Booty

Today, I actually have stuff to say, but I have to have two booties knitted in two hours for a baby shower, and once again, I’m not sure it’s going to get done.  So no time for blogging today.
To make this a not entirely wasted NaBloPoMo post, I’m going to use today to tell you [...]

Bootie(s). Heh heh. Heh heh heh. She said bootie.

I certainly don’t miss Beavis and Butthead, but the word booty/bootie makes me want to giggle.  Or chortle.  Or whatever it is they do.  I am very mature. 
Here are the finished booties I made for Jess.  I actually finished them AT the baby shower, about 5 minutes before her arrival.  I place the blame [...]

Shake that bootie

When I originally started writing this blog, I sort of thought it would be – at least in part – a knitting blog.  Most of the blogs I read at the time were knitting themed, and I knitted all the time, so it seemed logical.
Then I decided to knit this sweater. 
I bought the pattern [...]

Khristmas Kraftiness

You know how I have been whining about getting old recently? 
Well.  It has officially spread from my body to my brain, people.   Today I realized that Christmas is next month, and I sort of started to panic.  You see, stores make me feel dangerously homicidal between Thanksgiving and New Year’s due to all the [...]

Well, shit.

So, I finished seaming my sweater during a 24-fueled extravaganza on Saturday night.  All that was left was a crochet border around the neck, which I did while catching up on Project Runway last night.  I like to knit while watching Project Runway because they’re all talking about their garments and stuff, and I’m all, [...]

Roxie is an Olympic Bikini Babe

Behold, my Olympic-caliber purple polka dot bikini:

Pattern: Knit Bikini from Stitch n Bitch
Yarn: Joann Sensations Dolcetto

What I learned from my Olympic experience:
1) It’s a bad idea to knit with the wrong size needles.  The pattern calls for size 6s, and I realized halfway through casting on that I was using 4s.  Oops.  Having already drunk [...]

Finished with 5 minutes to spare

The itsy bitsy teensy weensy purple polka dot bikini is done!
I was going to pose with the top on (not comfortable with putting my butt on the internets), but I seriously underestimated the sluttiness factor of this bikini.  And my dad reads this website.   
Pictures forthcoming tomorrow! 

A Bastion of Domesticity

My President’s Day was spent in a very domestic fashion.  It was too cold to deal with leaving the house, so I stayed inside all day and cooked and knitted. 
My Yarn Olympic progress is coming along.  The top/’cups’ (sorry Leah) are knitted:
They look kind of like baby hats, don’t they?  Only for boobies!

I [...]

Itsy Bitsy Teensy Weensy

Here is my purple polka dot bikini top so far:

I was able to make a lot of progress last night during a reality TV extravaganza that included Survivor and The Beeyatchalor (smell you later, Susan!).  I’m now about 22 rows into the stockinette on the cups (I’m knitting them at the same time), with 6 [...]

Olympic-Style Training

My training is in progress for the Yarn Olympics.  Gold medal and purple polka dotted bikini, here I come!
1) I have most of my yarn and a pattern
2) I started a color chart for the polka dots
3) Finished knittingthe Improv Sweater sleeves, so that all I have left to do is seam it.  Hopefully, this [...]