Take my quiz*, then make your own. You can have as many or few questions as you like. If you have a better quiz utility, use it.
No tagging, just take the meme if you want it. If you decide to do a quiz yourself, drop a comment here so I know.
*Idea stolen from my brother.
That's 2 out of the 4 big pieces for the Leo sweater, of course.
And this is not a sleeve:
It's the back of the sweater. Leo is not a super skinny man, it just needs some blocking.
Yah, I know that most people block at the END of the process, but I bet most of those people don't have a cool new blocking board and blocking wires. Actually, that's only gravy for me. I like to do my finishing as I go. It keeps me motivated.
Quite a few folks have asked me if I'll be using my machine to knit this piece. In this case, it won't be possible. My machine has no ribber, and the manual task of dropping the stitches that should be purled and using a latch hook to rework them, is tedious and makes my back ache. I'm sure I'll machine knit Leo a sweater in the future, but this piece is all hand knit.
I'm back working in Orange County this week, which means no bus, and lunch at my desk, so progress is slow on the sleeves. Knitting Gir was a nice little instant gratification project, but I'm hoping to crank through as much of the sleeves as possible over the next couple weeks.
A friend of mine is due, any day now, to have a baby. She has a great affinity for Invader Zim and a really quirky sense of humor. She doesn't seem like someone who'd be likely to be content with run of the mill toys and garments for babies. I decided I had to come up with something that no one else would be able to get her.
So I found some green Calmer, and some left over black cotton yarn. I picked up a little bit of felt and I went to town.
Thus was born a little Gir.
And for scale, here he is in front of some knitting needles.
I know he's not a perfect match but I have to admit to being happy with him nonetheless. He'll be popped in the mail tomorrow to go to his new home.
Warning! Politician banter ahead. You definitely don't have to agree with me, but please play nice.
So anyway, my brother, his girlfriend and I met up for dinner and we were waxing politically, as we are wont to do. I asked the question, "Hey, you know that whole Sodom and Gomorrah thing? Why did we get "Sodomy" but not "Gomorry"? And that's when it occurred to me. We need this word.
Click the image, or get the full definition after the bump.
In the mean time, I say we all start using the word. No, it isn't just a liberal thing, apply liberally (or conservatively, or even judiciously) as needed. Got an out of control school board? Is your mother really irking you? Did a crappy driver cut you off and then drive 10 miles under the speed limit? This word is free for any of the many uses you might find.
