Teddy Bear Chair, via Cute Overload.

More bears after the jump.

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I looked it up in the dictionary, and that’s what it means.

Minimimmo paper craft, via Folding Trees.

(On the Eve front, one more page and one week of waiting and you’re looking at a Master!)

Ah, the dreaded DNF. Of course, with my masters due in 4 days a DNF for me was as inevitable as a double relay defeat for an American team that didn’t practice hand-offs (ZING!). I had 8 panels to knit, and then two sleeves and some ribs. Sadly, it wasn’t to be.

To my credit, I finished 8 + 4i², and i is an imaginary number, so if you take that away you get 8 + 4², which means that it’s kinda like I actually finished 24 panels. But the fascists at the IOC don’t accept that kind of math, so I’m resigned to a DNF. Here’s what I have so far:

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Wow. This was my quickest knit, and my slowest blog. I knitted it in 8 days and blogged it 398 days later. I don’t think I will break that record any time soon. Sorry I dropped the ball! I was waiting to get pictures back from the picnic where I wore it and then never did until now. I promise I will not take 398 days ever again. If I get pictures back next time 398 days after finishing the knit, I will wait an extra day so it will not be 398 days. That I assure you.

(My hair was a little ratty in that picture, but I was pretty tired by the time we got to taking pictures for the blog.)

Shetland Rectangle, started July 16th, 2007, finished July 24th, 2007
Pattern: Shetland Triangle
Yarn: The rest of my pretty red merino yarn ripped from a Value Village sweater ($4 for this and the Backyard Leaves Scarf and Santa Cruz!)
Needles: Holy cow, I don’t remember.
Modifications: Now this, I do remember. Obviously, I knit it as a rectangle. I also added a border to keep everything flat and to make it extra pretty. I love this edge! It was the same edge I used on the Backyard Leaves Scarf. Definitely a hit. I put up a tutorial on the cast-on here. I may also put up the cast-off tutorial that I photographed last year, for which I also just got the pictures.
Would I knit it again? Yes yes yes! I want a triangle scarf for this winter so I’m considering this as a double knit. We’ll see. One thing I wouldn’t do is use another heavy merino, though; holy jumpin’, is this boy heavy! It was also really hard to block, as you can see from the photos.

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If you are knitting or have already knit a pattern that I’m talking about, leave me a comment and I’ll update my post with a link to your version. If you’ve written up a pattern and you want me to link to it, send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll post it! It makes the list longer and my job easier.

• These Vaasa mittens are so beautiful! Oh my goodness!
• Heeheehee! Katamari Damacy Prince of All Cosmos Baby Hat. Oh, my future children are going to hate me with all the crazy hotdog costumes and ridiculous Japanese video game character costumes I’m going to put them in.
• There are two patterns here up for grabs in this Berroco Dye Adventure.
• Here’s the Brûlée Scarf. Congratulations to Cirilia for getting a job at Berroco!
• Francis is a pretty cute scarf.
• I like these snappy Waffle Stitch Fingerless Gloves on craftster.
• Pretty Sweet Summer Socks!
• Taylor’s been making the rounds on the ol’ blogospheroid this past while. Top drawer. Does anyone know what top drawer means? Does that mean something is so good that you would store it in the handiest place to get things from a drawer? I keep my gym clothes in my top drawer, what about you guys? Ah, here we go. “This term appeared in its figurative sense around 1900 and refers to the top drawer in a bedroom dresser, where society folks usually kept their jewels and other valuables.” The more you know.
• Hermione’s Cable & Eyelet Hat is pretty cute! Example here.
• Monster Baby Booties. Example here.
• I love this Wave Blanket!
• Turn A Square Hat. Good for boys.
• Like these Punk Rock Corset Gloves? So do I!
• This Intrigue Bolero is adorable!

A super-wicked Moustache Pint Glass via Design Sponge. Oh dear Lord, you have no idea how much I want a set of these. The following pictures appear to tell the story of a pair of moustache glasses planning a safari trip which goes horribly wrong.

“I say, fancy a trip to the Cape for a hunting expedition?”

“Indubitably!”

“Jolly good!”

“Oh dear. I appear to have been drunk.”

“Well, this is a fine state of affairs.”

“Indubitably.”

I’m going for the Olympics this year with Bubble by Norah Gaughan! Here’s my sweater on Ravelry. I’m really busy at the mo’ (it being master’s defence season) but I will try to finish on time. For efficiency, most of my comments will appear on the Ravelry page and in 2 weeks I’ll put up a final post on this blog. Wish me luck! I’ll be a PhD student soon!

If you are knitting or have already knit a pattern that I’m talking about, leave me a comment and I’ll update my post with a link to your version. If you’ve written up a pattern and you want me to link to it, send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll post it! It makes the list longer and my job easier.

• I love this Falling Leaves Felted Bag! But I can’t look at it, because every time I do I want to shift that rightmost leaf just a little to the left so it doesn’t hang on the border. It can overlap and it can be far from overlapping, but I can’t take small shapes whose curves meet and seem to disappear into contrast lines. It’s an irrational peeve.
• Zigzag is a fingerless and thumbless glove, and Weaver is a mitten with a really nice wrist band.
• Knit a Mohair scarf or wrap.

I can’t stop posting dog sweaters. This one is from Cute With Chris. If you haven’t checked out his video podcast before, go there now. NOW. The above dog sweater is from his What You Sick People Come Here For series.