Purple Ribbed Scarf, started 4 years ago, finished 4 years ago
Pattern: K2P2 ribbing, fringe

I gave this purple scarf and the ruffly pink scarf seen previously to the twins this Christmas. I didn’t pay attention to which of them picked which scarf, but I’m fairly sure this is Kelly. I tell them apart by the timbre of their voices and the way they move, which unfortunately doesn’t help in a photo. One of them has a scar on her cheek but I can’t remember which!

This is a very basic K2P2 ribbed scarf. I knit two sorts of yarn together, one of them was a thick and thin jobbie by Bernat, I believe, and the other was a variegated baby yarn by who knows. It was hard to give this away; so pretty! I actually knit this 4 years ago and couldn’t part with it. I’m going to knit an update, I think.

DNA Scarf for Cynthia, started September 28th, 2006, finished November 20th, 2006, blocked December 23rd, 2006, gifted December 27th, 2006
Pattern: Dr. Montville’s Double Helix Seaman Scarf
Yarn: Red shetland wool ripped from a sweater
Needles: 4mm circulars
Dimensions: HUUUUUGE!
Pattern Notes: I got bored near the end and couldn’t bring myself to knit 4 more repeats, so I settled for a keyhole pattern and only 1 1/2 repeats. I think it looks pretty snazzy. I put the keyhole in diagonally and then crocheted around the hole to make it a bit flatter. It didn’t come out exactly as I liked, but it’s not bad.
Would I knit it again? Now that I have the hang of the pattern, I might. It was pretty hairy for a while, though. Maybe I’d knit it into a shirt or something. No more scarves! I need to go on a scarf diet.

Flickr has come up with a neat new revenue stream: camera manufacturers can advertise with them on a brand new Camera Finder! Brilliant!

Here’s my camera, the PowerShot SD110. This upcoming summer or the summer after that, I plan to convince the beau to join me on a cross-country train trip to the Yukon, and I’d be embarrassed to come back with photos from a crappy little point and shoot. I’ve been wanting to buy a DSLR for a while, so this could be a help in deciding which one to get. I’ve already got $200 saved up from collecting twoonies and loonies for an unspecified future gadget, which I believe will soon become a specified gadget. The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT is a very popular camera, but I like the look of the Nikon D50 / D70. There’s also the hope that I may be able to buy a Minolta and put my macro lens to good use, except that I don’t think Minolta has much of a digital reputation. I’ve got a year to figure it out; maybe I can pay for some of the camera by panning for Yukon gold!

This isn’t knitting related, but I thought I’d share this with you folks. My mom got this last year for Christmas. These are the things kids give to their teachers. I find it absolutely hilarious.

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Holiday Kangaroos are knitting at Google! It looks like they’re trying to develop a whole series with these guys. I heartily approve of story lines involving cute things, so this gets my official fluffy white baby seal of approval.

I started in October. OCTOBER! And yet, this is still me right now.

More like you pay for the packaging.

Take-out Scarf Knitting Kit

Assorted “flavours”: green pepper, sweet & sour, black bean, lychee.

21.50$ CAN

Contains all the necessary ingredients for a spicy scarf! Includes approx. 108 yards of acrylic yarn, knitting needles & instructions.

It’s not even called a pattern. It’s called instructions. For $21.50 CAN.

Give me a G! G! Give me an O! O! Give me an N! N!

What does that spell?

Liz’s Christmas present, that’s what that spells.

The new Knitty has a dragon pattern, and I’m going to knit it. Sheldon is also really cute.

And now back to backpropagation, Kohonen networks and genetic algorithms. Just one more day, Eve… One more day.

Savannahchik Knits is asking for knitting tips. Quite a few really great tips have been submitted. I need to try this Russian join that everyone’s talking about. It’s turning up in more places than polonium-210! (That’s a little KGB joke for ya there.) And of course there’s this great money-saving tip:

I own many dangly beaded stitch markers that are fun to use and almost can be considered knitting ‘jewlery’. However, I have found that when I’m lace knitting my yarn seems to catch on everything: row counters, stitch markers etc. So to help with that problem I tie little markers made from scraps of sock yarn or lace yarn. My yarn doesn’t catch on them and if one slips off the needles it doesn’t fall into the couch cushion – it sticks to the knitting. No more looking for dropped stitch markers.

This entire weekend, any comment I’ve tried to leave on a blog has disappeared. I’ve had this happen to me four times and I’m getting scared the internet doesn’t like me anymore

To do in the next 9 days:

• Analyze behaviour of 3 thankfully finished programs
• 1 lab report
• 1 exam
• 2 grad school applications
• 1 essay
• Start (AUGH!) sweater for mom’s Christmas present (thankfully it’s mostly stockinette)
• Finish moose socks
• Resist the desire to play Guitar Hero or DDR