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I'm really hoping that one of these blogging apps sticks. I like the setup of this one as it also allows access to Tumblr, Flickr, WP, and a ton of others. It also has a built-in browser, which is straight up awesome.The end of my first semester has come, and... I gotta say, I miss 8-week semesters. This whole 16-week thing drives me crazy. It feels so drawn out, and my brain turns into a sieve somewhere around week 12. Fortunately one teacher has activities assigned during wk12 so we are forced to be active. It breaks up the monotony beautifully and gives me a push to change perspective.

On another note, I leave for Dragon*Con in three weeks! Once my classes are over I will finish my skirts (they still need hemmed, and one of them still needs made...), attempt to make a Han Solo vest, and start packing! I've been listening to podcasts put out by The Unique Geek. They have the theme of "The 50 Days of Dragon*Con" and it features a different fan track director every week. If you've never gone or are just curious, definitely check it out. They capture the feeling of being overwhelmed, awed, and geekily excited while being informative and presenting different fandoms.

The car trip will be a blast as I am going with one of my best friends, Dezzie. She has never attended a con so I expect her to need a paper bag when we arrive. *Snoopy Dance* It will also be a reunion of sorts with my friends from Italy, and we may be accompanied by one of them on the car trip! I really could not be more excited. So much goodness in one place!

 

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Almost done with XMas presents, beginning on my first pair of socks using the magic loop method! I must say, I think I'm addicted. Also, I think that I finally have the hang of it. This is something I've wanted to do for a while, so I'm pretty excited about it. The yarn is a present from my mother and sister, who picked it out for me in Germany. It's the same colors of rainbow sherbertty stuffs, and is self-striping every two rows. Rather nice, if I do say so myself. Also, it's a merino blend, so it's super soft and joyful. Yes, joyful.

Ravelry FTW!

I'm now on Ravelry.com. Join it, love it, become addicted.

Zephyr42 :D

My patterns and latest projects are now on there, although NOT ALL OF THEM MWAHAHAHAHA.

Teaser. Umm yeah.

Break from work. . .

Yes, I know I still haven't put up the pictures. I'm horribly sorry. They are on my computer, though. They'll get here eventually.

I'm beginning my first foray into the dangerous world of Fair Isle, and I believe I'm in danger of being sucked in. YEEEEP. I've started on a pattern from my new knitting book (which I love). They're armwarmers, rather like gauntlets. :D *bounces up and down excitedly* I've already made 50,000,000,000 mistakes, but I DON'T CARE. It's my first time on fair isle and I'm in heaven. It's a challenge, and it's FUN. I highly recommend everyone try at least one dangerously complicated fair isle pattern in their lifetime. *boogies*

Pictures soon.

lawlz.

Emilie Simon & Socks

So. . . The knitting book I was talking about can be found HERE. It is the one that has the funny maskhats in it.

I've started on some socks (with handspun soysilk) as a present for a friend with a taste for vividly beautiful colors. One is about half finished, and the second should be finished on the stupid plane flight back to the USA. Yes, I have to go back. . . more red tape to clear up. *audible sigh* The manly hats/handwarmers may have to wait a while, but I'm taking half a sheep of black colonial wool handspun (2-ply ftw!) with me back to the USA on what is bound to be a ridiculously stressful trip.

I have the pictures uploaded from the camera, just not up here yet.

Current Projects

Pictures/graphs soon, I promise. I seriously need to start blogging more. I did knit a masked beanie for myself (teh Superego). I will put up pictures asap. The pattern was inspired by a book that I'll have to find so I can put up a link to. Pretty funny book. Knit letter jackets and so on. Some pretty stupid patterns, too, but some were clever.

Knitting
Steve Zissou hat (chunky red alpaca)
Decorative Leg Warmers (brown Lang sequined novelty yarn)
Hats for the Austinians (1 down, 3 to go).
^^Find manly patterns for manly hats (x2).
Masked beanies for the Freudian Trio (1 down, 2 to go) in time for DUBLIN Oct 18th.
^^Pick out yarn for Ego & Id hats.

Spinning
Finish spinning my disco/rainbow fiber. Ply?
Wind up my 2-ply Karaoke Mermaid fiber. Knit into Mirandas? Hat? iPod case? Think on this.
Complete black wool fiber so as to knit hat for padre, as he has wanted for the past 3 years. Apparently previous hat was too small and/or short(he didn't tell me, but he hasn't worn it). Also he may like handspun yarn better.

Dyeing
Get together with Lisa and dye white merino w/ chestnut dye. Wheeee. Try a few oz. dyed w/ Kool-Aid? Buy Kool-Aid today (purple, red, blue, etc).



Yeeesht, that's a lot of stuff.

Cabled Handwarmers - Finished!

YAY!




I quite like how they look, generally speaking. Probably my favorite pair so far. I've thought of a few things I could fix (ie: instead of increasing one before the last bit of ribbing, maybe decrease by three for a better fit).

There are a few things I could change, I suppose. But just small things. Nothing horrid. I even followed my own directions and they turned out okay! YAY!