Arse Over Teakettle

Need I say more?  Go listen to this episode of Stash & Burn.  GO!  NOW!

(Not listening yet?  It’s the YARN HARLOT!  Ah hah!  That got you…)

Random Survey

I needed a quick mental break and saw this survey pop up in my Reader, originally posted by The Life of Me & Mine.  View my answers below.

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Empire Magazine has revealed its list of the “50 Greatest TV Shows” ever. Below is the list and here be the rules.

1. Bold the shows you’ve watched every episode of
2. Italic the shows you’ve seen at least one episode of
3. Post your answers

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50. Quantum Leap
49. Prison Break
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City

45. Farscape
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers

40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted

35. Alias
34. Frasier
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood

30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf

25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks
23. The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel

20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs
18. Arrested Development
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who

15. Heroes
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld

10. Spaced
09. The X-Files
08. The Wire
07. Friends
06. 24

05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
01. The Simpsons

Help Me, I’m Dyeing!

I’m so pun-y, someone should stop me.

I just wanted to give a quick update on the dyeing going on at our house. I have successfully dyed a skein of wool!  WOO!!! I was worried. I have a habit of not paying enough attention or not reading the directions fully or just being too darn impatient! This time, none of those things hurt my results. The wool did not felt, the color does not look like crap, and I did not destroy anything in my kitchen. All in all, a great success.

I used the dyeing tutorial from Knitty. You can find it here. Because I am starting to fall asleep a little, (Ambien is wonderful), I will make this brief and picture heavy.

I used Patons Classic Wool for this first attempt. Wilton’s food dye in red and yellow.

Step 1: I re-skeined it into a big skein. You can see my helper there in the background.

Step 2: Soaked it overnight in a vinegar/water solution (sorry, no pictures of yarn spaghetti).

Step 3: Added the color and cooked in the slow cooker until the water was clear. It took a couple of hours and I had to turn the heat down because it was starting to boil. Otherwise, piece ‘o cake.

Step 4: Rinse it and hang to dry.

Step 5: Enjoy. (We’ll get to this step later, when the yarn is completely dry…)

Also, I’ve been painting. I give you my four creations. Look at your own risk…

 

Some Ado About Something

I’ve been a very bad blogger. I haven’t posted in 3 weeks. Yes, I should be publicly flogged.

I am on a diet. Not a yarn diet, a real diet. Sam and I went low-carb a week ago last Sunday. In the last 10 days, I have lost 9.4lbs. It’s been a little tough, but I feel strong and the weight loss is really encouraging. I’m in Ketosis!

On the yarn side, I have been naughty. I purchased 2 skeins of Lorna’s Laces in Blackberry. Along with that, I got 2 sets of 4″ HiyaHiya double points from The Knitting Zone. I’m getting used to the small, short DPNs, but so far, so good.

I have started a pair of Jaywalkers using the new DPNs and a skein of my Tofutsies. Yes, I know everyone is or has knitted Jaywalkers, but I’m a little slow to jump on the bandwagon. I am very pleased with how they are working up and pictures can be found in my Notebook on Ravelry. For those of you who haven’t joined up yet, here they are so far.

The Jaywalkers are from Grumperina, the brain behind MagKnits. The new MagKnits came out recently and has some very cute patterns. It’s a must for free patterns.

Other than the diet and yarn purchases, not much has been going on. My life has mostly been work, knit, sleep for the past 2 weeks.

So, I leave you with your weekly Chloe.

Chloe with my nephew Tyler. She’s hoping for tummy rubs.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

I cut it all off.  Well, not all of it.  And *I* really didn’t cut it.  To rephrase…  I had Michael cut much of it off.  See?

 

I cut it because it was just too hot.  Today, the weather is cold and rainy. Talk about timing!

To forget about the weather, I give you yarn pretties.

It’s getting there!  Maybe 2 more rows of blocks and then the ending triangles.   I’m planning to finish it with a simple crochet border, perhaps in a contrasting yarn.

I also started the Boteh Scarf from Interweave Crochet this morning in a pretty colorway of SWTC Tofutsies.   Hopefully pictures will follow if it looks like it’s going to turn out.  I’m not sure if the colorway and the pattern are going to like each other.

KNITTY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a quick post to say:

The new issue of Knitty.com is out!!!  What are you waiting for?!?!

 GO!! NOW!! LOOK!! KNIT!!