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BLOG MOVE!

2005-03-08T11:38:00.000-08:00

My blog has moved to Blogdrive! Yes, it has a new home! I like the setup they have better. So please change your bookmarks to the following address:

http://woolywooskie.blogspirit.com/

Mystical Magical Caterpillars!

2005-03-08T07:04:00.000-08:00

So I finished knitting my Mystical Magical Caterpillar scarf!

(click thumbnails for larger view)

I lost my other scarf last week, so I've been rather scarfless, which isn't cool for this crazy weather. I'm actually getting over a cold. There's something comforting about catching one... maybe it's the idea of all that chick'n'oodle soop! hehe! OK, I've got twisted logic. ;-)

Taloola on Craftster just finished knitting my Jiffy Tube Top and I'm so proud of her! It looks amazin'! Link to Thread

Also everyone who decided to make the Gwen-a-be Zim hat did awesome jaw-dropping yobs! Link to thread

In other news...

I've been watching way too much "Nip/Tuck"... Not just because Julian McMahon is sexy as hell, but plastic surgery is the new gore! I'm convinced!

Apparently, I just realized, I'm on Spring Break. I have the whole week off. You could imagine my suprise... it's gonna be a long one. Editing and getting the last scene for my movie in the can... Once school's over I'm resorting to solo projects. Juggling people's schedules is not exactly my bag, babe.

I also saw this incredible play last Thursday called "Shockheaded Peter"... amazing! Definitely for Dresden Doll, Tim Burton, and Edward Gorey fans alike! For such a low budget production, the costumes were unbelieveable, and the use of puppetry was undeniably ingenious! I never laughed so hard at the theater!

I've also taken up learning German. It's such an angry language, but I love it! I'm actually half German, so I know a little... but mainly just the slang, growing up around my grandmother and all. Driving in traffic with her was no peach... words like "sheisse!" and "arsch-losch!" still resinate in the fondest of my childhood memories! :-P

Right! Back to life as we know it!

~ kkxo

FOs for HOs!

2005-03-06T10:11:00.000-08:00

Iggads! How long has it been? I'm so hungover... my head feels like the entire cast of STOMP! is performing on my medulla! Went to this bar with my friend last night... turns out it was gay night. (good for him... not for me! hehe) So after a while, I hoped in a cab and headed over to my usual night spot. Had a most excellent time, but drank way too much! Ugh! Woe is me! hehe

Anyway, back to knitting! Here are some FO's I've been meaning to post:

This is a WIP scarf... can't wait to finish it! I Knit in this blue & copper sparkly funky yarn in with this midnight blue wool! It looks like a mystical magical catipillar! :-P

I actually saw someone wearing these and had to knit my own!

I'm in serious need of more yarn! I ordered some from Yarnware over six weeks ago, but they've been backordered.

I finished shooting my film! Huzzah! Now I'm just working on the preview. Once that's done I shall post it. And what's a movie without knitting?

(a still from the set)
;-)

OK... time to pop an aspirin and call it a day!

Vegan Stripes for 22 year olds

2005-02-02T05:34:00.000-08:00

As predicted, I've been slacking on the whole knitting thing... These past couple of weeks have been nutso! Today and tomorrow I'll be auditioning actors for my flick. I've never cast professionals, so I'm kind of nervous, but trying not to think about it. So far, so good. Haven't freaked out yet ;-)

Here's one FO that I managed to complete, the stripey scarf:

I used gray and lime green Jaeger Merino Aran yarn. It's basically stockinette stitch with a single cable down the middle... I tried to block it from curling, but didn't exactly work out. Que sera.

Monday was my birthday, (the big 22) so my mom took me out to lunch. Yay mom! We went to Kate's Joint down in the village, where they make the BEST veggie burgers EVER! The Un-Turkey Club comes highly recommended as well. If you haven't guessed, this place is vegan. I'm totally not vegan, but for some reason I'm very fond of disgustingly healthy food. :-P

I also bought "The Knitting Bible", which I'm digging right now. It's got almost every single stitch, and technique... much better and clearer to understand than the Debbie Bliss one.

Anywho, gotta get organazized for later on.

Tere-- about the shrug, I haven't finished it because I ran out of wool! I'm like 3.75/4 done with it, too! Literally! I'm ordering more as I speak! ;-)

~ kk xo

Knitting under pressure!

2005-01-26T04:34:00.000-08:00

Sorry I've been slacking on photos... I need to take some of my WIPs! I'm so bummed that I can't finish my shrug! And right now my yarn budget is pretty much blown so I'll just have to wait until my b-day before I can go wooly crazy again! :-(

I'm up at the crack of dawn this morning because I'm supposed to help my friend out on her film shoot, doing make-up fx. I have to age a character so she looks 40! I love doing this kind of stuff! :-D
Suprisingly, I'm not all that tired. My dog kept me up all night because he hasn't been feeling well lately, and has been acting like a grumpy old man.

I'm almost done working on my screenplay while working on this scarf (to brainstorm) I started knitting a few months ago... I'm somewhat pleased with my script, being that it's a work of procrastination... I work better under pressure for some reason. So far it's about this Agoraphobic girl who's forced to bake a cake at gunpoint... I started writing it around 1am... I was delerious! So don't ask! hehe I think I've been watching way too much "Martha Stewart Living" and "24"!

~ kk xo

Shrug it off and Procrastinate!

2005-01-24T08:52:00.000-08:00

Tere from Craftster got me wanting to knit the shrug from Magknits.com... so I started it, using Reynold's Utopia in Grape, because a.) I wasn't inspired to use it for anything else, and b.) it had over 200 yrds to it! Not to mention it's quite cuddly, given that it's acrylic. But now I'm running out of it! Arrgh! So close to finishing, too! Oh well... just an excuse to order more! hehe. I already have a shipment coming in from Yarnware...

Nothing too exciting has happened this weekend. Aside from the snow. My dog LOOOOOVEEEESSS the snow! I'm baffled how he can just dive into the mass heeps piled up on the sidewalk and sit in it, eating it, and not feel cold! I see bigger dogs shivering their bums off with coats on... mine, doesn't even flinch! hehe. Except for the salt on the stree which burns his paws... I'm gonna have to knit my lil guy some booties. ;-) We'll see how long those stay on.

I have a meeting with my Thesis advisor later on today to talk about the film I'm supposed to shoot this February... been drawing up a shot-list and storyboarding all moring... I'm such a procrastinator! The other director I'm supposed to film for seems to have dropped off the face of the earth, leaving me high and dry, so I'm gonna have to come up with a project on my own ASAP! I had an idea for a yoga video... since my mom's into that, I figured I could make a 15 minute art film of her strutting her yoganess. She seems quite into doing it.

That being said... Fairsmell! :-x

Such a Gwennabe!

2005-01-21T09:29:00.000-08:00

I've come to the conclusion that hats are really fun to make...so without further ado, I give you the Gwennabe Zim hat, inspired by Lisascenic's (from craftster.org) split Gwen Stefani & Liz Zimmerman personality ;-) ... also Gwen's latest Louis Vuitton blue, white n' black corset thing-a-ma-jig she wore.

Final thought: To pom-pom, or not to pom pom? That is zee question!

In other news, I transferred classes for the umpteenth time, yesterday! The silkscreen class required me to get an insane amount of materials... so I decided to transfer to an acting class. Apparently I'm one of two students in the entire course... sounds intense, but I'm intrigued!
While I was haunting the school hallways waiting to meet with my advisor, I managed to get swindled into helping my friend shoot his film, booming for sound. That's always a fun job. Great arm workout, I must say. :-)

I was supposed to go to this place Darkroom with my friend last night, but it was too damn cold out. It's too damn cold out today also. I don't have to be anywhere, so I'm content just hibernating for the rest of the afternoon with a mug o' tea and working on a script for my project.

PUPPIES!!!!

2005-01-19T07:16:00.000-08:00

I gave up and got myself a new photobucket account. I don't know what's going on with that thing.

So it's 10:17am... gotta get my arse out the door in about an hour to get to class. Hopefully my iPod will be recharged by then. I forgot to do it overnight, and the battery's pretty much kapoot as it is. *sigh*

Had breakfast: yogurt w/ blackberry jelly n' granola (my favorite!)

While I was uploading all my knitting photos, I came across this photo of my dog, Meridian, wearing one of the first scarves I ever knitted!

The pink's not really appropriate for him, being that he's a boy, but... hehe.

Well, gotta skoot for now! xoxo

Kicking the Photobucket

2005-01-18T11:06:00.000-08:00

Something's up with my Photobucket account so I'm hoping that the bandwith will go back to normal by next month's turn-around point... according to their exceeded bandwith policies. As for now, I salvaged some photos... I think I deleted some off my hardrive once they were uploaded.... so I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed.

I bought Vogue Knitting magazine today. They have a few nifty ideas in there... also planning to buy the following off of Yarnware.com:

~ 1 Skein Brown Sheep: Lamb's Pride Worsted (Victorian Pink)
~ 1 Skein Brown Sheep: Lamb's Pride Worsted (Charcoal Heather)
~ 2 Skeins Indiecita - Alpaca Worsted Weight (Sage)
~ Susan Bates US 5, 24" Circular Needles

Right now I have a clever idea for a hat! ... even though I should be reading The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka for my experimental writing class tomorrow Eep!... eh. I read it a while ago, already. I'm sure I'll survive. ;-)

Airy

2005-01-16T13:43:00.000-08:00

At first I thought "Airy Scarf", from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts wasn't too inspiring, but it actually turned out quite nice... I used this beige fingering wool with gold thread that I found at my aunt's house in Germany... I found it as an unlabled skein... which is too bad because I really like it. Anyway, I figured it would be perfect for this project!

In other news... I went out last night to this place where Carlos from the band Interpol was DJing... Unfortunately, the man can't DJ. 3am, I was debating whether or not to call it a night. I figured it all hung in the next song. Consequently, it was another one I couldn't get into, so I said my fairsmells and headed on home. it was such an off night, though. Bizzare....
I feel kinda funky today, and it's too cold to go outside. hmm... I think I'll go make a cup of tea, put some mindless programming on the telly and knit knit knit! I'm enjoying my downtime while I can... because it's gonna get crayzeh in the next couple of weeks. crayzeh! I tell you!

Win some / Lose some

2005-01-13T09:03:00.000-08:00

Sooo tired! I woke up at 8am to meet with my academic advisor and switch my classes. Thankfully no 2hr line when I got there. Got that taken care of badda boom badda bing! hehe. Anywho, I transfered to a Silk Screen class where we make T-shirt designs and whatnot. This should be really cool!

Last night I bought the Hermione hat pattern from Atypically.net... I started to knit it last night, but it's the wrong yarn. :-( I'm itching to knit it, it's so cute!

Oh! I knitted or attempted to knit an eyeglass holder for my grandmother, since her birthday's coming up... I knit it too big, because I wanted to felt it, but when I did, it didn't really felt well, and it was still too big. Que sera. Here's to first-time felting. Makes a cute pouch anyway. I'll post a pic later.

Ice Twins ala Knitty!

2005-01-11T17:02:00.000-08:00

So I had this Jaeger ice blue wool lying around and had no idea what to do with it... and I saw this pattern on Knitty... thus, today I knitted this:

Ironically, I can't wear it without a bra underneath! ::snickers:: Gonna have to whip out the TP stuffing in the future... or maybe just ask my parents for implants as a graduation gift. :P

Iggads! In other news: I sent my resume's out to 5 companies... one actually replied back asap with a questionaire for me to fill out. I <3 questionaires, and this one was quite fun... just as I was on the last question, I shift my laptop a little, and the power adaptor pops out, and my mac powers off! (my internal battery died)... and silly me didn't think to save what I wrote and now it's all gone! ::slaps head defeatedly::

Que sera. I'll try to be optimistic, here. When I rewrite it, it'll be better than the first time around. They were really good answers too! Ugh!

So tonight it's my friend's bday... but it's out in brooklyn. The weather's crapy & gross, I might just hang low tonight. Maybe I'll hitch a ride downtown to see my other friend DJ. I owe him. I feel so lazy today. Little Krissy needs a jolt! ;-)

More later. xoxo
~ KK

I'm Crazy

2005-01-11T08:31:00.000-08:00

I had my first art studio class this morning. I got up at 6:45 to make it down there by 9 and it doesn't let out til 6pm. This daunts me a little... The instructor was late. I was sitting there, infront of an emty easle (sp?) surrounded by people I didn't know. I can't help feeling incredibly awkward and vulnerable in these situations. It then dawned on me that I'd have to paint in front of all these people. For me, painting's personal, and private. I have a thing about showing my work before it's done. Suddenly I felt incredibly vulnerable. I like to be alone in my own domain... I get a sinking feeling and all I want to be doing is knitting. I brought my knitting with me (yes, I brought knitting to an art class!)... but it would be kind of rude to just whip out my needles in that situation.

Then the instructor shows up. Turns out we had to bring canvas and paints to the first class, which I wasn't informed about. So he tells me to go back home and bring my materials back... this is hogwash.I wasn't going to go all the way back up town to come all the way downtown again. I'm back home right now and I just have an overall bad taste in my mouth about the whole class. Very cliquey and pretentious as well. I feel bad that I don't like it... I love painting every now and then... but I can't bring myself to be comfortable and paint freely in that environment. Is it nuts to say that I'd rather knit from 9am-6pm? Why doesn't my school have any knitting studio courses?

On top of all this, I have no clue what I'm going to do after I graduate. I know I'm not alone, but it's all so frustrating. I have to update my resume today and start getting it out there. This semester's going to wind down quick like wildfire!

Anyway, I started Knitty's "Twins" bikini top last night. I'm almost done with it. I shall post when done ;-x

<3

Go the Way of the Eskimos!

2005-01-09T20:18:00.000-08:00

Last night was crazy! Went for drinks with my friend, who I haven't seen in eons... or at least it feels like eons. Then went to our usual dance club (that we've been neglecting for like, 2 months!) where we got totally and utterly slushed. I don't drink on a regular basis. In fact, I don't care to drink much, but it was great to get out and see everyone in the same room having a great time again. Too bad my memory's a little fuzzy... but I remember a lot of Duran Duran, and Erasure... good times. good times ;-) I must've gotten home arond 4:30am, made some scrambled eggs and toast. There's something about early morning after-party breakfasts that I love. Especially diner food.

Tomorrow classes start up again. I probably won't be able to knit as much as I'd like to anymore, but we'll see. It's my last semester of college, so things are gonna be pretty nuts. I have to shoot two short films... probably outdoors, just my luck. I'm gonna have to invest in some goloshes (sp?) or go the way of the eskimos. It's gonna be a cold one.

My grandmother's birthday is coming up. I knitted her what's supposed to be an eyeglass case with an intarsia bird. I want to felt it, so that's on the agenda for tomorrow. I'm a little skeptical as to how it's gonna turn out, but vee shall see.

<3

My New Favorite Cloche!

2005-01-08T08:26:00.000-08:00

After finishing the tube-top, I felt compelled to do yet another knitting project... I had two skeins of Jiffy Midnight Blue, and wanted to make something with them desperately, because the colors are so amazing! So I improvised the "Sparkle Hat" from Stitch n' Bitch and "Kim's hats" from Last Minute Knitted Gifts... It's got the nubbies w/o any paillettes and decreases like a Kim's. I heart crocheted flowers, so I made one of those for it too!
I wore it this morning to take the dog out, and I haven't taken it off yet. T'hehe. I feel like such a dork! But it's sooo comfy.!

Tomorrow is my cousin's 7th Birthday... I want to knit her something, especially since i don't think I'll be seeing her because I've got this wicked sore throat. Maybe I'll knit her one of those rectangle hats with the two tassles. That'll look too cute!

As for now, I must away! I need to orzaganize my yarn booty. It's looking quite tangled. ::meep!::

Jiffy Tube-Top in a Jiff (updated)

2005-01-06T13:48:00.000-08:00

I finally finished the tube-top! My fingers feel like their gonna fall off, but I'm happy with the way it came out. It's a bit snug on the top, but I'm guessing it'll eventually stretch out... and it's off to the dry cleaners with this baby.

Gauge:
7.25st = 4" : 20 rows = 4" on No. 9, 24" circular needles

Materials:

2 Skeins Lion Brand Jiffy (I used white)
US 9, 24" Circular needles

Directions:

CO 90

Row 1: Join, work rib pattern in K2, P2 for (20 rows)

Row 21: K38, P1, K12, P1, K rest of row (4rows)

Row 25: K38, P1, C6b, C6f, P1, K rest of row.

Row 26: Repeat Row 21 for 8 rows

Row 35: Repeat Row 25

Row 36: Repeat Row 26 - Row 35 6X... after final cable stitch, work Row 21 for four more rows.

Finishing off: work rib patter in K2, P2 for 10 rows, bind off and weave tail into work.

Fin. ;-)

Knitting Hiatus

2005-01-05T13:51:00.000-08:00

So today I took a reluctant, but much needed break from my knitting. I went to H&M to drop some xmas cash, and bought a spectacular bulky knit turtle neck sweater in sparkly cranberry hues! Almost makes me regret the fact that I didn't knit it, but it's warm & oh so cozy! H&M used to be my mecca... I'm serious. Before I fell into knitting, shopping was my petty addiction! Knitting Saves! hah!

I'm half-way through knitting my white tube-top, and I'm really digging this Lion's Brand Jiffy. And these Size 9, 24" circular needles are my new best friend!... even though my LYS robbed me blind for them.

Anyway, more pics to come, vereh vereh soone!

<3 k.k.

Trial & Error in Stripes

2005-01-04T06:05:00.000-08:00

My shipment of Lion's Brand Jiffy came yesterday! Soo excited! I'm going to make a Tubetop with the white yarn. I'm so in love with Midnight Blues.. despite the horrendous blue cardy pattern on the lable. I might just make a pair of sox with it... or maybe a hat. Haven't quite decided yet. :-T

In other news, I'm 1/4 done with my mini-sweater. My first ever sweater! But it's proving a smidge complicated. I'm not entirely sure if I'm going about it the right way... to be honest, I'm not sure if I did it right... here's what I have of it so far:

I guess it's just a lot of trial and error with this kind of project.

Happy New Year!

2005-01-01T14:47:00.000-08:00

Firstly, Happy New Yeah Dahling! Cheers!
Last night was very eventful, didn't go to sleep until 6am, and now I'm oh so hungover... but this feeling's worth every brick my brain is carrying :-D!
I just decided that my new Year's resolution will be to get my webpage up and running. I set up an account for 6 months... four months ago! And haven't done anything with it :-( It would be a shame to let it go to waste, and I really wanted to make something productive out of it.

Anyway, back to knitting...

I gave my friend the hat I knit him. He loved it, but turns out he's not a hat person, but said he'd wear it anyway because I made it. Gosh golly!

I just started a scarf... this will actually be my first one, because I decided to tackle more challenging patterns before it. I took a break from the minisweater. I'm having a little trouble with that one and have been working on it for two days straight!

I'm tempted to order more wool, but I just realized my budget is beyond blown! Arrgh! But my b-day's coming up so there's always that! ;-)

My Wishlist thus far:

- Alpaca wool
- Ghost Yarn
- Size 9 circular needles 24"

Combat Baby!

2004-12-28T13:00:00.000-08:00

I improvised a bag from 25 Bags to Knit, The orange Clementine Bag:

I used the Jaeger camoflauge merino wool I bought in London, and tacked on some studs!

Also swung by the knitting store to pick up a row counter and size 10 needles. Honestly, I'm better off ordering stuff online... but I already have a bunch of wool and books coming through, so I figured I'd give the UPS guy a break ;-)

I can't believe how addicted to knitting I am! I could do it all day. Today I had to force myself to put the needles down because I seriously need to get some work done. I'm shooting my friend's movie thesis in February, and he just sent me this 37pg screenplay. Also have to finish my film Law homework which is waaaaay overdue... I blame it on my addiction.

Scribbled down Patterns

2004-12-27T14:07:00.000-08:00

So I was in Barnes & Noble today looking at knitting books and came across "For the Love of Knitting"... an ultimate homage to all things Knitty!
I'm a sucker for the 1920s, so when I came across this one photo of a vintage 1921 Fleischer or Fleischter (sp?) yarn pattern for the "Diane Sweater" I fell in love and decidedly MUST make that sweater!

I scribbled the pattern down as best I could on the only scrap of paper I had in my bag, an old recipt (generally I always carry a notepad with me, but of all days... you know the story)

Anyway, for Xmas I got All Stitched Up, not really what I wanted, so I exchanged it for 25 Bags to Knit... I really wanted to get my mits on Last-Minute Knitted Gifts, but they were all out, so I just ordered it when I got home.

I'm trying to decide what to knit, now. I haven't done it all day and I'm gettin' all fidgety ;-)

K1 Post 1

2004-12-27T05:36:00.000-08:00

Wow! This has to be my umpteenth journal, but I never had a knitting journal before. I guess I'll use this space to blab about knitting since it's what I love to do now-a-days.

I'm working on my frist pair of socks from this pattern:
http://www.knittingonthenet.com/patterns/socksscallop.htm
So far, so good. I'll post a pic of the pair when I'm done. They're not as hard to make as I thought they'd be. A little daunting when I hit the turn of the heel part, but they're actually really fun. I'm going to need a break though, before I go onto the second one.

I just got back from vacationing in London with my parents (big mistake!). Almost as soon as I got there, I went on a wool excursion! So I check out this place called Liberty, which is kind of like ABC Carpet, here in NYC... Here's what I came home with:

Amazing customs at the airport didn't consider me a candidate for hoof n' mouth :-P But this place is great! Reasonable, too, considering the $ is weaker than the £ by half. I highly recommend Liberty.

That all said... I'm out for now :-x