California

Holy crap! I just had a great, fun, busy trip to cali! I got to see the premiere of my film, I spent a whole week in the town I grew up in, and I got to hang with cool people! I saw lots of old friends, and made a few new as well! All in all it was an amazing trip!

I took a few photographs. I may be posting some of those soon. I also knit my cousin some baby socks while I was out there. My little second cousin Max loves them! I am more and more homesick everytime I go out there, but, I am more and more motivated to get my ass back there and do what I should be doing in the place I should be doing it in.

I will be home again soon enough!

lazyness makes a liar out of me

I have yet to get buttons for those neckwarmers. I haven't felt like getting up early enough to go buy them yet. But, tomorrow I have to get up anyways, to go to the post office before work.

I made a sale on etsy! I'm very excited. So it's off to the post office for the set of bangles pictured in my last post. And then off the to craft store with me to pick out buttons. Because there is no excuse for my lazyness (no matter how cold it is outside, I'm still just being lazy).

Bracelets, snow, and neck warmers

Well, I have taken pictures of many of the bracelets I have made, and I have started listing them in my etsy shop. I'm quite excited about this!

I have two neckwarmers that are just about ready to be posted also, but, they need buttons first! so, tomorrow, I'm off to find buttons before work. And then after work I am chaperoning the mens knitting night at the shop I work at. We all know the boys can't be left alone in the yarn shop, such things would lead to much missbehavior.

In other completely unrelated news, I was able to fit a dress I had made while in school. Which is kinda spectacular, because I wasn't able to fit anything I made when I was acctually in school. I was a bit overweight.

I may start sewing more, If I can find a decent fabric store within driving distance. I'm acctually quite appalled at the lack of good fabric availability around here. I may have to make a trip to the fabric store when I go visit chicago. Plan out all the items I want to buy for, and see how many I can manage to find something to create them with.

And now for something completely different. It snowed today. And I hated it. I'm just glad that it didn't stick, or I would have been miserable!

Major Project ADD

Right now I am having major project ADD issues. I have about 3 main projects I'm working on, as well as several small side projects, and I really REALLY want to spin lately. But I can't let myself, because then I wouldn't do anything else.

Hurm. . .

If you knit, and you haven't seen this book, then you should check it out! It made me feel so inspired!

I've cought the bug!

on the list for today: Plying yarn and setting the twist, wet felting, picking up my check, buying dying supplies, possibly some knitting, lots of daydreaming!

"I can fit in there, you know why? Because I'm little"

Okay, so, if you hadn't thought about seeing "The Fantastic Mr. Fox". You should change your mind! Mr. Fox really is "Fantastic". And the details on the puppetets is just amazing! I want to be one of the people who knits tiny sweaters for puppets. How does one go about getting such a job?

The yarns pictured are hand dyed by yours truely with kool-aid (yes kool-aid!)and are up for sale in my etsy shop. There are two 100% wool sock yarns, and then two skeins of this great wool silk blend that I just love! I have dyed a whole bunch of it red for a project for myself (which will be revealed at a later time). I have re-opened the etsy shop finally! Huzzah! I'm quite proud that I finally got around to doing this.

I'm currently working on several projects. I have this lace scarf thing that is supposed to be a store model for the shop I work at, Knit On!. I have been working on this thing for ages. But the trouble is I keep putting it down. I get project ADD so easily!

I'm also working on a pair of wristwarmers from this great sock yarn in super bright colors. Once they are finished I will be putting the pattern in my shop! I have also just purchased rovings for to dye, and I am working on plying a yarn right now that is just super! (it's orange and green, and beautiful!). I plan on buying some nice dyes in the next few days, and by next week or perhaps the week after there will be hand dyed rovings in my shop as well!

I have this idea that I want to write up all the patterns I create and possibly one day publish a book. Lets see if I ever do it shall we?

yeah, I know, no pictures. . .

Okay, so it has been forever since I have posted any new work. That's because it has been forever since I have completed anything. I have started new projects, but I have not finished anything.

One reason for this is I have been away for nearly a month. I had a job in southern California, I did wardrobe for an independent film called Legacy. Then after that I went to Hawaii for 10 days. But I am back now, and ready to start working on finishing projects, and starting new ones.

I am incredibly excited that fall is coming up! It is my favorite season, I love layering my clothing, and fall is the perfect time to do so! I hope to design a small line and sell items on etsy. We shall see how that goes. Perhaps I will have a few pieces designed in time for fall.