#henparty

so my london geeky girls are kidnapping me this weekend for a bit of a post-wedding paarty - so watch out margate! and this time not just because of the yarn bombs i will be leavin' behind, but you will have an extra 15 uber-smart ladies drunk on champagne and cake and tea wondering your seaside attractions this weekend.

i am so touched - really touched - that the girls have gone to such trouble for me. it's amazing. still, it's also really hard to get myself together and let go this morning. my daughter is back in the fucking tabloid papers through no fault of her own! and also maybe also because i'm just a bit embarrassed that my latest crochet project isn't high-brow enough for the ladies...

...a neck warmer of bright purple acrylic.

you see, as well as being my geek sisters, we also have our own stitchup group called stitch and fish as a spin-off of our digi industry mailing list:

haddock

. this mailing list is awesom - it's basically ravelry for a group of 69 or so friends to talk and share everything all day everyday for the last 15 years. whoever thought a list created to book baby foot games with wired magazine journos would spawn such amazing friendships.

this weekend - i feel very very lucky indeed.

How to make a Chocolate Cake Shot - Drink recipes from Bartending Bootcamp

i know it's not yarn, but its cake!

for my next stitch up i'm going to make cakemix shots for us...yum.

being a fucking feminist and hooker named cakemix...

...how could i not mention this rant about/love of knitted cakes?

the ranter/lover is none other than the amazing digital crafty vixen queen ele carpenter.

her and i have moved in the same circles for ages, and if i was to ever have a BFF to replace sonia5 (RIP) it should probably be ele.

i'm really on the fence on this argument - i feel dirty but also empowered.

do any of my feminist against censorship sisters have any comments?

foolishness begins

omg... it's my birthday on thursday...yes, that is why i have the april fool tattoo...and work just got me the most amaxingly tasty vegan cake! and a really pretty card with a pinup on it, and inside the card, a drawing of the crocheted (traditional) cock and balls....every card has to have a set.

yarn.

well i finally did it.

i made it to cafe stitch at the wellcome institute today!
and i loved loved loved it.

there was a really nice group of women there and lovely apricot crumble and gree tea.
yum.

i dint take much yarn with me as i knew i was going to have to run off to the gym, but am thinking of moving my usual saturday training sessions to either earlier or later so i have lots of time to hang out as no one seems to show up til around noon. not that it matters, it's the type of place i might even go sit alone and have cake - and we all know how much i HATE to do anything alone.

in fact, this weekend has really been my first solo weekend in london for a long long long time.
i did get a bootie call around midnight - but i declined so its now tea at claridges with a lovely rockabilly man...think this one will just be a friend though as i'm still not sure what to do with the scandotoy and am still currently really hating my ex assface fiance....

and its 3:36 in the morning and i'm wide awake!