Snoozing

Unfortunately, doubt I will be blogging much.

Snoozing till Nov :)

Buzy

Off the crafty.
Have not been checking the craft side - blogo-sphere, email, etc related stuff.
So apologies for slow and non-existent replies.

Too busy to make/create stuff, so nothing to blog about.
Most times tired of the blogging as well (it's getting b-o-r-i-n-g! Need to try other stuff maybe)
Work work work.
Things to plan, things to organise.
Moving soon. Saying good bye to inner city life. Sigh.
No more house hunting - yay!
Thinking if I should change hobbies (so much fabric/etc/etc accumulated in such a short time. Regrets hit you when you need to move)
Blah blah blah ...

Back in mid-July, maybe.

Take care,
k

The unfinished objects report

Whoa, it's April - so much for finishing projects. I was/am a little too gung-ho with the knittery and had a bout of RSI-strains and have been (and should be) off the needles. In the mean time, the projects have grown. Thought I should document them to keep track. Here goes:

1) Crochet scarf (from ISBN978-4-277-17217-2): 4/20 or 24

2) Hexagon blanket (from ISBN978-4-415-10365-5): 9/85 Manage to achieve gauge so will aim for the total of 85 as in the book.

3) Ripple lap blanket: 7/70

4) Shawl/Wrap to be (Leaf and Acorn): Might be a little ambitious but it's for an occasion, so one needs to be ambitious.

5) Experimental raglan something: Got bored following patterns (you know me) so found some guides to do a custom something, so we will see.

6) Sidewinders: 1/4 of ONE sock

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2) and 3) I was initially aiming for a row and a hexagon a day - but currently about 3 weeks off "schedule", but who's counting?

4) Went to check something on the weekend and was around the area - so got more yarn from Pear Tree. It's meant for an occasion so I thought I would get better yarn for it. Except ... I got other yarn (for a jumper perhaps) from them as well. So there goes the spare "craft" money budget (not that I have not bought anything for a while now. Yarn addiction to cure fabric addiction ?) I intended to do the shawl in two colours (ground stitch in one and the leaf motif in another) but bleh.. I can't figure it out from the text. I tried to graph it but who am I kidding with my beginners knowledge.

A few reasons seems to be prolonging my knittery/crochet spell - expensive yarn (it's a waste to not use them right ? Don't remind me of my Japanese fabric stash from last year), and they are all going to be something useful for me (unlike softies - fun creative experiments, certainly less boring and the 3D-ism is a good challenge but what am I going to do with all of them?)

One down

Well, I hope the Easter break was good for you. I got some stuff done and didn't get other stuff done. I practically stayed away from the computer. Still no sewing or feltyness, but I managed to start and finished this scarf. The secret is big needles and chunky yarn (from Pear Tree). Feels like a long time since I finished something so yay! Need to check how to do blocking.

Speaking of not finishing ... I have another owl to stitch - I managed to get a spot at Brown Owls last week. I was sitting near Jhoanna and Anna Laura. Nice to meet them again. And Brooke showed me how to cable cast on (I have my own dodgy method of long tail cast on).

And another yay for a 4 day work week.

Seven

[Yarn "remnants" from Pear Tree. Lovely natural colours. Purchased at a steal from the show]

Since we are on a roll with the memes ... Chalk and cheese tagged me sometime ago for 7 things. Here goes:

1. I was one of the last among my peers to get a mobile phone.

2. Rabbit > dog > cat. Medium to big smart dogs > pretty dumb dogs.

3. Yet to get my driver's.

4. It took me 5 hours to knit about 2000 stitches (including frogging) for the sock the other day.

5. This Easter message made me laugh.

6. Got another rent increase today. I thought we were going to be evicted, so I guess it is a good bad news. Sort of. But I hope we get a place soon.

7. Saw this on Chalk and Cheese's list: I like Okonomiyaki too.

I am not tagging anyone but feel free to play along in you like.

This is ...

... my creation -> Bunny part No. XYZ.

Well the show was fun - lots of chatting and listening. I finally met Angela (also other lovely people) and remembered to play along. Better late then never.

Thanks to Betty the Geek for yesterday's installment.

Look out for the bunnies!

[Made me laugh! Lime mug = happy, via Ikea]

It's all quite late-ish (got the confirmation email few days ago, wouldn't change even if I knew earlier except maybe more parts to bring haha) - I will be a volunteer at the Living Creatively stand at Stitches 08. My slot is the last one on Sunday 16th March from about 1 to 5. The plan is for me to bring a few softies and stitch some softies (maybe more feltyness than softies) there. I don't have much stuff around so am going to grab what I have - most likely some experimental bunny parts and whatever else I can make. If anyone's going on Sunday, look out for the bunnies and come say hi.