Kiss My Knits!

Well, since AOL has crapped out on me in the middle of catching up on my DR mail, it’s as good a time as any to show the new scarf. This was another skein of the Noro Iro, but in a different colorway, #45. (Colorway is fancy yarn talk for color.)

I think this yarn shows the striping better (and for a really good shot of it, you can see one of the worst pictures taken of me) when done in long bands instead of short bits. The last one I did in this was knit in a long narrow strip. This one, I did lengthwise, casting on 150 stitches onto #11 needles and then just knitting back and forth until the yarn was gone.

When my daughter saw it, she said “rainbow scarf!” and claimed it as her own. Apparently it doubles as a jump rope. Well, as long as someone’s enjoying it!

Here it is, The Manly Hat!

I had to go out of town this weekend, so I was able to finish this up since I couldn’t log into DR. The hubby likes it, and it does match his VW convertible. Since he’s paying for so much of this yarn, I was glad to have a project that he could use. Easily the most practical thing I’ve knitted. I do enjoy knitting for others.

And now, I go on a yarn diet. No more yarn shops until at least March. This shouldn’t be a problem, since I’ve got so much stacked up.

Of course, I do need a few more skeins of the K1C2 Souffle in Razzleberry for the Chickami that I’ll be making after I use up the rest of my stash. Summer’s coming, you know.

Okay, I might be an addict.

I made another fuzzy purple scarf. Frankly, I can’t be bothered to rotate the picture because it’s almost midnight and I’m also keeping an eye on a wedding reception. You get the idea. It’s purple. And it’s fuzzy.

It’s made of one ball of Crystal Palace “Splash” in Orchid and one half of a ball of Plymouth Yarns’ “Colorlash.” It was a super-quick knit on size 15 needles, and since the Splash was in the bargain bin at my local yarn/fabric store, the total price on it was under 15 bucks. I’ve got enough of the Colorlash left to do something else.

This is also a good lesson in how my digital camera can dramatically screw up the color in something, as witness this picture and this picture of the same scarf.

Currently on the needles: The Manly Hat for my husband. Green and tan bulky wool yarn. Nothing fuzzy or shiny about it!

When you read the logs of things like Vorclaf’s coronation and see us goofing around like idiots, it’s easy to think that we take all this stuff in stride. But that’s not always the case.

When Baron Jeladric died, I think every GM felt a little pang. And while there were one or two jokes cracked afterward, mainly because we can never help ourselves, the overall mood was sad. Some of us got to know him as players. Some of us predate the walking talking Baron. But even the super-old timers know how the players feel about him, and we love our players. I know I have a soft spot for the Therengians, bless their quirky hearts.

It’s been moving to hear the GMs talk about what kind of special gift they should bring, or which NPC would be most appropriate to bring out. Even those of us behind the curtain appreciate a world-defining moment.

I guess I just want to say that even the powers that be will miss Jeladric. Here’s to ya, Baron.

[Tvini] Argh! I released a wedding on the calendar with the word “nupitals”
[Reexa] Could have been worse. ::pats::
[Bartlebee] Advertise it! Elanthia’s First Nupitals!
[Dare] That sounds like some sort of small furry mammal.
[Reexa] You heard it from the vocab man himself. If he says it, we have a new word in Elanthian vocabulary.
[Meriel] Elanthia’s first pre-nuptial agreement.
[Vaschon] Kick him in the nupitals.
[(Dare)] I am SO not going to admit that was my first thought too.
[Tvini] I’m LJing your guttermind, (Dare).
[Dare] Ooo.
[Dare] It’s not THAT dirty. Wait, has (Vaeldriil) been talking?
[(Vaeldriil)] ::whistles innocently::
[Ghisel] My virgin ears!
[Dare] Oh, dear god. I was hepped up on cold medicine at the time! I swear!

REPORT: Theres some person here being sexually stupid.

‘Nuff said!

DRTvini: Apparently, they make yarn out of New Zealand possum fur. Clearly, I need some.
Tessima: You do not.
DRTvini: I do so!
Tessima: No!
More possum hating from Tessima.

I absolutely could not be more psyched about Team Wedding’s upcoming HWN releases.

Super, super cool.

-Tvini, the evil GM.

I made another scarf, but didn’t have a model, so here it is on the sugar maple in our front yard. The colors are washed out. You can see them better here, and you can also see the nice variations in the yarn.

The yarn is Noro Iro, a Japanese yarn that’s 75% wool and 25% silk. The scarf is knit from one skein, done in a simple knit one purl one rib on #17 needles. The needles are massive – as big around as a fat sharpie marker. However, it knit up in one night (okay, I stayed up late) which is the advantage of knitting on huge needles. The yarn is self-striping. It gradually shades from one color to the next, which means I don’t have to switch yarns and weave in ends and stuff if I want to make something multicolored. $18.98 a skein, but it was my birthday, so what the heck. Plus 20 bucks for a handmade wool and silk scarf isn’t bad.

I’m definitely going to get some Noro Kureyon and make a booga bag once the decks are cleared of all the other projects waiting. First, i finish this lacy purple scarf, then the manly hat, then my hip-hop scarf and hat, and then maybe the Waikiki sweater, then the baby blanket I pick up intermittently, then maybe… maybe…

So I have what we shall discreetly refer to as “an upcoming project” and was discussing it with some other GMs.

[Jzara] Mangonels are fun!
[Zabari] you gonna use catapalts as well?
[Tvini] You gotta show me how to use mangonels, Jzara.
[Jzara] They come with instructions!
[Risek] Ooo, I bet that comment could end up on the list of Famous Last Words.
[Tvini] Yeah. It’s the GM version of “Hey, watch this.”

Ah, good times. Good times.