Awesomeness.

So, there is a new member to friday night knitting, and she’s awesome.  She’s a lot of fun, hilarious, and most importantly, she’s not afraid of us (we normally scare people away…) (And for the record, I miss you Amy!!!).  Plus, she has awesome taste in music, which always scores points with me.  Well, this last friday, she brought me the best surprise ever:  a planner made from an actual Depeche Mode’s Some Great Reward album cover.  No, really.  It’s awesome.  Awesome in ways that can only be described as awesomeness.  The actual day planner pages are for 2006.  But, I don’t care.  Because it’s awesome.  And I’m still totally going to use them.  

Why, is that a promotional copy stamp in the corner?  Why, yes.  Yes it is.  It’s from a freakin’ promo copy.

Are those liner notes for page dividers?  Hells yeah, they are.

And looky, looky!  It’s the back!

Yes, the album cover is tattered.  But let’s face it folks, it was released in 1984 or something.  And really, we must remember “It doesn’t matter if this all shatters.  Nothing lasts forever.”  Well said, Martin.  Well said.

 

In fibery things news…

I’ve finally plied a full bobbin of the Cormo of Doom.   

Honestly, it doesn’t look half bad now that it’s off the bobbin.  In fact, the colors kind of make me happy in a cool jewel-toned kind of way.  However, it still doesn’t make up for the hell I’ve been through while trying to spin it.  And no, I’m still not done.  I still have another bobbin’s worth or so left to ply.  If I didn’t dread it so much, maybe I could sit down and just churn it out.  But the thought of doing so makes me sick to my stomach.  Oh, and I’ll measure the yardage and wpi’s as soon as I get through the rest of the singles (so, sometime next year, I’d imagine).

And the supersecretninja project is underway… here’s a little peek: 

10:00 pm Edit:

Since I had an open bobbin, I decided to ply my spindle spun Macabre fiber.  

This turned out way better than I thought that it would.  I’m kinda crushing on this, really.  I’m so glad that I had purchased a 2nd batt of this.  This is approx. 196 yards, sport to dk weight… probably more sport.  I’ll figure that out better once it’s been soaked and properly thwacked.  It was spun on my 1.1 oz BGD picasso jasper top whorl spindle.  I plied it on my ashford kiwi (wheel plying is so much easier… no matter how boring it is).  It’s good to have a spinning project finished finally.  Now, there are only 5 spinning projects going.  But I can’t worry about them right now… must work on supersecretninja project.  It is my life now.