on color

i am a big fan of color. i love every color of the rainbow in all of its subtly and contrast. i can never understand how someone could have one favorite color. how do you choose just one? i have never really noticed if i had a pattern to what colors i am attracted to. my stash is proof of my eclectic color philosophy, but then i noticed something this morning.



the colors in this ceramic skull are almost the exact same colors in the skein of handmaiden casbah i bought last week at twist yarns. i think it's pretty funny that they match so well. it almost mades me sad to knit it up and break them apart. this color is called "cosmic" by the way and i think it's the perfect name. it's what i would imagine a meteor shower or shooting stars would look like in space. i am thinking of making a lacy scarf of out of so i can have that gorgeous softness around my neck. i am not sure what pattern would look best with such high contrast colors though. any suggestions would be welcome.

this weekend is going to be full of knitterly events. tomorrow, my friend and i are heading out to bergamot station in santa monica to see the knitted coral reef exhibit. the pics i've seen of it look awesome and i can't wait. sunday morning i am getting up bright and early to get in line for unwind's annual superbowl yarn sale. i plan on picking up some koigu in the front room but have no idea what in the 50% off back room this year. i am going to try to be good though and only get yarn i can really use and not just because it's on sale. we'll see how that goes.

working spaces

last weekend my friends and i made a trip out to the blum & poe gallery, as they are having a showing of some new yoshitomo nara work. he's one of my favorite artists and this show didn't disappoint. the best part of the show was a wagon that housed an incredible little craft/living space. it was like the best little kid's room ever. my friend and i wanted to move in. take a look.

on the knitting front, i have been working on my pair of bella's mittens for awhile now. i admit to being a huge twilight fan and when i saw the movie, i just knew i had to have the long mittens that bella wears. thankfully knitters are extremely clever and motivated people. i didn't have to wait long before a pattern was drawn up. i knit mine up in briggs & little atlantic, a bulky, sheep-y yarn from canada. while the yarn softened up considerably in the wash, i decided i wanted to knit a squishy lining for my mitts. in comes a double strand of drops alpaca in blood red and you've got some really warm mittens.

i am kind of eyeballing the whole thing right now. i might use ann budd's book of patterns to help me out with the thumb gussett. so far, though, it's turning out very nice. will i see any of you at the unwind super bowl sale this sunday? i plan on being there bright and early!

i made something!

yes, there has been knitting going on. i just get too lazy to blog about it most of the time. however, i do have a lovely hat i finished over the holidays. it's brooklyntweed's habitat made from my favorite yarn, mmmalabrigo.

pattern: habitat by brooklyntweed (my ravelry page here)
yarn: almost and entire skein of malabrigo merino worsted in azul bolita
needles: us 6 for ribbing and us 5 for rest of hat
size: i made the longer size so it would cover my ears. fits well on my 21" head.

i highly recommend this pattern. the cables are lovely and everything is clearly written and charted out for you. i am getting better at taking pics of myself in hats. i like to see hats on a person but it's hard taking a picture of yourself in one when you have short arms and no tripod. but i think i am getting better at it. i only had to take about 30 shots for this to work out. :)

has anyone watched the premiere of lost yet? i wasn't feeling well last night so i skipped it but am hoping to catch up this weekend. i have no idea what's going to happen but i think it's going to be good. and yay for tomorrow being friday.

events

i can't believe that the holidays have come and gone. what the heck happened? well what better way to start off the new year than with a party? my fave lys, unwind, had a 5 year anniversary party last thursday. on hand to celebrate were the jess, casey and mary heather of ravelry fame, lorna's laces and namaste. i went with a couple of friends and we had a lot of fun. the store was jam packed with people and it was great to meet some people i've only seen online. i was too shy to say approach the ravelry peeps but i did say hi to the lovely marielle (aka subliminalrabbit) who designed the awesome pattern for the mittens that bella wears in the movie twilight (which i am almost done with). i managed to only walk away with a beautiful namaste laguna bag in peacock.

below are some pics of the event that i took.