Work, school, sleep… when do I have time to knit? Pretty much all the time.

As the weather cools, I’ve noticed my hands getting chilly while shooting at night. The solution? I will finally knit up a pair of photog gloves.

While fingerless gloves are useful, they don’t promote optimal finger warmth. Summat like these would be goodish.

A self-made pattern shouldn’t be too difficult, considering it would just be a matter of binding off a finger early, right?

I suppose we’ll find out soon.

Until next time,
M

I was surfing through foodie blogs and remembered that it’s been a while since I’ve read Bakerella. In ‘Featured Sweets’ there was a little picture of what looked like little chocolate chip muffins. Intrigued, I clicked through and found Mini Maple Pancake Muffins.

Pancake muffins? YES PLEASE.

I’ll admit that I didn’t make the batter from scratch. I just don’t have that kind of time… or patience. I grabbed my Bisquik and got a-mixin’. 10 minutes later…

They’re not quite as cute as Bakerella’s, but they were delicious.

Until next time,
M

SNAP

My exact reaction: “WHAT THE WHAT?!”

I’ve had it for all of 8 days and I already broke it. Well, there goes $8 I’ll never get back. I suppose I’ll have to upgrade to aluminum or Knit Picks’ nickel plated circular needles.

The end.
M

I’ve been trying out socks recently. Doing it on dpns was annoying, so I decided to invest in a size 1 circular needle, which is INCREDIBLY hard to find outside of the Internet and little knit shops.

But here’s a fun story:

Ryan and I made a semi-spontaneous trip to Kentucky. While driving down Baxter Ave in Louisville, I spotted a store called The Knit Nook. How could I not check it out? When we got to the door, there was a sign informing customers that they were going out of business and there were discounts on EVERYTHING. I was simultaneously sad and excited; it sucks to see small businesses close because of the economy, but now I could get bamboo needles (my favorite) on the cheap. Size 1 24″ circular needles were $8.25 instead of $10.25. In retrospect, I should have bought two.

I started the sock (yes, singular) yesterday in class and this is what I’ve got so far:

And yes, if you’re a Greenville reader, I am in Jo’s Java.

In case you’re wondering, the yarn is Knit Picks Stroll Sock Yarn in Dusk, which I inherited from my sister when I was in California for her wedding.

& that’s all for now,
M

There are several projects I’ve been working on. Socks are something that will come about eventually…maybe soon, depending on when I get around to getting the right circular needles. With winter a-roaring, it’ll be nice to have some warm wool socks around.

That reminds me– I have a sweater that needs to be worn soon. I honestly forgot. It took me three months to finish that darn thing and I forgot I even had it. Shame on me.

Look! I saw Spamalot!

-M

I worked on the gloves quite a bit to and in California. Knitting on a plane? Not so good for me. I kept dropping my needles and thinking that they were lost forever. I found the needles during stops, but after a while I figured it was just time to put it all away. I also worked on the gloves the day before and the day of my sister’s wedding.

“Welig” from Knitting New Mittens & Gloves by Robin Melanson

To be honest, I’m not completely satisfied with them. Perhaps it’s because I haven’t blocked them. I really should block them. Fine. You’ve guilted me into it. I’ll start blocking them tonight.

-M

Can you see what’s wrong? Color choice, maybe, but that’s not what’s REALLY wrong. The problem is that none of these items have a matching pair.

This is why we can’t have nice things that come in twos.

I’m working on a pair of gloves (ALL TWO!) right now. I have no excuse for not finishing these gloves; I’m already mostly packed for my sister’s wedding and the apartment is clean. So! Check back in a couple days. Unless I get completely distracted by a Doctor Who novel or Guild Wars: Factions & Eye of the North expansion (thank you, in-laws!) I will finally prove that I’m not that lazy.

[Segue!]

Since I made a new hat for nephew, I didn’t know what to do with the old one… other than put it on my own head.

Tah-dah! One baby’s waaayyyy-too-big hat is a Michelle’s awesome slouch hat.

-M

Merry Christmas on the proper day that is Christmas!

-M

My nephew’s birthday is on the 14th. We gave him a Cardinals teddy bear for his birthday, but I felt a little guilty not having a Christmas present for him. So, this morning, I gathered up some blue, black, and white yarn for –wait for it — a TARDIS hat. Brilliant right?

It probably would have been better if I followed a pattern intended for worsted weight yarn, but alas, I never do follow those instructions. It turned out a little big, but I’m going to line it to make it fit… or I may even make a new one.

Regardless, here it is:

Merry Christmas, everyone!

-M