I love Harry Potter. Not a secret. But this kind of blows my mind in a WTFBBQ kind of way:
via: http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/22325853.html
On the other hand, somebody get me some Ron #2354, stat!
An Admission
I have an admission:
I have a slight problem. You may have noticed it before. Maybe not.
Thy weakness shall show its name in sock yarn.
Clockwise, top left: Trekking Handdyed in Brazil, Dream in Color Smooshy in Visual Purple, Dream in Color Smooshy in Happy Forest, Rio de la Plata in Daffodil
Clockwise from top left: New Knitpicks Felici colorways in Coney Island, Gelato, Mixed Berries, Provence, and Martinique
I cast on in the Mixed Berries:
I’ve never knit in the Felici before (though I own two of the older colorways in Arugula and Aurora), and may I say that the fabric knit on US1 DPNs is outstanding. Soft and smooth. The colors of the new Felici colorways are bright and cheerful, too! Perfect summer socks, I would say.
I’ve been messing around with some Tofutsies in the Undulating Rib pattern from Favorite Socks:
Aaaand, I purchased a couple more skeins of Malabrigo from Fashion Knit in Nut Creek last week at their moving sale (they are moving to, presumably, cheaper digs over by the Target on YV Road)… 25% off all yarn, hurray! So here is my current Malabrigo collection:
Emerald Blue, Sapphire Magenta, Apple Green, and Sealing Wax
So there you have it, guys. I’ve been acquiring yarn at a sickening rate. I’d feel ashamed, but I don’t understand the concept. Have disposable income, will travel.
At any rate, it’s not like I’m not going to use it. And use it I will, because all the sock yarn scraps are destined to become a Babette! I started a few squares last week while watching a silly boy-witch movie called The Covenant.
Now I’m going to try to watch The Fountain (it’s horrendous! Hugh Jackman, I never thought I’d say this, but THIS IS ALMOST THE MOST BORING MOVIE EVER, after 2001: A Space Odyssey) and knit on Spey Valley, which I am still not done with.
A Very Nerdy Weekend
I went to Stitches West yesterday and dropped a fair bit of money on some delicious yarn:
(That’s not even all of it, there is a beautiful pink/red skein too). The Noro sock yarn perfectly matches my Noro scarf I made last month. I will be making socks until I die. Hurray!
Today I went to Wondercon with Sam and Mark. It’s fun to go, to reaffirm that I am not as nerdy as I think I am. Not even close.
A Wondercon tradition is that I lose my swag bag given at the door. I got distracted by the Wacom booth – they were demonstrating the Cintiq, and I got to try it, it’s really cool. I have a pressure tablet that I use to draw on in Photoshop, and a Cintiq is like that, only you are drawing on the computer screen. It’s so effin’ awesome! Anyway, I am pretty sure I lost my bag there.
But I remembered to bring my camera, and while I didn’t document that much, I did meet my goal of documenting the existence of Boba Fett and Friends:
Good times, people, good times.
So, we sat in on two panels – the Disney panel, where they previewed Prince Caspian and Wall-E (new Pixar) – both look pretty good. Then, the Fox panel, which previewed Shutter (yawn – another Japanese horror remake a la The Ring or The Grudge) AND THE X-FILES MOVIE featuring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson’s first con appearance ever.
The X-Files fandom is beyond ridiculous, but I suppose all fandoms are. It was just a pretty cool panel with Mulder and Scully and Chris Carter eating a sandwich and discussing their favorite episodes. They didn’t really talk about the new movie except to say that it also starred Xhibit and Amanda Peet.
Next time I will actually make a Jayne hat and wear it like the nerd I think I am (but am not, not even close).