Usual State of Affairs

In honor of the state of the union address, here is the state of my household.


Cutie: eating english muffin.


Boris: relaxing by radiator.


Sweater: unfinished.


Flash: ready for action.


Peanut man: lonely.

In defense of Frogs

Today I went to my first stitch n bitch, and I brought the sleeve of my Endless Sweater (link only works for ravelry people) to work on. So it turns out, that meeting new people and knitting a fairly involved cable pattern do not go together. I messed up one of the cable twist rows and was forced to rip out when I got home. I tried really hard to figure out how to fix it without frogging, and I'm sure it could be done, but I am not there yet in my knitting skills. I didn't like it but the sweater looks much better than it would otherwise.

Made in China

Made in China
Originally uploaded by k a t m

This is old news. But it's funny. Sort of. So I'm bringing it back. It's a lead Christams tree revival folks. Be sure to read the fine print before purchasing any Chinese-made holiday decorations. (The print is so fine, that I had to take about 30 pictures before I got one that wasn't illegibly blurry, and that was only achieved by laying the box and myself with camera on my parents' garage floor.) I will reproduce the warning in case you can't read the size 5 font, despite my valiant efforts.

"Warning: This product contains chemicals, including lead, known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Wash hands after handling."

Handspun headband (say that 5 times fast)

new headband
Originally uploaded by k a t m

I have found my new favorite knitting project. Calorimetry from knitty. It's fast, easy, provides serious instant gratification, and it keeps your ears warm. And even though it goes over your hair, it somehow does not squash your hair like a hat does! I may never wear a hat agian.

This is the second calorimetry I've made, and the first project I've made with my own handspun yarn! In fact this yarn is the first yarn I ever spun, not counting the little bit of roving that I butchered at a friend's house when she was teaching me the basics. I think I will be giving a lot of these puppies away because I see many of them in my knitting future.

Also I need a button.

Too negative?

I hope this blog name is not sending out bad karma but I'm a little late to the blog party and it seems all the good names are gone. Then you go to the blog with the cool name and there is like one post from 2001. What can you do. I like knitting and I hate ripping out, so there you go. The anti-frog.

I know there are some serious pro-frog people out there, like my mother for example. If you want we can have a pro-frog anti-frog internet war, like the pirates and ninjas. I'm taking a stand. Arrrrr.