movies on Netflix's Watch Instantly feature. So I had to do what I had to do. Now I can watch many glorious episodes of Classic Who without them being chopped into 20 pieces on YouTube.
As far as knitting stuff goes, I finished my bamboo cowl, though I'm not getting any good photos to turn out. So oh well. Maybe I'll get some action shots when the weather cools down ... oh wait, I'm moving to Texas. Well, maybe someday.
I recently got a pattern that I really liked from Glampyre Knits, so that is my project for today. I've had two skeins of Noro Kujaku sitting around for like three years. I need to use it.
In more nerdy news, I figured out how to use Boot Camp to partition my hard drive and install Windows on part of it. I feel like I've soiled my poor MacBook, but I really wanted to be able to watch movies on Netflix's Watch Instantly feature. So I had to do what I had to do. Now I can watch many glorious episodes of Classic Who without them being chopped into 20 pieces on YouTube.
I just ordered what may be the greatest cross-over of all time.
Seriously. And it only cost $2.95 from Whona.com. I ordered it last night (pretty late, too) and I already got an email confirming that it has been shipped. They're based out of Indianapolis, so I might even get it in the mail tomorrow. So awesome. I want to knit K-9 so badly.
Also, I found this really awesome site that lets you make your own postage stamps. Check it:
So cool. I love the internet.
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I just found a new source of entry titles. Big win.
Being Wednesday, it seems appropriate for a What's On Your Needles Wednesday kind of thing.
Here are my two go-to projects of the moment:
Like any knitting DW fan, I am making a must-have scarf. Based on Four's season 12 scarf. It's about five or so feet long at this point. I'm just about half way finished with it. Blocked it'll probably end up being about 15 feet long.
I love cowls. And I love green, So really, this project is perfect. And ohmygoodness is this yarn amazing to knit with. Classic Elite Yarns Wool Bam Boo. It is so so so silky soft. I wish it wasn't summer so that I could wear this (when I finish it).
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p.s. I got an awesome new ring and I love it to bits.
It's called "Music Ring" and it's made by MarieCarter. I adore her stuff. She custom made this to my specifications and it only took four days to get to me from when I clicked "submit" to when it was in my mailbox. How awesome is that? Very.
I have decided to take it upon myself to make a scarf in leu of the Fourth Doctor. I think I posted at some point about buying the yarn I needed to make it happen. Well, tonight I'm finally giving it a go.
To be honest, though, I've started and restarted a handful of times already, because I wasn't sure how the pattern was going to work out. I picked my yarn based on color, not weight. The pattern calls for DK weight, and I bought worsted. So I figured whatevah, I'll just give it a go and see what happens. Attempt 1 started with garter stitch, but I cast on way too many stitches. I frogged, then decided to cast on less and use a 1x1 rib. After a while I realized the 1x1 would be way too heavy for such a long scarf. So tonight I start my third attempt, and this time it is going to work because I mathed it all out! Hooray math.
Basically, I am cutting everything down a third. I'm casting on 44 sts instead of 64. I went through each row and mathed out how many I should work to have each color take up about the same amount of space.
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BEGIN 6 purple 36 tan 10 brown 8 yellow 16 red 6 purple 30 gray 16 green 6 yellow 20 tan 10 red 6 brown 8 purple 30 green |
CONTINUE 8 yellow 12 gray 8 red 36 tan 8 purple 16 green 10 gray 6 yellow 14 red 6 purple 26 brown 8 tan 6 gray 28 red |
CONTINUE 10 yellow 16 green 6 purple 30 tan 8 brown 16 gray 6 red 10 purple 6 tan 10 yellow 38 green 12 red 10 gray 8 yellow |
CONTINUE 14 brown 6 purple 8 tan 24 gray 6 red 10 yellow 12 tan 6 purple 22 brown 6 red 24 purple END |
I'm going to knit on US8s ... for this yarn 9 is too big and stretchy, and 7 is a bit too small.
Good old mathy math.
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