Bosom Buddy

Hoar's Yer Buddy?

Supers are somewhat commonplace in Metroville, and all little Buddy Pine wanted to be was Mr. Incredible's sidekick, Incrediboy. Unfortunately, he didn't take two things into consideration.  First, Buddy  didn't have any real super powers and second, Mr. Incredible is a complete and utter asshat.

Take two parts rejection, three parts determination and a healthy dose of keen engineering intellect, allow to simmer for a decade or so, and you have the perfect formula for creating a  super-genius, super-villain aka Syndrome, and the inspiration for this installment.

Black, white, vibrant blues, and a bright shock of ginger color these skeins of 100g/480y Dizzy Blonde Studios Superwash Sock.  It was a happy (or unhappy, depending on your gridiron proclivity) accident that the yarn is also Denver Broncos colors.




Sydrome's secret lair is on a private tropical volcanic island, so the homemade nom needed to be both exotic AND firey, obviously a mango-chili gourmet lollipop was the only way to go.  A bright orange AB crystal stitch-marker from Toluka Knit Jewelry and a clever stitch saver from 5elementknitr round out the installment.

Pattern Recommendations:

Trillian - Martina Behm

Foxy Loop - Jenny Faifel

Willow Cowl - Amelia Lyon

Sock-It-To-Me Gloves - Joan Beebe

City Lights Scarf - Universal Yarn

Flappy - Rachel Maurer

Men's Basic Socks - Margaret Testa

Little Ivanhoe - Lena Gjerald

Little Cotton Shrug - Mimi Alelis

Sturdy Crocheted Bag - Carol Huebscher Rhoades

"I'm super and I know it!"

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Curses!

Dr. Facilier, aka The Shadow Man is a lean, mean, curse-casting machine who's got friends on the other side!  He may be one of Disney's newest Bad Boys, but in The Princess and the Frog, he's one big bad-assed voodoo-dealing daddy.  Is it a wonder he's the first of our Manhoar Menaces?  

He looks and sounds like Laurence Fishburne (awesome!), loves jazz, preys on the gullible, manipulates the greedy and eats gators (trumpet-playing or otherwise) for lunch.  When he do that voodoo that he do so well, it's done in swirls of green and purple, and the inspiration for September's colorway.  

Hoars, I give you "Curses!"!

100 grams/280 yards of Dizzy Blonde Studios 100% Merino Superwash DK in a stunning blend of shades in key lime and lavender.  

A new feature this episode is a list of pattern recommendations.  I know how lazy you bints can be! 

Heads Are Round 
Esker Scarf 
Baby Dragon Scarf 
Sleeveheart 
Eyelet Shawl 
Susie Rogers Reading Mitts 
Baby Eyelet Cardi 
===================
Granny Circle Placemats 
Sensual Shawl in Lover's Knots 

 Wolfe Farms provided this installment's swag.  Maple pecan scented soap and lotion in "World's Best Coffee" calls to mind a lazy afternoon in a French Quarter cafe listening to jazz and enjoying a cup of coffee with a generous slice of pecan pie.  They have lots of other amazing stuff.  You should go shopping there.  Right.  Now.

And afterwards you can stroll through the French Quarter while enjoying this homemade mint julep nom.







But be ever mindful of the Shadowy places...they move when you least expect them to!

Last Bint Standing

Monkey Shines

Mrs. Marisa Coulter is a selfish,  determined, calculating, ruthless power-hungry hoar with wide political connections, and drop-dead gorgeous to boot.  Along with her daemon, a beautiful golden monkey with long hair, she weaves a web of self-serving deceit, even dethroning kings.  So how much do we love her?  With all of our little stone-cold hearts!  So much so, that we can forgive her few moments of weakness when she sacrifices those ambitions, (and at the end so much more) in order to save the life of her daughter.  Bah!  Motherly love.  Who needs it?!?

Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials is where we find Mrs. Coulter and her daemon, the inspiration of this final installment of the Mean Girls Yarn Club, Episode III: Bookish Bints.

The yarn is Dizzy Blonde Studios' Superwash DK...100grams/260 yards in yellows cream, gold and pear blend beautifully in this tonally-shifting skein. 

 

  
The nom is a refreshing lemon and ginger homemade heart-shaped (cuz we lurves her) lollipop. This installment also includes a sweet little beaded stitch marker.

And what better way to store your knitting jewelry than in this delightful stitch marker tin!  Handmade by Cary, the felted top is in the form of Pantalaimon, Lyra's (the heroine of the series) ermine daemon.  Like all good feret-like creatures, Pan will look after all your sparkly pretties, and perhaps even collect a few of his own you didn't even know you had!  Visit Cary's etsy store, Jelby, and throw money at her.  For a Mean Girl, her stitch markers, holders, pendants and tins are adorable!  You must have more!