High Holidays Part II

F-U Blogger. I'm not giving up. The world needs my photos. Ha!

High Holidays for Crafters is Upon Us --Dun Dun Dun!!

Well it's been two weeks, I know, so I promise to thoroughly satiate you with my makings and doings of late. Last week was spent happily in the presence of the woman who made me, my mom. (Hi mom!) Although I had grand plans of whipping up the entire T-Day feast all on my own, whilst mom ate bon-bons and watched the Macy's parade, that, alas, did not come to pass. I believe the extent of my duties were: order and pick up turkey, purchase groceries, clean brocolli. Perhaps it was the slippery flesh, the giblets (of which I'll spare you the photo), or just the fact that I didn't know what the hell I was doing. In any case, thirty years of making turkeys definately qualifies you as a pro, so I let mom handle the fixin's.







---TaDa! It was absolutely delicious. 15 and one half pounds of "happy" turkey, as mom would say.



The leftovers, of course, seemed endless, and so I got out the Joy of Cooking, a tome both antiquated and timeless, if such a thing is possible. So now in my freezer sit turkey pot pie and turkey tetrazini (yeah 2nd grade!). Turkey tortilla soup is on the burner for tonight. Just think --all this from a recently reformed vegetarian!

And now onto the non-edibles. I've almost finished the most challenging project to date: handy and stylish convertible mittens for my little bro. It took three tries just to get past the cuff (don't ask), then I finished one, lined it with fleece, and decided it was too small. Arg! Fortunately I can knit faster than your granny so I didn't lose too much time. C'est masculin, non? What, can't see the photo? Well fuckin' a --if I haven't just spent the last 15 minutes trying to figure out how to make the photos look good on here, and now it won't even upload. I give up.

Well I've just wasted another hour typing away and getting frustrated with blogger, so I'll leave you all to your crafts. For those of you sick of my knitting, next week will be a change of pace with: Sewing!

Thursday is my new favorite day.

Why, you ask? Because it's the day I get to knit, drink, and have stimualting conversation with four other people all at the same time! Um, well that's knit, drink and talk at the same time. Whatever.

To post or not to post, xmas presents that is. I'm gonna go with post, at least for those who do not yet know of the existance of this blog. Here's Fio's present, fingerless wrist warmers, made from Peruvian yarn for my Peruvian sister. Anybody who's ever picked up a knitting needle and clicked a mouse should recognize these babies from knitty.com. I have a feeling there's like 50,000 of these being knit right now. Cozy, soft, fast, basically the perfect gift.

More presents under way. Going to start some 'pop-top' gloves for my bro. Last night I decided to design them myself, snowflake and all, but in the light of day came to my senses. I found a good pattern at the Knit Shop, the most unironically named knitting store, which I can appreciate. Other presents will have to wait to make their appearance until after xmas.
Ciao for now.

Well Ruffle My Feathers!

Hooray! The sun came out today and I finished my skirt, aka, the coolest thing I've made yet. The skirt is just a simple tube, with a ribbed border on top, yarnovers that create the belt holes, a belt made from an I-cord, and a rrrrruffle that purrs. The striping I made up, increasing one round each stripe so they get progressively bigger; perhaps that's not accentuated enough. Perhaps I'll have to make another one (sly smile spreads across my lips). I cannot stress enough how easy this skirt was, just a little time consuming, but if you're a thin little thing, it shouldn't take too long.
Pattern: design by Esther Yun-Mancini, printed in Filatura Di Crosa, Fall/Winter 2006

----ruffle made by increading one stitch at each marker every round. Who knew?!

Little Green Riding Hood

Brrr. Just in time for the sun to go bye-bye, I fashioned a hooded scarf. So soft, so green. Green is the new brown and brown is the new black, just so you know. The wonderful thing about this project? It's just a scarf, with a seam sewn on the side of the center. No 3 needle bind-off or nuthin'. The horrible thing about this project? It's still a scarf and therefore took way too long.






----pay no attention to the Earth
Machine in the corner.






Pattern: "Head Huggers" by Nancy Lindberg.

Up And At Them!

Well it's election day, or as I like to say, the day Saratone started her blog. And what a way to start it, amidst flooding and all. So in record time, I took an old Atlanta Braves nylon jacket and turned it into some waterproof(?) bike booties.





----the carnage















---dry feet=happy feet!







Directions: Obtain nylon jacket from thrift store. Cut off sleeves at elbow. Sew the hand hole shut. Cut the arm seam about half way up. If you like it tidy, hem it on all sides. Sew on some velcro at the ankles. Spray with waterproofing, I used nikwax, et voila! The dorky biker rides again.