Happy New Year everyone!!!
Now that that is out of the way here’s a fun little meme I found through Some Stardust on Tumblr. I figured it would give me a good reason to blog. Feel free to join in:
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I always like comparing my human sized knits to my doll knits. The stitch count on these two are exact and both are at the 50 row mark (yes I count my rows… doesn’t everyone?). I didn’t swatch for the doll sized wrist warmers since all I wanted to see was how different the size would be but I think leaving it alone may totally work. We’ll see when I have to place the thumb hole though.

I received a copy of Miette from my mother the other day. Lovely cookbook. There is a recipe for Fleur de Sel Caramels that I really want to try. Besides marzipan (which I really do not count) I’ve never made candy but the recipe look simple enough that I really want to try. I think I will attempt to make a batch over the holidays.

I finally watched the newest BBC version of Sherlock Holmes(yes Lauren, I’m only seeing it now… don’t hurt me). This was after seeing all of the lovely fan art that a certain group of artists had for sale at the Nekocon AA earlier this month. I really didn’t think anyone could play a more handsome Holmes than Basil Rathbone or a more brilliant one as Jeremy Brett but after seeing the first series last weekend I have to say that Benedict Cumberbatch comes pretty darn close (what an awesome name by the way). Also Martin Freeman plays a pretty awesome Watson if you ask me. Anyway, I will admit that what won me over was the last scene of the last episode when Moriarty finally reveals himself. In all of the other Holmes series and movies I’ve seen Moriarty always seemed to be this old but elegant, bore of a man (yawn). In this one he is 1. young and 2. absolutely terrifying in my opinion. With his odd speech pattern and all out vibe that he gives off I was actually scared of this character for once. Great show and I can’t wait to see the second series once it’s out. It’s streaming on Netflix now for anyone who hasn’t see it.

So this is the wrist warmer design I had mentioned in the last post. These are no where slouchy than the man whose pair I used for inspiration (one day I’ll get around to making those) but they are considerably more so than the other pairs I usually make for the Merry Mart. Now mind you, the one shown has not been washed or blocked yet so they are looking a little rough (Also ignore the band aid… I managed to stab myself twice this week at work). It’s seriously magic what blocking does and yet so many skip this stage. Anyway, I’m really happy with them. They kind of have a retro look in my opinion and as soon as I’m finished this black pair I’m taking a break and making a red set for myself.
I kind of want to keep making more (I’m having a blast doing so) but I’d hate to keep making something new that I’m not sure is going to sell. What I love is not always what others love. Should I keep on knitting or go back to making my slimmer design? It’s decisions like this that take the fun out of business… or at least for me that is. If they do well I may dust off the Amubleu etsy shop and put these up as a commission-able purchase. I figure why not. If not I’ll keep making them for myself and I’ll have several pairs in a million colors.

By the way, I seriously need to make these in doll scale. Hito and Aki need a pair…

I guess with their time off Kotestu and Barnaby are enjoying the cooler weather in their own little way. Though, seriously, I’m not sure how Barnaby puts up with Kotetsu sometimes. Breakfast is ready and Mr Kaburagi is fast asleep under the kotastu (Kotestu, kotatsu…. get it… never mind…). Btw, I managed to get Kotestu at CCNY and Barnaby at Neko. Lots of silliness to follow.

So speaking of Tiger and Bunny, last night was the Hero Awards 2011 event in Japan and it was announced that starting next year there will be two movies released. Jkihsgdksghbwb!!!!! (so excited). I’m hoping the stories will take place somewhere in the middle of the series (meaning that both Kotestu, Barnaby and the rest of the heroes will be in the films). I’m not quite ready for a whole new cast which is the reason I’m a bit more excited to hear about them making movies than a whole new series. Anyway, yay\o/!

Still haven’t made a Nekocon post… or a CCNY post…. or even our summer NY day trip post. Trying very hard to catch up on things. The Merry Mart will be next month and I’ll be there again this year. Now I’m uping the scale to 100% with the items I’m making. New style wristwarmers (some new cool slouch styles that I was inspired to making after seeing a pair a man was wearing while we were in Stumptown one morning. They were huge and super slouchy and was worn over his leather biker jacket sleeves… Such a cool sight but mine won’t be as big). I also have a few new ornaments which I hope to show off soon. Lots of knitting. Things won’t start to slow down until after New Years and then I’ll be preparing for Katsucon.

On my last trip to Philly I picked up a few new cookbooks (yeah, I still occasionally buy cookbooks even though the interweb is just chock full of recipes and food sites). There is this adorable cookbook shop that is near the center of Reading Terminal Market that is simply called the Cookbook Stall. We go there every time and my mom will even special order book through this shop between visits (she goes there a lot). Anyway, my last visit I picked up a copy of Alice’s Cookbook by Alice Hart. I’m totally not the right person to review cookbooks but there are some really good recipes in this one. The muesli recipe behind the cut being one of them. I’ve seen other Muesli recipes but this one is seriously simple and ingredients are easy to find.

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Just posting in list form. If I type everything out in paragraphs you’re just going to see a bunch of run on sentences…. -_-

-The Farmer’s market now has apples and cider. That being said I made a rather large batch of muesli for breakfasts this week. It’s my first time eating it but the Mr used to eat it all the time and just loves it. It should keep in the fridge for several days… but there is so much. This particular recipe that I followed called for 4 cups out rolled oats. I’m going to see how week it holds up and maybe cut the next batch in half.

-Purchased this Tiny Owls Knit pattern over the weekend. It’s one of her new designs. How cute is that? Looking over the directions and I’m seeing that it’s so easy to put together. I now know what to do with all that left over yarn scraps I have.

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Okay… I’m not going to lie. Spoilers behind the cut because seriously, who can keep this stuff in? IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE SHOW YET DON”T READ!!!!

(Btw, this post is just chock full of silliness. If it’s not your thing you may just want to avoid)
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…we had a good thing going on, you and me. We had our ups and downs but I stuck by you. Tonight though, you’ve upset me. This is unforgivable. You have exactly one week (one episode left) to redeem yourself or I will never talk to you again.

Love
Amu

P.S. I mean it.

(Damn you show for being so good. I can’t think of a show I was this much into except maybe Trigun or Bebop. How long ago was that!?.. ugh, I’m going to wallow in some Sengoku Basara while I drown in some lemon italian ice from the farmers market.)

Quick Edit: Uh, anyone reading this through LJ and has not seen episode 24 yet, you may want to avoid the comment section. Save it for after you see it. I just gave away a hint to what happened. It will upset you;A;

…yawn.

I wanted to post this photo but since I also wanted to make a little post on how things have been it was decided that the non-doll blog won a post for the night.

-Another photo from the Mr. Haru asleep at the tiny rement kotatsu. It really is small almost too small… but just almost. Adorable little guy.

-My sister and CJ are in town for a week so yesterday we (including my mom) took the train up to Philly. We had an exhausting but wonderful time. Walked a lot, did some shopping and ate some great food. I bought some lovely teas, glasses to go with the set I purchased in my last trip and made a big pit stop at Lush. I’m still pretty beat (you would think that common sense would tell me to go to bed right now).

-The Mr gave me a Google+ invite this week and I decided to go ahead and activate the account. Not many would know this (since there are so few of us left on the planet:p) but for various reasons I’ve never had a facebook or myspace account so this is rather odd for me to have. I like that it’s a bit more private than the other two. You can choose who can and can not see what you post and I’m able to use my interweb name rather my real name (silly I know but despite the blogs I’m still a rather private person). I haven’t made a post yet … because I’m not sure what to post. What does one do on these networking communities?… Silly question, right? I’ll get the hang of it eventually. It’s just one more thing to keep up with>_>’

-Oh, and tumblr has been keeping me quite entertained as of late. Where else can you find Zetsubou Sensei doing the Fusion dance:

Brilliant I tell you!!