Soooo excited today!

The Elfin bride and gothlet patterns are out, and I can download them...ah, if only I had my book with me....to get the secret password!

hurrah!

The one with the balloon head and the Hollywood dreams...

So there it was, sitting on my lap, the progressing main part of the Snowdevil (find it at Domiknitrix.com) but it looked very very small...

Well, my head can't be that big she thought, heading for the bathroom with the lilac piece still on the new Addi's purchased on Sunday...

Well maybe my head is not that big, but i am sure the hat is supposed to snug the head, not sit on top of it...Doh! And with the painstaking picking up of stitches etc I am not sure I could face the frogging process. Surely there must be another way.

I just would need to stretch it, like as if to block, but in a round shape...

And then it hit me: a balloon, so simple, yet so obvious! But i need to finish the basic shape first (ie have the hat off the needles)
Off to the shops then to buy a party pack, excited wait as the hat takes shape (but inflate one balloon first, yes it looks like it can be made French head size! Hurrah)....the nape....left flap...i-cord and arrow point (under the watchful eye of my SnB, despite trying to distract them with pancakes).........right flap....i-cord (it's now almost 1AM, surely i should go to bed)....and pointy arrow point...
Ah...the light in the bathroom has gone...doh, it's the fuses...there is no power at all ...oh well, it's in partial darkness that armed with a pink balloon and a bol to sit my creation in I fill the sink with water and plunge the lilac fabric in, hoping that it will not come to any harm.

Just as Storm said it would, with its 70% wool the fabric softens and gently gives under my fingers as the water penetrates the fibres.
Empty the sink and carefully squeeze the water out...i am a little worried that my lovely but too-small hat will now look like a wet rat and never recover...

I could put it on the balloon now, but i find it a lot more productive to stick it on my head, just to check that it will indeed fit...it does (hurrah!)

So the balloon gets inflated and sat in the bowl for balance, and the hat gets shaped on the contraption....result? well, we'll see...for now it is drying, but hopefully very soon i will have a photo to show!

But another surprise awaits me this morning. In my inbox an email from my movie-making friend, with a movie script...and the request of 'would I consider trying out for it'.
Me? In a movie?

I read the script (it will only be about 5 minutes long) and despite the REQUIREMENT for my cellulite to be on display (playing it self....I guess I always dreamt to be able to say: bag by lulu guiness, cellulite: model's own!) I love it. It tells the tale of every woman tortured by the media into despising her shape....So I said yes...

It may never happen, but who knows...I could be going to my own premiere sometime in the future...and how cool would THAT be?

Note to self: maybe I should go back to going on dates with guys with fascinating jobs that can land you fame and fortune even when you decide that they are far to gorgeous and self-assured to cope, despite the fact they adore you... Phil, if you are reading this...I'm joking! X

The red one...

Otherwise known as the weekend where we did nothing but knit and talk yarn...


The annual handicraft fayre took place in Zwolle this weekend, and I now can share your Addi-induced excitement. My local SnB went as small groups but quickly flocked...Alpaca yarn was stroked at length, supplies were purchased (well who can resist 100% merino wool at a euro per ball), small children were looked after, in turn, to allow Mum browsing time and the knitting zombies finally returned home in the dark, exhausted but contented, arms stretched by the wound treasures in many bags.

The other event (and the one that gives the blog title today) was the launch of the Delftpas (some culture enticing discount card for Delft residents)...not much to do with knitting I hear you say...but wait...the organisers asked Knittingajour from Rotterdam SnB to come over and 'perform' on stage, and to provide 100 knitted card holders for the first recipients of the card. Eager to promote the knitting revival 3 of us obliged (K, S and myself) and the result can be seen on the photo (courtesy of Sas, knitter number 3, original to be found on http://sasknitsitagain.blogspot.com/): a red stage, lit in red for red dressed knitters on red sofas and lots of little knitted red bags.

The grumpiness of the invitees did not kill our knitting spirits and we finally left mid afternoon with pockets full of yarn money waiting to be spent. Beads were purchased (but NOT from the mini shop that has such hideous crochet bags in the window...oh I wish we had photographic evidence of the insanity). I came home that night only to see on TMF the c-list singer who made official the launch by receiving a gigantic card and refused to sing on stage...well in fairness, he looked like he was taken by surprise...yet i still have no idea what his name is!

So I can now sit, Cheshire cat grin on my face, for I have the desired yarn to start Rogue (from Girlfromauntie.com), and another jumper, and Tempting (at Knitty), and some cute slippers in fat wool, and, and, and...

I have just e-mailed Cast-On Brenda to try and get us on mentioned on the podcast...don't try don't get!

Snowdevil is taking shape slowly but I will have to stretch it so that it fits my gigantic head...I purchased balloons this morning to do the job as soon as i have finished the main body...pictures to come soon!

Sing-along the boob fairy song...

Thank you Brenda from Cast-on for unearthing this gem of a little catchy tune...

http://music.podshow.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?BandHash=8bc444d307174db5e6661ac16069347b

My favourote has to be the boob fairy...

WARNING! this song will play in your head ALL DAY LONG!!!!!!!!

And so they prepared for the journey...

Hear hear the story of 3 knitters who decided to spread the good word in the city of Delft.

The quest was simple : bring to the people the good word from the needles...

But then they agreed that each of the people could take home a little token of knitted goodness...and so the knitters purchased litres of red acrylic yarn, and began trying to find the way to mass produce 100 card holders.

Can't wait to see the result? Me neither...but Saturday is the date and by then i will learn to upload photos...

So if you're in Delft on Saturday De Veste" is where it's at (11:00-14:00).

Bring your needles, some yarn, and join us!

In the meantime I urge you to go listen to the cast-on podcast...more specifically this episode:
http://www.cast-on.com/?p=24

that should take you to episode 8 from season 1

just for the music...who can resist the boobfairy song??

and same again for episode 44 of the current series (4) so funny song...so good!