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recently completed projects

now, at long last, with pictures!
  • a Headline News cabled newsboy cap from Stitch 'n Bitch Nation
    headline news newsboy cap 5
  • deck o' cards notebook from ReadyMade
    deck o' cards notebook 1
  • Brainylady's basic cabled socks
    cabled socks! 2
  • another boring garter stitch scarf for myself
    rainbow Katia Nepal scarf 1
  • duct tape coin purse and keychain ID pouch
  • a birthday scarf for Nana
  • some junk out of wire
  • the scarf for Bill

currently on the needles

active:
  • an amineko (yes, crochet - yes, in Japanese - no, I can't actually read the pattern)
  • a Dr. Who scarf (season 12 pattern) for the DH
  • a Linux illusion scarf
on indefinite hiatus:
  • a Wonderful Wallaby in Wool-Ease for Adler
  • the fuzzy steering wheel cover from Stitch 'n Bitch Nation for Lucy
  • a sleeveless top in Patons Fresco, semi-improvised pattern
  • Kitty Hat from Stitch n' Bitch in grey Wool-Ease
  • gigantic Wool-Ease T&Q sweater for the DH
  • skull & crossbones Christmas stocking

how many more days?

Hmm... the countdown seems to be broken - again. Until I can figure out why it stopped working, I guess I'll just update the thing manually.
  • 10 days 'til Bonnaroo!
  • 26 more days until Canada Day
  • 106 more shopping days until my b-day
  • 958 more days until W's out of the white house
I stole the idea for this cute little countdown feature straight from the far-superior blog bag 'n' trash, a fellow member of the mini knits webring. Wanna buy me something for one of these upcoming events? Well, I do have a Froogle wishlist and an Amazon.com wishlist. Hee.

recent music purchases

  • Sufjan Stevens, Come On Feel the Illinoise and Greetings from Michigan, The Great Lake State
  • OK Go, Oh No

what I'm reading offline

  • Shutting Out the Sun: How Japan Created Its Own Lost Generation by Michael Zielenziger
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

recent DVD acquisitions

products and stores I endorse

other things I love

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

an ode to bacon

Why is bacon so astoundingly tasty? What exactly is it about that particular part of pig flesh that is so, so good? I am completely and totally unable to resist the lure of bacon.

I'm not the only one who has been in thrall to the wonderful strips of meat lately. See here what Keith Knight has to say about bacon.

I keep contemplating going vegetarian (for health and ethical, tho' not religious, reasons), but bacon is the one thing I know I could never, ever give up.

Luckily, R. Stevens from Diesel Sweeties has come up with a solution: become a baco-vegetarian! Because it is a universal truth that bacon is a vegetable - it's printed on a t-shirt, so it must be true.

(Diesel Sweeties also features the Yarncore shirt, which I must own - actually, I must own about half the shirts they offer. But the Yarncore one totally sealed the deal. And hey, speaking of knit-and-webcomic-related merch, check out the tote bag I just bought from nataliedee.com! Hee!)

posted by Liz @ 6/07/2006 01:17:00 PM