Cute Knitting: May 2011

Waiting on Wednesday (69)

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Breaking the Spine, and it is a way to show off the books you can't wait to be released!!

This week I chose:

"The Name of the Star"
by Maureen Johnson
Putnam
Release Date: Sep 29, 2011

The following description is from goodreads.com:

The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it's the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city, gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific Jack the Ripper events of more than a century ago.

Soon “Rippermania” takes hold of modern-day London, and the police are left with few leads and no witnesses. Except one. Rory spotted the man police believe to be the prime suspect. But she is the only one who saw him. Even her roommate, who was walking with her at the time, didn't notice the mysterious man. So why can only Rory see him? And more urgently, why has Rory become his next target? In this edge-of-your-seat thriller, full of suspense, humor, and romance, Rory will learn the truth about the secret ghost police of London and discover her own shocking abilities.

Oooh, love this time period, it's soooo creepy!! And it's by Maureen Johnson!! What's not to love!?

What are you waiting for this week???

Teaser Tuesday (36)

Yay for "Teaser Tuesday" from MizB of Should be Reading!!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser Tuesday pick:

" She settled for scrawling, You must find another fortune to hunt. Please send my belongings to Ashton House. "

p 8 "Nowhere Near Respectable" by Mary Jo Putney

Onto The Next...

Now that my first collection design is out of the way.. I decided to pick up this swatch again from a few months back. This will be collection design #2.

Apparently at the time all of these numbers and scribbles made a lot of sense to me.

I didn't take very good notes because I was absolutely POSITIVE that I would remember what I was doing..

But now.. a few months and one fuzzy pregnancy brain later.. I have simply no idea.

I've been swatching this poor idea to death over the past few days and I hope to make sense of it all soon.

I'm desperately hoping that this gorgeous yarn from Pigeonroof Studios will work for this design.

I must use it on something.. its just too pretty.

On a side note.. Season 6 of the Never Not Knitting podcast is starting tomorrow!

Join me then for episode 51!

the annual Memorial Day flea market trip

My treasures from the Memorial Day flea market:

black metal box
gray enamel ware bowl
small white pitcher
old, world globe bank
'made in Poland' basket with handles {only $3}
beautiful aqua mason jar with metal lid
3 feed sacks
a short stack of vintage embroidered linens
1950's Speed-E-Whipper manual creamer...

...I used to have a new plastic version of the whipper--I loved it for making fresh whipped cream, but one day the plastic broke. I was so happy to find this 50's glass/metal version!

Hope your weekend was wonderful!

~Deb

Winner Announced!! "Beneath a Starlet Sky"

Winner Announced!!

The winner of "Beneath a Starlet Sky" is:

vidisha

Winner was chosen via random.org random number generator. Congrats to the winner!! I have emailed the winner for her mailing address. Winner has 3 days to respond :) A huge thank you goes out to everyone who entered!! Congrats!!

Sweater man Knitting model

Crochet a boat and a cream tea, stuff.....

The Spirit of Chartwell

(Chartwell, The family home name of Sir Winston Churchill)
http://www.spiritofchartwell.com/
Carmen and I find yet another way to do afternoon tea, A luxury Boat trip.
20 years younger than most on the boat, but with one thing in common. That being the love of afternoon tea.

I'll give it 8 out 10 (needs a few tweaks) All round an enjoyable way to spend a day and night. Also putting this trip up there with the Orient Express.

Another Christmas/birthday gift combined, and I would recommend it.

Photos below
Ice cream, Leicester Square.
Cocktails on the edge of China Town
All activities very enjoyable, you have to save but its all extremely worth it!

Vague

Fourth canvas in my returning home dark compilation of feelings, if this where Star Wars it would be the Dark side art the type Darth Vader would have had in his board room. This time I'm using the letters in different way, actually stitching them to the canvas.

Fly catchers (hanging stripes)

Not sure of the correct title but this is my very own crochet version of the type of door hanging that where a very big in the 80's. I need them for my art space as I find the door closed claustrophobic, yet if I don't hang the strips I get bumble bee after bumble bee flying in. A Buzzing fly does nothing for your concentration.......

I brought the cheap plastic type, well really the only type I could find and they basically break every time I hand them. So I'm working on my own version.

Flower Knitting

In My Mailbox (65)

In My Mailbox is hosted by The Story Siren, and is a way for everyone to show their new books for the week, including those bought, swapped, won, or received for review.

I have a ton of books to post this week, but that's because I haven't done an IMM post for 3 weeks!!

for review:

"Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs