Exterminate!

Check out this Dalek jack-o-lantern. Thanks CraftyCrafty!

Turns out...

I'm not just a geek. According to this (long-but-fun) test, I'm a Major Geek.

Where do you fall on the geek scale? Take the test and let me know how you do in your comments!

A Faster Way

Over at theanticraft.com, they have posted a video of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee knitting. Anyone who has seen her knit knows she is very fast; this video shows how she does it.

Thanks for the link, Topaz at Ravelry!

(I am going to try this method to see if I can beat the yardage of my secret project to the finish.)

PS--> Yarn Harlot books are great to read, but they make crap mouse pads.

Must. Knit. Faster.

The newsletter is done and I survived my foray into MS Publisher. We now return to our regularly scheduled knitting blog.

The secret project I've been working on is coming along nicely--I would say I'm about 3/4 of the way through it. I've started trying to knit faster because I fear I may run out of yarn. We'll see if this helps.

I'm still working on my charade sock. I've turned the heel and have started the gusset decreases. Really, it takes a long time to knit a sock when you only work on it while you're out and about. But that's okay. I really need to focus on my secret (read:holiday) knitting. I only have another month to get it all finished because November is booked. Can you guess what I'll be doing?

Halloween is just around the corner. Why not make up some witch jars for your kitchen?

My favorite is the jar of shrunken Garden Gnome Heads. (Thanks Crafty Crafty!)

And now, we return to our regularly scheduled blog

A lot of people out there are knitting socks. I know because I saw you last night, with your teeny tiny DPNs or dangling circulars, and oh so pretty sock yarns. Oh, yes. You're out there.

And why not? Sock knitting is fun, portable, and instantly gratifying. That is, at least until you finish the first sock and start on the second. It's called Second Sock Syndrome, and I'm sure you've heard of it. You may even suffer from it. But now, there's a cure for SSS. It's the Second Sock Swap!

Sign up and you'll "only ever need to complete one sock at a time, and you'll still get pairs, Hooray!"

Check it. (Link via Crafty Crafty, thanks!)

Hah.

Did you know that the Sweater Curse has its own Wiki?

Knitters use the term Sweater Curse or the Curse of the Love Sweater to describe a situation in which a knitter gives a hand-knit sweater to a significant other, who quickly breaks up with the knitter. In an alternative formulation, the relationship will end before the sweater is even completed.

A couple of things...

1. How many Knitters does it take to change a light bulb? Various answers found here.
2. Ever wondered what your GI tract would look like if it were made from knitwear?
3. I finished my sock swatch and the actual gauge is 32 sts & 44 rows = 4 inches. So, I settled on this pattern for my next pair of socks. Awesome, right? I guess I will try a toe-up sock some another time.

Talk to the Hand

I don't know how many posts I will do where the sole purpose is to point you to a link--this is my first--but I wanted to share this link with so many people, I figured this would be the easiest way. Whenever you feel like your knitting project is too big, or too complicated, or not funny enough, just remember Why Hillary Climbed Everest.