Nerdery 2008, Day 3

Okay, I'm officially a little late on this. But, better late than never.

See, this week is the new, official nerdery week, where nerds show off their nerd lairs. And, I have the perfect nerd lair to be shown off.

So, I don't have the cool poster layout or menagerie of action figures of Thomas Kingsley Troupe or Matt of Blue Birdland's many video games. (I used to have Earthbound and a SNES, but let's not bring up that horrible mess.) The other nerdery showoffs are Susan Sandmore, Catherine J. Gardner, Dan, from This Man's World, Caryle of Caryle's Corner, and Jeff of May The Force Be With Y'all.

Now, for the juicy stuff. Here's a special video intro, complete with celebrity guest stars.



And, now for the pictures of my main lair, which I hope to rearrange before the end of Nerdery Week.

On the wall behind my bed, which (unfortunately for my wrists) has become my home office, are pictures of me and my friends. At the very top is a pic of me and Nathan Fillion. The painting is by Orianna Kurrus, it's "Blood and Milk."



Next to my bed is a purple trunk I also got from Orianna Kurrus. The Hello Kitty doll my mother got me for Christmas live on top of it, as well as my GRE practice book, my Stitch 'n Bitch day calendar, and some other random stuff.



Next to the trunk is some wire shelves that hold some house plants (not pictured), a few videos and DVDs, and knitting projects. Waterworld lives on one of the shelves, as does Ranma and Animation Show.



My mom knitted me an afghan for Christmas. And, I couldn't help but take a picture of my pink and blue Chococat goggles (by Panzer Kitty).



And, my newest obsession is knitting socks. I just finished my first one and am almost finished with my second.



Stay tuned for tomorrow, where I show off my religious nerdery.

Urban Urchin correction

I just checked out Marnie Ann Joyce's blog at Curly Purly. There was a mistake in the Urban Urchin pattern, or, as I know it, yesterday's Stitch 'n Bitch calendar pattern. Here's the correction from her blog:

Wherever you see "s2s" in the decrease rounds, the pattern *should* read "sl 2, k1, psso" meaning “slip 2 stitches knitwise at the same time, knit the next stitch, then pass the two slipped stitches over the knitted stitch and off the needles. ”

I'm glad she posted this correction; I'm going to start the pattern today, after work.

Yarn porn

Yarn makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. Sometimes I think I knit not because I get to make things for people and keep my hands occupied at the same time but because I get to play with warm, fuzzy skeins of yarn.

Thanks to the Stitch 'n Bitch day calendar my best friend Moira bought me for Christmas, I can drool over yarn once a week, when I get to the yarn distributor page.

This week, Spritely Goods was showcased.

The yarn artist, Stephanie Martin, hand-dyes her own yarns and makes unique soaps featuring felted wool built into the bars- a built in washcloth. The site also provides reasonably priced bamboo needles and crochet hooks, kitchen ware and crafting kits.

There are also ready-made gifts for those not knitting-inclined and patterns for those who are.

My favorite yarn featured on the site is Bumbleberry. The club kid in me wants it for new hair extensions; the beads strung onto it just add another dimension of yumminess.

Just from drooling over Martin's supplies for a few days, I have to worry for my wallet. It's empty now; it might be even worse in the future. One day, I'm going to be one of those scary cat ladies who knits and doesn't see the futility of trying to keep her cats from peeing in her many stacked boxes of yarn. Then, one day while reaching for a box of Merino, my boxes will topple and I'll be smothered. Hopefully, my fresh corpse will keep those cats alive for a few more weeks and the smell will alert the neighbors that something is wrong.