Why I should never be allowed to get bored

So I'm at Lily's and I forgot my knitting. I was pretty annoyed since I'm watching her amazing TV set up and I should be knitting. Anyway I decided to brush her cat, Harry, while I watched and well she has two of those slicker brushes that are very like wool carders and after brushing him a bit I was playing around with them because I don't have carders yet but I do have an alpaca fleece lying around somewhere and I don't want to pay $150 if I don't have to. What if I'm no good at carding? What if I hate it? So anyway I was carding some cat fur and I started rolling it out and twisting it and it wasn't really working, it wasn't staying twisted so I realized I needed a drop spindle. Now naturally someone as crafty as Lily has a drop spindle but she also has yarn on it and I didn't want to screw anything up so I decided to make one. So yes, that is a drop spindle made out of a pencil, a push pin and 4 note cards that I glued together with about 3 feet of 100% Maine Coon yarn. And it only took about 2 hours... send yarn... please...

It's always feast or famine isn't it?

After months of no knitting, even at group, in the past week I have finished two on needle projects and written 3 patterns. Well almost written. Well not so much written, more... knit.  I'm really bad at writing patterns. This is not to be confused with being bad at knitting something with no pattern, because I'm very good at that, it's the writing down part that gets me. Over the years I've discovered that I knit by sight and I do certain things the same way all the time so I tend to want to say things like, "make a toe" or "work the cable for 3 turns then branch off to the sides" and have that make sense to people.  That... is where Lily comes in. The only way I can think to put it is that she knits by row. She is the exact opposite of me, she will take a chart and write it out and then create a spread sheet and work from that where I prefer a chart otherwise I don't get it til after I've knit the first repeat. She is extremely helpful for someone like me who has a notebook full of random words and the occasional picture that for someone like me is a book full of patterns I've written. She will be the one to find order in the chaos. She will be the person to look at my written patterns and say, "No. That is too vague. Write that out clearer." Which happens to be exactly what I need. We are getting together to watch Leverage tonight and I'll run the first drafts by her and maybe I'll have something to post soon! Now if I can just keep up the momentum...

Ok for real this time...

So I finally figured out how to log back in and rig my phone to my blog so I will try to keep up with the posting from now on. I am also going to try and write some patterns and actually make them readable for others so that I can try and sell them on ravelry and such so off I go :)

I'm back! Sort of...

So I haven't seen anyone in like, forever...

So here it is the update on my life.  I've been working like crazy although still only four days a week and I still don't have the keys I need to get to the safe or the stock or anything but hey money is money, I am currently staying at Hyde's place, (the boy I met at Arisia,) but there's nothing going on there, (Thank GOD!) I'm not sure for how long cause I'm just waiting for Morrigan's mum to move from the bedroom to the living room and then I can move in there but I don't know when that is happening and I haven't really knit anything in about a month.  I just about finished my top hat but I don't like the brim so I think I'll frog that part and try again and I'm almost done with my navy blue bowler hat that I haven't really mentioned to anyone yet cept Lily and Morri so I've been crocheting a lot lately.  Just  in case you think I may have gone to the dark side though my uncle's bday is in about a week and I need to speed knit his ass some socks which I already have the yarn for so at least I'm not spending anymore money.  So yeah, still living out of boxes, still not having a life and to top it all off I haven't been to knitting in about a month because I always have to work.  Sweet right?  The hand is a great deal better although not well yet but it is definitely better than it was so I guess that's something.  I'll try to keep up with this anyway since I have access now so at least you all won't think I found the edge of the earth and fell off.  Gotta go to sleep now huzzah!

I don't have too many projects! I don't...

Ok so I know that I'm supposed to be finishing my pink sweater and everything but I REALLY want a steampunk hat.  Now that I know what this stuff is and realize that there are others like me who have always been fascinated with the industrial revolution and such I want to put myself out there as a fellow supporter.  I have always been steampunk I just didn't know there was a name for it and now that I do I want to fully embrace it all.  (I wear things on my sleeve, or my backpack if you knew me in high school,) I love it and I want something obvious to wear around and display it.  So I decided on a hat, (like I don't already own about 47 hats,) and I want a top hat like bowler crossbreed because I think that is what will look best on me but here's the thing; I want it in purple.  Or possibly navy but like a Sapphire kind of navy.  I want a jewel tone anyway,  some nice deep eggplanty blueish purple top hat hybrid thing.  So where do I find that?  I don't I make it and that is why I just want to throw all my other projects aside and make myself my lovely hat that will not go with anything I own at the end of it.  Pretty sweet eh?  Also I finally got some hours at work so I will have even less time than usual to do it in.  Awesome right?  On the other hand getting hours means that I will have the money to pay for the supplies that I need to make my special hat.  It's a vicious circle.  So yeah,... I think I need to head to Windsor today and see if I can't find my perfect color in lamb's pride maybe, (so I can felt it when I'm done,) so I can whip up my patternless hat and dig myself a little deeper into this hole I've been working on for quite some time.  HA! and I think I might crochet it too!  (I am NOT a good crocheter,) oh I've gone off the deep end, anyone feel like saving me?

P.S. I finally got a real wrist brace thingy so my hand is actually doing better woot.

Everyone said 2009 would be better...

Ok so I got the call this morning that I got the job at Logan airport that I interviewed for last week and I am so unbelievably happy that I can hardly sit still!  I mean fuck, I got fired in July and had one four hour temp job since it's about fucking time you know?  Also Arisia was a complete blast, maybe the best year ever; I met up with some people that I hung out with last year and actually gave them my info for once, (I was very generous with my business cards this time,) and I met a bunch of new people that I fully intend to hang on to for life or longer.  Things are looking good so far.  I start my job tomorrow which is awesome but sucks because I still haven't quite recovered from all the late nights at the con but I also haven't slept in my own bed since Thursday so that might have something to do with it.  Also I am now kind of in love with Steampunk and I already have several hair and jewelry designs floating around in my head which of course I want to run out and get started on right now but I am doing no more crafting until my hand starts working again.  I am wrapping it up tonight and I am not unwrapping it until I can move my goddamned wrist without flinching!  I am however going to throw everything that didn't sell at the con up on Etsy like, right fucking now and hopefully we will all recoup the expenses from the hotel and supplies.  BTW big huge thanks to Dawna and Lily for helping out me and Morrigan with the shop at the con I don't know what we would have done with out you!  Love, kisses, and everything wonderful :)