Spiderman and Dr. Doom
Which Superhero and Super Villain are you?
We watched the new Superman Returns last night (well... I got tired so I finished watching it this morning). This afternoon I was reading through the RSS feeds I subscribe to, and read this entry by Wil Wheaton. Its one of those "Which Super Hero are you?" and "Which Super Villain are you?" personality-quiz-things. I figured it was fitting given the movie we'd watched, so I gave it a go.
I'm a geek, so I'm not very suprised what I matched up with (although... I really don't know much about the different super villain personalities, but the description they give at the end seemed fitting). I thought/hoped I'd line up with something girly... but the geek in me won out, and the girly-part came in 2nd place...
Cornflower Fingerless Mitts
or... "Arm warmers" - the 80s are back!
I'll buy a knitting magazine if I think there are at least two patterns I'll make from it. Well, this project fulfills my two-pattern quota for this month's Knit Gifts from Interweave Press (the other was the Larkspur Hat that I made a few weeks ago. And actually, I'm eyeing up the teddy bear pattern that they have in there too... we shall see.
The pattern is "Cornflower Mitts" designed by Deborah Newton and as I mentioned it's in the Holiday 2006 issue of Interweave's "Knit Gifts" magazine. I used one ball of Moda Dea's Washable Wool in Plum, on a set of size 8 double pointed needles. Each mitt took me about two days (maybe 8 hours each). They're pretty long -- they go about 2 inches from the inside of my elbow. I'm still not sure what you'd wear them with... This pair is a gift. But I think I'll make myself a set too. I really like this superwash wool yarn too. It's REALLY soft and its got a nice sheen to it. Plus, its washable!
a Tetanus Shot for Christmas
I'm now one of those Christmas statistics. You know, the one that says there are 24,642 kitchen-related accidents during the holidays. Yeah. This year, I made it 24,643. You're impressed, I know.
I cut my foot with a food processor.
Or at least, that's the most entertaining "wtf?" version of the story we could come up with. Pretty good, huh? The long version is this:
We had a bunch of friends over for Christmas Eve dinner. So, I went out in the morning to get some extra vegetables. I got a call requesting to buy a food processor while I was out, cause that would make the food prep easier. No problem. I was already at Costco, and they had a nice Blender / Food Processor combo for $79. Good deal, I'll buy it. So I bring the foot-mangling device home and we unpack the car.
We began unpacking the box and I get handed the food processor bowl to unwrap from its shrink-wrapped bondings. I turn it upside down to start unwrapping it.... and that sneaky chopping blade that was unknowingly sitting inside of it fell out and landed on the top of my foot, leaving a nice gash. After we got the bleeding to stop, I peeked and realized I probably needed stitches. I had no idea where the closest hospital was. So we called next door to find out and then Bernie offered to drive me into the ER (we still had our friends coming over for dinner).
One tetanus shot, three stitches, one oh-so-sexy hospital booty and a few hours later, I was back home helping with dinner.
I have forced vacation all this week. The plan was to do a lot of rock climbing, a lot of yoga, and a lot of knitting.... Well, one out of three ain't bad. Guess I'll be going to the yarn store tomorrow!
Oh... and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
p.s. it's spelled "tetanus" not "tetnus", silly me.
the two-evening single-crochet scarf
looooonnnggg stripes
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This scarf is VERY quick to make. Its made with a bulky yarn, but I used a smaller crochet hook than recommended so that it makes a nice tight crochet stitch. One of the things I LOVE about crochet is that you never get that "curling" problem you get when doing a typical knit stockinette stitch. The scarf is made length-wise, the yarn is really soft and I think its gonna look sharp with a pair of jeans and my leather coat. I finished the whole scarf in two short evenings. I'm sure I could have done it in one if I wanted to. Enjoy! size
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We had the Valerie Hayken Photography
she climbs, she scubas, she takes amazing photographs
I'm really digging this while "home-owner" thing. Making the place our own, and putting our personalities in it. Our front room is a combination of the two of us. It's got/going-to-have a lot of Indian inspired things, some Trinidadian things, and now some Southwest-y Utah-ish things. In particular -- these GREAT photos that I just bought. I absolutely love them.
I met my friend Valerie a few years ago when we both worked at EMS. We started rock climbing together right around the same time she left to pursue her own business, Valerie Hayken Photography. Val takes amazing photos: some beautiful underwater stuff and some really great landscapes.
After we bought the house, I was having a hard time deciding what color schemes to choose for all our rooms, so I asked Val to bring by her portfolio and hoped that I'd be able to use some of her work as inspiration. Well, one year later, I've finally made some decisions and got some of her photos on my wall.
The room is VERY orange, with one purple wall to accent things (sounds weird, I know... but I like it). I found an Indian sari at a store nearby and decided to chose the colors off of that. Once I get my act together a bit more, I'm going to hang the sari above the fireplace and across the ceiling.
I loved all the oranges and purples that Val's southwest slot canyon pictures have and thought that a small collection would look great. Being the artist herself, there's no one better to select the photos, sizes and orientation better than Val, so I asked her to mock-up a few different layouts. I absolutely love what she put together. The largest photo is from Upper Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona. The two smaller photos are from Lower Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona (Page is a Navajo reservation in northern Arizona, very close to the Utah border.
I love it when people come over, and after they comment about what great photos those are (which they all have so far) I get to see "Oh, thanks! Val took those!" They're all VERY impressed, and so am I.
Valerie Hayken's slot canyon photo's in my very orange front room.