Quant-ify

My knitting curiosity is still pretty high, and I wanted to try something fancy looking. I had to take a stab at the Quant headband pattern from the latest issue of knitty. It reminded me of this really nice knitted entrelac throw they have displayed at the Swift Stitch. It's gorgeous, and made out of Noro Kureyon, so I grabbed a skein of that and set knitting. (Note: when I say "grabbed" I mean selected and purchased. I am not a fibre filcher.) After one try and a lot of cursing, frogging, starting something else with the yarn, frogging again, transporting said yarn to Ohio, and a nice internet tutorial on entrelac from KnittyOtter... I did it! I may make another someday, using a yarn with shorter color changes and slightly smaller gauge.

Calorimetry 4

I just finished this one and decided to take an action shot since some people were confused as to the purpose of the headband laid out flat. I sucked in my cheeks to look like a supermodel, needs work.

Merry Freaking Christmas from the Cat

Calorimetry

Another x-mas present in the bag. I know all you expert knitters are probably thinking, "ugh, another Calorimetry?" OK, maybe not, the people I roll with are much nicer than that. I tried the entrelac "Quant" from the latest Knitty, but it kicked my ass, so Calorimetry it is. Check out the limestone button... I love those!

Sausage Arm

My Mom thinks one of her arms has a greater circumference than the other. I think it's the left one. She calls it her sausage arm. I do not support this theory, but that doesn't stop me from wishing my cousin's new baby girl had one.

Check out my latest failed experiment in yarn.
Shucks.

Eddie Carfagna

His name is Eddie.
He likes spaghetti.
He eats it whenever he can.

My parents' cat was originally feral before they let him inside the house. His remarkable taste for spaghetti, salami, and pepperoni have led us to suspect he may have originally resided down the street by Carfagna's. Just a theory.

I lied.

This is the last knitting project, a teeny tiny Santa hat for the family cat. (pattern courtesy of the latest cast-off.)