Don’t worry, Sis; it’s not much of a spoiler. I just finished Chapter 23.Tears.
Month: July 2007 (page 4 of 9)
It’s 4 a.m. Up and at ’em!
World’s Fastest Hufflepuff Scarf
That’s FOUR DAYS from start to finish, folks! I used Heirloom Easy Care 12ply in yellow (four balls) and black (one ball).
Pattern: Cast on 20 stitches in yellow on 6.50mm needles, and knit like a fiend. After 50 rows (25 garter stitch ridges), switch to black for 6 rows (carrying yellow up the side). Back to yellow for 4 rows. Back to black for 6 rows. Then back to yellow for another 50. Repeat til you can’t go no more!
I still haven’t decided whether to fringe it. I don’t have much yarn left!
Hooray! My Secret Pal finally received my last package, and it looks like the socks fit! Thanks to Kim for being such an easy person to spoil. 🙂
According to an email from Minerva, there appear to be a few seats left for the Gleewarts Express this weekend… and even some in our carriage! Let me know if you want the details.
People playing chess on roller coasters. I must agree with Boing Boing: This may, in fact, be the purpose of the Internet.
Tonks lives!
Pinkification commences!
Stage two. We’re talking serious, day-glo, cartoon character PINK here.
First, we bleach.
The Great Pinkification begins! Stay tuned for the Tonks transformation…
Max’s Socks
Hooray! I’ve been counting down the minutes til Max got home from his trip and found the birthday package I sent him. I’ve been reading Max’s site for nearly seven years now, from way back when he still had the old “Mr. Plow” domain. (I think this is the first official w-g mention.) Though we’ve never met in person, I’ve come to think of him as a really good friend. He’s always been super supportive of my schemes and ideas, and he’s introduced me to some great dance music. So I decided it was time to thank him! I sent off a secret e-mail to TheRealTimShady and luckily he was a fan of the idea. With his help (surreptitiously getting someone’s shoe size from overseas isn’t easy!), I cracked open Knitting Vintage Socks and whipped up a pair of “Gentleman’s Socks with Lozenge Pattern.” I used two balls of Sirdar Town & Country (with very little left over). Then I packed them into a box with a packet of Tim Tams and a selection of weird Australian candy bars. Unfortunately I was a bit off with my timing; the box made it to Atlanta before Max’s birthday, but he’d already left on a trip to New Mexico! So I had to keep mum about it til he got home. (Which – ask the Snook – isn’t easy. I’m terrible about surprises.) Today brought the happy news that Max is home, he got the package, and the socks fit him perfectly. So hooray! Happy belated birthday, Max.