Stolen - my new Batavus Bicycle

My new Batavus Personal Bicycle was stolen the 12/20/08. It has a very obvious serial number cut out of the frame FS401

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DIY leather mudguards for bicycle fenders

Very cool!

Books

Anthology - Many Bloody Returns

Dracula Night by Charlaine Harris
It's My Birthday, Too by Jim Butcher
Twilight by Kelley Armstrong

I Was a Teenage Vampire by Bill Crider
Grave-Robbed by P.N. Elrod
Jack Fleming series

• Bloodlist
• Lifeblood
• Bloodcircle
• Art in the Blood
• Fire in the Blood
• Blood on the Water
• Chill in the Blood
• Dark Sleep
• Lady Crymsyn
• Cold Streets
• Song in the Dark

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life by Rachel Caine
The Witch and the Wicked by Jeanne C. Stein
Anna Strong Series
1. The Becoming
2. Blood Drive
3. The Watcher

Blood Wrapped by Tanya Huff
Smoke Series

Fire and Ice and Linguini for Two by Tate Hallaway
1. Tall, Dark & Dead
2. Dead Sexy
3. Romancing the Dead

Vampire Hours by Elaine Viets
Dead-End Job Mystery Series
Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper Series

How Stella got her Grave Back by Toni L.P. Kelner
http://www.tonilpkelner.com/

Anthology - My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon

Caitlin Kittredge - Nocturne City series, Black London

Books

Anthology - Many Bloody Returns
Dracula Night by Charlaine Harris
It's My Birthday, Too by Jim Butcher
Twilight by Kelley Armstrong

I Was a Teenage Vampire by Bill Crider
Grave-Robbed by P.N. Elrod
Jack Fleming series

• Bloodlist
• Lifeblood
• Bloodcircle
• Art in the Blood
• Fire in the Blood
• Blood on the Water
• Chill in the Blood
• Dark Sleep
• Lady Crymsyn
• Cold Streets
• Song in the Dark

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life by Rachel Caine
The Witch and the Wicked by Jeanne C. Stein
Anna Strong Series
1. The Becoming
2. Blood Drive
3. The Watcher

Blood Wrapped by Tanya Huff
Smoke Series

Fire and Ice and Linguini for Two by Tate Hallaway
1. Tall, Dark & Dead
2. Dead Sexy
3. Romancing the Dead

Vampire Hours by Elaine Viets
Dead-End Job Mystery Series
Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper Series

How Stella got her Grave Back by Toni L.P. Kelner
http://www.tonilpkelner.com/

Diagrams, beautiful diagrams

Why did I not find this website before? http://techknitting.blogspot.com It's got some great info and the diagrams are so clear.

Socks in progress

These have both been sitting unfinished for ages and I really need to just finish them.



These are the really ugly socks that I knitted to use up some leftover yarn. They're using the Knitpicks DPNs in size 1 which I like but would prefer if they were a little smaller, yet their size size 0 are smaller than I would usually use.

These socks are using Bearfoot yarn which feels luscious. I'm using my favourite needles of all time - plastic size 0 bought in a thrift store. They are Susan Bates and Boye brand from the 60's and 70's. According to the packaging they cost a whopping 25 cents when new. I adore these needles and dream of stumbling upon a stash of them at a yard sale. Unfortunately with age they can become brittle and break and I've already broken a couple.



The pattern... hmm, I thought I was being clever and to avoid counting and make these handy no brain required knitting I cunningly cast on a multiple of 9 minus 1 and then "knit 6, purl 3" round and round. Because of the minus 1 stitch they always overlap and spiral round. That all worked out great but trying to count rows was very difficult. I rarely count as I knit but stop and count later. With this pattern this doesn't work very well and I should probably have used a stitch marker and counted as I went along or had a bit of thread woven in and out to mark every 10 rows or so. So I kept adding more rows to the legs of the socks to make them match and they got longer and longer until I gave up and started the heels anyway.

This is why I'm not losing any weight...

These are twice baked potatoes with onion, cheese, bacon and chives. Absolutely great but not really helping me fit into my jeans better.