various and sundry

I was pretty fascinated by the stewardesses, in part because of their gorgeous uniforms. However, I'm not a uniform freak like . [ ].

I love the hat on the ( ). The incredibly exhaustive collection even includes numerous photos of . , including the Braniff Barbie that I highly covet.

- , at least according to . When I play with the site using my photo I get an odd assortment of results: Sammi Cheng, Jessica Alba and Virginia Mayo. I don't think I resemble any of these people, but I'd trust the results more if the site didn't also identify the tile roof in the background behind me as and Margaret Thatcher.

- - A good discussion in the post and comments on the whole concept of knitting and ease.
March 17, 2006 in , , | -- right around the time I learned to knit. It seems appropriate that the finished project I am flaunting today is going to .

Molly is working on her graduate degree and just completed her student teaching. She deserves a gift in recognition of all of that effort.
The is a simple and elegant knit.

It would be easy for a pastel color like this pink to look a bit twee, but the ridged reverse stockinette pattern gives it a modern architectural feel. You can wear the cowl slouched around your neck or pulled up like a hood. If you haven't yet knit in the round, this would be a great first project.

I'd recommend doing as I did, and knit it inside out, so as to spend more time knitting and less time purling.
The yarn I used is the by future . I didn't have much experience with alpaca, but was seduced by the description.

The yarn itself is a bit less elastic than I'm used to with wool, but the fiber knits up to an incredibly soft fabric with a gorgeous halo. It's also very warm.
You'll be able to purchase this yarn online from , a shop that is opening very soon now open.

They shipped my test order quickly and the yarn was packaged very nicely. I have a feeling this store will be a big hit.
Full disclosure: I'm a bit biased because the proprietress is one of my favorite knitters.

No, I did not get a discount to say this. She has impeccable taste and I'm confident you guys will be as big a fan of her shop as I am.
- is up to .

I'm rather frustrated with Yahoo and the way they let these idiots harass their customers.
- I visited yesterday. The building is gorgeous and the collection was amazing.

There's also the obligatory , which sold and these .
- Libby Dole is a real class act. It's always good to send people .

- and though I was disappointed that lost, was a deserving winner. What surprised me is that I thought was the best of the lot. or you could .

- I want to go back to Scotland and live in this !
" (April 16, 1746), was the last military clash in mainland Britain, between the forces of the Jacobites (headed up by ) and the British Army. It ended the 1745 Jacobite Rising, and was a massive defeat for the Jacobites".

The naturally also featured a lot of knitwear, including the cabled stockings shown here.
Since this is supposed to be a knit blog, I'll point you to a few knitwear highlights:
I don't doubt that this collection will prove to be useful fodder for the knitting patterns that show up in next winter's magazines.
- I've had a terrible cold for the past week, so it was interesting to see .

Yum!
- . I must recreate this one for myself.

- I hate American Airlines. We had a shockingly rude flight attendant on our way back from Nagoya last year. At least we didn't have an experience like .

- Yeah, I'm a dork. That's why I think this is really cool. [ ]
- .

It should be interesting -- even for you Lily Chin haters out there. Here are some details from :

The show is billed as a rare behind-the-scenes look at how knitting is used in the fashion industry. “You’ll see how Oscar de la Renta designs his knitwear line.

” She says. And she says we’ll watch Adina Klein of Vogue put together a photo shoot. “The show is not about me.

I’ll introduce the segments and talk a bit between stories.” Lily says the first show will also include a profile of one of my favorite designers, James Coviello.

During one of my online shopping expeditions I was lucky enough to be one of the first people to test out a new online yarn store called . You guys are going to like this shop (opening soon! It is now open, so !

). Just three days later I received a gorgeous little bundle of pink and brown tissue paper containing a yarn I've been really interested in trying, . [pdf link] is incredible!

I don't believe I've ever touched a yarn so soft.
It's a well established fact that I have no self control when it comes to starting new knitting projects, so I cast on last night for the , a pattern designed by the yarn line's founder, .
(The pic below looks a little different than what is shown in the pattern because I'm knitting it inside out.

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I love watching the even when my less favored events like are playing. However, it just doesn't seem to be as athletic as the other events (and I say this as a former - another much maligned Olympics event). There's also the matter of that annoying move called the .

I'm glad that seemed to share my distaste for that .
That said, last night's spectacle was hilarious – , , .
The outfits brought to mind Project Runway contestant 's .

When you put his design in context of last night's Ice Dancing freak show, his turkey-themed costume seems a little less bizarro.
While the knit police were searching the residences early Sunday morning, the International Knitting Olympic Committee also conducted unannounced, out-of-competition drug tests on one Team Sweater athlete.
"We were concerned something might be going on with And Knitting after we found empty bottles near knitting needles and swatches'' authorities said.

A spokesman said later Sunday morning that "...

at the moment, nothing of significance has emerged, as the bottles appeared to have contained only performance dehancing substances like prosecco and beer, and that no one had been placed under investigation".
"I am very angry,'' said And Knitting's Amy. "While I admit to , I've never consumed performance enhancing substances like some other knitters whose names I'll leave unsaid.

Right now, if you want to cheat, you can. You do what all those guys do".
The Knitting Olympics feature the most rigorous drug testing in competitive knitting history.

Earlier in the week, a suspiciously productive knitlete was expelled from the Olympics after testing positive for an illegal stimulant.
- -- ! Confidential to
SAN BLOGOSPHERE, Interweb (Reuters) -- And Knitting's Amy raced through the pain barrier in Wednesday's Team First Sweater event.

Discharged from her angsty ways only the previous day, the 33-year-old American knitter returned to the comfortable sofa where she failed so agonisingly in Sunday's training run.
Remarkably, she's finished 11 raglan increases and is just a few inches adrift of her personal progress best.
"The only thing that would have stopped me was if I physically couldn't do it," Amy told reporters.

"Pain was something that I was going to take, no matter what. It was just a matter of whether my body could physically withstand the forces of my knitting."
Amy had no regrets, falling back on her inner strength to confound medical experts and ignore the complaints from a bruised ego and aching wrist.

If you have a chance, take a look at the . This favorite of Vogue Knitting is one to watch if you need inspiration for future knitting projects.
As usual, designer Wenlan Chia's knits were on the chunky side.

My favorite was a short sleeved, scoop necked sweater with a ribbed empire waist. It seems a bit more wearable than the giant, bobble-y turtleneck.
She used a lot of interesting prints and often featured them with a cardie or a big loopy scarf.

Many of these were also paired with those cute and ubiquitous mini leggings. I really loved the jewelry too.
I wonder if any of the knit designs will make it to the pattern pages of Vogue Knitting.

I actually liked that ended up on the cover of VK, but I know it was not exactly a favored pattern in the knit blog world.
In more personal knitting news, I swatched for my Knitting Olympics project last night. That went well, but reminded me that I'm still not signed up with any team.

Which team is going to have the best ?
- The has now hit the mainstream media in . You do get to read how SFSE owner Elissa Meyrich "feels hurt by the heat she is taking from the knitting community".

Oh that poor, poor dear.
- Project Runway's Diana Eng showed off her mathematical knits as part of the . (If you are reading this Diana, please add an RSS feed) gives a bit more detail about her pieces.

There's .
- Woo hoo, .
It always feels a bit anticlimactic to finish a project that I had previously completed and ripped out.

This time around, I reduced the number of increases I did per row and was more diligent about trying it on as I went. I was going for a fit similar to and am happy with how it turned out.
Now I need to start training for the .

I'll be working on a sweater of my own design (let's not get into that argument about design vs. pattern making).
- I've long wished for a way to keep track of where I've left comments, so was pleased to find out about [ ].

I'm looking forward to playing around with it.
- The is this afternoon. I'm especially looking forward to her knitwear designs.

(IE only, unfortunately). A couple of the fashion blogs have been and from the tents. They even .

I've enjoyed their reportage, though I don't quite get why .
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Each weekday in February, the Magazine [BBC] is featuring a classic public information film from the past 60 years, concluding with a vote on your favourite of all the films.

This pattern is quite simple, but it was an enjoyable knit and the end result is gorgeous. I can see why it's been such a popular pattern. I'll soon be giving it to the cute little guy I knit it for (I'll update this post with an "action" shot).

- , one of my favorite films from last year, was nominated for a whole passel of . George Clooney has certainly come a long way since his days in . was .

I really don't understand the complaints that it was confusing.
- [ ]. Perhaps an Oscar gown is in his future.

- with Extreme Breastfeeding and The Perfect P****. I'm not at all disappointed that these aren't showing in the US.
- Two great posts on - and [ ]

Bush on Tuesday night is going to pretend to tell the nation how his government is working in the beginning of his sixth year in office.

The history of Bush's state of the union speeches tells us his version is going to be an Olympic class con job delivered with relentless sincerity.

However, I finally decided to do something about it and since I could not buy , ordered a bunch of . It's so nice to finally have all of my yarn sorted out and easily accessible. [No, I'm not going to post photos of my stash, because well, that would be almost as boring as, um, this post.

]
Speaking of stashes, my finished made me look like a knitter of the Rastafarian persuasion. Seeing as I'm not a member of the Jamaican Bobsled Knitting Team, it had to go. I'll try again -- this time with two less increase rows.

- - I'm glad our government is working so hard to protect us from vegan terrorists.
- [ ]. They really don't get it.

There's just a bit of ribbing left to do, and then the hat DUH lux will be done. I'm hoping that it is suitably slouchy, but it may just be so big that I could fit a head full of dredlocks inside. We'll see what the verdict is when I finish it up this weekend.

The poster in the background is a reproduction that I picked up at the Imperial War Museum in London. That place has the best gift shop (if you are a history dork like me).
- OK, I know that Frey did an awful thing by forging his memoir, but .

- [via some knit blog, but I don't remember which one]
- - The recent Yahoo Group shutdowns make this pertinent to the knit community. Also, if you've joined a new Yahoo Group, you may want to [ ].
- ?

- Woo hoo! !
- Santino redeemed himself a bit during the last episode of Project Runway.

No, I did not like his dress, but he was hilarious. . (one of the most played songs in my iTunes).

- [ ]. I wonder what the butler cafe equivalent of those permed guys who stand in front of the hostess bars will be?

• I made a total dork of myself on the bus again today by laughing out loud while listening to the (and was rewarded for my embarassing behavior by having my ipod abruptly shut off, not to be turned back on).

  is especially brilliant. Is the of our generation?

• More on the - A has been posted, complete with a


• Consumerist had .

  I love Gregg Schultz's entry, Clash of the Titans.



• - wacky and LOUD [ ]!


• Better than Q-Tips?

  The



• , who "counts as her highest honors that the Minneapolis police force named its mascot pig after her," says [ ]


• - Wusses! ]


• . It's almost as cool as the robot bartender my sister bought for some friends that says (in Japanese), "Let's drink beer and talk about work"!


You might recall the uproar from last spring, when . They went further recently by .
As reported most excellently by (the knit blog world's de facto legal expert), .

The basis for cancelling, Stoller argues, is the sheer descriptiveness of “stitch and bitch” to describe crafty gatherings. As the services of SFSE for their trademark are essentially a virtual version of such a gathering, the mark is too descriptive to be registered.

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I hope SFSE loses their trademark for 'Stitch Bitch Cafe', but I'm personally not too keen on seeing anyone own the trademark for Stitch 'n Bitch. As the phrase coined by a group of crafters says, .
I'm changing my mind on this a bit based on .

It does make sense to me now that Debbie Stoller should be given a trademark for stitch 'n bitch to be used for books, etc.
In other bitch news, [ ]. The article says she'll be "confiding the dissolution of her marriage to Jay McCarroll" in his upcoming show.


Yes, will be back on television with a Bravo special scheduled for February 22nd (during the Project Runway time slot). He sent out an email yesterday that included this bit of news:

"project jay" is a one hour doumentary special that chronicles my life post-project runway. its like an hour of project runway.

..but just about me.

there are some appearances by your favorite project runway cast members and some very funny and compelling moments. hopefully, most of your unanswered questions will be answered on "project jay".

He also mentioned that he is working on his next collection.

I can't wait!
As far as lat night's show goes, I was very disappointed to see go. Yeah, his outfit was frumpy, but it was not as bad as that horror designed by Rasputin.

At least it sounds like he is doing well outside of the context of the show.
I'll obviously never get to the Olympics as an athlete, but it would be really amazing to attend in some other official capacity. I'm a bit disappointed in myself for not pursuing a job working on .

It would have been incredible to have such an interesting, all consuming Olympics experience. Perhaps I will have to go for it in .
At least I can coddle my obsession during the games of the current Olympiad by joining the amusing cooked up by the .

Eligibility: Any knitter who, embracing the "Citius, Alitius Fortius" ideal, would like to challenge themselves while embracing the Olympic spirit, and is just whacked enough to play along with me.
Concept: You must cast on a project during the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics (Feb 10)- and finish before the Olympic flame goes out (Feb 26). That's 16 days.


...

While this is intended to be somewhat difficult (like the Olympics) it is not intended to ruin your life. Don't set yourself up for failure. (Olympic athletes may cry, but they do not whine pitifully, sob and threaten members of their family with pointed sticks because they haven't slept in five days.

) This is intended to (like the Olympics) require some measure of sacrifice, and be difficult, but it should be possible to attain.


I'm not sure though that I have the fortitude to start and finish a new challenging project in that time period without whining pitifully. I mean, who wants to be known as the of the knit blog world?

I also already have way too many projects in progress. Perhaps is more up my alley.
Thanks to some quality knitting time during * yesterday, and ** today, I'm happy to say I've cast off of the mystery knitting project.

No guessing what it is (though many of you likely already have it figured out). I'm really looking forward to weaving in the ends, blocking it and finally giving it to the wee little man.
[Sorry about the poor lighting in the photo.

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*Memoirs of a Geisha was, as I expected, pretty cheesy and bad. The visuals were nice, though I wish they would have tried to be more accurate with the makeup and costumes. Here's .


**I am quite a Bond fan, so although For Your Eyes Only is also ridiculously cheesy, I do like it (except for that figure skating chick).


To keep things somewhat interesting, here are some random links for today (not knit-related)..

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Life has interfered with my knitting as of late. Here are some random links until I can put together a real post.

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• The now has a robotic friend, the !

  Make sure you watch the . (Yes, this is a duplicate of what I just posted at ) [ ]



• I totally wanted when I was a kid. It would have been just the thing to wear while roller skating around the cul de sac in my baby blue tracksuit.



• A new knitting show is coming to television -- Stitchcraft.



• "Within a large concrete room, hewn out of a mountain on a freezing-cold island just 1000 kilometres from the North Pole, could lie the future of humanity. The room is a 'doomsday vault' designed to hold around 2 million seeds, representing all known varieties of the world's crops.

  It is being built to safeguard the world's food supply against nuclear war, climate change, terrorism, rising sea levels, earthquakes and the ensuing collapse of electricity supplies."


sent me the most adorable little cards to give out with any hand knits that I gift.
sent me a sweet card and some .

I had long admired this yarn and can't wait to make something with it.
From my sister -- (which I think is identical to Vintage Style) and a Cram Cream Wallet (OK, the wallet isn't knit-related, but it's too cute not to include). There are so many amazing patterns in this book!

I fear my to knit list has now grown to be infinitely too long.
I also received many wonderful non-knit gifts this year. Two that stand out are my and .

It rather scares me that I'm so excited about appliances. Luckily my brother got me the DVD to save me from my impending dotage.
that I would FINALLY finish the before the end of the year.

The pieces are nearly complete, but yesterday's cleaning frenzy, which led to a mini , rather cut into my knitting time. I'm still a bit skeptical about how this sweater is going to turn out. The gauge seems spot on, but the pieces are shaped very strangely.

I know this is due to the gathered frill, but it still seems too long.
is coming along splendidly, but it too won't be finished this year. I figure that I'm golden if I get it done by the original due date!


It will be a relief when I finish these two projects, so I can get going with the sweater I'm designing for myself. The first swatches were a bit disappointing, so I decided to upgrade the yarn. I got a great deal on a bag of Rowan Cashsoft DK off eBay.

Woo hoo!



Here are some random links that I've been hoarding. It's been too long since I've done this and I'll probably keep adding to these throughout the day, so don't get freaked out if this post seems to reappear in your feed reader.

• A Bryn Mawr student gets caught at an airport with condoms filled with flour. She and her dorm mates made them as gag squeeze-toy stress relievers during finals. A field test -- conducted twice -- indicates that the condoms are filled with opium, cocaine, and amphetamines.

  The girl spends the next three weeks in jail on drug charges that could bring 20 years in prison.

  
  
• [ ]

  I came across a great way of using Google's GMail to create disposable/sortable email addresses that let you duck spam and find out who is sharing your address and with whom.



• !

  Now, , but this is a bit much!



• [video] - This little songstress rivals my previous favorite, in the battle for cutest kid ever.


• [ ] - The best quotations of 2005.



• Does anyone know anything about the ? I have seen other modernist churches, but this one is incredible!


• I wish these CDs were real.

  - Music for your Beer Commercial and - and other feminine hygiene tunes. [ ]




• When Star Trek (original series) first began, the USS Enterprise set out on a five-year mission. However, NBC cut the mission short cancelling the series after only three years (seasons).

  
  Now a crew of Star Trek evangelists ranging from an urologist to an Elvis Presley impersonator are resurrecting the original series and completing the mission by filming new episodes playing off the original timeline. Yep … these extreme Star Trek evangelists are filming new episodes under the name STAR TREK NEW VOYAGES. They've filmed two episodes and the third episode is to be released in the Summer of 2006.

  I have to try downloading these!


• [ ]

  I am a Fashion Design student in my final year. This blog records the development of my graduate collection.

  I am manufacturing Final Fashion on a small scale and it will be available Summer 2006.



• [ ]

Minnesota Timberwolves fans are drinking an all-new cup of beer at the Target Center.
The Timberwolves stopped using oil-based plastic drink cups this weekend and began using cups made from biodegradable corn.


The cups are environmentally friendly, using 68 percent fewer fossil fuel resources than oil-based cups.


Last week's outage was frustrating to many, myself included. Some cheerleaders have compared Typepad's problems to those of , and , and implied that users have their expectations set too high.

I don't like that comparison because though practically essential to me, I don't yet pay a fee for those sites. With Typepad I do expect that it will work because I pay for it and at least some of the subscription fees should go toward improving the infrastructure.
That said, Bloglines is a tool that I use quite heavily* and I'm hoping that their maintenance today will fix some of the issues with missing and slow updates.

If it doesn't, I am going to follow and switch using .
12/20/2005 Update: Woo hoo! Bloglines and del.

icio.us are back. Here's a good post on .


*Yes, I know I probably should have switched long ago. Blame it on inertia.
You all know this, but one of the most useful things about the knit blog scene is the ability to read about other knitter's experiences with a pattern.

For example, I often search for a pattern name and "sucks" when I'm trying to decide on a new project, just to avoid any hellish knitting experiences. Whether you are looking for errata, a yarn substitution or an explanation of something confusing, it's quite likely that someone has already blogged about it. The trick is finding the posts.


Luckily there are now search engines optimized specifically for blog content. I'm sure this isn't new information to a lot of you, but in this post I'm going to give a mini review of three of the blog search tools I use: , and .
In each case I searched for knitty AND nameofpattern (I used quotes around the pattern names that contained more than word) and recorded the number of posts I found in each search engine.


Here's a chart of the results (click it to enlarge) I found this morning. [Lest ye think I'm a total dork with too much time on my hands, this silly chart took just a few minutes and relates to something else I'm working on.]
On average, it looks like Technorati returns the most posts, with Google having a slight edge over IceRocket.

However, the number of posts found doesn't necessarily mean the best results, because there are certainly posts that show up that may have contained those keywords in a context other than the Knitty pattern.
All of the search engines give you the ability to do more advanced searches so you can do things like exclude certain words. For example, if you are searching for people posting about new pattern , you might end up with a bunch of knitters posting about a blizzard heading in their direction.

To avoid this you can use advanced search options to make sure you are . Each search engine gives you additional tools to refine your results further to make them more relevant to you.
In , you can restrict your search to blogs that have tagged themselves as being about knitting, rather than the entire blogosphere.

They also let you quickly paste in and (you can do this in other search engines, but it's often not as intuitive). And, if you create an account, you can easily add a search to a so you can keep an eye on new, relevant posts as they are published.
makes it really simple to refine your search to a specific timeframe by giving you links for "Today Only", " ", "Past Month" and "Custom".

This is especially useful when a pattern has just been released and you know that any older posts using those keywords are likely using them in a different context. .
offers the .

It's in beta right now, so who knows what extra enhancements they might add to it. I think Google's biggest strength is their familiar interface and reliability.
In terms of freshness, I'd say that Technorati and IceRocket have a bit of an edge.

This is because they both encourage bloggers to ping them when they publish a new post. When the sites are working properly you'll often see posts show up in the search only minutes after they were published. For this reason, I use these two sites quite frequently.

Google uses their crawler, and doesn't seem to accept pings, which means they are a wee bit behind.
I wrote this review from the perspective of my experiences with the blog searches I discussed. You can find more authoritative information about blog search tools at .

For additional blog search information from the point of view of another knit blogger, check out Lucia's on .
I happily planted myself in front of the television for last night's premiere of Project Runway. I forgot just how much I loved that , but if hadn't got the "Auf Wiedersehen!

" after she , I'm not certain I could have continued to watch the show. Aside from her lack of design skills in that challenge, her personality was so obnoxious. I really wasn't surprised to this morning that she was a part of that creepy group.


Let us pray that they will build upon last year's season by focusing more on the , and less on the annoyingly personalities. One thing that has improved (well content-wise anyway), is (except for the annoying fact that doesn't appear to have a RSS feed). My favorite new feature is .


I'm not so sure I'd want to hear Tim's Take on the knit project I am designing for myself. It's not really going to be anything innovative, but I am excited about it! For one thing, it will be my first knitting project with real sleeves.

The pullover I am planning is going to be based on a , but with a few modifications.
I am going to work it from the top down so that I can try it on as I go and adjust for fit. I really detest taking projects off the needles, but it will be worth it to ensure the end product suits me.

How cool would it be if there were circulars with extra retractable cable inside the needle so that you could extend the cable a bit to enable you to try it on without going through the hassle of putting your work on waste yarn and then having to put it back on the needles? Perhaps this is an unworkable idea..

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In the absence of these imaginary needles I have invented, I will be using Bryspun circular needles. They have a really nice point and are very flexible.

For some reason I knit with my needles in a real death grip and, thus, have an unpleasant time with metal needles like Addis. For example, my Crystal Palace needle cable snapped when I was working on , so I switched to a pair of Inox. My hands were aching that night!

It was awful and I neurotically worried that I had injured myself with my bad knitting hygiene. Hopefully these Bryspun circs will help a bit.
The yarn I have decided on is in simple, basic black.

Since this is my first sweater of my own design, I want to make sure I use a color I am certain to wear a lot. I'm quite impressed with the quality/price ratio of this yarn. A whole sweater's worth of 100% wool was less than $40.

It's even quite soft.
Now, let the swatching begin!
He's also has a brief quote about the demographics of the student population at Parsons in a in the fashion industry [ ].

Oh yeah, they talk about Project Runway too.
I just came across a wonderful fundraiser from The American Red Cross [ ]. They have using vintage Red Cross images like the famous Our Boys Need Sox poster shown left.


Wouldn't this make a great gift for a knitter (or anyone)?


" lets you build a beautiful wall calendar with images from our online gallery of vintage Red Cross posters and photographs. Personalize your calendar with special dates like birthdays and anniversaries.

Each calendar is professionally printed, bound, and shipped to your home or office in about 10 days.
For only $29.00 you can own one of these wonderful gifts and support the Red Cross.

The proceeds help your local chapter so each dollar raised will go directly back to your local community."



Shock of shocks, I'm once again working on the . I don't have a photo, so you are gonna have to trust me on this one.


The back was done long ago, and I'm nearly finished with the first of the two front pieces. Hopefully I won't let this last piece linger so long. The GGH Soft Kid is incredibly soft and luxurious -- I can't wait to be able to wear it.

My only fear is that strangers will want to pet me!
As I type this, there is a feed from the UN Security council playing on my computer (I've loved the since I first saw , in which she gets a job as a ). Anyway, this will out me as a media junkie dork, but the feed is courtesy of the free trial of .

It's rather interesting to have access to the live feeds sans commentary, but some of them are of questionable value. I mean, I certainly could do without last night's ever so exciting live shot of a snowy capitol building and this morning's feed from the snowy national mall (Ooh, will the guy in the blue jacket slip and fall?).

Then there were the enlightening microphone sound checks before yesterday's briefing from Jack Straw. There have also been some issues with bandwidth on some of the live feeds. I haven't yet made a decision as to whether I'll continue the service or not, but at least it (in addition to the recently extended BBC World News morning schedule) saves me from the fluff fest that is CNN's American Morning.

Eww, it's now switching to a feed of some Condie speech.
In less serious, but more fun media news, pointed out in the comments to my last post that the starts tomorrow night. Mr.

Jazz Hands is back this season, but based purely on bio photos, I've decided that is my favorite (I reserve the right to change my favorite once the show starts). Will the show be as appealing without my dear and ? Also, when will we start seeing some of Jay's knit patterns in the knit mags?

He would make a great feature in .
Ok, having now watched and all of the audition bios, I can't claim a favorite. However, I will say that Kirsten (shut up about your blackberry already) and Marla annoy me already.


You excel at anything difficult or high tech.
In other words, you're a total (brilliant) geek.
It's difficult for you to find people worth spending time with.


Which is probably why you'll take over the world with your evil robots!
In honor of halloween..

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A link that might really freak you out, but
Catwalk Queen (one of my new favorite blogs) just posted to wear this season. They also have a bonus post on .


It's interesting to me that so many of the styles and silhouettes have already been popular in the world of hand knitting for at least a year or two. It makes me wonder if knitting a shrug or mini sweater this year is something I'd come to regret. Perhaps they've become so popular that it would look horribly dated next year.

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The post also mentions that they think grey is a great color to wear right now.

I agree, and that's why I'm seeking out your help.
I am on a desperate hunt for a grey wool coat to wear this winter. I have been looking everywhere!

The only thing I've found is a . At $700, well, I just can't make that sort of investment.
Has anyone out there seen a cute, grey wool coat anywhere?