Smartest. Gift. Ever.

Who wants one of these for the next gift-giving occasion?

From Failblog

Anyone?  Anyone?


Note:  Check out the comments on that link.  My favorites are:

hold on, let me put on my thinking cap…

maybe not the best cap to wear during the zombie apocalypse

Looks great when worn with the organs sweater. 

 Just sayin'.  I might be off to knit a brain and and an organs sweater now...

Espionage

Every year I go to Target and scope out what is new in knitwear fashion (a.k.a. to get mad that stores charge for something I could make myself and/or can charge so little for what would take me FOREVER to make myself)

More flip top mittens.  But these have entrelac on the hand.  Interesting.

Also seems to be a bunch of Fair Isle this year.  If I had the attention span, these are what I would make.

These, not so much.  You can't tell, but a couple of these are scarf/hood combinations.

Would look like this laid out flat.  Cool or not cool?

Vogue Knitting appears to agree with Target that fair isle is fashionable:

But I question the taste of that first hat and of wearing a wool cap with a tank top...but maybe that's just me.

Out of Touch

Hi!  It's been a while since we've talked.  What's up?  I've been at law school.

Law school requires a bunch of reading.  It's a good thing I have smart people to study with.

These are my classmates.  They are superheroes.  Or at least they dress like superheroes.

There are lots of things to see and do in Atlanta.  This is the Carter Center.  Where you can learn about...

President Carter.  He walked in front of the GA State Capital.

I think I look pretty good doing it, too.

If you wanted to come visit me, I would take you too see cool things, too.  Like the Ebenezer Baptist Church next to the MLK museum.

The only problem?  We would have to get there by bus because I don't have a car.  And Atlanta just HATES to put bus stops in accessible, pedestrian-friendly places.

And the wild-life is pretty wacko banunu as well.  The squirrels drink from sprinkler heads.

But the people are worth getting to know.

And there is plenty of yarn to go around...of course :-)

Hats, Hats and More Hats

Last year for Christmas, everyone and their mother (or rather, everyone including MY mother) got these slippers.

This year, I am obessessed with this hat:

It looks ridiculous when it isn't on someone's head.  And I have learned that I have to provide instructions when I gift them, or people wear it with the bottom folded up instead of like a slouchy hat.  But it looks amazing once it is on your head. 

Janna and Meg have already gotten them for their birthdays.  Janna's was the red one above.  Meg's was the blue one here.  I made one for Lisa last winter, and I, of course, have the original I made for myself.

I have enough bulky weight yarn to make about a million more and just love this pattern to death. 

Speak now or expect to get one for Christmas this year.

What a Mess

I haven't posted in a while.  Mostly because my knitting looks like this:

I keep starting projects, getting bored and then starting something new.  Start-itis has struck, and I don't know how to make it stop.

Birth and Knitting

The Yarn Harlot, once again, said everything I wanted to say in a much more eloquent way:  http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2011/09/14/a_welcome_with_thanks.html

And managed to talk about knitting and birth at the same time.

Hats and Cake

I have an awesome roommate named Meg.  I made her a hat for her birthday.  She decided to wear it.

She's so pretty, no?  The hat is just like one I have but in a prettier color.  I may be obsessed with this pattern.

 I also made her a cake.

She made the reasonable decision not to wear that.