Funky Cat Studio

Current Mood: bored

I think once I start waking up at a decent time (you know, -before- 1 PM) I’ll do my SL thing during the day when my mom is at work (its too slow on my end when they’re both on SL) then do my other things for the rest of the day.

Movies!

Today though I watched Get Smart (totally awesome and perfect!), Evan Almighty (really funny!) and I just now finished Ironman.  I loved Ironman.

“This is perfectly safe…. *BLASTS off screen* …. I was not expecting that.”

Knitting!

So good thing I brought my Ravenclaw scarf along.  I worked on it a bit on the ride of here and got another set of bars done.  I’ve got 2 more sets to go then its done!\

Writing!

Also going to be working on a new book project for Q’lanth.  Well its not exactly new.  I wrote it earlier this ear I think and its the story of Adrian, starting at the age of 13 when.  Katie read it as the prolog to my trilogy but I think I’m just going to roll with it and turn that into the beginning of a book to preceed the trilogy (or is it proceed? damn headache…).  I’m going to title it something about Rose, Blossoming Rose or… something.  Because its about Adrian turning into who she is when the trilogy starts.

Haircut!

I may get my hair cut properly Wednesday.  I didn’t mention it before but I cut my own hair a couple Fridays ago.  I had a total lapse of sanity and just did it.  It feels soooo good short but it looks like crap.  Really though I’ve never been a hair person…. I’ve only truely liked one haircut my whole life.  There was one more after that that came close, though.

What I want is something fun and funky! I actually found a picture done in Pose of a gal who has hair like I’d imagine Zyra’s to look after she gets it cut and that would be totally awesome hair.  Its too bad I can’t cut it like that.  Why, asks you? Nobody has any clue what I try to tell them what I want my haircut.  >.<  So why bother?

Damnit all, I forgot my hairspray at home.  I was going to bring it and play with my hair some.  Ah well.

…

So yeah.  That’s that.  Just gonna take some chill time.

Current Mood: enthralled

Behold! A mighty scarf! I’m using Caron Simply Soft in Dark Country Blue and Heather Gray, 2 size 6 Silvalume circular knitting needles.

I love this project. Its easy, mindless and… quick. Most people on Ravelry seemed to really hate making these but I’m really enjoying it. I can see slow knitters getting impatient over it, though.

And we all need some brainless work sometimes, right?

But really… if I can find a good set of blue and bronze, I’ll make the book colors, too. And I’ll probably make a Gryffindor scarf after that for no other reason than those were my high school colors. Wouldn’t that be neato? Actually, maybe I’ll make it after this one. Yeah.

And man is it soft! Is feel sooo nice. And it looks awesome, except where my stripes are. Grr. But I’m very proud of it.

I haven’t been doing a whole lot of anything but writing and meandering about the room here. I started tackling my desk area just a bit ago. Sometimes cleaning is a nice, mindless thing too. I’m trying really really hard to throw out (or donate) as much as I can. Because less is more.

Current Mood: calm & confused

on June 10th I started AntiCraft’s Swamp Witch.

Here’s what it looks like up close:

And here’s how freaking WIDE it is:

I didn’t realise its twice or more the width of the ones shown in the pattern and other people’s Swamp Witches shown at Ravelry.

Sigh.

Actually, I love it. I love how it looks and feels. I like how it feels when I test-wear it. I like how it drapes and moves and where it falls. So I’m not complaining :-p

I was horribly confused about how many stitches to CO. I did 48 on size 19. I’m thinking I did too many. :-p That’s okay though! I’m loving it! I am soo going to make more of these as time and money permits.

Hi all! I have all sorts of stuff to blog about, but I’m having a hard time figuring out how to do that :-p I don’t want one monstrous post but I don’t know if I want to do multiple in one day. *shrug*

So here’s a painting I started today. I don’t know what I’m going to do with it. I just had an overwhelming urge to slap something around. So far, acrylic (real gold, cheap stuffs), water colors (yellow, cheapo) and gel medium used. Yes, I have other paintings in this stage, but, you know:

AND, I’ve finally jumped on the Snuggles bandwagon. Cheap Red Heart, Red Heart Baby Soft and Softee Chunky used:

And last, and most painfully not least - My PoA movie color Ravenclaw HP scarf started at LAST! I decided to go ahead and cast on today. I bought the yarn the other day. Caron Simply soft in Heather Gray and Dark Country Blue on size 6 circs. SIZE 6! *screams* I need to go get 2 more things of the blue. It can wait though since they have no dye lot (my ass…):

Annd… I’ve really backed away from all my Y! artsy e-groups and I backed out of all those nifty challenges ages ago, though I’ll keep Art Buzz on my list because I like her challenges. Just because… I don’t know. I’m on no-mail on the one group I really like and can’t think of, because I just wasn’t reading the e-mails anymore :-/

Aaaand, I think I’ll take a break from knitting all those damn dishcloths :-p If I can just finish my damn techno ripple shawl, then I’ll have a 6 to do dishcloths with. So let that be a motivation to myself to finish the techno shawl, even though I’m not sure how big it’ll get on the 32″ I have… bah.

Found by accident from Sticks n Strings

*Mark with bold the things you have done, with italics the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest plain*

Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with bananafiber yarn
Domino knitting (=modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
CardiganToy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Baby items
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffitti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Knitting to make money
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colours
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cosies…)
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone elses handspun yarn
Knitting with dpns
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Knitting two socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars simultaneously
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/armwarmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public