Ladies and snotty nosed women should always carry . . .

I think I came to the whole hanky world quite firmly one day when I was standing in a store with snot globbering down my face, not a tissue in sight, and a $5 t-shirt seeming a tempting option. (I would have bought it after I blew my nose, kay?) After that I bought half a dozen pack and of course used it as an excuse to embroider. All the pretty designs are from various Sublime Stitching kits and while I love to embroider I feel it should be used sparingly in one's wardrobe. One's hankys on the other hand . . . I have a pack of ten that I'm at work on now but it may be a bit. I'm even thinking of doing my own designs for some of them.

The hankys look so nice because I ironed them, which I do not normally do and am not converted into doing -it was all for the photo shoot. I ironed them while watching an episode of Mad Men. It was nice to think that due to a few massive shifts in society I rarely touch an iron except when sewing or ironing patterns on.

Knitting content should come once I can figure out how to get decent pics. I think I need a new camera but that will have to wait for now.

Notice the Clove gum. It's in stores right now. I bought like twenty packs. I love Clove gum.

Sari Scarf

So I've been taking lots of pictures of projects but they aren't coming out very well. This semi - decent photo is of an older FO - a couple months maybe. I got the recycled sari silk yarn about four years ago from my LYS with a gift certificate. I spent a good twenty minutes picking the skein with the color combo I liked best. Then the yarn sat in the stash waiting for just the right moment. The scarf is just garter stitch and knit on the bias. It didn't take long at all to knit and it was a joy to knit too. I would have thought the fuzziness would make it a pain but I was honestly sad when I was done. I ran into a snafu very near the end where suddenly the yarn was about half the thickness it had been before - so I doubled the yarn and it worked very well. Originally I was going to do a plain garter stitch but then hit upon the idea of the bias. I owe some credit to two patterns on knitty - one of a bag knit in recycled sari silk where it was knit on the bias and the famous clapotis for teaching me how to knit something on the bias. When it finally gets cold enough to wear a scarf again I hope to get lots of wear out of this.

I like to think sock patterns are his favorites

I went to see the new HP film yesterday. They kept the knitting reference in, which I was very pleased about. Beyond that there are plenty of things I could say on the matter but I don't wish to do a review, so I won't.

While watching I worked on my current movie knitting. Usually it's socks -I don't turn heels or work toes while in darkened theaters but I do straight stockinette or a simple rib. This is a top down beanie for BB out of tofutsies yarn. It's leftover from a pair of socks I knitted for BB for his birthday last year (I think). Anyway this will be for his b day this year if I can get a couple more movies in before then. If not I'll just give it to him when it's done. I already got him a few non crafty things he'll like.

I also knit on this during Star Trek and I planned on knitting on it during the following films:
The Brothers Bloom
Away We Go
(500) Days of Summer
All Good Things
Taking Woodstock

Except it appears none of them came or will come to my little town. Sigh.

ETA: Away we Go started Friday and I went to see it on Sat. Of course I forgot to bring my movie knitting with. On the plus I loved the movie. It was somehow even better than the hype.

Lorna's Laces Yumminess

I went to my LYS a few weeks back to buy yarn for a sweater for BB and I made my customary sweep of the sock yarns and discovered some Lorna's Laces. I didn't even know they carried the yarn since I had never seen it there before. Turns out they carry it, it just doesn't stay on the shelves. The pink and yellow is my current travel project - they've already been knit in a pub, a Mexican restaurant, a Greek restaurant, a deli, and at a friend's house while watching the first season of the Tudors. The blue may or may not be involved in a holiday gift.