Let me introduce myself....

Hi my name is Denise and I'm from Cincy. My favorite episode from Buffy is Halloween from the second season. I'm currently knitting on my x-mas gifts and a sweater for myself. Right now I'm watching Season 3 of Buffy and loving every minute of it. I decided to join the vampires because I'm always the good girl and I wanted to be bad this time.

Pink Raglan

I've recently rewatched seasons 1 through 4, and I finished knitting the torso of my current WIP last night as I started on season 5. This is a top down raglan in merino for my daughter, who is 5 but knows all the lyrics to Once More With Feeling and will sing them while acting out the scenes :D. She's been doing that for two years. I watched loads of Buffy during my pregnancy to cheer her up and I think maybe that made her a fan before she was even born.

Early in the morning...

my son has to be a part of this fotoshooting (his not delighted facial expression I 've just cut away :)):

He wears the new Seamless Hybrid aka Initiative sweater; it fits perfect, so I can begin knitting the next project...
P.S. I've used only 500 g Schachenmayr Alpacana Tweed; after the first wash it's really soft.

Willow Hat is Done!

My Willow hat is done!

The main difference is that the store I went to didn't have a good pink. So, I just used a pink I already had.

And it's the perfect weather to wear it! Because Sunnydale in winter is equivalent to Illinois in summer.

However, Willow's sense of fashion may not be the best in this situation. "How come you didn't tell me I look like a crazy birthday cake?" She was talking about a shirt at this point, but I think the quote applies to hats too.

Initiative Sweater

In this screencap Graham Miller wears a sweater like this one Xander lends to Spike (at least I think it's nearly similar). Maybe you can see the sweater better at this link: click on Pic 315
And this is a first view of my 'Initiative Knitwork':

Finished Faith Socks

I finished my Faith socks last week. I finished the sock in a week. That was my fastest knitted sock yet. I loved both the Bellatrix pattern from socktopia.net and the White Oak Studio's Buffy Yarn.

That's it!

I'm in the middle of planning phase for my new projekt: the Initiative Sweater Spike wore sometimes in season four (I think he'd got it from Xander). After hours and hours surfing through the Net I found this: Seamless Hybrid.
The explanation to the sweater is really excellent so I don't want to buy the book where the pattern is to find; I just made a little knitting piece as a test for this neat shoulder seam (it's easier as I thought):

Introduction

My name is Kristy and I'm excited to be joining this KAL--thanks for the invite! I'm a huge Buffy fan and can still remember watching the pilot episode on TV, and at the end begging the TV gods to let it stay on air. I'm actually so crazy about the show I even named my dog Buffy.

My favorite character has to be Xander because he's just so darn loveable. Favorite episode...That's a tough one. I loved the entire third season but especially the season finale--I think it was because I really wanted to see my own high school blown up.

Right now I'm working on my first pair of socks--halfway through the second pair and looking forward to starting a new set. I saw the BTVS sock yarn and will be visiting the site right after this post! I'm excited to pick out my first Buffy project and am looking forward to this KAL--I needed another excuse to start watching the series again :)

Gotta love...

Costco which had Seasons 5-7 for $16.99 each. And they are the Collector's Edition (which I haven't explored what that means yet). OMG! So, what I am doing right now is watching Season 4 marathon with DH. Granted they didn't have Season 4, so we HAD to buy 4 so we can start the marathon madness.

We finished disc 1 last night, and in the middle of Disc 2. I love all the Buffy inspired knits!

BTW, if anyone in NEW YORK or NEW JERSEY wants to see the September 14th show at IFC in NY, please contact me at callingkahlo@gmail.com

Tara's Stole is done!

And it only took me... about 4 months! Needless to say I've watched all of the seasons of Buffy by now, and will probably watch them all again in the near future. Here's a shot of me wearing it, while attempting to take a picture in a mirror...
I was going for something blue, because I thought Tara looked fantastic in blue (and it's my favorite color), but instead it turned out kind of grayish purple. I guess I'll buy more dye next time (if there is a next time). I also wanted it too look natural and organic, with the waviness of the variegated lace flowing into the solid leafy/spidery clusters. I'm not sure that I got exactly what I envisioned, but I'm happy with it and it's very warm and soft. Currently on the needles: another lace stole! This one's a gift for a sister-in-law who is a lot like Buffy in her own way - she doesn't take any ...uh.... guff from anyone, so I guess it's Buffy-related!

Buffys Patrolling Top

is done:
It fits perfect - I've used some stretchy yarn (Elastico from Lana Grossa) and it feels good.
Now I'm planning the next sweater; I've got some nice tweedy wool in grey and want to make a casual sweater for my son - you remember the dark green army sweater Spike wore in season four? Something like this will it be...