More Quidditch Points - Spatz!

Okay, I'm finally starting to finish things this month. Today, I show you my Spatz. They're actual spats, like you see in period films. Just spiffier!


Getting photos of my own legs while wearing boots this tall required some contortions, but I managed.


I especially like the Quarter buttons I found for them. It just seems so Scrooge McDuck to wear spats in the first place, and it pleases the Slytherin in me to realize how horrifed poor Scrooge would be at using money - even pretend money! - for simple decoration.


I'll be trying these this winter if I have to wear dress shoes anywhere - I hate cold ankles!!

I got nothing, so... YARN IN THE NEWS!

From the Washington Post's Reliable Source: "Meg Whitman spent a staggering $175 million of her own eBay fortune in her unsuccessful bid to become governor of California.... With the $57 she spent on each vote, Whitman could have bought each voter . . .[list of items, including:] A skein of yarn, enough to knit a pair of socks, made from the underdown of the Alaskan musk ox, the warmest fiber in the world"

Yes, knitters, that's right - she could've bought everyone some Quiviut!!!

(Better posts next week, I promise! I'll have knitting done then!)

Thursday Thoughts

So, basically, McDonalds is teaching little kids to play Spin-the-Bottle.


There's some really cool art on the walls at Five Guys.


I saved someone's life once by calling 911 from the phone that used to be here.


Having embroidery floss is no guarantee that it will actually become part of the project for which it was purchased any time soon.


There is such a thing as Too Much Chocolate, and I found it.

Quarter for Scale

Tomorrow, there will hopefully be Actual Knitting Content....!

So Evil. So Cute!

First... um, no, I don't sleep a lot. Never have. But I manage to find time-sinks that keep me from knitting/writing when I should. To wit:

The New Face of Evil: Kirby's Epic Yarn. Seriously. I have a full-time job, an insane November knitting schedule, I'm doing NaNoWriMo, and this dratted game keeps calling to me. I Am In Trouble!!


This is my cellphone wallpaper right now.
In the spare seconds when I'm not at work or knitting, I have a new source of fun/addiction: Kirby's Epic Yarn. Got it on the 17th when it came out, played for 2:49 and 1:29 (darn you, Wii, for letting me know exactly how much time I'm wasting), and bits every evening since.







I'd write a longer post, but it would cut into my gaming time!

50% Herbology O.W.L.

Well, I managed to get my 50% OWL, just by the skin of my teeth - or so I'd thought. Turns out I had a math error on the surface area of my sleeves, and would've been fine without finishing the second half of the second front. So, I'm actually about 2/3 done at this point.



I have knit both fronts and both sleeves of my sweater, and started the hem of the back (four main pieces completed, and the fifth begun). The back is eight stitches narrower than the two fronts combined, as each front has four extra stitches to anchor the button band.

I have chosen surface area as my method of determining my 50% mark, as I am not using as much actual yarn as expected, despite knitting to gauge and getting pieces the correct size.

The surface area of the completed pieces are: 240 square inches for each front, and 240 square inches (roughly) for each sleeve. The surface area of these pieces totals 960 square inches.

The back will be equivalent to approximately the two fronts (seven stitches narrower for the length, but much less drastic neck shaping), or 480 square inches. The button bands, combined, will equal another 80 square inches, and the collar will be approximately 88 square inches. Thus, the pieces not yet completed will total approximately 648 square inches when finished.

Where it gets interesting is the part where I might change the tops of the sleeves and run the cable right up to the neck. That won't take much frogging, really, and it will actually make the front panels prettier. And the sleeves prettier, too, so I may end up going that way. Oh, the excitement...