Baby cardigans and Bryan Adams (dogs, too!)

Let's start with baby cardigans.

I cast on for Lion Brand's One-Stitch Baby Cardigan, because I need to use up my two skeins of Cotton-Ease. It's the first time I've knit with cotton, and so far it's going good. The yarn split a few times, but it didn't catch on the needles like acrylic does. Okay, so Cotton-Ease is actually 50% cotton and 50% acrylic, but hey, it still counts as knitting with cotton....right?

Next, my silly dogs. Smiles, Teddy and Lulu were outside in the pouring rain. This is unusual for Lulu because she doesn't like getting wet, but the reason she was out there was because there was a squirrel on our neighbor's roof. Thus, three soaking wet dogs needed to be dried off. Drying them off is actually fun, because they don't mind being dried off. Smiles loves it - if you throw a towel over her head, she has a blast. Teddy tends to go over to the big dog bed and roll around like a kitten, so now there's a huge wet spot on the dog bed.

And now, about Bryan Adams. I went to the library the other day (yesterday, I think) to pick up Monster Ballads Xmas, and while I was there I thought I'd look through their CDs. I found Ray Davies's newest, which is called Working Man's Cafe, and Bryan Adams Unplugged. I was going to check out Bruce Springsteen's Devils & Dust, but I figured I shoudl listen to the Springsteen album I'm already borrowing first. I listened to Bryan Adams Unplugged last night, and wow. That album is going on my Christmas list. I love it. The unplugged versions of Summer of '69 and Cuts Like a Knife are works of art. I also found out that Heaven is one of his songs.

Here's the original video for Summer of '69...

I forgot how much I love this song...

Someone (I can't remember his name now) sang this on Canadian Idol. Love this song :) It's called No Rain by Blind Melon





ETA: I found out what the Canadian Idol dude's name is - Drew Wright.

Mmmmmm..... chicken wings....

Yep. We ordered chicken wings again. Five pounds total: two pounds of hot curry, three pounds of honey garlic. As I mentioned before, I love their honey garlic wings. I'll even eat them cold the next day. Seriously. I ate four leftover wings cold, and the other four warmed up. I tried a hot curry one last night, but I can't eat them. Too hot. Nowadays, my stomach hates spicy food, which is really a pity because I love spicy food. I think it depends on what I eat, though. If I have soy milk or something like that with something spicy, it helps cut down on the pain. For instance, some cheese on a bowl of chili. I had a glass of soy milk with that one chicken wing, and it helped.

Some of my other vices include...

• Knitting
• Chocolate
• Books - especially anything by Tamora Pierce
• Chewing gum, when I have it
• British TV
• Classic rock
• Good movies.

Okay, I'm a lazy blogger.

But really, not a lot has happened.

I went to Michael's yesterday to get some yarn (even though I'm supposed to be de-stashing) for a project I intend on starting. I won't say what, in case someone reads it and spills. Then today I went to Len's to get a button for my ruff. I got a pair of sparkly star shank buttons, which I think will go well with the blur yarn. I'm not sure what I'll do with the second button - maybe I'll make a purse.

I've also joined the Teen RAK (Random Acts of Kindness) group on Ravelry. It's already quite fun.

The destashing is going well. I used up a skein of blue acrylic for that ruff, nearly a skein of Lion Brand Imagine on my mobius wrap, and some Wool-Ease Thick & Quick. I also might use up my Knit Picks Wool of the Andes by making a felted punk tie, and I cast on for a pair of fingerless gloves, which will use up some of my black DK. I also used just over a skein of my Berella Whistler by making my hood, but I still need to make the ties, which will use more Whistler of the same colour.

Other than that, there's nothing else to report. I only got one decent shot of the yarn I just got, so I'll put up photos in another post when I get a decent shot of the darker colour. I'll also take a photo of the buttons.

Singing to my cat.

Yep. I sang to my cat today.

Q107 played Have a Cigar by Pink Floyd, so I sang along to the cat. Mouse has been very talkative lately. I'll start walking to the stairs, and she won't leave me alone. I'll tell her, "You go up the stairs, I'll follow you."

Anyway, I couldn't knit while listening to that song, so I set my knitting down, got up and paced. After a little while I sat back down on my bed.

I sang, "And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?"

"Reh," Mouse squawked in reply.

I laughed through the next line.

And, a few minutes ago, Dad chased Lulu, Goldie and Teddy away (they were probably on the couch), so they came in here. I made goofy high-pitched noises at Lulu (you know, the sounds you make when a cute dog is near), and she jumped up in my lap. "You're gonna clunk your head!" I told her right before she jumped. When she was in my lap (without clunking her head), I continued, "Miss I-Smell-Like-Pollen!"

ETA: I was able to knit during the guitar solo at the end. My Mobius Wrap is halfway done.

Hellboy II is awesome!!!

Yep, I saw Hellboy II: The Golden Army tonight, and it was fantastic. Although I was a bit annoyed at the fact that they changed Liz's fire - it used to be blue, now it's red. HUH???

In other news, I have Edge of Seventeen by Stevie Nicks stuck in my head. And the newest Bruce Springsteen album is at the library for me to pick up, and Help! (the movie, that is), A Saucerful of Secrets (a Pink Floyd album) and Pretty in Punk are in transit - which is a relief, because I can't make anything out of Punk Knits. Well, maybe I could use my green DK for a knitted tie, but I'd rather not. I wanted to make it out of my black DK with the multicoloured flecks, but my gauge was waaaaaay too big.

Yarn photos and a Beatles video

It turns out that I did not get two skein of the black. They're both black, yes, but one has differect colour flecks. One has bluish fleck, the other more reds and yellows (shown above). Sorry for the mistake.

I also got some Berrocco Optik, and lovely sock yarn.

And now, for the Beatles portion of the post!