And what to my wandering eye should appear was … an intriguing e-book review at my friend Kim’s blog.  She talked about Lee Meredith’s new book, Game Knitting.  Think drinking/party game, except instead of pummeling your liver, you create fascinating knitted objects by random actions in your knitting; say, every time the character on a sitcom says their catch phrase, or something on Terminator gets blown up, or Chevy Chase takes a pratfall on old SNL’s.  I downloaded the (HUGE) 64 page e-book through Lee’s site, and got to work.  Here’s one of my randomly cabled hats from that weekend:

Cables, with no rhyme or reason, but still balanced and lovely.  This was knit during a little Torchwood marathon, so everytime someone mentioned “The Rift”, hit on a colleague, or said Captain Jack Harkness’ full name (they do that a lot), I would twist the cables this way and that.  I am totally hooked.  Lee’s book is available as a ravelry download, and is full of patterns, TV and Movie game lists, and tons of helpful tips and techniques.  Go play!

It was berets and fingerless mitts all day every day in the days leading up to Christmas, as i knit and crocheted gifts for my friends and family.  Here’s another Julep Beret, crocheted in Luxe Merino Fine in Edgar, with a crocheted brooch embellishment, made for a very good friend.  It’s soooo soft.  I’ve listed some custom Julep Kits in Merino Fine, available here, or contact me to kit up any of our fingering weight yarns just for you.