Riot and Frolic

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I hosted a "stitch 'n' bitch" over the weekend.

As I said yesterday, I want to come up with a less crass name for crafting and hanging out.  Here's my terrible ideas so far…

  • Yarn 'n' Yarn.  Get it?  Like material and telling stories.  I told you they were terrible.
  • Hook, Wine, and Tinker.  As in crochet hooks.  I am a nerd.
  • Craft and Laugh.  Those words rhyme in my head.  

Okay, I'll stop.  Let me know if you come up with something.

Here's our menu…

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I was stoked to host this for a lot of reasons.  One: I got to use my mixer for the first time.

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Two: I made this awesome looking cake.  (I used this cake recipe and this frosting recipe.)

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Three: I made pomegranate sangria

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Four: I got to eat and drink said cake and sangria.  They were delish.  

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Five: I got to spend a relaxing afternoon with some neat ladies, who have Skillz.

Like, my crafty heroine has a loom.  You know, just a loom, hanging around the house.  A loom, I tell you.  A looooooooom.  Fricking sweet.

Six: I learned how to knit.  Well, I learned how to knit and like it.  I'm playing around with different holds for the needles, but I already finished my first homework project from my teach, Mrs. Dessert.  

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Oh.  And next to my dishcloth/burpcloth is one of those braided paper balls I was talking about yesterday.  Neat. 

Do you want to craft with us?  Let me know if you're interested!  We can plan a crafty fiesta (in a well-lit public place with lots of witnesses, so you don't think I'm trying to kidnap you).  Check out this awesome site about knitting in bars – don't you think we should?

——–UPDATE!———1/3/11———-

The masses are assembling for a shindig.  My friendly stalker (hey, Rach!) says she wants to come even though she doesn't know how to knit/crochet.  NOT A REQUIREMENT, I say.  Hell, I make it up as I go along, anyhoo.  A

And acronyms, people.  They're so… 2012.  Rhyming is totally 2011 ("stitch 'n' bitch"- pshaw!).  Can we think of a neato acronym for our crafty get-together?  

Like HONK (Honeys Out Naughty Knitting) or CAKEcake (Crochet And Knit, Eat cake) or YODEL (Yarn Over, Drink, Eat… Legit).  I think all of these are a good idea.  

Hooks it up, peeps!  (Bad crochet pun not intended.)  Keep emailing/calling/FBing and I'll get the word out on the when and where soon!

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Very attractive hobbit

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    crafty chat? alliteration’s as good as rhyming, right? hmmm. ..

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