Ohhhh...Raven Clan...
Grawk...
Korppi...
Tlingit...
Valkyrie...
Ohhhh...
*waits for payday*
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
Dumbass Attack
I must have taken a big, giant hit off a crack pipe before I went yarn shopping, because I've just figured out that the yarn I bought for the Cherie Amour is totally unsuitable...Looking at it now, I honestly don't know what I could have been thinking...I have been swatching and swatching and just couldn't figure out why I was nowhere near gauge...
Because you bought superbulky, not bulky, dummie!!!
*siiiiigh*
Well, I think I shall go find an easy superbulky pattern for the whole NaKniSweMo, since I am already behind, and then order me some yarn that will actually work for the Cherie Amour...
I'm Very Cranky now...*scowls*
Because you bought superbulky, not bulky, dummie!!!
*siiiiigh*
Well, I think I shall go find an easy superbulky pattern for the whole NaKniSweMo, since I am already behind, and then order me some yarn that will actually work for the Cherie Amour...
I'm Very Cranky now...*scowls*
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Just Where The Hell Have You Been???
Bad Blogger, no cookie...
But I've been busy, see?
Attending my cousin's Most Beautiful Wedding...
With the best party I've been to in a long time afterwards...Hey, free Grey Goose, what can I say? It's been a month, and I think the hangover is just about gone now...
While I was in Chicago, I had some time to check out Loopy Yarns...Very worth the walk from my hotel...I managed to restrain myself and only got a leetle bit of sock yarn...(Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Jungle Stripe)
Other recent activities were not nearly as fun...Eeeeeew!!!
I ended up splurging and bought myself a 3 part birthday present...
Ooooh, what is it?
Hmmmm...
What could it possibly be?!
YAY!!!
And Mr Swift's good friends came to live with me as well...*huge grin*
I brought some of my jools and things to the local PPD...
Ms Serenity Gulch was nice enough to come along and show off her Mad Spinning Skillz, yo...Which was so cool...Though I am still not going to learn to spin...No, I'm not!
With the impetus of PPD behind me, I finally got my act (ass?) in gear and set up an Etsy shop for all the various bits of jewellery and fibery goodness that I make...Though unfortunately, it made me realize that I really need to get a decent camera, since I just can't get good pictures of my baubles and colors are never right...
I finished up teaching a crochet class at IUPUI Community Education, which was a blast...It was a kind of spur of the moment thing to help out the usual instructor who wasn't going to be able to make a couple of the dates scheduled...But one of my students recommended me to the owner of an LYS, so I am now officially the new crochet instructor at Mass Ave Knit Shop!
Check me out! How cool am I now! *poses for the paparazi* It's too bad the yarn I picked for the samples photographs so poorly...*blushes*
While hanging around Mass Ave, I discovered that I have a serious Cascade 220 addiction...I mean, really bad...A little voice inside my head insists that I absolutely need all the colors...
Luckily, I found an excuse...
Afghans for Afghans has the cutest little vest pattern ever, in both knit and crochet...The In-Vest for Peace by Susan Wills and Sue Clark...It is so wee and so cute, and works up very quickly...With the stripes you can use up little bits of leftover wool doing something good for a little child who needs it badly...
Here's my first one; the edging and buttons will probably be finished tomorrow night...I've already started a new one! *grin*
I have a lot of Yarny things coming up as well...Serenity, Sleepycat and I have commandeered the services of the Sheep Street dyeing teacher in November to start learning how to handpaint sock yarn (I cannot wait!)...And in a fit of insanity, I got talked into a mini Cherie Amour KAL as well, though the idea of knitting lace of any sort scares the bejeezus out of me! Stay tuned for shrieking, moaning, temper tantrums at all hours of the day and night, and the stamping of tiny little feet...
But I've been busy, see?
Attending my cousin's Most Beautiful Wedding...
With the best party I've been to in a long time afterwards...Hey, free Grey Goose, what can I say? It's been a month, and I think the hangover is just about gone now...
While I was in Chicago, I had some time to check out Loopy Yarns...Very worth the walk from my hotel...I managed to restrain myself and only got a leetle bit of sock yarn...(Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in Jungle Stripe)
Other recent activities were not nearly as fun...Eeeeeew!!!
I ended up splurging and bought myself a 3 part birthday present...
Ooooh, what is it?
Hmmmm...
What could it possibly be?!
YAY!!!
And Mr Swift's good friends came to live with me as well...*huge grin*
I brought some of my jools and things to the local PPD...
Ms Serenity Gulch was nice enough to come along and show off her Mad Spinning Skillz, yo...Which was so cool...Though I am still not going to learn to spin...No, I'm not!
With the impetus of PPD behind me, I finally got my act (ass?) in gear and set up an Etsy shop for all the various bits of jewellery and fibery goodness that I make...Though unfortunately, it made me realize that I really need to get a decent camera, since I just can't get good pictures of my baubles and colors are never right...
I finished up teaching a crochet class at IUPUI Community Education, which was a blast...It was a kind of spur of the moment thing to help out the usual instructor who wasn't going to be able to make a couple of the dates scheduled...But one of my students recommended me to the owner of an LYS, so I am now officially the new crochet instructor at Mass Ave Knit Shop!
Check me out! How cool am I now! *poses for the paparazi* It's too bad the yarn I picked for the samples photographs so poorly...*blushes*While hanging around Mass Ave, I discovered that I have a serious Cascade 220 addiction...I mean, really bad...A little voice inside my head insists that I absolutely need all the colors...
Luckily, I found an excuse...
Afghans for Afghans has the cutest little vest pattern ever, in both knit and crochet...The In-Vest for Peace by Susan Wills and Sue Clark...It is so wee and so cute, and works up very quickly...With the stripes you can use up little bits of leftover wool doing something good for a little child who needs it badly...
Here's my first one; the edging and buttons will probably be finished tomorrow night...I've already started a new one! *grin*
I have a lot of Yarny things coming up as well...Serenity, Sleepycat and I have commandeered the services of the Sheep Street dyeing teacher in November to start learning how to handpaint sock yarn (I cannot wait!)...And in a fit of insanity, I got talked into a mini Cherie Amour KAL as well, though the idea of knitting lace of any sort scares the bejeezus out of me! Stay tuned for shrieking, moaning, temper tantrums at all hours of the day and night, and the stamping of tiny little feet...
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Finally, Middle America Embraces The Transgendered
Mr Funky Bunny In A DressLion Brand® Jiffy® - Wool-Ease® - Babysoft
Pattern Number: FunkyBunny
Courtesy of the open-minded folks at Lion Brand...
Monday, August 20, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
It Pours...
So...
I have an opportunity to teach a crochet class in September...I haven't taught in some time, so I'll probably need to get my sh*t in order pretty damn quick, especially since it appears that September is going to be More Than Busy...I've got a wedding to go to in Chicago, I'm taking a Spanish class to try and brush up, since I haven't spoken Spanish in forever; I'm planning on being a vendor at the local PPD (mostly jewellery that I've made, though I did do good business last year with some funky scarves, and am currently working on some fun fur pillows to take along as well--stash clearing! Yay!) And I signed up to do a stupid LOMA exam for work, and the test is at the end of the month...Am I forgetting anything? I think I am forgetting something...Argh...
Meanwhile back at the ranch, I'm blocking all my Babette squares...I wonder if I have too many...Maybe someone else wants some Babette squares...Maybe I have enough Babette squares to make a bed-sized afghan for everyone in the Midwest...I might have enough to actually cover the Midwest in one giant Babette...
I really am loving it though...I love the colors I picked, and since I usually don't block stuff, or don't make stuff that needs blocking, I am enjoying the novelty...for the moment...*grin* It might get old real soon though, since I have been pinning and spraying a set in the morning before I go to work, then unpinning and doing a new set as soon as I get home, and then one last set before I go to bed at night...You'd think I'd eventually run out of squares to block, but apparently they are breeding, because I keep finding more...*sigh*
Sleepycat gave me a tip for the Best Blocking Tool ever...
Forget the expensive, ridiculous 'blocking boards' for sale at JoAnn's or online, and head on down to Lowe's...In the flooring section, they have four packs of these giant foam squares...I believe they are intended for use in the workshop, to make concrete floors easier on your feet when you're standing for long periods...But they make really great boards for blocking yarn projects! They seem to be self-healing for the most part as well, so I think that my fourpack will last me a good long time...At least through the never-ending Babette...Pretty good deal for 16 bucks, huh?
I have an opportunity to teach a crochet class in September...I haven't taught in some time, so I'll probably need to get my sh*t in order pretty damn quick, especially since it appears that September is going to be More Than Busy...I've got a wedding to go to in Chicago, I'm taking a Spanish class to try and brush up, since I haven't spoken Spanish in forever; I'm planning on being a vendor at the local PPD (mostly jewellery that I've made, though I did do good business last year with some funky scarves, and am currently working on some fun fur pillows to take along as well--stash clearing! Yay!) And I signed up to do a stupid LOMA exam for work, and the test is at the end of the month...Am I forgetting anything? I think I am forgetting something...Argh...
Meanwhile back at the ranch, I'm blocking all my Babette squares...I wonder if I have too many...Maybe someone else wants some Babette squares...Maybe I have enough Babette squares to make a bed-sized afghan for everyone in the Midwest...I might have enough to actually cover the Midwest in one giant Babette...
I really am loving it though...I love the colors I picked, and since I usually don't block stuff, or don't make stuff that needs blocking, I am enjoying the novelty...for the moment...*grin* It might get old real soon though, since I have been pinning and spraying a set in the morning before I go to work, then unpinning and doing a new set as soon as I get home, and then one last set before I go to bed at night...You'd think I'd eventually run out of squares to block, but apparently they are breeding, because I keep finding more...*sigh*
Sleepycat gave me a tip for the Best Blocking Tool ever...
Forget the expensive, ridiculous 'blocking boards' for sale at JoAnn's or online, and head on down to Lowe's...In the flooring section, they have four packs of these giant foam squares...I believe they are intended for use in the workshop, to make concrete floors easier on your feet when you're standing for long periods...But they make really great boards for blocking yarn projects! They seem to be self-healing for the most part as well, so I think that my fourpack will last me a good long time...At least through the never-ending Babette...Pretty good deal for 16 bucks, huh?
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
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