Word of the Day

Boseman (n.) - One who spends all day loafing about near pedestrian crossings looking as if he's about to cross.

It's Official

Wow! It's an honest to god sock. Knit by me, the self-proclaimed 'will-never-knit-socks-ever' knitter. I eat my words and LOVE these socks.
Pattern: Jaywalker by Stephanie Japel
Yarn: Artyarns Ultramerino 4; hand paints; in colour 143.
I can't wait to knit more.

PS I have even started a stash of sock yarn.
Yikes! I thought it would never start, now I have to worry whether it will ever end.

Word of the Day

Boothby Graffoe (n.) - The man in the pub who slaps people on the back as if they were old friends, when in fact he has no friends, largely on account of this habit.

Holy! She Cooks

Better make that 'Cooked'. Wouldn't want it to sound like I might do it again.


I might hate cooking and not do it very often, but I sure love to eat.
This is my absolute favorite recipe.
Tortilla shells; chicken cooked in garlic, olive oil and sesame oil; spinach cooked (briefly) in olive oil, salt, and some of the marinate from the artichoke hearts; red pepper; red onions; artichoke hearts; and cheese on top. It takes me a while to put it all together but only 17 min. in the oven to melt the cheese and crisp up the base. Mmmh, yum!
Of course it helps to have a nice glass of Gray Monk Rotberger to get me through that cooking process.


Mmmh, Rotberger.


Wow! Almost looks good enough to eat. :)

Word of the Day

Boolteens (vb.) - The small scatterings of foreign coins and halfpennies [small change] which inhabit dressing tables. Since they are never used and never thrown away boolteens account for a significant drain on the world's money supply.
("The Deeper Meaning of Liff" by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd)

Word of the Day

Bolsover (n.) - One of those brown plastic trays with bumps on, placed upside down in boxes of chocolates to make you think you're getting two layers.

Word of the Day

Boinka (n.) - The noise through the wall which tells you that the people next door enjoy a better sex life than you do.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's...?

What is that? I can't quite make it out.


It looks familiar. I think I have seen something like it before.


No. It can't be.


Oh my god! It is, it is!

Has hell frozen over?


Are pigs flying?


No! I've starting knitting socks! Ok, just one sock.

I could resist no longer. I guess I'm...

Bonus Word of the Day

Bodmin (n.) - The irrational and inevitable discrepancy between the amount pooled and the amount needed when a large group of people try to pay a bill together after a meal.

Word of the Day

Blitterlees (pl.n.) - The little slivers of bamboo picked off a cane chair by a nervous guest which litter the carpet beneath and tell the chair's owner that the whole piece of funiture is about to uncoil terribly and slowly until it resembles a giant pencil sharpening.

This Work Thing

Being back at work has certainly been a shock to the system. Especially when that system has been used to sleeping in till at least 9 every morning and sitting around with a lovely cup of coffee and some knitting out on a sunny deck for the following few/many hours. Aaah, those were the days.
Unfortunately, those days don't come without a cost. They have to be payed for some how. Hence the back to work thing.
But it is Friday, which means Saturday and Sunday are close at hand.
Aaah... to sleep, to dream... to knit.

Word of the Day

Blithbury (n.) - A look someone gives you which indicates that they're much too drunk to have understood anything you've said to them in the last twenty minutes.

Word of the Day

Bishop's Caundle (n.) - An opening gambit before a game of chess whereby the missing pieces are replaced by small ornaments from the mantelpiece.

Knitter's Caundle (n.) - Any object of wood, plastic, or metal that has been whittled on one end to replace the needle that just broke in the middle of the knitter's second to last row on the day the piece has to be sent in the mail to their mother for Christmas.
See also - Act of desperation.

Sock Club

SockClub.jpg, originally uploaded by Knits&Pics.

Can you guess who's feet and knitted socks are whose?

Trish's Baby Shower

TheGirlOfTheHour.jpg, originally uploaded by Knits&Pics.

Despite the fact that the little "Monkey" was wide awake here, she slept through most of the baby shower. I suppose that is better than crying through it. :)
There was lots of fabulous food and all of it non-fat. Hey, I'll believe it if others will. And more importantly, lots of friends and family.
For more photos, just click on the above picture and it will take you to my flickr site.
Here's to the start of another week and a chance to burn off those "non-fat" cupcakes and nanaimo bars.

A Fabulous FO

I absolutely LOVE this self designed top-down tee. My favorite finished piece (so far).
The yarn is 100% cotton and oh so soft.
I doubt that I will ever write up an official pattern (I wouldn't even know how), but I will write out what I did for mine, eventually. For now I will just selfishly enjoy this first ever FO that I am 100% pleased with.

Word of the Day

Bickerstaffe (n.) - The person in an office that everyone whinges [grumbles peevishly] about in the pub [or local yarn store]. Many large corporations deliberately employ bickerstaffes in each department. For example, Mr Robert Maxwell was both Chairman and Chief Bickerstaffe of Mirror Group Newspapers.

Magnetic Knits

Magnets, originally uploaded by Belknits.

As soon as I saw these magnets for sale at M1 Yarns I just had to buy a couple. Only a couple? Well, I hadn't been paid yet. Believe me, I will be back for more.
I found these pictures of the magnets on the artist's flickr site and just had to blog about them.
Let's hope she continues to make them so that we can continue to buy them. (They would make excellent Christmas gifts too)

Word of the Day

Berkhamsted (n.) - The massive three-course midmorning blow-out enjoyed by a dieter who has already done his or her slimming duty by having a spoonful of cottage cheese for breakfast.

Word of the Day

Beppu (n.) - The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page. ('The Deeper Meaning of Liff')

Also - The triumphant and excited babbling of a knitter who has just finished their first ever toe-up sock.

Some Restarts

After blogging about all those frogs I thought I had better show the restarts.
This is my husband's sweater, version 2.0. It is definitely an upgrade from the last version, 1.0. The last one had too many glitches and viruses. Mmh, sounds a lot like Vista.
2.0 has turned out to be the iMAC of sweaters - easy to use, fits perfectly, and no glitches or viruses. I love it. I think my husband does too, which is probably the important part.
I'll post again when it is completed and actually on the man.


Ah, the Keyhole Tee. Should be an extremely easy sweater to knit and fit. Not so it seems. I've frogged it twice. You might say that this (final) restart is version 2.1.3.0... I have it right this time. It's fitting beautifully now. Unfortunately I am going to have to put it aside for awhile.
I'm finally feeling the urge to finish the Husband's sweater 2.0 and then it will be on to Christmas gifts. Let's just say I have a lot of friggin' knitting to do between now and December 23th... 24th... 25th at 5am... 26th oops... 27th IOU... 28th no really they are almost done... 29th look, I'll send it in the mail by next week. Jan 1st sorry, too hung over, 10th it's in the mail, honest. I think you get the point.

Word of the Day

Belding (n.) - The technical name for a stallion after its first ball has been cut off. Any notice which reads 'Beware of the Belding' should be taken very, very seriously.

Word of the Day

Berepper (n.) - The irrevocable and sturdy fart released in the presence of royalty, which sounds like quite a small motorbike passing by (but not enough to be confused with one).
('The Deeper Meaning of Liff' by Douglas Adams & John Lloyd)

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