Knitorious

One knits on the West Coast. One knits on the East Coast. Together, they have travelled across America with a gnome named Cupist, eaten Rice Krispy sculpture displays, and narrated the tales of Mothman and Carl and Momma Ukrop. Apart, they have slandered Jack Kerouac, thrown Peter Gabriel away in Cleveland, and re-written the gospel. Now, you can see for yourself how knitorious they really are.

Saturday, February 25, 2006

String Theory

My mom's birthday is today, so yesterday I finally found a yarn store here in Decatur. Not that finding a store was difficult, but I knew that once I found one, I would wind up (ha ha) with more projects on the sticks. 

But I wanted to encourage my mom's re-found knitting habit, and she has been curious about this whole felting business, so I decided I would put together a knitting kit just for her. Plus, what could be more encouraging then knitting a felted tote? So I searched through patterns, decided on the Marsupial tote from the first Stitch N Bitch (I think she'll dig that one), and made my list. And since my messenger bag/satchel/purse recently broke, I perhaps also decided that a new one was in order, and that the only course of action would perhaps be to knit Satchel from Knitty.com. So I Googled directions to the Needle Nook, sped through Atlanta, and after rejoicing in a wonderfully well-stocked yarn shop with an excellent staff, I returned home to rejoice in the profusion of newly purchased yarn.




I am likely not going to be able to cast on this weekend, which is probably good since I'm still working on the sweater and bulletin board (and still in search of a tri-glide buckle that I like--the ebay one is a little too mustardy for me, as it turns out), but hopefully I can work on one of those during my Sunday discussion group meeting. 

And since I'm getting ready to leave for Charlotte in a moment to meet up with my mom and my brother, I will post a pic of the knitting kit I put together for her.




How fun is that?! I was a little hesitant to put it in another tote, but really, can a person have too many knitting totes?

Friday, February 10, 2006

On the Sticks

So, I am currently listening to the Culture Club for no apparent reason. I have these amazing 80s CDs that I just uploaded to my iTunes, and it's such a treat--whatever happened to Boy George anyway?

He would probably approve of my sofa, which you will see featured in these pictures. Yes, it is orange. And yes, it is velvet. 




This is one of my current projects, a sweater. I chose to photograph it on my sofa since both my desks and my carpet are brown. Although you probably can't tell (yet), this is Tempting II, from Knitty (www.knitty.com). I have put it on hold, temporarily, while I await the tri-glide buckle I ordered from Ebay to see if it works. 

In the meantime, I am knitting this:



Yes, it's a big square. Why I am knitting a big square? Well, my plan is to use up some of this scrap wool, and knit several big squares, using whatever bizarre colors that I want (obviously, I'm in a solids mood at the moment). Then, I'm going to piece the big squares together, throw the whole damn thing in the wash, felt it good, and hang it on my wall. How odd, you may be thinking. No, no, this is genius! It's going to be a bulletin board, and I can tack all my incessant notes to myself on it! And it will be so fun!

This was not my idea. I read it in AlterKnits. Which, if you don't own that book, you probably should. It rules! In the book, the bulletin board is knit on HUGE circular needles, but since I'm looking for something I can tote about and knit on the MARTA, I opted for making squares. 

Actually, I think Cupist matches my sofa. Or rather, my sofa matches Cupist. Hmmmm...

Thursday, February 09, 2006

flower that is not vertical



I am not savvy enough yet to make this amaryllis stand upright in the blog entry box. But if you just turn your head sideways, you can pretty much get the full effect. 

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Check. Check. 1. 2. Check.

This is a test. I repeat, this is only a test. If this were an actual blog entry, the contents of this box would be filled with witty anecdotes, knitting photos, and possibly a photo my now blooming amaryllis. However, this is only a test.

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