Owls - FO update

I just realized that the last picture of the Owls sweater I knit for my friend Erin shows it still on the needles! Oops! I finished the sweater after having her try it on and confirming that it fit (whew).

Then I had to sew on all the little tiny owl eyes. Wasn't too bad, I put on some TV shows on Hulu, and also I carried the thread across the back from eye to eye on each individual owl. I didn't want to carry it from owl to owl in case it messed with the stretchability of the yoke. I can't remember if I mentioned it but the buttons were cheapo plastic ones that came in a mixed pack of brown, grey, white, and tan. I like em!

Erin was kind enough to have her hubby snap a photo of her modeling the sweater. Isn't she pretty??? I'm so glad I made this for her!

Now... I had a decent amount of yarn leftover after knitting the sweater. This is happening to me a LOT it seems! Either the yarn store people are trying to weasel more money out of me, or I am just reallllly bad at estimating yardage for sweaters :-) Oh well, I am not complaining about extra yarn! In fact, I used it to do something extra for my friend Erin.... something that I will blog about once I get some photos!!! (I'm such a tease!) Anyway hope you all have a fabulous weekend. My hubby is out of town on a trip but I've been keeping busy knitting and playdating and such!

Hasta la vista, meatbag!

I've been working in secret on this project for my cousin Anna. She is getting married this summer to a wonderful guy Matthew. They have hung out with hubby and I several times and we all get along great. The men are both pretty geeky/nerdy. (Not that Anna and I aren't a little nerdy too!) Anyway I was trying to think of something fun/funny that was related to a nerd passion, like Harry Potter, LOTR, etc. I searched Ravelry for patterns and ended up finding the perfect thing to make....

"Bite my shiny metal ass!"

A "Bender" toilet roll cover. LOLOL. (If you don't recognize him, he is a character on the popular cartoon Futurama) It was kind of annoying because each part was knit seperately, but I veered from the pattern in knitting as much of it in the round as I could. All in all it wasn't too bad and didn't involve too much work! I think I made his head too small but otherwise he pretty much looks like bender.

And now for some more Bender quotes :)

"Yeah, well... I'm gonna go build my own theme park, with blackjack... and hookers! In fact, forget the park!"

"Bribe is such an ugly word. I prefer extortion. The X makes it sound cool."

"If anything happens to me, tell them I died robbing some old man."

"This is the worst kind of discrimination: the kind against me!"

"Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?"

"Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious."

"I'm sorry, guys. I never meant to hurt you. Just to destroy everything you ever believed in."

P.S. I did add an embroidered "door" outline on the frontside of his body, but I forgot to take a pic before I gifted him away :)

Playing with the meme generator... trying to come up with something funny and knitting related. What do you think?

I realize these might only make me giggle, but oh well :)

OK I'm up way too late. Gnight!

Little things

Whipped this bunny up for N's 2nd cousin (a few months younger than her!) whom we saw on Easter. Cute and quick!

Pattern: Bunny Nuggets

I also made a kitty toy mouse for a friend who just adopted a cat :-)