Spin-out!

I'm tired. It's musical production week, and all of the things that normally go wrong with a show are going wrong, and I'm slowly-but-surely fixing them. I think it was Terry Pratchett who defined musical theatre as a whole trainwreck of disasters that somehow magically all fail to go wrong at the same time...

But, there have been some funnies. Like the dog. Or the DOG. He is playing Bullseye. He is about the size of a small pony; he'd be an acceptable riding dog, if one were short enough, and so inclined. But this 100kg drool factory is loveable. He's cuddly. He's charismatic. He's also ruining the dramatic tension when Bill slaps Nancy, because Bullseye starts licking Nancy's face the minute she falls to the floor.

So I sulked last night. It was 2-for-1 pizza night, and there were no knitting magazines in the shops, so I bought Interweave's "Spin Off - Summer 2006". First time I've ever seen it in the shops here. Now, this is testament to my knitting magazine obsession - I DON'T SPIN. I have no intentions of learning to spin. I think I'd be horrible at it. But I saw the patterns, and bought it anyway.

I like Interweave publications. They're well-set-out, have photos that are nice, but not so arty I can't work out what the garment is, the patterns are with the project, rather than squished in the back, and they have articles. It's not all about the pictures. This particular one had some really fascinating patterns that have gone on the spreadsheet (sheep puppets! a modular cardigan!) and articles applicable to knitters as well as spinners - I was especially interested in one about dyeing your own sock yarn WITHOUT stretching the stuff across the back yard!

There's also another magazine coming out of Australia, which can be found in an online preview issue. I clearly have issues with felted boots, because I found another pair in there that I want-want-want.

And the identity of K9 has come out.

MIAOMIAO! You ROCK!