Knitting projects, tv, rat pictures
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oyceterHaven't been blogging lately (and by "lately," I mean "in the past two days"), largely because I am still mainlining Avatar and knitting like mad. Actually, the latter is inspiring the former, rather than the other way around. I've sort of been watching Avatar out of the corner of my eye while I attempt to work out assorted knitting problems; I wasn't very impressed with the first season at all.
Either the writing has gotten better, or I've gotten more used to the voice actors (non-Japanese voice actors sound SO WEIRD now!), because I'm actually paying attention to the second season. It also helps that more cool female characters have been introduced.
Knitting-wise, I have finished two pairs of fingerless gloves and am nearly done with a third. I think I've memorized the entire pattern now, which is a little scary. I actually knit some Christmas presents, which I swore not to do, largely because the fingerless gloves take about a day to complete (that is... if I knit through ten episodes of Avatar...). And now, I'm starting yet another scarf!
I spent ages and ages looking for a nice, reversible scarf pattern that would look good with self-striping yarn, which ruled out pretty much all cables. And I didn't want ot do seed stitch, because it bores me. After driving myself insane, I ended up going to the local yarn store to look for a stitch dictionary, only to find they were sold out on everything that wasn't Vogue Knitting's stitch dictionaries of cables or colorwork, neither of which I wanted. Borders also only had two, neither that I wanted for my personal library. So I am now just sucking it up and doing mistake rib, which will mean I will have enough brainpower to actually pay attention to whatever I'm watching at the moment.
And... the rats continue to be cute, albeit naughty! For a period, since they can easily jump off the couch, I was sticking them in the bathtub when I cleaned their cage.
Unfortunately, but really not that unsurprisingly, Ruki has already discovered that he can jump out of the bathtub, despite it being about ten times as tall as him. I stand there and glare at him, while he happily chitters to himself and tries time after time after time, no matter how often I dump him back into the tub.
I think he thinks it's a game.
Renren, curled up in the tub
Byabya and Ruki staring at me
Ruki cleaning himself
Ruki, probably attempting another escape
An awful picture of Ruki that I'm only keeping because it amuses me so much to see just a rat nose and whiskers sticking out through the window cover.
Renren trying to eat the camera cord
Ruki and Byabya
Either the writing has gotten better, or I've gotten more used to the voice actors (non-Japanese voice actors sound SO WEIRD now!), because I'm actually paying attention to the second season. It also helps that more cool female characters have been introduced.
Knitting-wise, I have finished two pairs of fingerless gloves and am nearly done with a third. I think I've memorized the entire pattern now, which is a little scary. I actually knit some Christmas presents, which I swore not to do, largely because the fingerless gloves take about a day to complete (that is... if I knit through ten episodes of Avatar...). And now, I'm starting yet another scarf!
I spent ages and ages looking for a nice, reversible scarf pattern that would look good with self-striping yarn, which ruled out pretty much all cables. And I didn't want ot do seed stitch, because it bores me. After driving myself insane, I ended up going to the local yarn store to look for a stitch dictionary, only to find they were sold out on everything that wasn't Vogue Knitting's stitch dictionaries of cables or colorwork, neither of which I wanted. Borders also only had two, neither that I wanted for my personal library. So I am now just sucking it up and doing mistake rib, which will mean I will have enough brainpower to actually pay attention to whatever I'm watching at the moment.
And... the rats continue to be cute, albeit naughty! For a period, since they can easily jump off the couch, I was sticking them in the bathtub when I cleaned their cage.
Unfortunately, but really not that unsurprisingly, Ruki has already discovered that he can jump out of the bathtub, despite it being about ten times as tall as him. I stand there and glare at him, while he happily chitters to himself and tries time after time after time, no matter how often I dump him back into the tub.
I think he thinks it's a game.
Renren, curled up in the tub
Byabya and Ruki staring at me
Ruki cleaning himself
Ruki, probably attempting another escape
An awful picture of Ruki that I'm only keeping because it amuses me so much to see just a rat nose and whiskers sticking out through the window cover.
Renren trying to eat the camera cord
Ruki and Byabya
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Mon, Dec. 18th, 2006 12:57 am (UTC)EEEEEEEEE RATTIEEEES I went to The Nutcracker today and all I could think was how cute the rat-dancers were.
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Mon, Dec. 18th, 2006 01:03 am (UTC)Also, hee to inappropriate rattie reactions! I always awwww over rats in sewers in movies.
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Mon, Dec. 18th, 2006 01:30 am (UTC)I want to see pictures of Fetching. I've been wanting to make it, but I'm scared of cables. My next project is going to be a fair isle scarf, though, which scares me even more. :)
You'll be pleased to know that I'm slogging it out in the trenches of the TWOP forums trying to explain why something was subtly racist, and someone wanted a link to the IBARW roundup. Hopefully she'll read and there will be one less person going "Well, I didn't think it was racist, so how could it be?" *headdesk*
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Mon, Dec. 18th, 2006 01:43 am (UTC)I need to post knitting pictures as well, though I'm waiting till after the holidays, since some of them are presents.
Cables are amazingly simple; be not afraid! Although I'm daunted by the idea of fair isle and very impressed by you!
And yay IBARW references!
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Mon, Dec. 18th, 2006 01:46 am (UTC)Cables just take the extra needle, right? It scares me like DPNs scare me, which is why I haven't tackled socks yet. And I am petrified at the thought of fair isle, frankly, but it's so preeeetty and I really want to learn.
I want to link them all to your post on discomfort and Mely's guide to discussion suppression, since six white people telling one Korean girl why she shouldn't be offended has just set all my alarms pinging. Oh, fandom, why do you do the same stupid things everywhere we look?
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Mon, Dec. 18th, 2006 01:51 am (UTC)Hey, go forth and link! The poor girl...
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Mon, Dec. 18th, 2006 09:48 pm (UTC)So when it says knit one in the stitch below, do you drop that afterward or knit one stitch above it as well?
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