The Greatest Craft Project Of Our Time?

This rather exciting tome arrived on my doormat today:

My plan is to learn how to knit, make all 25 of the breeds within its covers, then coerce Hollie into to enacting Crafts (geddit?), a woolly tribute to a certain well-known dog competition with me.

I may use a besuited Ken doll to play the judge. I may also the film the "competition" and upload it to Youtube.

Consider yourselves warned.

Bulldog:

Basset Hound:

Poodle:

A bevy of Working Dogs:

I am especially excited by the inclusion of Collies and Corgis, which mean I can knit a tribute to Phoebe, our half-Corgi half-Collie guard pup (pictured here in her LA Skate brat hoodie).

Oh fucking yes.

Win Copies of 'Kate Style'!

This week one of my favourite gossip fests Reveal magazine are giving away 10 free copies of Kate Style to lucky readers who can answer the question:

In which UK country did Kate and William go to University?

(Hint: click here for a wee prompt).

The competition is on page 96 and looks a little something like this:

Thanks to Reveal's lovely Associate Editor Wendy Rigg for making it happen.

A Yankee In King Arthur's Court

I was named after the girl in this book by Mark Twain. She's kind of cool.

Potentially Embarrassing

I wasn't going to blog this but it seems too amusing not to. Note article about Kate Style, complete with mug shot sized picture of me, next to a potentially embarrassing, much larger headline about a sex offender who preys on boys.

Elizabeth Taylor

"I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions."

Elizabeth Taylor has passed away, aged 79. 

The violet eyed Hollywood legend was married eight times- twice to Richard Burton- had four children, nine grandchildren, two oscars, a jewellery collection to rival the Tower of London's, a prominent role as an AIDS awareness activist, and enough chutzpah to survive a lifetime under the Hollywood spotlight. 

She was also immensely quotable.

When the vatican denounced her affair with Richard Burton, who was then married to someone else, she famously asked:

"Can I sue the Pope?"

Other gems include these:

"My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring. I was hooked."

"Big girls need big diamonds."

"I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times."

"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."

She will be missed.