Dear BBC/Doctor Who,

OMG THIS IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER. (It's the Dalek WWII propaganda poster. Available for download ( Read more... )

So. I'm actually not going to talk about knitting. What a concept, haha ( Read more... )

So, I finished Fanødugen last night, and I pinned it out today in celebration of my first real weekend. (Ravelry linkI think it took about 185 yards, assuming ~3000 ypp for a 2/12 laceweight wool ( Read more... )

While my cousin was in town for the wedding back in January, she fell in love with my Evangeline mitts (ravelry link). I remembered the mitts being a fun, quick project, so I volunteered. I had her rank her five favorite Malabrigo colors, and then I found the cheapest online source for one skein of Malabrigo + shipping. I bought a skein in Apple ( Read more... )

So I blocked the Harebell Fichu. I'll be really interested to see how it wears. My goal in knitting this is to have a little bit of lace to tuck underneath the collar of a suit jacket, so that in interviews and such, when they look at my resume and see that it says knitting under interests and they go "Oh, you knit? Like, baby blankets?"... I ( Read more... )

Now that my week of crazy-heavy workload is over (complete with a bonus -- a 10-page paper for that group presentation that we forgot about until it was ALMOST too late), I've decided to take it a bit easy today ( Read more... )

For my Feminist Theory in Law seminar, we've been talking about the journey towards women's suffrage. Two weeks ago, we watched the film Iron Jawed Angels, which is the story of Alice Paul (and, secondarily, Lucy Burns) and the final push towards votes for women. It was a good film, with stunning imagery which highlighted an amazing story ( Read more... )

I have been convinced that the hat is perfect just the way it is. I'm going to frog what little I've done on attempt #2 of the hat and work on a different portable-knitting project ( Read more... )

Finally, a day with some good sunlight! Some photos of recent FOs.

First up is the School Rivalry Hat (Ravelry link; pattern: David's Hat), a double-knit hat in Cascade 220 (in burnt orange and maroon), knit as a surprise present for a friend of mine. This was my first double-knit project, and I learned some things ( Read more... )

Title: Holding On
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: PG-13. Some swearing, but no sex.
Characters/Pairing: Gwen, mainly, and the rest of the team. Gwen/Rhys.
Length: ~5700 words.

Summary: Rhys doesn't get resurrected, and Jack gets the hell out of Dodge as soon as he hears the TARDIS. Gwen and the team have to start figuring things out on their own. ( Read more... )