first thing is the good news – Muststashyo Episode 7 has been posted!
january’s been a busy month. my attempt at getting massive amounts of spinning have failed. i think i have three yarns to photograph and post. hardly the progress i was hoping for after a few weeks.
i had the day off from day-job yesterday and today though. why you ask? well, there was a fire on the third floor of the building (i work on the 6th floor). the good is that nobody was hurt. the bad is that my company on the 5th and 6th floor were trapped inside until the firefighters got things under control. i’d have to say that i have nothing but respect for the mississauga fire department though. they quickly got things out of control and got us out of the building as soon as things were safe.
currently my office has some broken windows which are being fixed and the building management are doing some air quality tests. in theory i should be back on monday… unless someone sets another fire. i’m not saying that anyone SHOULD do that, just that if that happens, it would be very convenient. for me.
why have i been witholding all of this??
because cannibals ate my homework? because i was held in hostage negotiations by terrorist pandas?
well, mostly it was because i started christmas knitting and got caught up in the hectic insanity that is trying to finish a family’s worth of christmas gifts as the world’s slowest knitter.
the good news: 17 new Merino/Cashmere/Nylon sock yarns, 2 new handspun yarns and more coming next week at this time.
the gooder news: i have cart functionality in the yarn shop of manliness now. cart functionality that is as secure in its manliness as it is manly in its secure-ness (carts courtesy paypal, so you know your info is safe). just click on the yarn photo to see the details like you normally would, then click “Add to Cart” for your shopping pleasure.
all that being said, there’s more yarn coming, for real this time. manlier than David Lee Roth’s chest hair (although softer – not that i know what David Lee Roth’s chest hair feels like. who started talking about David Lee Roth anyways?).
the rock switch has been set to “ON”
Muststashyo Episode 6 – Moustache Mushroom Bash has been posted!
i successfully upgraded my wordpress installation. it’s much easier than it used to be back in the day.
i’ve also made some progress on my unpossibly awesome socks:
only a few more inches to go and i’ll be able to start my toe!
i’m going to be upgrading wordpress today, so i expect there to be some minor blog down-time. the good news is that i’ve got a long weekend ahead of me, some new handspun manspun on my majacraft little bastard and lots of new Untastic Merino/Cashmere/Nylon sock yarn on its way.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and all that!
Episode 5 of Muststashyo has been posted just in time for some holiday listening fun.
hope everybody’s having a great holiday season so far.
starting tomorrow i will be, for the first time in weeks, not terribly busy. last week was filled with podcast research, recording, editing, a craft show, a knitting afternoon at Knit-O-Matic and lunch with my parents (on top of the day job and making christmas presents). tonight’s schedule involves a trip to the post office, grocery shopping, feeding the frog, knit-night at Panera Bread, finish spinning a yarn for the first time a week and a half and hopefully watching a cheesy movie (perhaps My Name is Bruce).
a big problem is that my web site is bare. it’s really lame to tell the truth. so my intention is for the next seven days to kick myself into “ultra-production” mode – i want to spin AT LEAST a yarn every day for the next week and get everything photographed and posted. my biggest challenge is the fact that it’s dark when i get home, so i have no natural light to photograph things – BUT, once i get my routine down over the next 2 days, i’m going to go home at lunch to take advantage of the daylight. let’s all keep our fingers crossed that there’s no rain. in theory, i’m even going to get my spinning batts photographed and posted too!
SO, being that i generally combine my spinning time with movie time, i need suggestions on movies. i prefer funny, gorey, or a combination of the two normally but also dig on other stuff. leave your suggestions in the comments.
i almost forgot to mention that Muststashyo Episode 4 is up and ready for download!
and here’s just a sneak peak at how awesome it is
so the fact that it’s dark every day when i get home from work and that the walls in my house are painted yellow makes it very difficult to get half-decent yarn photos, and that’s the excuse that i’m making for my lack of web-site-updating.
however, if you want to get your hands on some Muststashyo Bamboo Sock Yarn, or some of my Untastic Merino/Cashmere/Nylon sock yarn, i will be at the Thomas Street Middle School Craft Show on saturday.
*in theory* on sunday, i will be able to get some yarn photos done and update my web site which will rock harder than Dio.
now that i have a voice again…
episode 3 of the Muststashyo podcast is up!
i had fun at the Touchable show in Port Hope on the weekend, and i’m looking forward to seeing some finished objects – anyone who was there and got something from me, pop me an email (thecaptain@manspun.com) and show me pictures of what you’ve done.
while i was there, i had some knitting time so i decided to cast on a toque for my office knit-along:
i used the “hat fit for a boyfriend” pattern, 5 mm needles and am using Rowan Tapestry for the yarn. although i love how the colours are working out, and how nice and soft it is, i almost think they should put a warning about how many knots you’re going to encounter while knitting it. i’m about half way through a 50 gram ball and have already had 2 knots. BUT, i’m happy with how it’s working out which is most important eh.
also coming incredibly soon – a web site update with AT LEAST a dozen new colours of Untastic Merino/Cashmere/Nylon sock yarn, a bunch of Merino/Nylon sock yarn and more handspun.