Deedee sees wool, and is planning all the naps she will take on it:

In other knitting news, I ordered a yarn kit for Autumn Rose by my favorite Eunny Jang. I’m looking forward to it, and also a little terrified.

*or in-my-lap-under-a-conference-table-sized!

The Silk Garden Lizard Ridge is getting pretty close to done. I’ve got three-and-a-half skeins of Noro left to go, and then I have to figure out how to crochet so I can put the edging (Cascade 220, #9465 “vashon”) on. The hard part is getting the cats off of it so I can work; it’s a bit easier now that it’s so long — it’s nice to have an unfinished project that keeps me and the cats cozy while I’m still knitting.

Too, too sweet:

These Fetching wristwarmers are a super-quick knit, and I thought I’d use up the one skein of Misti Alpaca I had hanging around from swatching. I didn’t follow the pattern super closely, and just wanted to make these as long as I wanted them — which means that I’ll need another skein. Oh, well! Mr. Dynagirl is already clamoring for a pair, and for future versions I’ll throw in another cable at the wrist to snug it up a little better. Nobody locally had any #4 Addis, so I settled for bamboo Clovers, figuring the smooth yarn would compensate for the slow wood: big mistake. I *hate* these needles! The join ramp isn’t smooth enough, the connecting cable won’t relax its curl, and MAN they are slow. Addi, I won’t stray again.

Meanwhile, I finally finished a simple pair of socks for Mr Dynagirl:

… and started another one for me. Both are Esprit from Elann.com. Phone Elf approves.

Here’s the inside, you can see the sleeve facing that needs finishing:

Mr MagpieDynagirl wonders why I made it so small:

BECAUSE IT’S FUCKING TERRIFYING.

omgwtfbbq?! This is one fucked. up. movie.
And I’m SO buying the soundtrack tomorrow.

*probably, then also on late night televison, under a misguided babysitter. This so explains both my fascination with Nipsy Russell and my fear of Big City Subway Turnstiles. AND WIERD SUBWAY MONSTERS AND THEIR CRACKHEAD MASTERS. (And crack. And tile.) No. You don’t ever want to be in the playground of my mind.

**although the fact that Toto is a miniature schnauzer makes me really happy… and also fits right into the 70s trippy milieu ( we had a schnauzer, too; albeit better groomed than this one ), as well as the linoleum yellow brick road that looks like the vinyl uplholstery on the kitchen chairs in my grandmother’s house.

1. cotton & elastic yarn: soft! and cheap!
2. using one big circular needle instead of five motherfucking pain-in-the-ass double-points is much easier on the hands
3. going toe-up makes easier fitting and a nicer looking heel

As for the boredom issue? A sock is a great to stick in your bag for when you actually need some light distraction — like commutes, family visits, and staff meetings.

A trip through the washing machine sure helped! About a quarter of the way through the felting, I cut the steek. You can’t really see it well in the photo, but this is how I did it, where ^ is the crochet chain anchor, and I cut away the three knit stitches in the middle.

} p k^ p kkk p ^k p {

At Thanksgiving, my mom is going to help me put the zipper in. I think it needs a pewter, celtic-knot button at the neck.

Here’s the pictures, click ‘em to enlarge.