Knitting Project: Coaster for Gregy

This past week, coasters are my favourite thing to knit for two reasons -- they get rid of my endless supply of scrap yarn and they are great to make in a short amount of time (i.e. stuck on the traing or waiting for an appointment both of which I did this past week while on vacation).










For Gregy's birthday I decided to make him a coaster for his new desk at work. I was about a month or so late getting it to him so I decided to sacrifice one of my t-shirts from junior high to make it more special than just something I knitted up.

I miss this shirt, but now it really stopped fitting me properly a few years ago and now I get to see it every time I pass by Gregy's desk.










And check out the basketweave on this adorable creation!

New Review: Be Your Own Pet "Get Awkward"

Who else thinks their new album is tops?

You can read my review here:
http://www.strandedinstereo.com/music_byop08.shtml

Knitting Project: Potholders

I'll be moving soon, and I've almost finished new potholders for the new apartment (location still TBA). They should have been pretty easy to knit up, but for some reason the basketwave stitch and I weren't seeing eye to eye at the start.

I got the fabric and the batting at the last knitting party I attended in Somerville, and the very red yarn I found at the Davis Square Goodwill for 50 cents.

Here's a finished potholder:












And a view of the opposite side with the pretty, yet tricky basketweave:












Here are the pieces of the soon-to-be finished pair to match the first one:

SXSW Pictoral Recap

Hanging out with Brooklyn:









Playing foosball:









@ the Planetary Skewer BBQ with Joey O!:









Guarding the door w/ Sean aka "Hurricane":









Hotel party with Jess, Ben Nichols:















And possibly the best part of SXSW...$1 Hurricanes!!:

SXSW 2k8 Recap!

I'm back and proud to say while at SXSW, I indulged in copious amounts of BBQ, tacos, hugs and sun. Ohhh, and music. Lots and lots of music.

Bands I saw included (but not limited too..hey it's hard to keep track of everything down there!!):

Wed.
Anathallo
The Forms
Georgie James
The Kills
The Casket Salesman
Longwave
Lightspeed Champion
Sons And Daughters
Division Day
Johnny Foreigner

Thurs.
Look See Proof
South
Cloud Cult
American Princes
Leopold And His Fiction
Jens Leckman
Presidents of the USA
The Night Marchers

Fri.
Rademacher
The Pigeon Detectives
Catfish Haven
Lucero
Land of Talk
Cloud cult
Lucero

Sat.
TAT
The Gaslight Anthem
Grand Ole Party
De Novo Dahl
The Parlor Mob
Jamie Jasta
Oppenheimer
Look see proof
Chuck Ragan