Bath Mat

I just finished weaving in the ends on my new bath mat. This project was knit with three strands of cotton. It was weird working with more than one strand at a time, the yarn kept getting twisted and drove me crazy.

But, the mat is super soft! I'm using it next to my bed for now (due to the cold mornings), until I complete the rug I'm going to start next.

Here's the finished project (there is one end that went a little wonky):

Baby Kimono

For my friend Christi's baby I wanted to knit something different. I found a pattern for a baby kimono. The picture showed it in white, but I actually had a patterned yarn that I decided to try. I'm really happy with how it turned out and Christi actually brought Aiden over last week and he was wearing it (no pictures of him though).

Knitting Pictures - Finally

I've been knitting a lot more and am actually working on four projects right now with ideas for a number of others.

My beautiful niece was born last September and I had been knitting a blanket for her since February when I found out Megan was pregnant.

I worked on the blanket on the plane twice, in a number of bars, quite a few nights of trivia and, of course, at my Grandma's. I didn't finish the blanket until the flight out to meet Fiona, but I was so happy with how it turned out. Here are pics of the finished project:

I love how the border turned out (which is what was completed on the plane).

Below is my brother with Fiona out in the crazy snow in Vancouver with her blanket:

Golden Globes

Last night was the Golden Globes which I watch for the fashions and to see who will get crazy drunk and make a crazy speech. I loved Ricky Gervais' speech (and the fact that he came out with a pint of beer).

My favourite fashion of the evening was Kyra Sedgwick http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/01/live_the_red-carpet_looks_from.html#photo=55. I love the red dress!

Least favourite for sure was Renee Zellweger http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/01/live_the_red-carpet_looks_from.html#photo=53. There is definitely something wrong with the top of the dress.

And was it just me or was Demi Moore's dress see-through when she was on stage?

Buffy Revisited

It seems that I have a tradition every time I'm between contracts. I'll throw on the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I have all seven seasons of Buffy and all five seasons of Angel on DVD and a five-disc DVD player. The DVD player makes it a little too easy to watch a season of a tv show on DVD. Most tv shows are about 6 discs long, so I can put almost the entire season in the player and not have to get off the couch for like 15 hours of TV viewing. It's crazy.

My latest contract ended about a month ago and after a nice trip to the Caribbean, I fell right back into my pattern of watching Buffy. This is probably the fourth time I've done this, but I haven't always gotten through all seven seasons. Last night I finished the last episode of the seventh season and I don't think I've watched season seven more than twice. There was a lot I seemed to have missed.

The second season remains my favourite: the season where we first see Angelus and contains my favourite episode "I Only Have Eyes For You".

I didn't dislike Buffy with Riley near as much as I have in the past and really wanted Buffy and Spike together (but, of course, for her to end up with Angel - I guess I should start reading the comic books to see if that has happened). But, I realized that everytime Angel was back for an episode the show was much better. It was just so much better when he was in the show.

While watching the seventh season I was once again reminded of how annoying the 'potentials' (the slayer wannabe's) were. It was so annoying, it had been bad enough to have two seasons of Dawn being annoying. Of course, the seventh season had Nathan Fillion and he is so great!

But, even with the annoying bits, it was still an excellent show and I miss it. The special features included an interview with Joss Whedon going over his favourite episodes and moments. Joss is amazing and now I feel the need to rewatch Firefly (and of course, Serenity) and Angel (all five seasons).

Unfortunately, I've been sick for the past week so the last three seasons of Buffy were kind of watched in a haze.