etc.

almost half way through the Big Bad Baby Blanket. couldn’t get the lighting right to capture the lovely jewel tones in this variegated yarn.

couldn’t resist the Linen Drape I found on sale yesterday, in a burnt orange. plan to make Hunter from Rowan 29.

a couple of balls of Jo Sharp Soho Summer (100% cotton) in a dusty blue for the hat from Debbie Bliss’ Baby Knits for Beginners.

As I’ve said elsewhere, this film was good but not great. Moore is good at weaving disparate strands of evidence together to give us a damning yet cogent look at the current US presidency, but for those of us who have been reading any sort of alternative media even before 9/11, many of these facts aren’t brand new, so some of the shock factor he was probably after might be lost on many of us. Still, it’s nice to see all the truth and lies presented in such a typical, provocative, Moore-esque fashion.

I realized yesterday that I am a single-project knitter. This might have something to do with the fact that I am new enough to the craft to NOT own more than one pair of needles in any particular size, in fact I have a languishing 10 pairs of needles (total) in my arsenal and will likely remain at the procure-needles-per-project stage for a very long time.

In addition to the needle limitation, I am also very goal-oriented and like to see a fairly quick conclusion to whatever project I have on the go at any particular time. For example, I believe I can safely reveal that the Mystery Yarn I picked up for the Mystery Project a few weeks ago is to be a Big Bad Baby Blanket from Stitch n’ Bitch (safely because the expectant mother for whom it is intended is safely on vacation in the wilds of northern Ontario, hopefully safely and without any sort of Internet access). Said mum-to-be is on her way to visit with me & the mister next weekend so the blanket needs to be ready for her arrival (and departure back to the UK the next day). If I was a comfortable multiple-project knitter, I would have started on the blanket some weeks ago, but instead, I proceeded with the existing schedule and rushed to complete the vest last night so I could start swatching for the blanket today, which I have done and which was successful, praise jesu!, I’ve had such bad luck with gauge and blankets.

And, apropos of nothing, have you used the Blogger user interface lately?  Out of nowhere, it’s practically a word processor, all toolbar-ish and icon-y.

as per the pattern, the one on the right is the “right side” but i can’t decide which one i like better. what do you think? (click for bigger picture)

the Patons Anna vest, all ready for seaming.

discovered another yarn store on my way home from work today and raided their bargain bin! L-R: Regia sock yarn; Freedom Cotton DK in baby pink, Gedifra New Age (soft, plush nylon) in a dusty rose, and 6 balls of Extra Merino in a light taupe.

 
from the sale section of one of the big local yarn stores last week (at deep discount). L-R: Phildar Legende (alpaca/wool/acrylic mix) in a delicious hot pink; Avana Lana Gatto (cotton/acrylic mix)  in a grey/blue/green colourway.

here’s one for the calendar: Waterloo County Knitters’ Fair.