I laughed for, like, 15 minutes at this.

No joke.

Eavesdropped with my Pumpkin Spice latte YEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHH.

Lady, to friend: I was talking to her and I noticed she had a book in her bag, so I pointed and asked if it was interesting. And y'know most people would say 'oh, it's not bad' or 'oh, i'm not too far into it yet' -- but she told me 'oh, I wouldn't read it if it wasn't.' What do you do with that?

...

What DO you do with that?

Elanor.

Since the steampunk swap is finishing up and my spoilee has received her package, I wanted to write up the pattern for the little cowl I made.



Supplies:

• Yarn: Rowan Purelife Organic Cotton, two skeins. 360 yards. I used colourway Chlorophyll.
• Needles: size 4 / 3.5mm.
• 8 buttons, the kind with little loops on the back, not holes through the center.
• Crochet hook with a small enough tip to put through the loops of the buttons.
• Tapestry needle.

Gauge: 

• Doesn't really matter for this project. It's knit longways so you can test out the length as you go. To increase the width,  add a multiple of 6 stitches.

Instructions:

1. Cast on 56 stitches.
2. (RS) K2, *p1, yo, k2tog through the back loop, p1, k2* to the end.
3. (WS) P2, *k1, p2* to the end.
4. K2, *p1, k2tog, yo, p1, k2* to the end.
5. P2, *k1, p2* to the end.
6. Repeat these four rows until you reach an agreeable length.
7. On a WS row, add your buttons: p2, k1, p2, k1, then on the next p, use your crochet hook to pull the loop off the left-hand needle and through the back of your button. Replace the loop on the left, make sure your button is facing the RS, and continue your p2, k1. Put a button on the first purl of every other 'p2, k1' segment. (Note, I didn't put buttons at the very corners.
8. As step 2 or 4, depending on which WS row you put the buttons on.
9. Cast off and sew in your ends!

And the clever thing is, the openings in the lace double as buttonholes. Keep this in mind when picking buttons, they'll need to squeeze through! I also left my cowl unblocked, as the cotton stays smooshier that way.

Conundrums.

So, this is definitely going to be a hat when it grows up.



Which hat, though, that's the real question.

SUSHI GIRL.

You'd probably never know it looking at me, but I like these sorts of grindhouse-y vibe crime films. Smokin' Aces. RocknRolla. Shoot 'Em Up. Hopefully Sushi Girl will make an appearance at the local indie cinema next year. But this one has added nerd bonus for me -- stars a fella whose last lead role was in by far the best (and certainly my favourite) iconic fantasy film of the 1980s.

Any guesses?






(Hint: fuck you, Labyrinth.)