Another hat trick

This weekend (last weekend, now) I took my needles up to visit my nieces (oh, and timer permitting, sell my house).  The five-year-old really had a jones to learn.  I handed her needles and yarn, and darned if she didn’t get about 5 stitches cast on.  It took us two days of “can I finish [...]

Nerd offset credits

A few years ago I embraced my inner dork and was pretty happy.  I played WoW out of the closet and was really well adjusted with my nerdiness.
I still am, but I got invited to start playing Dungeons & Dragons with a group of my WoW buddies.  I keep thinking to myself, “do I really [...]

My first attempt at *gasp* jewelry

Weird.  It ain’t yarn.  And it’s got… bits.  But I think I might be hooked.    I got stretchy stuff to try bracelets for my nieces, too.  For now, this guy is plenty stretchy.  As I took my sweatshirt off and on at Maker Faire, it kept getting narrow and sliding down almost onto [...]

KnitML

Huh.  When web languages and knitting collide: KnitML.
I salute its nerdiness, but I guess I don’t quite get the application. Still.  We who are about to (geekily) knit salute you!
Here’s an excerpt from the KnitML sock pattern:
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<pattern xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=”pattern.xsd”>
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<general-information>
<name>Basic socks</name>
<description>A basic sock pattern with 2×2 ribbing</description>
<dimensions/>
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<gauge type=”stockinette”>
<stitch-gauge unit=”in”>8</stitch-gauge>
<row-gauge unit=”in”>12</row-gauge>
</gauge>
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<techniques>
<technique>knitting-in-the-round</technique>
</techniques>
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<author>
<first-name>Jonathan</first-name>
<last-name>Whitall</last-name>
</author>
<copyright-info/>
</general-information>
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<supplies>
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<yarns>
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<yarn type=”Lorna’s Laces” subtype=”Shepherd Sock” weight=”fingering” catalog-id=”33032″>
<total-length unit=”yd”>330</total-length>
<total-weight [...]

Boba Fett? Boba Fett! Where?

Star. Wars. Charts.
I’m going to save these to my computer somewhere, as I am dubious of the longevity of any angelfire site. No offense, it’s just where I get a lot of dead ends. I think the internet may actually reach the event horizon there.

http://www.angelfire.com/space2/swcharts/

Brain hat prototype complete!

Actually, I’ve been done for more than a week, but couldn’t get any of my iPhone-toting friends to take pics until recently. So, here it is, modelled by the friend who helped pick the prototype color. The hat for the original recipient, that one true friend who understood my vision and wished, nay, asked for [...]

More on skull pattern and ideas

Wow, there are some seriously talented folks out there. I hope one of these days to finally finish a project and post a pic or two of my own gleeful knittings. Until then, here’s more on that skull pattern and a very cool hat it’s integrated into. I think I’m definitely going [...]

Monkey head! Dare I say… code monkey hat?

How have I never seen you before, my pretty pretty monkey? Now, to knit you some pants while I listen to JoCo streamed live. So sweet.

Skulls >= Hearts

I think maybe if every heart in every pattern were converted to a skull, more knit and crochet patterns would be palatable. By me.
Like this one. If it used the skull pattern (below), I think it could rock pretty hard. I mean, it’s already cute, and the hearts aren’t that bad. [...]

Stupid daunting first post

I feel like this is a first date.  With the world.  The good news is that there is NO WAY anyone could ever read this first post.  Who knows it’s even here?  So there, pressure’s off.  Turns out the blind first date (duh, you can’t have a blind second date) is actually someone I know.  [...]