Souvenirs

I'm not really a big souvenir person, but I do love to go yarn shopping when I travel. Look at my new pretties:

AND LANTERN MOON NEEDLES! The woman at the shop called them "The Cadillac of Knitting Needles" I do love them. So much. I'm working on creating a collection of 10" Straights that are wood. Then I'll get rid of all the 14" long aluminum ones. I never use them anyway.

We spent a lot of time with people that I already miss. My HSKS family is very very dear to me. We ate a lot of good foods, and we did plenty of yarn shopping and there was plenty of all around Harry Potter love and geekiness. Especially at Whimsic Alley. Really it was great fun!

Our guest of honor (the Birthday girl and my bfffl) had a blast too!
(Can't you just tell! She got a Medianoche Sandwich because it's what Dexter eats. )

We also had the waiter take a group shot after dinner. BUT he cut out our newest friend Amanda. :(

Also this is me:

Typical. My best pictures are always the ones where I look funny.

I'm Leaving Town!!!

But before I go!

I finished my Clapotis and it's so pretty!

Conteur de Fortune

Pattern: Clapotis (link goes to knitty.com)

Yarn: Fresh from the Cauldron Silk Sock

Colorway: Alice Cullen

Needles: US 6/4.0mm

Mods: Done to accomodate fingering weight yarn rather than worsted. I followed the "rule" of 1/5s, 1/5 for increases, 1/5 for decreases, and 3/5s for the straight section. I ended up doing 8 repeats for increases and decreases and 19 (!) repeats for the center.

Okay now I'm running off to pack. I'll be back next week with news and pictures of the trip. AND NEW YArNS! Whoooo!

Metric - Black Sheep

So... I'm a very passionate person. I will be totally obsessed for a thing for a while and then I move on. That's why I occasionally gather so many WIPs. Really... It's just part of who I am. I'm either all in or not at all. This is especially present with songs.

See, a "long" time ago, before the knitting and before getting older made me lame (J/K I'll NEVER be lame... or old) I was quite the music lover an music buff. I had friends that had a punk music website. I used to review cds before they were released, I used to interview members of bands I loved it was AWESOME.

PROOF me and Dave King of Flogging Molly

(I'm 16, sunburnt and tired as all get out.. BUT still one of the best days of my life):

Music is still a big BIG part of me as a person, although I've broadened my tastes to include more than the my original genre (punk). So I find myself becoming completely and TOTALLY obsessed with a single song. I talk about it to likt 3 or 4 people non-stop, and well I've decided to start blogging my song obsessions in addition to my knitting escapades.

SO MY CURRENT SONG OBSESSION IS:

Black Sheep by Metric

It's in the new Scott Pilgrim Movie. (In cas you didn't know I'm SCOTT PILGRIM CRAZED!!!) The movie is supposed to be more or less centered around this song. I kid you not I've listened to it about 17 time TODAY! I love this song!! I really LOVE this song.

In Knitting News:

I finished my Scylla Socks.

I'm also VERY VERY close to finishing my clapotis!!!!