Alexa: Gourmet Crafter

Guilty Pleasures in Knitting

August 2, 2009 at 9:21 pm (Uncategorized)

So, I’m sure we all have our little quirks that we hide from the world. One of mine (and I am quite quirky so there are many) is that I have recently become a bit smitten with the Twighlight books. I recently finished the Teacher program at UBC and I (and some of my colleagues) started reading them to ‘keep up’. It seemed like all the high schoolers were reading them so we should too. Keeping current and all that. This may have been a solid justification for reading the first one but I can’t really explain the next 3. I must say that I found them to be a nice fun read for the summer. I became a little wrapped up in the vampire/werewolf world of Bella, Edward, and Jacob. Being from the west coast I could also appreciate the climate of Forks, it was nice to read a book where it rained, and not just for effect. I find books of this nature offer a nice break during school.

My indulgence of odd things did not stop there sadly. I came across a Yarn Harlot blog post about some socks inspired by the show Battlestar Gallactica. I don’t watch the show but a few near and dear to me do, religiously. They were somewhat devestated when the series came to an end. I had this lovely pattern in the back of my mind when we got some Dream in Colour Starry in the shop. I was immediately drawn to the sparkly yarn. I am not normally drawn to sparkly or delicate things. i am a relatively unadorned person who dresses rather plainly with few accessories (except the odd fabulous knit) so the fact that this yarn was so alluring came as a bit of a shock. I picked up a skein and the Viper Pilot Socks pattern and here I am. Surrounded by a few guilty pleasures.