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10 Favorite Movie Moments

1. In A Room With a View when George grabs Lucy and tells her how his rival is the wrong sort of man for her.  /sigh
2. Mal's ass when he gets up from his nap talk to the crew after discovering the discs on the dead planet in Serenity. 
3. Mrs. Blandings talking to painters about colors in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
4. The posing in the locker room after being awakened in Aliens.
5. The men giggling in the line up in The Usual Suspects.
6. The reveal of the main course in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.
7. The scene before the last battle starts in Kingdom of Heaven. Orlando being intense.  Yum!
8. The bathroom scene in The Great Escape.
9. The chase scene through the village in The Pink Panther.
10. Anything involving Oded Fehr in The Mummy movies.

/ahem

I hadn't really planned on posting today, but, after watching Castle last night, I had to.  I love me some Nathan Fillon.  Review on EW.com with spoilers.  You've been warned!

Anyway, the lovely and talented Cheryl also commented to yesterday's post with a link that explains mothproofing yarn.  Had to share that.  Thank you, Cheryl!

Speaking of our Cheryl, I'm making her momma's Chicken & Dumplings today.  If I don't ruin it, we'll talk about it later in the week and I'll link you and shit.  If things don't go well, it'll be like the crackers.

Ya'll know.

Slightly Hyper Monday Love!

I got to see my best friend for a little while yesterday and it's made me all happy and shit.  Don't worry.  I should be back to hating the world again by mid-afternoon tomorrow.

At one point, we were each holding a skein of the same yarn (in different colorways).  I read part of the label to her and said something that only she would understand.

"I get it, but I don't get it.

The label claimed the yarn was "mothproof", and while I do understand what that means, I don't really understand what it means in terms of how one "mothproofs" yarn.  What did they do to the yarn?  How was it mothproofed?  Thankfully, we've known each other forever and she understood. 

There aren't a lot of people who speak my brand of dork, ya know.

Her favorite holiday/time of year is Halloween.  I think that may have had a little something to do with this very cool reusable bag she gave me.  I have no idea where she got it, but I'm guessing somewhere on etsy if I have to make a guess.

Not only was there the really cute bag, but the bag was stuffed with stuff!

This is from Tempted.  It's a Merino (80%) Silk (20%) blend in the colorway Bordello.  Who doesn't love that name?

And this is from DragonFibers.  It's a Merino (60%) Bamboo (40%) blend.  It has more crimp than the other bamboo blend I tried to spin and I have high hopes to be able to actually spin this one.  The colorway is called Party Dress and it may not be what the photo is showing. 

It's still my blog, ya know.  Photo issues are a given.

Don't judge me.

There may have been yarn, candy, a severed plastic finger and some fabulous lavender goodies, but I have to hold something back for later, right?  I mean, I've been working on Lyra for over a month now with no end in sight.

Plus I suck and shit.

Not that it's news.  :p

Oh, and I also love that's currently harvest and that there is so much going on as we all get ready for winter.  I even sort of love seeing all the squirrels running around.

Sort of.

When I'm not in the car.  0.o

I hope your Monday has some love and candy in it.

Yes, it's another pair of socks

It's Sunday.  What do you people want?

Patons Classic Merino Worsted Wool (discontinued) in Rosewood.

Toe-up, using CCSRs, magic loop, 2x2 ribbing and a sewn bind off.

Yes, I need to redo the floors. 

No, I don't want to talk about it.

Iz Friday!

And all I've got is weird stuffs growing on a tree.

Just imagine what it must be like over here.  o.0


Wait!

I can link you to the post my TypePad girlie made that shows the mitts I knit her!  Scroll down, people.  

Isn't she adorable?

The yarn is a merino wool (70%), silk (15%), cotton (11%) and viscose (4%) blend that I found in my stash.  The label calls it New Tweed, but it's been here so long, I don't think it's really "new" anymore.  It's a worsted weight yarn that I knit with US 4 dpns to get a nice tight gauge with the 1x1 ribbing. 

She's going to be wearing them over her cycling gloves, so I wanted something that could do that and keep her arms warm.  Plus look cute without the cycling gloves.  The yarn has a nice tweediness to it and I think/hope they will wear well.

I am thrilled they fit her and hope she likes them.  I really hope she likes the yarn because there's a cowl in her future.

I'm still pluggging away on Lyra, but I knit a row and a half in four hours last night.  I need a cowl to help get me through that project.  Along with a couple of pairs of socks, a scarf and I don't know what else.  We gotta do what we gotta do, right?

Just nod and smile.

Happy Friday!

Hai! (I have a stress headache & am ready to snap)

That is my work in progress for the week.

(It's not on a bobbin because my bobbins are doing other things.)

Why, you ask.

Because, my darlings, my Lyra is about six rounds bigger than last time you saw it and it's still just a big white blob.  The mitts I made have arrived at their new home and were greeted happily.  Yay!  I'll link you when my TypePad girlie posts about them.

(She's so cute.  I asked her how big her hands were and she told me how tall she is.  I took that to mean she did not have man hands and I was right.  So freaking adorable!  Just wait till you see her!)

And the spinning? 

Fabulous!

It's some merino/rayon that our Angie sent me almost two years ago.  I knew I wanted until I had a wheel to spin it and I'm glad I waited.  It's wonderful to work with and has an amazing shiny sheen to it.

I have spun half of it and need to sit down at the wheel and spin the rest.

Then I get to ply, which makes me happy.

Yes, I know that's weird, but we takes the happy wheres we find it.

Happy Wednesday, peoples!