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August 08, 2005

Pig's Eye and Beyond

The past few days have been only marginally interesting, since for most of it i have been at work doing mostly nothing. The Uptown Art Fair and masses of nasty people driving their Acuras and Lexii (plural of Lexus??) very badly invaded the vicinity and thus, there was noone at the poor little museum. So, i got some knitting done. No complaints there.

We did bike over to Pig's Eye on Friday, which was an adventure. J bought me some lovely Amy Butler fabric at Treadle Yard Goods, partially to assuage his guilt at having bought another box of Magic cards. i made out well:

i should be able to get a couple of skirts, a bag, and a sash out of the lot. i have been asking myself the unfortunate question, however, how many skirts do i really need? For that, alas, i have no answer.

Also, the Candelabra Camisole is finished. i was surprised how cute it looked on, since it is basically just a tube with some straps and a bit of shaping and didn't look like very much at all sitting on my bed. The lace pattern was very do-able, so i think that Orangina will be next, that is, after my rent refund check comes in... one day...

i started a One Skein Wonder using some leftover yarn that i dyed with koolaid a long time ago and it is progressing well. i'll have to switch to a solid when i run out of the hand dyed stuff, but i think it will blend ok.

i suppose i should get started on the plethora of chores that need doing around here before Monday Night Nerdfest, wherein yours truly is allegedly storytelling (though she would probably rather be knitting) for her nerdy, nerdy friends. Also, finding something to eat rather than day-old cookies might be a good idea...

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August 02, 2005

Kyoto Completion/Villain Takes Hollywood

So, today was relatively productive. At least, i finished a few things so it seems that way. Perhaps most importantly among these is... Kyoto! i don't know how far Taryn has come with hers, but i know that i am damned glad to be finished with that sucker. I really enjoyed working with the yarn, which is surprising since it is super-cheapy TLC Cotton Plus and i certainly had my doubts. Had a bit of blue left over and so i started a sort of tube top/camisole-esq thing inspired by Glampyre's pattern (unreleased at time of commencement). It is my first real foray into lace, having only done simple eyelets previously. The top will basically be a simple tube with ribbing on the top and bottom, skinny straps, and a column of "Candelabra" lace running down the front and back. My mom gave me a book with about a zillion stitches in it and most of them were just too intimidating. This one is working out well, however. Perhaps Orangina will be next.

On a related note, J and i were waiting for our delicious Punch pizza and a boomer woman next to us was talking about how much she liked Orangina. Ok, great, its good. However, she pronounced it so as to rhyme with female genitalia, which conjured strange images to our active little brains. J's consisted of a peeled orange with one strategic slice missing. Teehee.

Next, I fixed up the sexy Marlow Skirt. i feel like a saucy and treacherous dame. By this, i mean that i have to walk with tiny little steps thus making my hips sway in an utterly unnatural way. Also, getting into/out of cars is quite difficult. How did those broads in the 40's do it??

Here is some lovely traditional Japanese dancing performed by the Little Flower of the North, Villain-chan:

Booze, Broads, and Bullets:

Tough:

Delicate:

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June 26, 2005

sweet virginian

I have returned from the land of seashore frolicking to muggy, buggy Minnesota. The drive home was rather grueling, each of the two days taking 12-13 hours. It was Chicago that really did me in. We were stopped in bumper-to-bumper for several hours. There was some construction, but no road blocks or anything that would actually impede driving... except: Thumper III. What is this amazing device, you ask, that has the power to captivate the imagination and bring normally quite speedy drivers to a screeching halt? Well, I'll tell you. It is a large apparatus with a rabbit painted on the side that bangs over and over again on the pavement. I am sure that it is a wondrously labor-saving device. However, the only thing stopping traffic for fucking hours at a time were goddamned minivans full of kids (and who knows who else?) slowing down to crane their necks at the fucking Thumper III. But that is all over now. I can resume being a human being.

We got to use my father's digital camera. It was disorienting, since I am an SLR fan. I've never really gotten used to the parallax thing with viewfinders that don't line up and looking at some weird little screen instead of what I am photographing is even worse. Guess I'll have to get work on it. We didn't actually take very many pictures. I made sure to get a couple of my halter and Cold Shoulder. I am working on another CS. I like the pattern, but my red one came out a bit bigger than expected. The underarm bagginess doesn't show too much, since I decreased the hell out of the neckline when making the ribbing. Also pictured with CS is my nifty little skirt! Came out pretty swell for a first project. I am going to start the next one tonite. Got some nice hotrod flame fabric and something that reminds me of occult mysticism while in VA for additional variations.

This weather is lethargy inducing. I am going to have to strip down to me skivvies and knit while watching video games. Then, ice cream.

Why can't I live at the beach instead of a tiny oasis in the middle of vast, vast nothingness? Goddamn you, Midwest.

Also, we saw Batman Begins today and I would just like to reaffirm that Christian Bale is the hottest. (next to J, of course) Katie Holmes wasn't quite as dopey as I expected. That's about all I can say about her. There were lots of shots of her hard nipples, but I suppose mine would be the same in proximity to such dark, seething sexual energy. Also, cheekbones.

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May 29, 2005

petalline

I have been working on felted flowers for the past week or so. Finally, today after work I put them onto little pins. I made five total. The first one here is destined for my mom and the next for me. My mom's got a bit squished in the scanner. This leads to the main reason why I haven't been a very frequent poster: no digital camera. The scanning worked pretty well for these petite darlings, but wouldn't be quite so useful when applied to, um, me in a sweater. Oh well. Perhaps soon I will splurge. The camera would be nice for my and J's little roadtrip coming up soon. Saying: "things are looking pretty good with X" or "oh I just finished the cutest little Y" doesn't have quite the same effect or draw sans pictures. Admittedly, this is one of the reasons I read these things in the first place: I am an image whore.

I am also attempting to sew. My first projects will be two cute little A-lines in the following lovely fabrics from Crafty Planet:

Delicious! Not too sure how the whole sewing thing is going to work out, but my goal is to have at least one of them done by the time we leave for VA the week after next. I still need to start those handkerchiefs I am embroidering for my dad and work on J's sox. Good thing I am not working much next week. It would cut into my craft time a bit too much.