Knitting Blog Chic Knits

As a geek, I have to admit it is pretty hard to blow me away these days. We are already living in one of the most amazing eras in history, where technology meets form and function in a way that just keeps getting better and better. What more could really be uniquely exciting?

Like many in the 21st, I am wholeheartedly dedicated to multi-tasking. Until that villa on Lake Cuomo appears and I can be One of the Ladies Who Lunch, my days will be filled with commitments and events that require a lot of planning and attention to all come out well.

What’s really funny is the more you do, the more you want to do.

That has to be some kind of ludicrous adjunct to the ideas of “If you want something done, ask a busy person” and/or “An idle mind is the Devil’s Playground.” Hee.

For most people spinning in the fast lane like this, you most likely have a Smart Phone or like me, an iTouch, because we are enthralled by being efficient, by the quest for the ultimate in time management.

I hate waiting in traffic jams; I see my life pass before my eyes in a doctor’s office as the clock ticks and ticks and ticks (average wait in Chicago: add 45 min to your basic appointment time).

But this weekend something happened to change all that:

This weekend I discovered a couple of things that made me go AHHHH!

I found that Amazon was offering a Kindle version app for the iPhone that also works on the iTouch. (The app is free. Squeee!)

So off I went and then I found even more happiness…

Our friend from the early days of blogging circa 2002, Rachael Herron, (Yarn-a-Go-Go) has published her first novel: How to Knit a Love Song! Browsing the new books, there she was in all her glory! Congratulations Rachel for a great read — it combines a modern romance with the love of knitting in a fresh and entertaining read. Bonus: Rachael includes a cool pattern for a gansey in the book as well!

And I can read this on my kindled-itouch whenever and wherever I want!

How very cool it that!?

Just when I thought I couldn’t be bowled over again…

  Monday Morning Mirth  

 
The happiest days are when history herstory is being made: Kathryn Bigelow!
Congratulations Best Director Oscar Winner 2010
Take that, all ye inglorious basterds!
I have to say my eyes happily misted up along with all the Actors from The Hurt Locker.

After-show Post Deconstruct

• Was it just me or were the hosts just Not Funny…
• George Clooney looked very Not Amused all evening (but then again some folks suggested he was wearing a wig!)
• The incredibly vibrant lipstick colors on most of the actresses had me running for my sunglasses — even in HD it was pulsating
• One shoulder and ruffles of all kinds were popular but ladies, no pom-poms across the rear-ahge. Right: Vera Farmiga; Wrong: Zoe Saldana
• Winslet, Parker & Bullock: very nice
• Ms. Theron: beautiful colored dress; incomprehensible flower thingies over breasties
• Do any of the starlets ever stand up straight?
• K. Stewart: Why so grumpy?
• WTF was Sean Penn mumbling about?
• Finally & I hate to admit it, D. Moore looked like a million!

6:08 am
Where’s the 24/7 needles store when you need it – nickel coil join snags every round sigh…

7:10 am
Panic in Needle Park: can’t soar with 2 circs on sleeves when youse gotta jagged edge.

7:32 am
Success? You decide: find a new needle stashed away but also find it has something maybe even more insidious:

7:50 am
Sneaky – savagely pulling out the remembered 20″ circular right out of the in-progress hat.

8:03 am
Clown Knitting: rip out bad sleeve with ball winder and trip when yarn snags on jammies. Jammies have teddy bears on them so it’s OK.

8:20 am Fingers crossed back on track going full-speed ahead. SLEEVE: you LOSE@!