Thursday, July 27, 2006

weekend

comic con was an adventure, as usual. i really didn't take too many pictures this year, even though there were some really cool costumes. it was hot hot hot down there, though, and we almost passed out in line waiting for the kevin smith q&a to start. we missed the whole spiderman 3 panel because the line was so long. more and more people come every year but it's still a fun time and i managed to pick up some fun books and cute pins and things. here are some boring and random photos from the weekend

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imagine this, times about 10,000 and you get the idea of how crowded it was

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kevin smith talking about clerks 2 and other things

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hilarious snakes on a plane display

not much else to say except that i can't wait for next year!

Friday, July 21, 2006

temptation

did you see that the new knitpicks yarns are out? it's taking a lot of willpower not to order anything especially since i want to try their needles, too. but i will be good since i am saving my money this weekend for comic-con. yes, the nerd convention is here again and i for one, cannot wait to go. see you monday!

Saturday, July 15, 2006

hot heads

wow i can't believe it's been more than a month since my last post. needless to say, it's been a bit busy around here lately. fourth of july seems like ages ago but i did manage to take a nice trip back home to the bay area to see my parents. the weather up there is so refreshing after the stifling heat and humidity of southern california lately. i am dying for an a/c unit in my room but i can't afford it. this means sleeping in the living room for most of the summer and fans that never stop blowing. i don't know if it's the weather or just me, but lately i've been having a hard time working on just one project. i spent most of june working on hats and things to donate to the dulaan project. someone started a knitting group at work and we decided to knit things for dulaan. a lot of people who joined up had never knit before so my friend and i spent a lot of time teaching people to knit and crochet. the odessa hat in my last post was one of the hats being donated. here's another one:

asymmetrical hat on

asymmetrical hat

pattern: asymmetrical hat from one skein
yarn: lamb's pride bulky in periwinkle (almost a full skein)
needles: us 9 16" bamboo circs and later switched to dpn
size: 16 1/4" to fit a child but it was stretchy and big enough to fit my head
notes: i really like the whole asymmetrical part of it. it was really cool to have all of these different cables going on. the only thing i really don't like is how there is no crown shaping. it's hard to tell from the photos in the book, but you bind off, seam it and then tie the two ends together. it made it harder to wear cause it would look lopsided if i turned it one way versus another. if i did it again, i think i'd try to figure out how to do some crown shaping so that it would decrease like a normal hat. otherwise it was quick and easy and pretty cute.

now off it goes to kids in mongolia since i certainly don't need one in this 100 degree weather.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

weekend

comic con was an adventure, as usual. i really didn't take too many pictures this year, even though there were some really cool costumes. it was hot hot hot down there, though, and we almost passed out in line waiting for the kevin smith q&a to start. we missed the whole spiderman 3 panel because the line was so long. more and more people come every year but it's still a fun time and i managed to pick up some fun books and cute pins and things. here are some boring and random photos from the weekend

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imagine this, times about 10,000 and you get the idea of how crowded it was

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kevin smith talking about clerks 2 and other things

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hilarious snakes on a plane display

not much else to say except that i can't wait for next year!
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Friday, July 21, 2006

temptation

did you see that the new knitpicks yarns are out? it's taking a lot of willpower not to order anything especially since i want to try their needles, too. but i will be good since i am saving my money this weekend for comic-con. yes, the nerd convention is here again and i for one, cannot wait to go. see you monday!
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Saturday, July 15, 2006

hot heads

wow i can't believe it's been more than a month since my last post. needless to say, it's been a bit busy around here lately. fourth of july seems like ages ago but i did manage to take a nice trip back home to the bay area to see my parents. the weather up there is so refreshing after the stifling heat and humidity of southern california lately. i am dying for an a/c unit in my room but i can't afford it. this means sleeping in the living room for most of the summer and fans that never stop blowing. i don't know if it's the weather or just me, but lately i've been having a hard time working on just one project. i spent most of june working on hats and things to donate to the dulaan project. someone started a knitting group at work and we decided to knit things for dulaan. a lot of people who joined up had never knit before so my friend and i spent a lot of time teaching people to knit and crochet. the odessa hat in my last post was one of the hats being donated. here's another one:

asymmetrical hat on

asymmetrical hat

pattern: asymmetrical hat from one skein
yarn: lamb's pride bulky in periwinkle (almost a full skein)
needles: us 9 16" bamboo circs and later switched to dpn
size: 16 1/4" to fit a child but it was stretchy and big enough to fit my head
notes: i really like the whole asymmetrical part of it. it was really cool to have all of these different cables going on. the only thing i really don't like is how there is no crown shaping. it's hard to tell from the photos in the book, but you bind off, seam it and then tie the two ends together. it made it harder to wear cause it would look lopsided if i turned it one way versus another. if i did it again, i think i'd try to figure out how to do some crown shaping so that it would decrease like a normal hat. otherwise it was quick and easy and pretty cute.

now off it goes to kids in mongolia since i certainly don't need one in this 100 degree weather.
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