Best. Quote. Ever.

I was googling quotes to put as my AIM status message, when I came across this...

"Life is a sexually transmitted disease." -R. D. Laing

I couldn't stop laughing.
It is now on proud display underneath my name on all of my friend's buddy lists :)

One Down...

Here's at least one photo I managed to take...

My first Coupling sock (please excuse the fan in the background...) I seem to have the hang of the toe-up style, and really like how the reverse heel flap still allows slip stitch reinforcing. I'm zooming along on the second one-three or four more lace repeats and some twisted rib and I'll have a pair!

Before I Forget...

I am ashamed to say I have yet to take pictures of these projects, but I figured I'd list them really quick before I forgot. So here they are...

• My dad's Manly Scarf is finished! Yayy! I thought I'd have to go for a good while longer in monotonous garter stitch, but he decided it was plenty long enough so I happily bound off.
• Becca's dk Scarf-fringed, washed, and in the hands of the recipient. I forgot to get a picture of it before I handed it over, so it may be a while before I can post one. That also was bound off earlier than expected, and I gave it to her last night at free skate for immediate use.
• The Coupling socks from Knitty? I only have to cast off and my first-ever toe-up sock will have been completed! Still only half a pair, but whatever I'm just happy to have figured it out all right :)
• Oh, and I finished the Edge-Anything-Lace-swatch that I plan on wearing as a choker style kind of scarf. Can't remember if I talked about that already or not.

Anyway we're reflooring the kitchen so I have to get back to keeping the house up while my parents do that. I promise pics eventually!

More!!!

Another FO!!! Yayyy!!! It also happens to be my first felted project ever :) During a jaunt up into the attic to put away some remnants from other projects, I saw the unshrunk version of this sticking out of my basket...

It was the second of a pair of checkered slippers from Knit One, Felt Too! on my missing size 11US 16 inch circular needles. I finished it and put the pair in the wash during one of my favorite romantic comedies, dried them in a few hours on my radiator while I was at the gym, and tried them on. Too big, and one was a size larger than the other. Drat. So half of another wash cycle later, they were rinsed, wrung, stuffed, and dried yet again overnight on my bedside radiator. I awoke on Saturday to a pair of fuzzy, felted slippers just for me! They may not be the prettiest slippers ever (the top seam still glares at me), but they're sooo warm and perfect for a drafty Victorian full of hardwood floors, and best of all I made them myself :) Will have to venture into felting again sometime soon...maybe a pair of eyelash slippers, or a Suki bag from Knitty.

Oh, and I am officially halfway on another project too...the black dk scarf for Becca? I finally procured the second skein of Red Heart Super Saver in black, and am just about to move to the second skein once I finish this blog post...