ALSO. As I mentioned previously, Interweave is having their "hurt" book sale right now. I ordered three books because I have a big knitting book problem and while I can admit that I'm not ready to go on the wagon. So there it is. Three books at half price or better coming my way. I'm excited about that. Knitters, don't forget to check it out!
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happyI'm disappointed because I finally got the time and inclination to put some videos online and I can't find the right cord!! I have a billion cords with every combination of ends except the one I need. I have no idea where it has wandered off to...I think I'm just going to (hopefully) save myself some aggravation and get a new one tomorrow. Online they are around $10, which is not that much considering the time and energy I spent looking for it tonight.
I finished Mom's cowl and put up pictures of it in my previous post. I also called her and said "I do not want to fight anymore." She said "Oh, me neither!!!" So there was no apology on either side, and we're kind of sweeping it under the rug, but I'm still stewing over it a little bit. I feel like our relationship is changed forever and that kind of makes me sad. I guess I don't like change very much.
Now that I've finished the cowl, I need to work on some other stuff. My sister's neckwarmer is needing the buttons sewn on and it needs blocking. I also would really like to get a couple of hedgehogs done by next weekend. I had thought I would knit a Ravenclaw bag from this pattern, but I do not think I have enough time and I have never done colorwork like that. I'm tempted to try it anyway; it's only what, sixty stitches across? Who needs to do laundry or clean the house when there is a cool HP homage to be knitted?!
If you haven't seen Eunny Jang's speedy knitting yet, check it out:
I reorganized all my knitting stuff tonight. I have all my tips, all my cables, all my cable ends, my keys, and other accessories accounted for and put in their places. I had gotten into the bad habit of leaving tips screwed onto cables and just stuffing them in whichever knitting bag was handy. I'm pleased that I didn't actually misplace any of them. Now if I could just find that danged camera cord as easily....
In all, I got a lot done tonight AND Pres Man put on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. He said we are going to watch them all before we see the new film next week. That sounds like a great idea to me.
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accomplished( Finished Cowl (big pictures because I thought the beads showed better) )
accomplishedLadies and Gentlemen, I give you our new velvet painting:
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I can hardly express how much I love this darned thing. Also, Pres Man hung it so that the light from a nearby lamp is nearly exactly in the correct place for the shadows in the picture. Now THAT is cool.
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excitedOMG, Roo!!! I just found Mirror Image3!!! It was at my apartment the whole time, apparently. I made Pres Man watch it and he was suitably amused.
For everyone else, this is a movie that my sister and Roo and I made a long time ago. Circa 1990, maybe? Anyway, it is this really awful murder mystery with a cast of three sets of identical twins, and the plot doesn't even make sense because we wrote it as we went along. It was totally awful and completely awesome and I'm so glad I have found it again. I'm SO burning it to DVD just as soon as I can.
Time to get some sleep.
I feel like I've gotten a lot done today already. I washed the Clapotis and it's currently blocking on our bed (hope it's all dry by tonight!), I've taken some pics of works in progress and new yarn and gotten them posted to my Ravelry account, trimmed Pie's claws, got some cat food, and got three new mousies. I discovered when Dawntreader sent Pie a mouse that he really likes certain kinds of catnip. I had thought he didn't, but I guess I was getting the wrong stuff. These new mice are flavored with organic catnip and he LOVES them. Too much, actually. He soaked the first one in cat slobber because it was too tasty and then it wasn't fun to play with anymore (for either of us).
We saw the new Terminator movie last night and I liked it just fine. Though I cannot look at Christian Bale anymore without thinking "That's effing distracting!!!" LOL
Our movie prices here went up again! Now it's nine dollars per adult! Outrageous. Though I see they have military and student discounts now, so we're taking our IDs next time. I am a student, dangit!
Tonight is the game and I'm looking forward to that. I don't know what I'll do to keep my hands busy, though. The cabled neck warmer is a little too intricate to do while preoccupied and I was foolish enough to do it in black yarn, which just makes it more fun. Maybe I can cast on for Mom's cowl. I was looking at the beads I got and I think I might be able to get a tiny crochet hook through them.
OMG, I just had the best experience on Ravelry! I was looking for a good cowl pattern for my GGH yarn, and I found a pattern that looked really good but it sadly was not free. Then I checked out where it was published and I HAVE THAT BOOK! Rock on. That's definitely going to be my project for tonight, and I think it will look good with the beads too.
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chipperHere are some YouTubes of music I like right now. They are not really "videos" so feel free to play them in the background.
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This is a good way to spend the evening. Chicken enchiladas, some knitting, and watching Brotherhood of the Wolf with Pres Man and Piewacket.
I'm about halfway done with the cabled neckwarmer. Looking good for finishing it by the time I see my sister.
I'm contemplating stringing beads on the fuzzy yarn I got for Mom's cowl. I'm not sure if they would look good as glints amongst the fuzz, or if they'd be totally lost and dull. I will have to test it.
I've been making myself stay awake. I wanted to go to bed as soon as I got home, but resisted because I didn't want to wake up at four a.m. Soon, though. And maybe I'll test my lovely new clock. It's iPodlicious.
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satisfiedThis is so cute! There is a cat who goes to the library every day while his family is at work, then comes home when he sees them return. I wonder if he thinks he's going to "work" too. :)
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amusedWe have a new TV! We found a Sony in the right size (26") and it was on sale, so we just grabbed it. We're watching it now and MAN is the picture clear. I think our old TV was probably in worse shape than I realized.
We went to only two places, but I'm feeling really good about our purchase. Thanks to everyone who chimed in with advice! I think it really helped.
We ran into my Philosophy instructor while we were checking out, and he was in a good mood. He came up behind us saying that the guy who was checking us out needed to run our prints or something because we were wanted. Pres Man asked him if I had passed. DID SHE PASS??? Har har. Dr. P said he had liked my little write-up on Rousseau (the rat bastard bit) so that's good.
It's going to be a sparse game tonight. Quix and Murasaki are germy, Siliver Dragon is working, and 12Stargazers has a meeting. Koganei and I are still going to try to represent the party. And 12Stargazers will hopefully show up before we get in too deep.
I got a new clock radio too. I had to settle for the floor model because they were sold out of the one I wanted, but that's okay. I got a discount and I think I'll be happy with it. Until today, I had no idea that the new trend in clocks was to arm them with an "alarm" that you can barely hear. Thankfully, this one has kind of a Whooping alarm that is loud enough without being the heart-attack inducing BRRRRNNNNT!!!! BRRRRNNNNT!!!! that used to be so common.
I keep looking up at this TV and saying "Look at that picture!!!" :D :D :D
happyToday was the third meeting of Geeks In Tiaras, which until last night I had forgotten about (oops). At TengaiCon, while 12Stargazers was recruiting more geeks, we all decided that meeting once a season would be a good thing, so this was our second quarter meeting.
We had three in attendance, which is not too bad since everyone and her dog has been fighting illness (plus it's graduation weekend). I had a very good time and got the Clapotis mostly finished. I have more ends to weave in, but I think I am halfway done with the ends all told.
AGAIN, it always takes longer to weave in ends than I think it will. I had forgotten just how many balls of yarn this thing ate. But it's looking lovely and I think I can finish the ends tonight at the game. Then, the dreaded washing and blocking. Dun dun DUNNNNNNNN.
After GiT, I went to Wildflower and bought extremely late Christmas presents. Mwha ha ha haaaaa. And a gift for myself. Remember how I mentioned that the hedgehog pattern people had made a cat pattern too? I own it now. YAY! Maybe I will make Pie a buddy that he can groom.
I think I broke Ravelry! I was on today and suddenly it went down. Sorry, everybody.
Last night I did some more work on the font. A german knitter pointed out that she uses a different keyboard than I do, and some of the characters that I mapped my symbols to are nearly impossible for her to use. After looking at Fonstruct some more, I figured out (I think) how to map those same symbols to both the characters on my keyboard and the ones on her keyboard, so hopefully she'll have an easier time. I sent the new file to her last night and I hope she'll try it out soon and let me know if it works for her.
I'm going to email the rest of my font testers this weekend and see how they're coming along. I'd love to release the font at the end of the month.
happySeen on Rowan's journal, ( What Kind of Woman Am I? )
I was surprised, since the one question I felt like was fishing for "dominance," I answered meekly. But whatever, I'll take it!
amused( Here's what I think Richard/Ricardus said in the season finale )
Holy crap was that a good show. I cannot believe I have to wait until 2010 for the last season. That is so frigging wrong.
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28bytes the government may start doing something about them soon. Thank goodness.
happyAside from learning that one of my friends is now the victim of identity theft (or at least, someone is spending her money for her), this has been a much better day. My voice has somewhat returned, I've rested a lot, and my throat is way less sore.
Also, tonight is Lost night. THE LAST LOST NIGHT FOR A LONG TIME, but Lost night nonetheless.
I got my papers turned in yesterday. Monday night, really. They were not that good, but I was working with a handicap, so bleh. They got in on time. Except for the survey that the MAC was supposed to fill out. Haven't seen that. I told my instructor that I had not gotten it back yet and that I'd return it as soon as possible. I do not think I should be docked for someone else's failure to comply, but we'll see.
Found the hedgehog pattern. Very relieved about that. No, I'm not telling where it was. *blush*
My left ear is deaf right now, due to clogginess and congestion. I'm hoping that'll clear up soon. I may break out the heating pad and just lay on it for a while to try to loosen everything up.
We have grasslings, and they look quite healthy. I'm hoping that the top of the yard (we have a hill) will soon look nicely grassy instead of spotty and dandeliony.
I have a new icon. I love it a lot.
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