I have finished something.......

The Underworld/Buffy/Vampire/soon to be Undead project - the Picot Edge Gauntlet from Vogue's Knit 1 first issue.

Okay so it's perhaps not showing the (my) Gauntlet to the best, you can't clearly see my picot edge or lacey pattern on the lower half but you get some idea from the magazine photo and yes mine did come out resembling it so I am thrilled. Now all I have to do is start the second one. I finished this first one while watching Pirates of teh Caribbean so I think in all fairness it will have to become the Undead project.

I think this brings me to 2 and 1/2 projects finsihed now. Only 17 and a 1/2 to go. Not bad, not bad. I have decided totreat myself after this diet is over I am going to foray onto the much wondered (by me anyway) about the world of Sari Silk. But there will be plenty of time to decide imbetween now and when I finish.

Only another short one today I'm afraid.

Pandora's Box.

The Demonia shoe box and what could be inside?

The Bad Ass Knitter's Dream Shoes!

These are the other interchangeable designs for the shoes.

My Hero!

I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way!

- Jesscia Rabbit.

I don't believe it!

I've been working on the phone cosy this afternoon after starting it for the third time and it was coming on really well, almost too well. I know it's only a narrow rectangle in stocking stitch but I was virtually at the end of the main part and coming into what would become the flap and what happens?

It appears narrower......I count stitches and I have lost one. And I can see where it is and I don't have too far to take it back and fix. Unlike poor Stephanie who writes Yarn Harlot and her diaster with the MSF Mittens. I really do feel for her (and inspired by her snow house), so far I have had no monumental stuff-ups with what I have made. This isn't hard given 90% of what I've made has been scarves.
**Note: While I mention scarves, the Scarf Issue of Creative Knitting has still not reappeared and I suspect that is the issue with the Girl's Mohair Scarf I uncovered which is half way to completion. Grrr Arrghhh!!

Back to the topic at hand, my missing stitch looking back at where it is I know when I must have done it. And Matt Hardy is entirely to blame. I adore Matt Hardy and he features in many of my knitting fantasys (knitting needles are very similar to stakes both being sharp pointy sticks and all, if I'm going to be anyone else it may as well be Buffy), but I fear a parting of ways may be coming soon. Reading this caused me to be momentarily (alright if I'm honest more like hourly) confused because of the big words at which point I must have lost the stitch while I was debating if Matt hardy was worth the price of a dictionary.

Some place else new I visited today was Dogs Steal Yarn. I have seen it listed as a fave read on a number of blogs but have never got around to reading it. The list of blogs I will read one day is almost as long as the list of blogs I do read now.

Another place I went and am loving is Yarn-A-Go-Go, I am particular keen on her KniTattoo page. Some very cool artwork there. I really like Liz, Tess, Lori and Stephanie's.
I'd like some of my own, but given how easily bored with things I become and how often I want change I don't think permanent ink is really for me. Maybe when I'm older and less fickle, I suppose it could happen.
That's it for today, I suppose I'd better unpick this knitting now or it'll languish in a corner somewhere.

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Rip it! Rip it good!

I have started twice now to knit a cosy for my mobile phone, and I'm about to undo it for the second time. The pattern called for 16 stitches which would have been big enough for two phones. I undid it, recast on with 10 stiches and it is becoming very clear 10 is not going to be wide enough. The phone will just fit but there will be no room for sewing up.

The pattern I am using is an adaptaion of Cricket's Technicolour Techno-Cosies from Stitch n' Bitch by Debbie Stoller, I am still seeking her second book Stitch n' Bitch Nation. I would have expected it to be here by now. This is the first attempt to knit up the nylon lurex knitting yarn as it's called.

I failed to get the second half of the first mitten done. Dr Who is finally officially finished, yes I know I said I had finished knittng him but today I finally remembered the crochet hook and my sister (the long overdue receipent of the scarf) put the tassels on along the ends and it looks really good. I hope to get some pictures really soon, also of the first two projects from the 20. The first pair of mittens and the quick knit feathers scarf.

If only I could get more finished. There's some I-Cord standing between me and finishng my bag and also a button. But that should be easy to find. That wretched I-Cord however......

On the domestic front, I am pleased to announce after all this time waiting I finally have had my hot water cylinder fixed or more to the point replaced. Not that I've waited long for that.

It's still hot, but not as hot as it was thankfully. I am having to o knit some for lack of better excuse..

I always knew I was a little out there.....

Perhaps this is the perfect description of me. Maybe you've all already run away in fright, I'm the first to admit my interests make me a little bit out of the ordinary but is this how I really come across?!?!?!?!?!???

You Are Creepy

Serial killers would run away from you in a flash.

How scary are you?

Teething Troubles

I got absolutley no knitting done today. However I have been putting a lot of thought into my local SNB group.

One of the other members has suggested organising a yarn swap, this has me worried. Mostly because I'm unclear as to how this is all going to work - every time we talk about it another question seems to be raised. I can't wait for the next meeting to get together with the others and see what they all think

As well as the yarn swap there is also the starting time, I think for most people the earlier start would suit them better but this is by no means set in concrete. This one I think can be easily resolved.

Thankfully it wasn't as hot today, but I still failed to knit anything I know. I'm exorcising my right as a Bad Ass Knitter to not knit if I so choose. Also I'm kind of having yarn cravings, I won't new yarns and new projects. I want different to what I already have. Unfortunatly all that is 18 projects away....

Only another short one, it's not only my knitting I'm getting lax with. But I'm afraid nothing much else has happened to warrant being blogged about recently. I either need a new hobby or to get out more or both.

Today's Tidbit.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do just as easily the day after tomorrow.
- Mark Twain.

My Australia Day.

It's been a warm one, and I always have thought of myself as a fearless knitter. But the weather at the moment is making me think twice about picking up the needles and working on anything.

The Morally Bankrupt shoes are here, yes these are the Bad Ass Knitter/Underworld-Buffy Project/now also Pirate Project shoes. They have interchangeable motifs - a bat, a cross and a skull & cross bones. So you can see they will also have to become my Pirates of the Caribbean knitting shoes.
The great skull knit in project what will it be? I discovered fellow Australian blogger and knitter Katie from Katie Knits has knitted the Mini-Skull Tote from Hello Yarn.Of course being nosey and interested in this project and as Katie is a fellow Australian I had to ask what yarn she had used for the project. I'm hoping she's found a suitable local substitute for the project.

After all that talk of knitting last night, I did none. However I have knitted half of the first mitten from the second pair made from Columbine today. Does that make sense?
I've made a pair of mittens from the Columbine, now I've completed half of a mitten from the soon to be second pair. If you think your confused how do you think I feel?

And my gripe for the day, I would love for you all to leave comments, I'll even take critiscism if it's constructive. But what I do object to is people using my comments section to promote their blog. And by this I mean leaving a comment that contains nothing more than a web address. That just pisses me off and as far as I'm concerned it's downright rude the equivelant of blog spam. I don't know if this is the correct term or if a term even exists, well if not it does now.

Before I wrote this post I did todays junky tidbit so you can find it below and that's it for today boys and girls.

Today's Tidbit.

Your Stripper Name is: Cleopatra

Get your own Stripper Name

Today's Tidbit.

"I'm sure people see me as a screaming redhead with a big pair of boobs, but I like to think I've got things to say."
Geri Halliwell, former member of the Spice Girls.

I feel I should write a post that says more than......

Fuzzle Wuzzle!

So far that's all that's popped into my brain as I sit here and think about what I should have planned to write about today. I blame the heat it's causing my brain to overheat and think Fuzzle Wuzzle!

But on to more serious matters like I've left my Vampire gauntlets at my mother's along with all the trappings and pattern for the mittens. I'll have to work on something else tonight.

This does not bode well, the odds are I will slip back into my bad habits and knit nothing at all. Maybe I'll finally get the second half of the ribbing done on that beanie. I hate ribbing, I really must finish it or udo it. Alright my mind is made, I'll attempt to finish a bit more of the ribbing tonight until I can get my Vamp gauntlets back.

It's official, I can not find my Creative Knitting Scarf Special anywhere and as you've probably guessed it has a pattern I won't to use in it. The Moody Blues Scarf which I started organising yarns for is on hold because I can not find the pattern. Granted it was designed with using up scraps from your stash but I really wanted another look at the picture to gauge how wide each of my stripes would be and how they put the shades together.

Off the knitting front, I am going to watch around CSI (I love CSI!) Pirates of the Caribbean. I absolutely adore Johnny Depp and have fancied the man ever since I saw him in 21 Jump Street. I know 21 Jump Street, I'm really showing my age. But Johnny Depp hasn't changed much since then. If I were a Vampire Slayer I'd probably be suspicious.

Back on to the knitting front the Pirates have given me an idea. They would be a fabulous movie to knit a skull and crossbones project to. I'm so excited! Maybe I should start a Pirates knit-along and find some fellow skull knitters to join me. This could be the start of something very beautiful, perhaps I should quit the yarn diet now. No, I will be strong - the Pirates aren't going anywhere any time soon.

I'm afraid that's it for today, I failed to get any knitting done last night so I have no real progress to report. However I hope to have better luck tomorrow for you - provided I survive I have decided to be brave and try a Maggi Snack Stop Rice - Chilli Con Carne flavour.

The Vampire is Growing!

I worked on the Vampire (formerly Underworld - Underworld/Buffy) gauntlet last night, rewatching the early episodes of Season Two of Buffy. I discovered after counting my stiitches I was a stitch short. I couldn't be bothered taking the row back by that time of night and making one and re-knitting the rest of the row. I am past the lacey section and onto knit up the hand and thumb section.
Hopefully the first half of Project 3 will soon be finished!

Apart from that, stuff has been very slow and very hot. I really don't like the heat it causes me to melt. I am so looking forward to winter, I can remember it wasn't all that long ago I couldn't wait for it to be summer. What was I thinking?

As you've probably noticed from the last couple of days posts there's y post and some weird junky tidbit. I love weird junky tidbits and I figure if nothing else it'll tell you something about me. I love weird junky tidbits amongest other things.

Anyway today's is about Buffy, surprise surprise. I'm afraid that's all for today I must go and put my yarn in the fridge.

I'd like to think I'm not this bad.....

You Know You're Addicted to Buffy When...

You look at pieces of wood, deciding if they would make a good stake You decide that you will only see your boyfriend at night and in the graveyard "A happy slayer is a good slayer" becomes your motto You have the whole collection of Buffy T-shirts But you won't wear them - you want to keep them in mint condition. You've taken up karate and practise your Buffy moves regularly You refuse to go out after dark... just in case You have suddenly taken a liking to tweed You start calling your boyfriend Angel You prefer to watch Buffy alone because other people just "don't get it" You find yourself quoting the show several times a day You go shopping for clothes and only purchase things that have appeared on the show You always say the words "the wacky", "wiggins" and "a happy" All your user names on the internet are "Willow" You start hanging around libraries You love to hack into the coroners office You have either a cross necklace or a Claddaugh ring You decide the graveyard is really cool hangout You look at abandon warehouses in a whole new light You never invite anyone into your house after dark You find yourself in a situation and say "This is something Xander would do" You are secretly in love with your best friend Your licence plates read "Queen C" You think "Too much Buffy? Never!" You name your puppy Willow or Xander You recite Amy's rat-turning spell when in the company of your older brother You demand that people call you Buffy Every time you step out of the shower you say "I seem to be having an extreem case of nudity" You appoint yourself a watcher and choose someone to study/train etc. You stay away from your teacher just incase they turn out to be prey-matis' Your room looks like a shrine, you have Buffy posters as wallpaper, a Buffy bedspread, curtains etc. You won't take cookies or mini pizza's from your Mom's new boyfriend You find a whole new liking for miniture golfing You hear that song "I hope you dance" and think of fighting Faith You cried two hours after the fifth season finale of Buffy was over because she died even though you know she is coming back. You pondered becoming a vengance demon after your last breakup. You own enough Buffy comics and novels to have your bedroom be considered a fire hazard. You won't go out past sunset unless armed to the teeth with stakes, crosses, and holy water. You have crosses nailed over every window and door. You start tracking the local murder rates after a new girl moves into town. You read all the occult books in the school library searching for the Watcher diaries. To you, sexual protection isn't birth control, it's making sure you're partner is human. You practice sticking thumbtacks through houseflies and mosquitos--"Just to be safe." You perform the reverse invitation spell after every visit from some person you haven't recently seen in sunlight. You insist on traveling from class to class via the ceiling. You try to exorcise the possessing hyena spirit when your best friend gets PMS. You cast a gypsy soul curse on the sadistic principal who gave you a suspension. You whittle wooden stakes. You kick doors open. You carry around a stake, just in case. You take long walks in the cemetery at night. You have a strange fear of hospitals. You don't complain about going to church anymore because you remember that your supply of Holy Water is running kind of low. You wear crosses every day and have a vast selection of them. You never verbally invite anyone into your home. You keep all your important information on yellow disks. You avoid fraternity parties. As a rule you don't like to be surprised. Your friends are fearful that if they call during "Buffy Hour" they'll be in for a long lecture the next day. You bookmark the Coroner's Office Web Site as a favorite place. When you hear that there's a new librarian at your school, you slam open the doors of the library and yell; "Okay. What's the sitch?". You can recite a whole Buffy episode(s). You wallpaper your room with pictures of the Buffy cast and complain when there isn't enough space to put them all up. You ask a priest to bless your bottle of Perrier. Just for the hell of it, you enter Moloch into several search engines. You name your doll Miss Edith. You let your bird die of starvation. You paint your nails like Drusilla. When your brother comes back from the zoo, you won't let him in the house. The only way you know how to say the word bitch is 'bitca'. You get your hair cut like Buffy's and your hairdresser keeps remarking that the picture you show her (for your haircut) looks oddly familiar. Whenever you quote Buffy Verse, you laugh hysterically while your friends stare at you like you've grown another ear. You always protest that Buffy is NOT a ditz's name. When watching a new Buffy episode, people gawk at you when you manage to say the actor's lines right before they do. You can't think of a thing to talk about with people who have never watched a Buffy episode. You spend hours on the net looking for new Buffy pictures. You get really really excited whenever you do find any new pictures. You sit on a grave twirling a yo-yo and say: "Come on, rise and shine. Some of us have a ton of trig homework waiting at home." You look for padlocked sewer access systems in mausoleums. You decide to be Buffy for Halloween but your friends don't notice a change. You own everything possible with the words Buffy the Vampire Slayer on them. You get wigged out by mimes and dummies. You have a chest in your room with a fake bottom that contains garlic, stakes, holy water and crosses. You freak whenever you have a substitute biology teacher. You never go out with your boyfriend on the night of the full moon. You avoid supposedly empty warehouses. You have a fear of railroad spikes. You punish your dolls. You get a wheelchair just so that you can be called "Roller Boy". You never have sex with your boyfriend for fear of what might happen to him. You take up tae kwon do, kick boxing, karate, street fighting and gymnastics. You eye your librarian to see if they're trying to tell you that you're the next Slayer. You sleep with a stake under your pillow. You sneak out of your bedroom window at night and hang out at the park because you've heard that several people have died there lately of exsanguination. You're horrified of people who have never even heard of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You want to kill people who dis the show. You dream of past lives as a Slayer. Whenever you have a dream and you see your friend in it you run up to them the next day and choke them as you shout: "What do you know?". You never sign in someone's yearbook "Have a nice summer!". You don't like to use the word Master. You write Buffy FanFic. You date men whom you meet in dark alleys (but only after kicking them in the head). You bring a fire extinguisher to cheerleading tryouts. You get nominated at school as "Person Most Likely To Be The Next Slayer". You buy knee-high boots. You get five holes pierced in each ear. You're on a first name basis with all the actors of BtVS except that you've never met them. Though they used to appreciate your interest, the actors on BtVs are now scared to death of you. You check people's lockers to make sure they don't have any books such as 'Gray's Anatomy' and 'Mortician Desk Reference'. You read a Buffy transcript at least once a day. You befriend a computer genius and her dorky friend. You file complaints that the substitute biology teacher is harassing you. When asked what your hobbies are you answer; "Slay...slay...slave to the television". As far as you are concerned, Buffy and co. are actual people. You drive to California to look for Sunnydale, you dial operator and ask him where it is, operator says there is no such place and you yell back at him that he's probably in league with some demons to keep you out of Sunnydale. You enroll at Torrance High School. All the actors on the show are shown a picture of you and are told to stay away at all costs. When asked what you'll do when you're older you answer either dead or it's already been 'sealed in fate'. You tape all Buffy episodes, then retape them so they're in chronological order. You buy all the CDs of songs that have ever been on Buffy. You've been to all 1000 or so Buffy sites on the net. You legally change your name to Buffy Anne Summers (or another character from the show). You practically had a nervous breakdown when the series ended. You cannot remember what you did with your life before Buffy. Your motto is 'Life is short' or 'Seize the day'. You never bring your date to the morgue. When buying your Halloween costume you make sure it's something you'd like to be in real life. You always beat up a snitch. You nail crucifixes to your wall. You needed to visit a grief counselor when Tara died. You make sure your parents never come to Parent-Teacher night at school. You watch, mock and laugh at talent shows. When given an egg for parenting in Sex Ed class you boil it or smash it with something heavy. You're frightened of cheerleader wannabes. You avoid saunas, who knows what they put in the steam? You don't let people with long fingernails get too close to your throat. You use a Thesulan Orb as a paperweight. Whenever there's a Sadie Hawkins dance at school you lock yourself in your room. You refuse to buy any candy being sold by the band at school. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are addicted to Buffy.

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2 out of 20, 18 to go!

It's finished this very afternoon, the quick knit scarf. I am very highly pleased. It's one less to do now.

I might work on the Underworld gauntlets tonight. As someone asked me do you have to watch Underworld to make them. Well the idea kinda was to knit something while watching the movie. But I suppose I could expand it and make it the Underworld/Buffy project or perhaps the Vampire project?
I'd really like to get them finished because I'm virtually half way through the first one and I think getting somethign else finished so soon will motivate me to knit faster.

They still had there discounted wool stand at Spotlight today, I was strong and walked away from the 50% off Angora Supreme. I'm begining to have yarn fantasys and this was before I finished project 2. I'm dreaming baout what I'll buy when this is over and what I will make with it. I'm contemplating a pattern from Nundle Woolen Mill, it's the Pagan Jumper and I love the look of it.
It's knitted in 20-ply, which given that in winter it's -4 degrees celsius when I go to work has to be an advantage. However I will not gripe about how cold it is after reading over at Yarn Harlot's how it was -33 there one morning.

I'm afraid it'll only be a short one today, I hope by the next time I blog at least one of the gauntlet's will be closer to finished.

Redheads Rule the Darkside!

I am very pleased with myself. And do you know why? Do you even care? Well I'll tell you anyway.

Last night I sat down to Underworld and started my Underworld project. The picot-edged gauntlets from Vogue's current issue of Knit.1. This involved alot of slipping stitches, knitting so many before making a yarn over and then purling so many or vice a versa and throw in some more yarn overs.

Normally with a project like this I would have expected it to fly within two rows of all this fiddling about, but by the time Underworld had finished I was 3/4 the way through the first gauntlet's lacey looking lower half. I know that's all I managed in that time, but this is my first real foray into anything "lacey". Once the last repeat of the lace pattern is done I'm back to normal stocking stich (or stockinette to the US knitters). Then I get to figure out the thumb gusset, once I'm actually knitting it the pattern may make more sense at the moment just reading it I'm not sure what I'm going to end up with. Will it look anything like the picture? Now, there's a challenge!

Somewhere along the way I became a more acomplished knitter and din't even realise it! But I can't see myself taking on Lativan Mittens any time soon. Check out Yarn Harlot and you'll see what I mean and while your there why not check out the Knitters Without Borders - the tally of danated money to MSF (Doctors Without Borders) is over $50,000. I'll be making a donation at the end of the month to MSF as my charity of choice for this first month on my yarn diet, I think that makes me a little late for the Knitters Without Borders tally but there's no need for it to stop there.

The Quick-Knit scarf has not been forsaken in all of this, I picked it up this morning and recommenced work on it. It's now well and truly past the halfway mark as I have been sitting here and working on it while I read my e-mail and check on who's updated their blogs.

And now I have a question for you my dear blog readers, do you enjoy reading my blog? If so, and yes I'm desperate, could you leave me a comment? Even if it's only to tell me I'm boring you, all audience feedback will be appreciated. If I get none, I'll have to presume my worst nightmare has come true and there's a number of cobweb covered skeletons seated in front of moniters around the world after they've been bored death reading my blog.

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