Welcome to the wonderful world of bad puns and dreadful jokes that few understand. Most of my jokes I wear in the form of bizarre links of string that I call "garments". I don't mind if people laugh at me not with me
I'm an English expat constantly struggling to be understood in a different country. I work in the cut throat world trying to bring "YARRR" and "Ne'er-Do-Well" into regular conversation My swear word of choice is Stink Nugget. I'm a yarn snob.
Since my fancy new layout needs a little love here's a photo for you instead while I figure out what the hell was wrong. This one is for J (m) of J n J fame - its where my new header was taken from... |
FranklinMinty rants @ 8:48 AM
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| yup - I did a bit of a spruce up around these parts. Its not quite there yet, but its well on the way |
FranklinMinty rants @ 8:27 PM
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| So, I'm feeling rather under the weather right now, and I've decided to blame it on the good old San Francisco summer. Hot 1 day, cold the next... I'm feeling pretty miserable right now, so miserable, I can't even knit! Perish the thought. So, I'm snuggling up in bed watching a pre pubescent Christian Bale, some pseudoephedrine and a nice hot chocolate with a little extra something ;) |
FranklinMinty rants @ 9:42 PM
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It's nice to be getting good at something... at least this test tells me that You appear to be a Knitting Guru. You love knitting and do it all the time. While finishing a piece is the plan, you still love the process, and can't imagine a day going by without giving some time to your yarn. Packing for vacation involves leaving ample space for the stash and supplies. It can be hard to tell where the yarn ends and you begin. http://marniemaclean.com What Kind of Knitter Are You? brought to you by Quizilla |
FranklinMinty rants @ 10:49 AM
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OOPSIE!
Looks like I went on vacation by mistake Thanks to Hari for this |
FranklinMinty rants @ 8:29 PM
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| Just because I can... The joys of Fraggle Stick Car |
FranklinMinty rants @ 5:25 PM
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| So, it turns out that the uncle and aunt aren't in London right now, but at their holiday home on the Isle of Wight (where I grew up, for those you don't know). That explains why I couldn't get through on the ol' phone lines after I got a connection . That's a big "phew". I'm still waiting to hear from some old Uni friends, but I'm of pragmatic mind - statistically speaking I'm sure they are fine. I'd like to thank all friends and strangers who expressed their concern. My thoughts now go out to those have been drawn into this more than I have. I think the last 24 hours or so have taken their toll on me since I'm now feeling dreadful, so I'm taking some time to collect myself. |
FranklinMinty rants @ 10:05 AM
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| Hope everyone is ok :( My heart goes out to Londoners right now, and I hope my family and friends are ok. I've tried to call my relatives and friends there and am having little luck getting through, and my maman is not answering her phone... (Most of my immediate family don't live London, although I do have Uncles and Aunts there as well as a good chunk of my university friends). I'm feeling pretty crap right now, and am having a struggle getting my butt into work |
FranklinMinty rants @ 9:04 AM
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| So... I'm in the midst of a heated discussion about the craptastic Uwe Boll. If you want to read it... click below For those of your who have remained oblivious to his legacy... He's mainly responsible for turning video game franchises into movies (Alone in the Dark, House of the Dead, Bloodrayne, Dungeon Siege , Far Cry etc etc) On one hand... I have a gang of nerdy gamer friends saying he is spectacularly shit (with sample quotes below):- “I’m pretty sure I could get a camera and a bunch of guys and make a better movie than that.” “The movie is so bad, it actually lowers the overall curve, so all other movies look better.” “Why does the movie randomly cut to the arcade game?” “The action scenes definitely capture the feeling of playing House of the Dead; standing still and shooting.” On the other hand, I have a good friend telling me its pretty good. The gamer geeks have actually dared me to see House of the Dead its so bad...
Surely it must be bad if people are driven to this:- http://www.uweboll.com But how does he manage to do this?  What is a girl to do? I guess I'll watch it (I can always knit through it!) Where did I start? |
FranklinMinty rants @ 1:41 PM
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| If I could pee laughing at work, I would have when someone sent me this "Do not WANNNNNNNNNNNNNT!" Pure genius, and quite possibly this makes the film better. Read and learn, Lucas, this is how to craft engaging dialog |
FranklinMinty rants @ 11:35 AM
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| Here are a few quick picks of my new Elspeth bolero thingy from Rowan mag #37. It reminds me of something that would cost $150 at Anthropologie... I made the 1st 4 or 5 rows 3 times before I figured out what the hell was going on (with much help from J (f) of J and J fame). Word of warning - if you are making the small size pattern - don't do any of the increase / decrease pattern stiches if they are split by the stupid size line - just ignore it. If you do, you'll end up with extra stitches very quickly, which will balls up the design nicely.   btw - color is less "lime" more "celery" or something... |
FranklinMinty rants @ 7:57 AM
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Why do I waste my time and do these things?
When I first completed it, I was Irish - so I went back to see if I could make myself English, and I turned out French. Shows how crap it is, if it mistakes an English woman for either Irish or French. *sigh* I need to get knitting, I'm obviously in a pretty bad mood |
FranklinMinty rants @ 2:54 PM
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| So I finished the Clapotis, including blocking. I'll post pics soon, but all I can say is MAN, I WISH I HADN'T BLOCKED IT! It took out all the cool "ruffling" look. I'm a bit pissed now. Hopefully it will come back, but I'm not holding my breath *UPDATE* - so here's the finished result...  Any suggestions for unblocking?! |
FranklinMinty rants @ 2:50 PM
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What a lovely start to the holiday weekend! Its so nice out, so I'm heading out on the town soon to pick up some fabric and parade around! So, I have a few new goodies to work on, and I have to just saw how much I ADORE Knit Pixie. I picked up some yarn to make the boobholder and orangina (from the fabulous glampyre) as well as a cute pattern for this neckwarmer thing - and they added some free yarn that they thought might be more appropriate than the ones I ordered! You ladies ROCK! Thank you :) I broke my yarn diet, and had to take a trip back to Artfibers to pick up some more of the Tsuki to make Marianne, but I also picked up some fabbo Kyoto. Click the button for more details and photorific fun... In addition, I got an organizer from Knit Couture, this will hopefully aid me to become a total anally organized freak... It has these really cool pocket things to keep yarn labels, swatches, photos, notes whatever all in 1 place and hopefully not on my bedroom floor.  Also from Glampyre - I have a stash busting One Skein Wonder pattern  ...and a mesh deep v neck tank to use up the last of my R2 paper tape left over from my wonky V.  Here's ArtFibers beautiful red Kyoto to make... something that takes about 550yds (it is 69% silk, 25% super kid mohair and 6% extra fine wool - about 3.5 gauge on sixe 10.5 US - any suggestions?)  On the right, is the extra Tsuki for Marianne, and on the left is the 1st set of joy from Knit Pixie for the Elizabeth neck warmer thing. I bought the SWTC Optimum DK 100% wool and the Habu Kusu 60% mohair, 40% silk blend. The lovely ladies at Knit Pixie thought the Karabella lace mohair went better, so they added that in for free!  Lastly we have (also from Knit Pixie) some Karabella Vintage Cotton and Zodiac. One of them is for that boobholder, the other for something else that I've totally forgotten... I can't remember which was for which...  I guess it'll come to me soon enough. In the meantime... Happy 4th and all that, I'm off to buy some sexy silk for some camisoles :) Where did I start? |
FranklinMinty rants @ 12:31 PM
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Man, I'm pretty cute as an odd, online generated doll Screw knitting over the 4th of July long weekend, I now pledge to complete my doll look |
FranklinMinty rants @ 2:52 PM
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