Category: b.Limey II

 
In what appears to be a detour into necklace making,
a sweater begins…

The ring around the chair above is the result of a first try in the design process. I do lots of these little lais and ususally leave them hanging around for awhile to decorate the hut but this one is especially silly.

Last year I finished a shell that had been lingering on the needles for, well, years (2003).

It uses the same yarn I’m working with now, Gedifra POESIE. The little aqua number was fashioned from a pattern from the Lang Yarn Co. from their book Fatto a Manno NR. 146. It is style nr. 33 and they showed it with a peau de soi silvery aqua pencil skirt that was fabulous. I’ve been wearing mine with some polished cotton brocade capris in aqua.

Hunting through the stash, I found some more POESIE, this time in a mix of blues…

It’s really exciting stuff: color runs of navy lead into portions of cobalt all shot through with alternating rectangles of slightly metallic gold and orange. Umm. Orange…

It’s frothy, lightweight and begging to be made into a frock-like shell, but with a twist.

I wanted the Bottom Edge to be a slight flare. Not a ruffle but a flared border.

So, the chair is wearing Try #1 of the FB. After about 5 rounds, I realized it was ginormous! I would be making an invitation to an upskirt, maybe a pup tent of sorts. The gauge of this ribbon yarn is 3.5 sts per inch and although I knew going to be a trip to the slippery slope to shape the neckline and armhole, border bulk completely bypassed my geekitude. So it was a trip to the Frog Pond instead and Try #2 is on its way now, tamed by roughly 20% and ready to be continue…

  Monday Morning Mirth  

Portrait of Excess Butterflies in Stomach & Elsewhere at a Convention

“Butterflies in the stomach is a medical condition characterized by the physical sensation of a “fluttery” or “tickling” (hence butterflies) feeling in the stomach. This sensation can also be an uncontrollable physical sensation related to the body’s fight or flight resonse.”
…wikipedia

I had plenty-O last week in Columbus, especially on Friday night when I couldn’t even remember my name (hence the indentifying T) and gave up trying to photograph all the Glitterati because every shot I took looked all OOF and wavy. I even woke up during the night with limb spasms! The hotel room had wireless internet and I tried to find a remedy for Leg Cramps.

Here is what what I found from various sources:

-“Take regular sewing thread and cut into a length long enough to tie around your ankle, but let it be slightly loose. I’m not sure how it works, but the thread will knot up instead of your muscles.”

-“Place a bar of Ivory Soap under the top sheet of your bed at the foot and you will not have leg cramps again. It has the same effect as potassium.”

-“Eat a banana (potassium).”

-“Drink about 1/4 cup dill pickle juice and the cramps are instantly gone. Football teams use this. Drink another shot if needed.”

-“My grandmother was told by my great-great grandmother to take your shoes, turn them upside down and place them under your bed (generally with the toes facing out) It seems odd but works…”

-“Take 1 to 2 Teaspoons of mustard (like you put on a hot dog) when you have a leg cramp.”

Guess which one I did…

  Monday Morning Mirth  

Shrimp and Mayo Roll Crust

Now don’t get me wrong. I LOVE my pizza and eat it any chance I get! (Walking around Manhattan at 2 in the morning with a folded slice just could be heaven…)

But I almost was unable to continue writing this post once I found evidence of a trend in pizza edgings that knows no bounds! Check out these Asian versions:

Order some right off the Japan Pizza Hut site using this Menu! Most start at ~2,000 yen+ (how about the Mentai & Potato? or something called the Gorgeous 4?
 
PizzaJack: a blogger more intrepid than I BAKES A Stuffed Crust wonder…
 
what’s on YOUR pizza?