imagine my very pleasant surprise when i found my swap yarns waiting on my doorstep! i signed up for the handspun swap on craftster and was partnered with my perfect match. i posted peeks of the yarns i made for her a few posts ago (before the teeth happened), and she really loved them. i love mine too! especially the green one. it's really awesome. the mohair one on the right is much softer than i thought it would be. i'm a very happy swap partner!
jessica and i shopped really hard for school clothes (teacher clothes, actually) today, and my mom took me shopping yesterday and i bought a ton of stuff, so now i feel totally prepared. all i have left to get is a bunch of socks and a pair of brown flats. i hate looking "professional."
i'm heading down to VA thursday night to see my dad before the summer is over. i don't know when i'll get down there again with the school schedule this semester, and ben working weird hours, so this is the best time, i guess.
why put freddy vs. jason on USA at this time of day? all of the heads getting chopped off, gratuitous boobies, and nonsensical swearing are all edited out. why bother?
anyhoo, see all y'all after the weekend is over!
ps - it's like 4 hours later, but i just finished eating dinner, and i'm going to die from a salad overdose. you wouldn't think that you could eat TOO MUCH salad, but i just crossed the line. i don't know when the funeral will be, but i'm sure it'll be closed casket, because i will have exploded.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
oh hallo
okay so i finished the sock after putting it down for a while. i just needed some personal time away from it. and i was sorta getting carpal tunnel.
i'll just copy what i said on flickr: finally finished! it fits me like a humongous bootie, but that's because it's for my brother or dad.
the toe grafting was easy peasy once i watched the kitchener video on this site: www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/basic_techniques/misc.php, about 1/2way down the page.
now it's time to cast on for the second one!
exactly. my needles came today, so yay to that. and i bought this with some extra paypal cash from seller ruby297 on etsy:
successfully completing a knitting project gives me unmeasurable joy, especially because i knit so infrequently.
that's all for tonight!
i'll just copy what i said on flickr: finally finished! it fits me like a humongous bootie, but that's because it's for my brother or dad.
the toe grafting was easy peasy once i watched the kitchener video on this site: www.knittinghelp.com/knitting/basic_techniques/misc.php, about 1/2way down the page.
now it's time to cast on for the second one!
exactly. my needles came today, so yay to that. and i bought this with some extra paypal cash from seller ruby297 on etsy:
successfully completing a knitting project gives me unmeasurable joy, especially because i knit so infrequently.
that's all for tonight!
Monday, June 05, 2006
long time!
it's been so long since i've posted to this blog. sometimes i just forget about it because i get so involved other places. i graduated finally, and that was absolutely incredible! but what was almost as incredible was our time at the art star craft bazaar this weekend.
so yesterday and today art star happened. and it sucked a little bit because of the weather. there were supposed to be two other semi-large festival type events happening in the neighborhood and they were cancelled because it was raining fairly hard yesterday morning into the afternoon. but they kept art star on, and i think that's why there was hardly any traffic. people must have thought that it was cancelled. the weather was really awful yesterday though. people's tents were blowing over and away, displays were falling over, and it was COLD! so needless to say, it wasn't great. today was much, much better! but still slowish. they're going to have it on the raindate now, too, so if you couldn't make it out this time, come next time! it's june 24-25.
so even with the terrible weather, it was super fun to be there and see everyone, meet new faces, and do a lot of networking. we've received a number of invites to upcoming fairs and events, and met a ton of super cool people. mypapercrane, knittydirtygirl, artschooldropout, cherriebomb, and mr. pickles were there, to name a few. it was neat seeing them and/or fondling their things in person!
i was extra happy to meet rachel-marie (knittydirtygirl) because i've known her through forums and stuff for a while now. she's so cute and nice! she has a good picture of all of us together (cherriebomb, jessica, me, and her) taken at the end of the day today, so i'll link to it once she posts it.
so i feel good. happy. not rolling in the dollars, but happy! a girl came around handing out a thing for those of us in the area saying that they're thinking of having something similar to art star but every weekend. that would be awesome! so hopefully we'll be doing those too.
well i'm trying to get someone to drive up to brooklyn with me (DANIELLLEEEEE!!!) for renegade, so if you're going to be there, i hope to see you. if you saw me today, thanks for stopping by :-)
so yesterday and today art star happened. and it sucked a little bit because of the weather. there were supposed to be two other semi-large festival type events happening in the neighborhood and they were cancelled because it was raining fairly hard yesterday morning into the afternoon. but they kept art star on, and i think that's why there was hardly any traffic. people must have thought that it was cancelled. the weather was really awful yesterday though. people's tents were blowing over and away, displays were falling over, and it was COLD! so needless to say, it wasn't great. today was much, much better! but still slowish. they're going to have it on the raindate now, too, so if you couldn't make it out this time, come next time! it's june 24-25.
so even with the terrible weather, it was super fun to be there and see everyone, meet new faces, and do a lot of networking. we've received a number of invites to upcoming fairs and events, and met a ton of super cool people. mypapercrane, knittydirtygirl, artschooldropout, cherriebomb, and mr. pickles were there, to name a few. it was neat seeing them and/or fondling their things in person!
i was extra happy to meet rachel-marie (knittydirtygirl) because i've known her through forums and stuff for a while now. she's so cute and nice! she has a good picture of all of us together (cherriebomb, jessica, me, and her) taken at the end of the day today, so i'll link to it once she posts it.
so i feel good. happy. not rolling in the dollars, but happy! a girl came around handing out a thing for those of us in the area saying that they're thinking of having something similar to art star but every weekend. that would be awesome! so hopefully we'll be doing those too.
well i'm trying to get someone to drive up to brooklyn with me (DANIELLLEEEEE!!!) for renegade, so if you're going to be there, i hope to see you. if you saw me today, thanks for stopping by :-)
Thursday, May 18, 2006
woooooooooo.
i am sooo happy that i just wrote an insanely long post and it all got deleted! one of my browsers was not responding so i closed it but before i did, i took care to copy my entire post in progress so it wouldn't be lost too. lo and behold, there it goes. it was never copied even though i ctrl+c AND right-click copied. my favorite! i was in such a good posting mood, too. now, not so much.
i don't even remember all that i had to talk about. dye extravaganza today. i'm tired and extremely smelly from it. & something about this yarn being my second handcarded adventure. it's quite sparkly but you can't really see it in my pictures because it was getting dark. (i included a picture of the batts for a before and after.) i have a lot of other yarns in my office that i haven't photographed yet, but i don't want to because i don't want to sell them. maybe just for you.
ohh, i also said that i made a yarn called "tron" based on that ridiculous movie. it's dyed black merino carded with a little bit of dyed black firestar. it's SO cool. i spun that with a little bit of chartreuse and bright turquoise. it looks like circuitry. i don't even want to take this one to art star but i must. hopefully it will go to a good home.
then i went on to non-spinning news. did anyone see the movie high tension? it was surprisingly awesome, yet also surprisingly grisly (that never bothers me though). i was on the edge of my seat throughout the whole thing. i mean, the ending is a little cheese, but i didn't expect it at all! and the soundtrack was AWESOME. and of course, there were some inconsistencies in the plot but whatever! what movie DOESN'T have any these days? see it. it was 5000 times better than craptastic flightplan.
oh, i brought that movie stuff up because i signed up for netflix the other day. best decision i've made in a while - occupies the time during those LOOONG spinning days. i don't have to go out and worry about BS late fees or DRIVING there, and i can order really weird embarassing movies without anyone seeing me. awesome!
top chef peeps, WTF? wtf was the decision last night!? and extra WTF to the top three in general! i'm hating. agree/disagree? discuss.
then finally, just before my browser closed and destroyed my life, i was saying that these new mint creme cookies by keebler are THE BEST EVER. they're grasshoppers (you know, like thin mints but by keebler) with a layer of mint creme, then the whole thing is enrobed in chocolate. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. my favorite dessert ever is choco pudding with crushed cookies, all mixed to a moussy fluff with cool-whip.
yep, that's about it. i think i remembered everything. i am going to go prepare some pudding now, i think. i have no cool-whip but it'll still be like 75% as yum.
goodnite!
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
hello!
huge yarn update! this one is called "bordello of blood" because it's vampire-y. i love it.
i can't wait till school is out and i can focus on improving my spinning, getting organized, and being happy.
time for a sleeping pill! but go check out my flickr album, the spinning set, for more yarn photos. if that's what you're into. love!
i can't wait till school is out and i can focus on improving my spinning, getting organized, and being happy.
time for a sleeping pill! but go check out my flickr album, the spinning set, for more yarn photos. if that's what you're into. love!
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
nj zine fest!
well the fest happened and it didn't. i mean like, it happened and we went and set up our table and all, but the turnout was terrible! and the people shopping there were obviously there for zines and not purses or yarn really, so the sales that we made on actual items were few and far between. both jessica and i made only about $60. it was funny because i got home and saw that i'd made two sales on etsy and i was like wow, i made more money by not being here than going to that fest.
but it was more valuable for the cool people i met, for real. i found out about it from this girl christine on getcrafty and i met her and she was just awesome!! it was so neat to meet her in person. we're making secret plans to get a NJ craft show rockin. oh and this other girl runs an art shop with some guy and they're both interested in carrying jessica's and my work. awesome!
so you know, it was worth it. was there anything else i had to tell you? i don't think so. i'm $200 into the drum carder fund after this weekend, so hopefully in another few weeks or so i will be ordering it and it will be here in my hot little hands. now it's time to have a nosh and watch much ado about nothing, which i'm wholly uninterested in but there will be much discussion about on wednesday. ahhh shakespeare at 8am.
oh there was something else to tell you. i almost broke all of my furniture today because i was trying to make an animated gif and it took like 5 hours. i was just downloading things and none of them would save, or they would save with a watermark, or they were virus programs, and it was really just amazing and fun. so yeah! yup. goodnite.
but it was more valuable for the cool people i met, for real. i found out about it from this girl christine on getcrafty and i met her and she was just awesome!! it was so neat to meet her in person. we're making secret plans to get a NJ craft show rockin. oh and this other girl runs an art shop with some guy and they're both interested in carrying jessica's and my work. awesome!
jessica's zine was hilarious and not very many people were interested:
and then here's a picture of our table (jessica's taking it):
and then here's a picture of our table (jessica's taking it):
so you know, it was worth it. was there anything else i had to tell you? i don't think so. i'm $200 into the drum carder fund after this weekend, so hopefully in another few weeks or so i will be ordering it and it will be here in my hot little hands. now it's time to have a nosh and watch much ado about nothing, which i'm wholly uninterested in but there will be much discussion about on wednesday. ahhh shakespeare at 8am.
oh there was something else to tell you. i almost broke all of my furniture today because i was trying to make an animated gif and it took like 5 hours. i was just downloading things and none of them would save, or they would save with a watermark, or they were virus programs, and it was really just amazing and fun. so yeah! yup. goodnite.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
i'm so tired!
this yarn brings me unmeasurable joy. i was looking through my box of random leftovers and i found some pink, melon/pink, salmon (all merino or corriedales), and burgundy merino/silk and decided that i might as well go for it. i grabbed my little baggie of watermelon angelina and spun in polite amounts. this is probably my favorite yarn out of all of the ones i've logged these past few days. it's really soft and not that overspun - perfect for whatever project. of course i'm selling it, but if no one ends up buying it i'm going to make it into something soft and wonderful.
i've been spinning up a storm for the zine fest. i hope that people there are interested. i've been incredibly lazy this week. not really lazy, but uninterested in the other projects i should be working on. i just keep having yarn ideas, and i'm getting so much better at thinner, more even yarns that i'm just really excited about spinning to see what i'll come up with next. it's so weird and meditative. it's like my hands and what appears on the wheel are completely unrelated things but they speak the same language. when they work together i don't even notice what i'm doing. wonderful.
i've just been making a variety of things, trying to use a more diverse color palette. it's hard when you're strongly attracted to certain colors because you just don't want to work with anything else. i'm also trying to start spinning more low twist singles, but it's hard! it's harder than it seems. i can't wait to get my hands in some fiber and try again tomorrow. tonight i have more knitting to do. i would love to finish my wavy scarf before the freakin summer. it was almost 80 the other day and now it's freezing again. who knows what's going on in the atmosphere.
our downstairs neighbor is so rude. he just moved in and he's all about watching his HUGE widescreen tv as loud as possible at very late hours. it vibrates the floor and the couch. we had no neighbor until about 2 weeks ago when this guy moved in, and we kinda preferred it alone. harrumph. that's also why i'm spinning so much, because it calms me down.
i guess i'd better go to bed before i brutally murder the guy downstairs.
i've been spinning up a storm for the zine fest. i hope that people there are interested. i've been incredibly lazy this week. not really lazy, but uninterested in the other projects i should be working on. i just keep having yarn ideas, and i'm getting so much better at thinner, more even yarns that i'm just really excited about spinning to see what i'll come up with next. it's so weird and meditative. it's like my hands and what appears on the wheel are completely unrelated things but they speak the same language. when they work together i don't even notice what i'm doing. wonderful.
i've just been making a variety of things, trying to use a more diverse color palette. it's hard when you're strongly attracted to certain colors because you just don't want to work with anything else. i'm also trying to start spinning more low twist singles, but it's hard! it's harder than it seems. i can't wait to get my hands in some fiber and try again tomorrow. tonight i have more knitting to do. i would love to finish my wavy scarf before the freakin summer. it was almost 80 the other day and now it's freezing again. who knows what's going on in the atmosphere.
our downstairs neighbor is so rude. he just moved in and he's all about watching his HUGE widescreen tv as loud as possible at very late hours. it vibrates the floor and the couch. we had no neighbor until about 2 weeks ago when this guy moved in, and we kinda preferred it alone. harrumph. that's also why i'm spinning so much, because it calms me down.
i guess i'd better go to bed before i brutally murder the guy downstairs.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
spinning spinning everything
good morning america!
it has been an action packed weekend. not really. yesterday boon and i went all over and did pretty much everything that we didn't originally intend to do. the only objective we had all day was to go see the hills have eyes. it turned into let's go to a yarn shop and a ton of thrift shops in collingswood, buy a briefcase and a hat, go eat, go to the driving range, go bowling, then dye a pound of wool and play videogames. it was so nonsensical. but it was so fun. if you check out the album you'll see that i suck at golf and also that i'm about 12 years old.
so i dyed my pound of white mill ends. and while i like that it was really cheap, i kinda hated dyeing the wool because it was sortof matted and a bit more coarse than i'm used to working with, so everything was coming out of the dyebath in a big hot clump. it wasn't a huge deal but it was just annoying because everything is taking twice as long to dry because it was all mashed together.
i'm over it since what i wanted to work with today was dry when i woke up. the yarn in the picture is one of the two i did today. i'm also over complaining about plying with thread. it's not as bad as i thought it was at first, it just takes practice. now i can do it like a champ. it's great.
i also tried my hand at spinning really thinly again and had a very decent time with it. i have no idea the length of the skein, but it seems small in comparison to my usual jumbo skeins. it's about fingering to dk weight. i'm trying to get better at thin so when i feel like learning to knit socks i can use my own handspun. ambitions ambitions!
someone bought lollapalooza! i'm just happy about that because it was a really neat yarn that someone should own and use.
it has been an action packed weekend. not really. yesterday boon and i went all over and did pretty much everything that we didn't originally intend to do. the only objective we had all day was to go see the hills have eyes. it turned into let's go to a yarn shop and a ton of thrift shops in collingswood, buy a briefcase and a hat, go eat, go to the driving range, go bowling, then dye a pound of wool and play videogames. it was so nonsensical. but it was so fun. if you check out the album you'll see that i suck at golf and also that i'm about 12 years old.
so i dyed my pound of white mill ends. and while i like that it was really cheap, i kinda hated dyeing the wool because it was sortof matted and a bit more coarse than i'm used to working with, so everything was coming out of the dyebath in a big hot clump. it wasn't a huge deal but it was just annoying because everything is taking twice as long to dry because it was all mashed together.
i'm over it since what i wanted to work with today was dry when i woke up. the yarn in the picture is one of the two i did today. i'm also over complaining about plying with thread. it's not as bad as i thought it was at first, it just takes practice. now i can do it like a champ. it's great.
i also tried my hand at spinning really thinly again and had a very decent time with it. i have no idea the length of the skein, but it seems small in comparison to my usual jumbo skeins. it's about fingering to dk weight. i'm trying to get better at thin so when i feel like learning to knit socks i can use my own handspun. ambitions ambitions!
someone bought lollapalooza! i'm just happy about that because it was a really neat yarn that someone should own and use.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
getting motivated!
i made this yarn a while ago. i coiled it a little too much ... i was going for more of a boucle look. but it's really neat anyway, and full of sparkle! it's only 72 or 76 yards or something, so it'll be great as stripes or a gorgeous hat or something. merino and falklands, as usual. softy soft. i don't know if i'm going to sell it or try to trade it with someone.
i'm so excited for my wool bits to get here! i love experimenting with new fibers. it makes my existence so much happier. whatever yarns i make out of them will be either traded or sold for really cheaply, i guess, because the supplies were so ridiculously inexpensive. of course i'll post pictures of my progress.
i'm getting motivated for the zine fest. i guess i'm going to make a very serious effort to get there and do it. i started "recipes" today and the cover is really silly but i love it so far. it's going to be a 1/4 size i think, just because i can conserve more paper and besides, who needs a recipe booklet with tons of wasted space? you want to stash that thing in a convenient location and whip it out when it's time for something yum.
more later! i have to cook some biscuits.
i'm so excited for my wool bits to get here! i love experimenting with new fibers. it makes my existence so much happier. whatever yarns i make out of them will be either traded or sold for really cheaply, i guess, because the supplies were so ridiculously inexpensive. of course i'll post pictures of my progress.
i'm getting motivated for the zine fest. i guess i'm going to make a very serious effort to get there and do it. i started "recipes" today and the cover is really silly but i love it so far. it's going to be a 1/4 size i think, just because i can conserve more paper and besides, who needs a recipe booklet with tons of wasted space? you want to stash that thing in a convenient location and whip it out when it's time for something yum.
more later! i have to cook some biscuits.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)