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Flaming Monkeys and Cowboy Kisses

No lie, there's a point for me with every project where I fall out of love with whatever I'm knitting, get bored, and just want it to be over. Never happened here. I love everything about these - the color, the texture, the fit. The yarn was a dream, and every step of the knitting was FUN. Kudos to the genius of Fleece Artist and Cookie!

Pattern: Monkey by Cookie A.
Needle: US 2 / 2.75 mm
Yarn: 1 skein Fleece Artist Merino 2/6 from the Upper West's finest, Knitty City
Color: Reddest!

Foodwise, there's been some experimenting. As in, making things that aren't stir-fry. Or soup.

One of my all-time favorite appetizers is the Rodeo Bar's Cowboy Kisses - shrimp and jalapenos wrapped in bacon. Surprisingly easy to make - I used pre-cooked shrimp, with 1/2 jalapeno and 1/2 strip of bacon apiece. I suspect the restaurant version is deep-fried, but broiling works just as well.

Is everything better with bacon? I strongly suspect that this might be true.

Knitting a Symphony

The digital media arts center Harvestworks just announced that one of their 2008 Artists-In-Residence is developing a "knitting needle working symphony."

From their email:

"Laure Drogoul - networked interactive performance

A knitting needle working symphony. Approx 40 knitter-performers knit in unison creating a singular knit object-environment. The knitters needles will be equipped with mini pick-up microphones, and the knitters will be networked to send in these sounds via internet. The sound is then recorded, played and mixed in a live installation: a virtual knitting circle-score as immersive audio-video environment. Laure recently received the Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize."

More info on her work at Craftzine, the source of the above image.

My New Favorite Shirt

Threadless rocks.