Stigmata Knits

MacBlood

2007-11-04T10:12:00.000-08:00

I though some pictures of the set of Macbeth I painted would be appropriate here...now that it seems I can post again. In all it's bloody glory:

See more at my bloggy blog (the painty one)

My First Time

2007-08-07T19:14:00.000-07:00

Well hello all you beautiful unique knitting dolls. I just put up a post on my blog about starting a little project. It will be punked out knitting needles. No they aren't wood and I'm doing it all from scratch.

I do however have a little request... if you have a favorite theme or band let me know...
I have tons of ideas and I'm trying to narrow them down. I know this is a very broad request, but hopefully in a couple of weeks I can have my first set done and you can get a better idea!

I'm just a happy freaky knitter...

Hey Che' I posted a picture on my blog just for you.. you will love it!

R
www.freakknitter.com

OI

2007-07-13T20:00:00.001-07:00

Happy 13th to you all!

a little further

2007-07-09T02:46:00.000-07:00

Finally made it past the the little lace edge!!! Even though by the end of it I was 4 stitches short I just added them into the 4 rows of garter stitch. There was no way in hell I was going to rip it back one more time and re-start the lace as I felt inclined to do the last 7 times because I felt GUILTY, but I am so over it that I just wanted to get stuck into the good old stocking stitch.
And you can't tell anyway.
The only thing I'm not happy with is how this silk wool stuff tangles itself up.
On another subject anyone know how to get the shitty sheep stench out of wool?
I just can't seem to wash it out of the 'Hip Hop' wool I bought and knitted up my Straight Jacket' with.

Goth Bless Kittens!

2007-07-01T16:45:00.000-07:00

Im taking my personal blog to Msfortknit1, on WordPress Wordpress now cuz its sooooooooo super-duper-way cooler then Blogger. They have a free version and One that you can set up to work with a website, which I also now have!! I have a new email address as well, so come and visit! I am of course still adding stuff so hope to hear from all of you!

PS Thanks tons to Spinning Goth
and Freak Girl for allllll of their help setting up a Great Webhost that my ISP actully points to so I can have my own email address! You ladies Simply rule!

So I Guess Tasmania Must Really Exist

2007-06-25T22:18:00.000-07:00

Because Littleblackcrow lives there. And so do these guys, apparently.

Like pretty much anything else, they start out really small and disgustingly cute.

I could pretty much die from all the cuteness. I'd like to have, say, maybe a dozen or so. The cats would get kind of jealous, though.

This is me this week, with PMS in the middle of a hot, humid spell.
"I said NOT until I finish this bloody row, you bloomin' idiot!"

flashing my knickers

2007-06-24T02:48:00.000-07:00

Blush:) I made another effort and started again...I'm really good at counting to 190 now.
So I'm up to where the pattern starts.
I also started these...cos' I think I bought enough of this 2ply silk to last me a life time.....it's red and red is good!

No, no, no I'm not listening....I can't get sucked into another computer game, No!!!!
I very nearly lost all social skills, not to mention my BF (who is now an ex anyway),whilst playing Doom and Wolfenstein. My scores where so high they didn't fit into the text boxes that were made for them.
I can't do it again....but I've been hearing that there are some really cool ones out there.
Oh and Sev Dr Who starts next Thursday....who would have thought that Tasmania, (the dag end of the world) would get the good doctor before Stinkville, ha ha, ha!!
And Miss O' Kitten I bought more stuff from you today......couldn't help myself.

Illustrations by Charles Adams, the originator of The Adams family.

Isn't she marvelous?

Getting Off My Lazy Ass

2007-06-18T21:05:00.000-07:00

First off, welcome Freak Girl! And second I'm a lazy cow.

Dammit, I've got three handy-dandy new patterns that I should have posted oh, maybe a month ago but I've been too damned lazy to write the fool things up. That would involve getting a sheet of graph paper from waaay across the room and using a pencil.

I've also been sucked into a computer game. They should put a warning on the box: May Cause Addicitve Behavior. I go to work for eight hours, then come home and swear I'm only having a little taste of Arcanum and I'm only going to play for an hour, but nooooo, I look at the clock and it's usually close to midnight and I still haven't made dinner. I don't even want to alk about what happens on weekends. I used to do this with The Sims but I deleted that to make room for another game that was so dull I don't even remember the title.

I've gotten a tad disgusted with the game since I'm now stuck in a tunnel and keep getting killed by giant glowing spiders so I've picked up my knitting again.

Here's the right leg of a 1940's French Knickers pattern sent to me by Black Crow in my last PRGE box. I've been using some unlabelled rayon in a strange old-timey pinkish grey (not hot pink like the photo), I figured I could always dye them black or burgundy. They're a test pair. I've got a couple balls of black silk I pillaged from a thrift store sweater and I had cast that on but the lace pattern was so hard to see that I wound up frogging it. Plus it was that kinda yarn that has loose strands so if you weren't paying very close attention you get all these little loose loops all over. Feh. I might knit a second pair in the silk but without the lace.

I dug through my sewing patterns this wekend and found a couple of undies patterns I want to try. 1950's French Knickers, 1920's tap panties, and a fairly voluminous 1920's "dance set".

Check out Miss Geneve

2007-06-14T17:27:00.001-07:00

Alot!

Welcome, Freak Girl!

2007-06-10T09:19:00.000-07:00

So thrilling to have a new victim, I mean, member at Stigmata! Yay! [Actually, I just wanted to say "member."] *happy dance around the pyre*

Ok, so here's my latest FO, and I'm very excited because it's the first thing I've ever made that has sleeves.

Details on the yarn and stuff can be found on my blog, I won't bore you with them again here. Glad to see Sev & MsF are emerging from their holes; I've missed you guys. Contrary to popular belief, I do get lonely playing all by myself.

New member and new Projects

2007-05-27T12:56:00.000-07:00

K first I want to say hey to everyone and sorry that Sev' and I have been so busy with school! But it is summer and we have risen!hahaha Next we wanna say hey to our new doll,Freak Girl, if you dont already know her give her a looks shes amazing!

So,what the heck is everyone working on!? Im slowing working on this Girl friend shrug between school and being a mom and yes playing video games...its been forever I need it!! hahah ok yes write by all means I miss all of you!

Cheers!

Che'

Addi's are on a roll!

2007-05-19T14:38:00.000-07:00

I saw these on a post at Bad Girls Who Knit , tell me they arent the sweetest things ever! Shes got them posted as Addi Lace needles and she got them from The Yarn Lady.

Im going to see if I can find them direct and cheaper if so, Ill let you know!
PS This week went wayyyyy to fast! Oh well a three week class and then ive got like two free months! eooowww!!

cascading leaves assignment

2007-05-18T17:42:00.000-07:00

Miss Obsidian Kitten here is my assignment for your cascading leaves beanie.
I finished it last night.
I must admit that this is my second go at it as I stupidly finished it before noticeing that I had forgotten a whole pattern panel!
Otherwise it was a very easy to follow instructions.
I used 3.50 wooden double pointed needles as I've worked with this Jo Sharp, Silk Road Aran Tweed, before and have noticed that because of its texture you it tends to get a bit slack between some of the stitches leaving it uneven and you need to tug it gently to tighten them up , but not too hard as this wool tends to break easily. (make sense) Anyway to compensate I use smaller needles on projects like this that need to stretch.
So when I reached the last round of patterns before the decrease the measurements where exactly 5 inches.
It was nearly midnight before I finished but the instructions where so easy I could have knitted this asleep.
Thanks Miss O kitten for my new beanie, I'm already thinking about making another in black but not the Aran Tweed.

Make-a-Hat

2007-04-12T20:41:00.000-07:00

I just posted a one skein wonder-beanie easy-peasy pattern. Go help yourself. That is, if anyone's here.

Be Gentle With Me

2007-04-09T05:17:00.000-07:00

I ran across this photo yesterday. You guys have probably been considering laying into me like these stylish Victorian ladies are doing to this poor unfortunate chick.

Crawling Out of A Hole

2007-04-07T14:16:00.000-07:00

Sorry, guys. My wonky brain chemistry got the better of me and I sorta dug a big muddy hole and hid in it for a while.

I decided that the combination of tough school deadlines plus design deadlines wasn't letting me do stuff I really enjoyed--like coming here & playing with you guys, or designing things I was actually happy with, or even hanging around with people that live like three blocks from me. It was all making me tired and cranky and obsessive and more of an isolated, reclusive basket case who locks the door and leaves the phone off the hook.

Oozing with self-loathing! Ya can't have me without an oozing of self-loathing. Supersize me some self-loathing!

I'm thinking I'll give school a rest for a couple of semesters so I can fiddle with designs without going completely off the deep end. I think I can't multi-task very well if I'm bored with the things I'm working on and I'm definitely bored as hell with school. It all just winds up making me depressed and then OCD kicks in and I obssess on the wrong goddamned stuff instead of my projects. I can normally focus it on schoolwork but sometimes it just goes haywire and then I dig the big muddy hole and crawl in it for a bit.

Just thought I needed to ramble a bit & explain.

Meanwhile, I have got a skirt I worked up on my knitting machine a week or so ago, a pair of black lace kneesocks, and some skanky red rayon undies. Pictures and patterns coming up as soon as I round up some batteries for the camera.

Tap Tap Is This Thing On?

2007-04-03T07:10:00.000-07:00

I was relatively nervous writing this post, thinking that Blogger wasn't going to let me post.... you know, just because.... because Blogger can be a douche like that sometimes....

Anywhos, while Sev's been warring with moon men, I was making a blanket for my SIL who will be popping with a baby soon. Here it is:I plan on making one for my own little Bean, but it will most likely be black and green or black and blue. I will also have to find a baby friendly yet kick ass skull and crossbones for it. You know, something not quite so cutesy.

Guess what I got in the mail today?

2007-03-23T21:23:00.000-07:00

MY ACCEPTANCE LETTER INT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY!

Drinks are on me kittents!

Look, More Knitting...

2007-03-21T09:10:00.000-07:00

I have completed my Fake Isle Hat in two days. I am feeling rather pleased with it. I am not a huge fan of making complicated color knitting. It's tedious for me. It's nice to know that I can make a fair isle hat, at least. I made this hat to challenge myself a little.

Specs on the hat:
The yarns used are Lionbrand Wool Ease in fisherman (off-white) and one skein of Noro Kureyon in the # 153 colorway. The original pattern used black for the CC color. I decided to use the off-white, mainly to be different. I like it. The effect is very nice. Oh yes, I used US # 6 circular and double pointed needles to make the hat, as the pattern called for.

I LOVE this hat...

Irish Hiking Scarf

2007-03-17T11:04:00.000-07:00

I finally completed my second Irish Hiking Scarf. It took me a while, over a month, to finish. Not because the scarf is hard or demanding to knit. I had other projects going at the same time and I sporadically worked on the IHS Scarf, when I could. Well, I finished it last night.

I had to laugh that today is St. Paddy's Day, and it's my "Irish" Hiking Scarf. Too bad it's not green...

Specs on my IHS Scarf: I used 4 skeins of Patons SWS yarn in the color # 013 Natural Earth. ( I love the colors) The scarf too my over a month to make, despite being an easy pattern to memorize. I used US # 8 straight bamboo needles, throughout. Oh yes, my scarf measured approximately 60 inches. Another observation...this yarn make the scarf itself, quite heavy. It's a lot heavier than my previous Wool Ease version. Hmmm...?

Happy St. Paddy's Day, everyone!

The Devil Skull

2007-03-16T12:42:00.000-07:00

So, I was bored, this morning, and created this nifty knitting chart for anyone who want to use it. I am calling it The Devil Skull.

To use:
Click on the image to make it "real sized."
Right Click and Save As to your own computer.

If you use my chart, let me know if it works out okay. It has not been tested on a knitting project yet.

HAPPY KNITTING!

Can I Post?

2007-03-11T10:42:00.000-07:00

Oh, this blog is now in the new version of blogger. I think I can finally post and comment. YAY! This makes me happy. I have missed everyone.

I have been a really busy knitter these days. I completed a pair of dark teal Fetching gloves recently. I used 2 skeins of Rowan Wool Cotton for the pictured gloves. The yarn is great for hand-oriented knits. It's soft. I think I will make a second pair of these soon. I wear these often...

I have completed a pair of lovely pink spiral-y socks too. The colors are very me, too. These are pretty basic, but I think the colors do the "talking." The yarn was sent to me a little while ago from my Punk Rock Secret Pal. Yummy yarn!

Lastly, I just finished a sweater. I made this sweater for Project Spectrum V.2. February and March are for the colors Blue, Gray and white. So, I made a stash-busting sweater in those colors. I used 4 skeins of the lighter blue, one skein of navy blue and a minimal amount of leftover Sassy Stripes yarn from a pair of past socks. The design is a bottom up seamless sweater. I adore the yoke part of the sweater, myself. It also fits me nicely, which is a plus. LOL!

And these are my most recent finished projects that I have to share. I am already working on others. So, stay tuned...

Oh, before I forget...Some things should be changed in the side bar if this blog is continuing. My blog link is not correct anymore. My newer blog is: http://lanaknits.blogspot.com/. Also, PRKG's is no more. So, that can be changed to the new blog there too. It's Punk Rock Knitters at http://punk-knitters.blogspot.com/. Ok, I think that was it. I am off to add this blog back to my links...so that I can visit often and post too.

YAY for stigmata...

Lovies, Lana

Oh the horror

2007-03-11T00:13:00.000-08:00

So it is Fin we are on the new bloody blogger against our will but we love you, and we will be ok with this small deception of choice has made my flesh crawl. Ok yeah so if you wanna play with us again well send you an invite just let us know k?

Sev's jolly, jolly roger ski band

2007-02-16T15:54:00.000-08:00

Boo! I lurked here most days and thought it was about time I posted something new. Here it is!
This was so easy to knit up I have to make more of these. As you can see I definitely need one with all that hair...And its my own , no hair extensions here!
This is part of my Severina fashion collection as I'm still crazily working on the evening gloves and the Franken mitts!
If I keep going like this who knows maybe I'll knit up a new 'Severina' since the old one seems to have disappeared.
I hope she hasn't frozen in her little apartment!

GAH!

2007-02-07T14:33:00.000-08:00

After my billion and a half attempts to post and comment... if this goes through- I have no complaints about the switch if its decided to go forward with.

Did Sev's cat eat her? Maybe the Damn Knitted Thing rose against her yarny opression? Anyone?

Make the switch, bitch

2007-02-06T05:41:00.000-08:00

Che your gonna have to switch this goddamned thing over. Sev has disappeared and left you in charge.

But seriously though, does anyone have any objections to switching this thing over to the new and notimproved blogger?

Speak now or forever hold your peace.

grrr argh

2007-02-06T01:36:00.000-08:00

so how come i can post but not comment?

dam glooglebooger...

blooglegloggered

2007-02-06T01:30:00.000-08:00

hm, i don't think it'll let me comment now that i got bamboozled into new blogger, either.

lemme see if it'll let me post.

i'll try throwing in a gross picture of my evil cat for good measure.

alas

2007-01-24T12:59:00.000-08:00

I tried 17 times to comment but alas new blogger won't let me. :(

I've not posted because i've not pictures worthy. I know I've been bad. Maybe I need a good flogging to correct my wicked ways!

2007-01-18T11:31:00.000-08:00

It has been strangely quiet...Im thinking that Santa ate everyone except for Obsidian and me. I keep lurking and no one is posting...

*This coming from the bad blogger herself. Its just too much effort to upload pictures in 2007.

Where IS Everybuddy?

2007-01-14T12:57:00.000-08:00

I finished sumthing.

Help! Help! I Need a Pattern

2006-12-28T00:02:00.000-08:00

Mr. O’Kitten has asked me to knit him a sweater. An Irish cableknit pullover sweater. Like the above. But the pattern for the above
might as well be in Greek (no chart). (However, I do like that the guy in the photo looks a bit like an aging Colm Meaney.)

So I’m looking for an Aran cable pattern for a men’s pullover. Something kind of like this one (or, preferably, a bit simpler). I can cable, and have followed cable charts before.

Course, I’ve never actually constructed an entire sweater. But I'm very brave. And very good at following directions.

Here’s a good example of what I’d like to do. This is the sweater my grandmother made me when I was little. She was a very good knitter.

Although of course it’s a cardigan, and very small. Too bad, because otherwise it’d be perfect for Mr. O’Kitten.

Thank you, O Wise Ones!

Santa Brought Funny Reindeer...

2006-12-25T23:38:00.000-08:00

...to O'Kitten's house, and left two of them behind. They look like this:

Yep, I got Icelandic sheep for Christmas! We're calling the white one Thorn (easier to pronouce and spell than Thurisaz, and I like that it's also the name of the head vampire's dog in The Lost Boys) and the moorit grey one that looks like a little boar is Tyr.

Hope y'all all are having good hollydays. With fleecey good wishes,

~O'Kitten

Wishing All Well...

2006-12-24T09:12:00.000-08:00

I am just popping by to wish everyone a Merry holiday. Stay safe and warm. Also, best wishes on the new year too.

HUGS & SMOOCHIES!

Fortune falls....

2006-12-23T19:11:00.000-08:00

Its my beautiful grapel colored yearn from elann, silk and alpaca, now I have 10 skeins of it...sigh! Im am pleased! Ok so I went ahead and got those tripple zero's and double zero double points...I know Rach wanted to see how they looked close up! Theyre really not that teeny, im sure when I start k-nitting on them Ill feel different....At least I didnt do the quad' zeros, right?

So, its back to the wrapping o'da'hollowed-day gift thang and my.....

HAPPY CHRISMAHANAKAWANZAKA ALL! Thank you for being a part of my life!

Need I say more?

2006-12-22T15:37:00.000-08:00

Happy Solstice!
Merry Christmas!
Happy New Year!

SP Strikes again!

2006-12-21T10:06:00.000-08:00

Here is the lovely box from my PRGE (not so) secret pally Obsidian Kitten.
The spray of real lavender sits on my night stand. A bag of homemade kitty treat mix for when my girls decide to be good. Lavender and oatmeal soap with two candles graced by a spunky Catwoman action figure. Chocolate...oh the chocolate...one bar is Belgian and the second is Swiss. The Swiss one is called Art Bar and a portion of the sale goes to Art Education programs. How could you make chocolate more perfect. And then there is the Homespun handknit hat made of "llama/corridale & mixed wool" And it fits perfect. (maybe I'll get a pic when love and I are home the same time.) Thank you thank you thank you. You were the perfect secret pally even though you weren't quite so secret. It was fun to pretend though.

Flannel Jammie Skully Pants...

2006-12-13T21:50:00.000-08:00

...at Target totally made my day. Run run!

Happy Chrismahanakawanzaka!

2006-12-13T17:19:00.000-08:00

Finals are upon me.....

And I honestly dont think my own children will be seeing me....

Well at least theyre really going to hope that they dont.....

SO ignore me if I write you... PLEASE! hahah RIGHT....

Just so you all know

2006-12-13T16:27:00.000-08:00

Today its that Ho' Rachel's birthday! She tried to be sneeky and not tell anyone but thanks to modern technology I found out!

So make sure to run over and drop a happy one!

LOVE YA SISTA be safe and you know the rule:

So you have to make a choice!!

Yay, Goodies!

2006-12-11T07:29:00.000-08:00

I had to take time out from writing angry letters to Santa because I got this great package o' goodies from my PRGE buddy BlackCrow a couple days ago. The orange cat's tail wasn't included, since I've already got one of those and I don't think I need an extra one from Tasmania but you never know what will turn up in these boxes.

I have in my hot little hands a set of wooden knitting needles made from Tasmanian oak, a bamboo crochet hook, some flavored coffee (Frangelico and chocolate/mandarin) that I've already started grinding and consuming, a couple of late-1940's pattern books (Patons and Stitchcraft) that added about five more things to my To-Do List dammit, a pocket mirror, a skull button, and some gorgeous grey alpaca.

I've decided that with the vintage patterns and mountains of fiber I've gotten from both her and Obsidian Kitten that they're plotting to keep me from leaving the house ever again. Not that there's anything worth fooling with out there in the cold, cruel world anyhow.

See, I got me some gen-u-ine Tasmanian alpaca, sheared from gen-u-ine mutant two-headed Tasmanian alpacas which you would be able to see had I gotten a better photograph. Apparently mutant two-headed alpacas are a bit cannibalistic. But alas, there was no blood splatter on the fiber.

Blood and gore, yeah!

I have a monstrous, growing list of Things To Spin too, since I got all that llama & bunny fiber from O'Kitten, this alpaca, and I recently hauled out some long-forgotten fiber from the back of the stash.

The Horrible Orange Thing even got a little handmade dead mouse cat toy with blood clots embroidered on it, not that he deserves any new toys. The first time I stepped on it of course it was all wet and slobbery. He's such a filthy little dog.

This here's my Trailer Trash pocket mirror. Hopefully the use of this mirror will make me look like Trailer Trash, or at least more like the Trashy lass on the lid.

Back to gazing longingly at the lace blouse on the cover of the Patons pattern book. Mmmm, Patons.

From My Secret Pal-erina

2006-12-04T21:20:00.000-08:00

I got a surprise from my super-fabulous Secret Pal today! No, no, not turkey leftovers...she sent me Jennifer Stafford's DomiKNITrix: Whip Your Knitting Into Shape. It RULES because--(1) it has great patterns; (2) it's a fun read; and (3) the how-to's are excellent. In 3 easy pictures she taught me continental knitting, and I may (possibly? can it be?) permanently switch teams on this one. (Believe me, I'm as shocked and horrified as you are.)

Accompanying it was Paint It Black: A Guide to Gothic Homemaking. I preface my review by telling you that Mr. O'Kitten lives by the credo that you can do anything with spray paint and a glue gun. We decorated the entire Elks Hall for our wedding this way: some coat hangers draped with floor-to-ceiling swaths of gold dollar-store wrapping paper, a garbage-bin chandelier-cum-candelabra (turned upside down and spray-painted gold), and dollar-store plastic faux-crystal centerpieces (also spray-painted gold) bearing candles and sugared fruit.

[It occurs to me that some point I should post photos of this, lest you think me a complete lunatic. (I swear, I was entirely sober, it was completely fabulous, and a great time was had by all. Really!)]

But I digress. I was tickled no end to find that the Paint It author's first rule is Paint It Black (via our handy-dandy spray paint) and his tool of choice (after spray paint) is the glue gun. Ah, the joys of hot melted glue sticking to one's poor bare skin...

Yay! My Secret Pally rules! And this was a much-needed package because since Saturday the thermometer has been stuck between 18-20 degrees F (about minus 6-8 degrees C), and I had a shrink appointment today some 30 miles away. Ugh! Secret Pally I love you!!!

Oh, in the background above you can see another surprise I got today--a purple PVC catsuit from Mr. O'Kitten. (Wish you could see the color. And very very shiny!) An early Xmas present. Now I'm gonna be a SUPERHERO! Woo-hoo!

spiral sweater completed...almost.

2006-12-03T13:13:00.000-08:00

this is the button abnd to me nearly finished new spiral sweater... i still need to weave in 2 ends i believe... buts its DONE.. woo hoo.. im lovin it... im having issues uploading pics right now so this is all you get... for now..

Submitted For Your Disapproval

2006-12-03T10:46:00.000-08:00

Since I've been way too damn lazy to post anything lately I guess I have to finally put up the photo of me sportin' the infamous red woolly knickers. Sev does penance, I do believe. She's said a couple dozen Hail Santas and got lit like a candle so that should be enough.

You can see even in black & white the attractive fat-enchancing attributes of said red woolly knickers, especially so under a long black skirt and mangy 20-year-old Sex Pistols tee. Slap them over some zippy little black undies from Target and you got a party just waitin' to happen.

Oh, and the waist should've been knitted at least 4" higher than it is, being as I'm shortness-impared. Not that hiking your drawers up to your armpits is in any way attractive.

I'm quite sure this will wind up on some sad little grandma thunder-bloomers site. If nothing else it should at least amuse Rachel.

I'm Still Around...

2006-12-02T10:38:00.000-08:00

I have been around. I read this blog all of the time. The reason I have not posted in so long...Well, the old version of blogger is being a pain to me, lately. It randomly allows me to log in. Then, if I can get in...it gives me errors on occasion. Half the time it won't allow me to post images. *sniff* Today, so far so good.

So, I am including two pictures (if all goes well) of two recent knits that I have finished. The first image is a little hat I made with a NIN chart on the front. The intarsia turned out better than I expected. YAY! I will be making more, maybe the next one should be black. The current hat is a dark blue/green. LB Wool Ease in Pine Print. The NIN is made with a pale pink. LOL! It was more of a test hat...

I also finished a pair of socks, the other day. These socks are going to be an Xmas present for my Papa. The yarn is from my PRGE pal and I love the yarn, colors, etc. The colors sort of spiral all of the way around the socks. Interesting?

And that is about all that I have, in pictures for today. I am just pleased as punch that I could finally post something. WOO HOO! I hope that everyone is well and knitting away. Have a great weekend. HUGS!

Krap I Made

2006-12-01T14:15:00.000-08:00

My mom has this thing about apples, so I made her an apple potholder/warshrag thingie and a placemat. Okay, it's supposed to be a set of placemats, but I only got one and 3/4 of another of them finished and now mom & dad are heading south for the winter, so they got a knitting IOU instead. Not that they care. They love anything I make--or so they tell me, anyway.

Somehow this seems eerily reminiscent of the loopy potholder phase I went through back when I was 7 or 8, when everyone in the family got about 18 of those things for Christmas one year, but oh well. Mom and Dad were happy.

In case anyone was wondering where I'd got off to for the week, spouse abducted me one morning and took me off to Pennsylvania for my grandma's 89th birthday (and no, I didn't know we were going until a half hour before we left). I just got back. Where y'all been? I can't believe you're still eating Sev's turkey leftovers...

A Turkey of A Year

2006-11-23T11:01:00.000-08:00

In honor of Thanksgiving and the 1-year anniversary of my blog you're all invited to my place for Virtual Turkey. Doesn't it look yummy?

Yeah, I know I should've used a fancy-ass turkey platter and some cool antique table linens instead of unceremoniously dumping it on the counter but I'm special like that. I guess I should've also brushed the Virtual Dirt off.

Mmmmmmm, Virtual Dirt Turkey.

Napping

2006-11-20T16:57:00.000-08:00

I just spent the past week napping. After working for at least 30 hours straight trying to crochet and redo and crochet and redo the last bit of the Crochet Jewelery book project my brain went away and took a little nap for like a week. What kind of a lunatic thinks she can make Irish Crochet dragons? Huh? I feel another nap coming on just thinking about it.

I am officially off crocheting for a while.

While I was sleeping my cheap-ass university internet service ran out so I had no internet for three days and was much too lazy to deal with the software for my new service. It can't be much worse than what I've been using.

I need new batteries for the camera so you'll just have to wait for photo updates on Body Count Mittens, the 1940's Ribbed Blouse, and some damn fine Victorian Men's Stockings I've started in grey and black plaid using size 0 needles. Pattern up for that one in a couple days.

I still have to post photos of me in those red-hot woolly knickers and a zippy little spiderweb lace skirt I made a couple weeks ago.

Halloween went and slipped through my fingers in a haze of Nyquil and snot and deadlines and crocheted black cotton. But then every day is Halloween so I'm not going to get all het up over it.

And you guys didn't miss me at all. Sniff.

asphyxiated and exposed

2006-11-14T03:08:00.000-08:00

Severina you've 'Asphyxiated' you secret pal!!!

im moving

2006-11-13T08:33:00.000-08:00

ok folkies... I have been absent but I have been working 2 jobs (ew, thinking about how much I have been working makes me sick) and have been trying to start a new and improved bloggy...

so ... come visit me, and say hi... Im lonely..
www.continuethespiral.blogspot.com

check ya later.

Somebody Stop Me

2006-11-12T22:52:00.000-08:00

Another version of Blackrayne's Skully dishcloth (ok, I liked him better in a solid color) and two with some cute lace heart pattern. (Pattern links at my blog, I'm too lazy to post them here.) I can't stop knitting these damn things, mainly while watching reruns of CSI, X-Files, and Star Trek episodes, all of which I've seen so many times it's quite embarrassing. And yes, back to the needles I go...

On Old Grey Cats

2006-11-08T22:02:00.000-08:00

Don't go here if Ol' Yeller and Hallmark commercials make you cry.

But please send me some good warm fuzzies because I could use them, k?

Nothing to do with knitting (x-posted)

2006-11-08T17:37:00.000-08:00

I was checking one of my favorite sites today...I had to share!

My pally has done gone mad...

2006-11-06T21:54:00.000-08:00

Was that country enough? hahaha
check out my gift to relieve me from my weekend from hell......

I am so not worthy of such Pally! She made me some um your butt looks mighty fine in them skelly's doin the naughty pants, and sent me SnB Nation and as well as their Calander. She also sent me some skully needles!!! I guess I should also say that she sent my seedlings gifts such as a Dora book for eve which is certain to make her feel much better tomorrow and some lip gloss and nail decals for miss Tay'! I dont you about you kittens but I am feelin like the rest of this week shant be that bad after all!

In other news...have any of you been here? Its just they have Noro for so cheap and I think of Moon and all of her amazing projects with Noro...
Ok well Im off to go play with my.....new stuff you dirty minded things you!

Cheap'n Creamy

2006-11-04T20:07:00.000-08:00

I swear, Lily Sugar'n Cream is suddenly my new best friend. As you may've noticed, I just made my first dishrag (in blackrayne's skully pattern).

I then went on to make two bibs and a lil' matching spitrag for a baby shower gift. Me, I don't know from babies, but I used the highly-touted pattern from the Mason-Dixon book, and I think they're kinda cute. (So does Miss Morgan LeFay.)

It's going to be a girl, so I used cornflower blue and baby lilac (ha!). No pink. Eeek.

Now what I really want is a T-shirt that has the hokey Sugar'n Cream logo on it...then everyone would know just how cheap'n creamy I truly am.

Patterny Goodness

2006-11-02T06:33:00.000-08:00

Ahhh, my MagKnits pattern is up. Go knit some long-ass gloves whydoncha, except make yours look better than mine.

No posts recently because of a crochet jewelry project deadline for Lark Books. I spent the last couple weeks being the Magnificent Snot Factory and trying to keep my head from exploding and guzzling Nyquil is not conducive to crocheting things in itty-bitty black thread so I've been crocheting (and frogging things) like a mofo for the past few days. On top of that I think I need bifocals. Then there's the two design deadlines due on the same friggin' day as the crochet project.

I had a snappy little spiderweb lace skirt I was going to post fer the holidays but in the crocheting frenzy I forgot to photograph it, so it'll go up later. But then I didn't really make it just for Halloween anyhow.

Why did I think I wanted to be a designer? Huh? Am I a closet masochist or something? Or am I just a really cruel person who thinks this is a way to make more of you guys suffer? That must be it.

Trick or Treat????

2006-10-31T14:17:00.000-08:00

Happy Halloween

2006-10-31T13:24:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone is having a frightful, eerie evening :)

Ah, My Children of the Night

2006-10-31T07:16:00.000-08:00

Happy Howlowe'en, My Dearies!

As a little treat, I made Blackrayne's skully dishcloth.

Skully Dishcloth Photo Shoot, Part Deux

Today is the day they turn into witches' familiars...
oh, wait, that's every day. D'oh.

It's all fun and games until somebody loses an eye.

Happy Halloween

2006-10-29T09:52:00.000-08:00

We carved our family pumpkin last night...The kids did most of the work. It turned out quite well. I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Halloween. May the holiday spook the hell out of you. LOL! I am now off to roast some pumpkin seeds. Toodles!

An Actual FO

2006-10-28T11:13:00.000-07:00

I finally finished the Razor Cami that I started back in July.

The dark brown is Filatura di Crosa's Millefili Fine 100% cotton and the variegated is merino wool from Fleece Artist.

I should've made it a little bigger, but this is the pattern that some pixie made for size XS 30-32" bust, so I'm glad it worked out as well as it did. (Pattern said it would stretch...leave it to some tiny waif to define "stretch"...)

Still, I like it, I'm gonna wear it (um, with a bra or tank under it, methinks...) and it is, after all, both my first actual garment and my first stab at lace.

Well its the weekend of....

2006-10-27T20:41:00.000-07:00

Im watching A Boris Karloff Flick (1936)The Walking Dead. Its awesome! Ive never seen this one, theres another coming on but I really need to work on a paper and knit! Priorities, when will they end?

Whats everyone got planned for the weekend?

Who's Next?

2006-10-26T05:28:00.000-07:00

Err (at right)

Dr. Girlfriend

Really, she's just here for Sev. Because we could never knit her.
Unless maybe one wanted to make special wooly underoos for Dr. Venture.

But you couldn't capture her voice in a chart anyway...

Skull Illusion Scarf, Finished

2006-10-25T13:38:00.000-07:00

I have finished the Skull Illusion Scarf. Woo Hoo! It turned out pretty good, much to my suprise. You can see where I got bored with the striping. I added blocks of color to the scarf. I'm in love with wacky scarves.

So, what do ya think?
Oh, have a great day, girls!

"I'm doing it as hard as I can"

2006-10-24T21:48:00.000-07:00

Yes, Ignignokt materialized from bits of string.
As you can see, he is quite pleased to make our acquaintance.

Wee chart. I'm thinking of stuffing him and making him into a pillow, so I used some really chunky mystery yarn on size 8 US needles (15 sts & 22 rows = 4 in/10 cm stockinette). Worked with 22 rows seed (moss) stitch at top and bottom, and six at left and right, finished Ignignokt measures approx. 15 x 15 in (38 x 38 cm). Not that you asked.

Llamas Are Larger Than Frogs

2006-10-23T11:36:00.000-07:00

I got a cool little package from two of Obsidian Kitten's llamas--Graty and Llannie. They nicely included their portraits along with sizeable chunks of fleece. I didn't realise llamas could handle tape dispensers and color printers. Thanks guys!

The two purple bags at the top are crammed with angora bunny fur, both mostly white, one with a little light brown and the other with a bit of grey. Either one would blend up pretty well with Graty's light brown & beige spotted fleece and it only takes a smidge of bunny to make a nice halo in your yarn. Blended angoras don't tend to shed as much as 100 % bunny plus it's way easier to work with. Miss O'Kitten is working with the same blend and I want to see what she spins up.

I'm in the mood to spin up a hat and new fiber usually throws all kinds of projects into my brain. Stay tuned.

Less-Than-Vintage Projects

2006-10-22T14:10:00.000-07:00

Resistance is futile!

Here's the Robot Illusion Scarf that I finished a few days ago and should have posted by now. I knitted pretty much all of it while I had the flu so I'm surprised it really has robots on it at all instead of the Nyquil logo.

I like really long scarves but since I was working with a limited amount of yarn this was only 4 ft. long. If I had had enough of the black cotton/ramie (recycled from a thriftstore sweater) I would have done six robots instead of four. I had plenty of the rust yak/merino.

I was much too lazy to take a photo of the scarf dead-on so you don't see the robots.

I was going to add a rust fringe but I might just knit a rust and black hat.

My other project is Body Count Mittens using the casualty numbers from here. I saw that Karen's thinking of doing a set and I couldn't leave well enough alone. I've got some handspun in heathered green and a tan that seems to work pretty well, in an unintentional icky military kind of way. I didn't even consider the Desert Storm color scheme until I had already done the cuff and it was no turning back by that point.

This is how far I got before I ran out of the green, so I'll be spinning up some more in a couple days. I'd better not run out of the tan because I have no idea just what the fiber was and if I have any more of it.

I did get to use my flashy new red stitch markers from my PRGE pal for the first time. They all jiggly, mama!

Where's the cat? I have to blow my nose and I can't find the furry little snotrag.

New AntiCraft

2006-10-22T11:00:00.000-07:00

Samhain 2006 issue of AntiCraft is out!

I think I'm going to make the robot, spin & knit the teratoma, and etch me some glasses. Mebbe make the bracelet or something like it. I got burnt out on jewelery this last semester & haven't made a damn sterling thing in months. Months I tell ya!

So go make something new.

Paper Nerdiness

2006-10-22T10:35:00.000-07:00

To those of you who haven't bothered to visit RavensBlight and gotten some damn nice paper toys--for shame! Go download something and print it up. I'll wait. And you better have some frickin' glue 'cos you're not borrowing mine. I remember what happened last time. You borowed it, used most of it, lost the cap, and left the tube all sticky. You can just buy your own goddamned glue next time.

Here's a snazzy little hearse with a rotten old dead guy in a coffin.

You know ya gotta keep that back door latched otherwise the people tailgating you are in for a surprise as you're all tooling merrily down the highway. I think this is why Mr. Undertaker hasn't gotten a raise in quite a while.

Here's that same hearse, now run afoul of a shoddily-built Dalek. This was scanned from my 1979 copy of Terry Nation's Dalek Special and sorta slapped together all half-assed.

"Exterminate! Exterminate!"

Run Mr. Undertaker, run!

Ummm, yeah. *embarrassed*

Further adventures of my increasingly badly made action figures here.

evil halloween projects 1& 2 finished

2006-10-21T14:19:00.000-07:00

happy happy joy joy!!

2-in-1s

2006-10-20T02:50:00.000-07:00

The Alien Illusion Scarf has become two scarves in one. Began running low on the green yarn, plus it was scratchy, hence, two-in-one. It switches to the alien spaceships pattern I posted previously (ships which you of course can't see here because they are currently cloaked). More on this at OK blog.

I also worked up a new chart today of Ignignokt from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Stay tuned.

And now for something (almost) completely different [aside from additional evidence that I am suffering from knitting ADD]--a rabbit-raising friend gave me some bunny fiber, and I'm carding it with fleece from Graty's spring shearing. It's loverly, and soft, and you can pet it, and pet it, and ...

What? Oh...

Oh yeah, it's not only super soft, but it gives the llama fiber (in Sev's words) a halo. You can see the blend in the carder at top left, and in the rolags ready to spin in front of the box. Rabbit fiber is in the plastic bag on top of the box (yes, Sev, I gotta paper bag it before it goes all felty), and Graty's appaloosa fleece at right. I can't wait to start spinning this...just gotta card a little more first...

Choklit From Forn Parts

2006-10-19T17:01:00.000-07:00

I got stuck in traffic trying to come home; George Dubya is here for some useless fundraiser and is blocking every route to my house. If I didn't vote for your ass can I please go home the regular way? I might not throw anything.

So I finally get home and sitting propped against my apartment door was a box with customs stickers and an Australian postmark. My PRGE gifty thingy!

I opened the box and everything was all wrapped up in Aussie newspapers with strange little messages drawn on and all wrapped up in black string, so I got stuff to read. And pirate balloons to blow up.

Mmmm, I got some fancy-ass dark chocolate (now with teethmarks in it), some dark chocolate-covered coffee beans (one of my favorite chocolatey things), chocolate pirates & a frog (already gone), something I'd never seen before--chocolate rocks. These things look exactly like those tumbled stones you can buy but the damn things are edible. I'm supposed to share the rocks and some gourmet Jelly Bellies with my brother. Dunno, they might not last that long. ;)

Did I say chocolate covered coffee beans are one of my favorite things? I'll be a total ho for chocolate covered coffee beans. They don't necessarily have to be from The Chocolate Shop in Hobart *crunch crunch crunch* but I'll be a ho for chocolate covered coffee beans.

OK, somehow she knew that I did not have a pincushion, so she sent me a cool beaded handmade one and a couple packs of pins to go in it just in case I didn't have any of those either, so now I got no excuse not to get back to my sewing. The pincushion's the round thing in the photo with the floral patterned fabric and the really cool button in the center.

Mmmmm, I got a set of fancy stitch markers made with black and red faceted glass beads. She somehow knew that I'd been using those little cheap-ass plastic ones! The photo's so lousy you can only see the LBC tag they're tied to. The next thing I knit that needs stitches marked will have those in the pic so be patient! There's also a couple of balls of soy silk yarn that I've been dying to work with, as soon as I decide on a project and what colors to dye them in. Oh yeah, some nice Landscapes dyes and some lace pattern and I'm all set! Or I'll spin up and dye some accent yarn to go with it. *thinking and eating coffee beans*

So I've been rubbing and smelling the yarn and eating chocolate since I got home and that made the nasty ol' Republican cooties go away. Yes, I huff yarn. You should try it sometime, especially silk.

OK, Secret Punk Pal, you rule!

Damien likes the box but he's not so impressed by the balloons.

Did I say my PRGE pal ruled?

Coffee is good for the flu so you get all loopy from the meds and the caffeine.

Later comment: OK, Hobart is in Tasmania, making the choklit even more exotic. Suddenly I'm thinking of Errol Flynn and weird stripy animals with pockets. Mmmm, Errol Flynn covered in chocolate.

Good Enough for Atari...

2006-10-17T04:24:00.000-07:00

...But is it good enough to knit from? I was so not sure how to save it and upload it at a good enough resolution. Ergggh...anyway. I figgered you gals would give me an honest opinion.

The grey squares are optional in case you're using it to finish your Alien Illusion scarf (like I am), kinda trying to keep in that pattern of knit 3 rows, purl one.

Anyway, I'm too tired to be coherent now.

In case you're wondering, I did it in Excel. What a GEEK.

Thx!

~~~~~~~~ Updated sometime a day or two or so later (10.19.06 am) ~~~~~~~~
See a more colorful new & improved more nutritious version of my armada here or here.

Halloween Traditions?

2006-10-16T23:58:00.000-07:00

I've personally never been able to hang onto anythig long enough to claim it as a tradition for this fabulous time of year, but how about everybody esle?

Some of you are organised to craft for it, so surely there must be some tradition lurking in there!

On the haunted ginerbread house front, I have found literally that a front! Good old Betty Crocker what would we do with out her? Haunted Gingerbread House.

Knickers, Be Damned!

2006-10-16T13:40:00.000-07:00

Look. Red woolly knickers, all done and got the elastic all sewed in and everything. They look exactly like the pattern picture, imagine that. The fit's pretty snazzy, so far as I could tell in my fevered Nyquil-induced purple haze, except the original measurements are for a much shorter woman. The waistband comes about hip level making them a lot less grandma-bloomerish and more hipster boy-shorts style. Don't ask me why I decided to go with the vintage pattern measurements rather than my own real ones, but there ya go.

Pics when I can actually stand up without wobbling over. Prepare to point and laugh!

You'll notice that the yarn was from two different fucking dyelots, despite me ordering them at the same time. You'd think I'd have noticed the difference in the colors while I was knitting them? Noooo. But the flu has given me previously unknown powers of color detection and I discovered the difference while I was deleriously sewing them together on Friday.

So they'll get overdyed with black, I suppose. Landscapes makes some damn snazzy dyes so I guess I can dye the white Nature Spun yarn at the same time and then knit the vest that goes with it.

I wanted them black anyhow. Grump.

'Bots 'n' Snot

2006-10-16T13:23:00.000-07:00

This is how far I got on the Robots Illusion pattern before my brain and body ceased to function together. I'm using a yak/merino blend rust colored yarn I won from the Vintage KAL I'm in and the black is some cotton/ramie blend I scavanged from a thrift store sweater and it's what was left after knitting my Camisole of Death. There'd better be enough black yarn, dammit, otherwise I'm frogging part of a scarf I used some of the black yarn in.

I'm leaving out the big letter "I" in the center and instead I'm doing as many robots as I have yarn for. The yarn I'm using barely curls up at the bottom, unlike the alpaca I was using for the skull version which rolled completely up as I knitted. But it could have been the weight of the yarn since what I'm using now is pretty heavy stuff and the alpaca was fingering weight.

*wipes snot on cat*

because I was indecisive

2006-10-15T16:42:00.000-07:00

I just couldn't decide......

Yeah alright, alright so I'm joining in with the illusion knit, how original!
I have wanted to make this for the longest time.
Next on the go are 'beaded wrist warmers' and last but maybe not least
is the 'Kittyville Hat', using my secret pals 'brown sheep lambs
pride worsted wool!!! So there you go!
Now I better leave or who knows what sort of lurgi I might pick up, maybe
I'll just breathe garlic breath onto my monitor and keyboard to be on the safe side.

Batty McBat!

2006-10-15T09:54:00.000-07:00

I like bats. Bats are cool. I found a batty cloth. Isn't it cool? I love the purple color.
Ok, that's all I have to share this morning. Sev, I hope you feel better soon. Everyone else, enjoy the Sunday...

Typhoid Mary, Bartender

2006-10-14T17:25:00.000-07:00

Influenza Boilermaker

Cherry Nyquil
Orange juice

Fill one shot glass with Cherry Nyquil. Fill 8 oz. glass with orange juice. Drop shot glass into orange juice.

Cheers.

Going back to bed now.

Severed Fingers, Best Served Cold

2006-10-14T00:05:00.000-07:00

Y'all have posted stuff before from Monster Crochet; have you seen these--quite CSI, no?

I have yet to make any severed digits myself, but I think the painted nails are a really nice touch...I always love me a free pattern.

Hey, does anyone know where there's a make-your-own-knitting-chart website? Seems like someone mentioned this once...or free software. I have a lil' chart I wanna draw up for an aliens & spaceships border. I could just scan in my graph paper sketch, but it looks kinda like shite.

Makings of Halloween?

2006-10-13T20:18:00.000-07:00

Making something for Halloween does it have to be craft or can I get away with cooking?

I'm kinda hoping to get organised enough to do one of those gingerbread houses like they have at Christmas but turn it into a spooky house.

Amongest other things. I look forward to Halloween mainly for the prospect of what I can cook up. Witches FIngers, Ghosty Treats of all sizes and styles!

Happy Friday the 13th!

2006-10-13T17:37:00.000-07:00

And may I state that only Rachael would dare to procreate and spring forth her only daughter on this day! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILLY!

In other news!

I want to design a pattern to make this shirt!

I had to scribble the other girl out of it she was too cute and taking all the attention away from the shirt!

Tattoo, Ahhh-Choo!

2006-10-13T15:23:00.000-07:00

I'm busily working on a fine case of weapons-grade flu so I'm too feverish to take new pics of tats right at the moment. In the meantime I've hauled out one from last year. Cough, hack-ack-ack-ack!

Here's my bats last summer before the bruises faded. I decided to not post the one when it was still bleeding and covered in plastic wrap, but I could always change my mind. Sniffle, dribble.

You can see the top of my spiderweb across the shoulder. I got the web 20 years ago when I was in the embryonic stages of Becoming A Spooky Person. There's also a Celtic cat on the left calf and a pair of Celtic figures on the right calf, both of which are in dire need of touching up before you can't tell what the hell they are anymore. Sniff, snot, snork.

I keep planning a big scarab with outstretched wings on the right upper arm but I've been too lazy-assed to finish drawing it. Cough, grumble, sniff.

Yes, I'm that pasty white all over. I like the contrast between the black ink and dead-white skin. I've worked long and hard on that moon tan! (My Super-Secret Pal calls hers an Arctic Tan) Ahhhh-choo, sniff, snort.

*staggers away to finish knitting woolly knickers*

45 Seconds of Funny

2006-10-11T20:36:00.000-07:00

Darth Vader Being a Jerk

Secret Pal Strikes Again!!!

2006-10-11T18:52:00.000-07:00

Secret Pal you so rock!
Saturday I decided to run home after work before running to the theatre on a sheer whim. I thought maybe I'd grab a bite before spending the evening crawling around to paint the brick below. Lo and behold there was a box on my doorstep. Inside the box was this...

And inside was this treasure trove...
There are cookie cutters to add to my vast collection (how did you know??!!) in ghost, pumpkin, bat and black cat. A craft kit for a Bat halloween bell. A foam stamp with a skull, gravestone, spooky tree and ghost. A delightfully creepy finger candle with a skull ring tied to it. Spider shaped glitter confetti. An absolutely beautiful charmed folding scissor necklace...(much needed since my scissors often end up under my butt on the couch.) A Ghirardelli "intense Dark " chocolate bar with espresso beans. I nearly died at the sight of that. It is being saved for some intense me time. Lastly was a crafted halloween mix cd full of some my favorite music...quite a creepy eclectic mix. This will probably be my new painting cd.

Again...thank you thank you thank you. Secret pal you rock. Your gift actually convinced me to stay home and take the night off.

Alien Resistance HQ

2006-10-11T14:50:00.000-07:00

First 36 rows of my Alien Illusion Scarf.
Everyone is quite intrigued, including yours truly.

I got a really cool early Halloween present.
And you can see my long-tailed kitty. I waited 34 years to get a tattoo, and it was a souvenir from our honeymoon in NM.

A Fascinating Illusion

2006-10-10T23:07:00.000-07:00

I have begun knittin on my illusion scarf. I am impatient, what can I say? I am finding illusion knitting fascinating. I waste a lot of time just looking at it..."How cool is that?" I declared to my husband about 10 times just tonight. He now thinks I am weird. Ok, he has always found me weird...but this just verifies it.

So, I have finished the skull/chart portion for the time being. I have decided to just continue in 2 x 2 color rows in garter stitch for the length of the scarf. I will then turn around and add the chart/skull on the other end. Add Fringe and voila.' Not bad...not bad at all.

I think this will be my Halloween knit for this year. It's all skulls and spooky, right? I just don't have the time to begin anything too involved. I have other projects going as well as other life obligations. So, this scarf will be for Halloween. Gah, I am so behind on some things...

I am now off to bed. I just had to share the cool photo. HUGS to all!

another fine mess I've gotten myself in

2006-10-10T21:45:00.000-07:00

Now don't be afraid it's only the little black crow...Finally crawling out of her crypt to say ahhhhhhh!
Oh I've been keeping a close eye on the goings on in here and as usual I'm always behind the 8 ball!
I've never done or made anything for Halloween....Except for maybe wishing my niece happy birthday.
So I best get crackin and find myself a Halloween project before I find myself turned into a voodoo doll and Sev starts to stick the pins in!

I'll be back!

Hey Little Dollies!

2006-10-10T10:15:00.000-07:00

Hooow are you all? So I go a fantastic Swans cd last week, its actually a double cd. And its really cool! I think im going to get them all!
I've also been working on this very sweet pattern with eyelets in it that seve gave to me. Well my fucking needles are too big. It looks like a holy mess to me and now im pissed! I stated to frog it but I stopped so I could show Rachel what it looked like. Im using this wavy yearn and its really tickin me off. I thought that a 7 would be a pretty ok size but its not looking that way. Again tickin me off. I am starting to feel unloyal to that dress for the baby. Especially since I have to make Christmas stuff for the fam and get a few things out for friends.
Pattern:
I want to do a Scarb of course, I used to have a link to this site that allows you to make your own patterns with pictures but I don't know if I do anylonger? Maybe I should check my page? Does anyone know of anything like this?

Back to happy what do all or you think about setting up a chat room for our page to meet a few times a month to write about everything and knitting?

Sorry for the crabbiness, you think that getting laid would have released that ANGST? hahahah

Some Stuff I Made

2006-10-10T00:42:00.000-07:00

Because Severina commanded it...pics of a few Halloween things I've made.

Hallowreath, copied from one I saw in a magazine.
Made from an old feather boa and wire coat hangers.
"No wire hangers...!"

Crappy pic of cross-stitch done last year,
but you try getting a photo of 18 stitches per inch.
So I scanned her, beads and all.

First year we lived here on the farm I found this on the back nine...

...and made this for Halloween. It stays up all year round now.

I will soon put more Halloween pics up on my blog, but I'm too busy starting my Alien Illusion Scarf tonight. Woo-hoo! [I did wind up ribbing the bottom b/c I couldn't stand the curling, whether it would block out or not--it was aggravating me.]

Welcome to Roswell

2006-10-08T23:26:00.000-07:00

I'm thinking of making the [yawn] Alien Illusion Scarf in the S'n'B book ... BUT ... it'd be in honor of the pilgrimage to Roswell, NM we made on our honeymoon...in the S'n'B colors (what else am I gonna do with that fluorescent green yarn I have?)

Unless Sev comes up with some nice bots or a skellie...or maybe some bats. Anyone find some bats?

I think I need some sleep...

Chosen Yarn For Illusion Scarf

2006-10-08T16:55:00.000-07:00

I have chosen the yarn that I will be using in my Skull Illusion Scarf. In an effort to use up yarn that I already have in my stash...I am going to use cheap acrylic in white and lavender. I am not going to begin knitting my chosen scarf right this minute. I have to finish up a few other projects first. At least I have chosen the yarn, so far...

So, what is everyone else knitting for their scarves and yarn/colors? Do tell...because I am damned nosey.

Ankhs A Lot

2006-10-08T10:04:00.000-07:00

I got some ankhs too! Pattern here, if you haven't already seen it. It wound up being a little larger than it should be for an earwarmer (even for my big head) so I'm going to have to reseam it with one less ankh. I might try tossing it in the washer and felting it first, so even if it doesn't shrink much in the dryer it won't unravel when I cut an ankh out.

I wonder what the icicle nylon will do in the dryer???

Isis Sweater Vest

2006-10-07T18:14:00.000-07:00

Isis Sweater Vest,
originally uploaded by isis2.

Ok Sev, since I have not began any Halloween knits just yet. I am going to post and share my Halloween knit from last year. It's my Isis Sweater Vest.

The vest is loosely based on the "Vest" section of Vogue Knitting, fall 2005 issue. (I think) I had to edit the pattern to make my size. I also found the Ankh somewhere online and just added it by knitting intarsia. It was my first successful intarsia that was not tiny. LOL!

What do you think? I am now off to go and find something to knit for Halloween, this year. I am SO behind. EEEK! Happy weekend, girls!

I Got Nuttin....But This Web

2006-10-07T17:00:00.000-07:00

It's not that I don't want to see Sev in thunderpanties (which I do, btw), but I'm just a follower and here's my Halloweenie project:

It's not any further along than when I blogged about it last, because I haven't touched it in a week. Been to busy decorating the dungeon and nailing and hanging and unearthing long-packed items into the new house. Once all the boxes are gone I'll even post some pics!!

Now, Sev, c'mon, panties please????

Isn't Every Day Halloween?

2006-10-07T15:33:00.000-07:00

What's this? It's Severina and she's glowering at everyone. She'll keep glowering until her face freezes like that.

Why? It's a week into October and she hasn't seen anyone's holiday projects. She's starting to suspect everyone is holding out on her and you're keeping all these festive knitting/crocheting projects a secret.

She doesn't like secrets, and she'll worm them outta every one of you.

You'll also notice that she isn't above hiding her own damn projects under the sofa and hasn't posted a single frickety Halloween-inspired knitting or crocheting thing herself. So she's glowering at herself in a mirror as well hoping this will get her off her crafty ass and get knitting on some skeletons or bats or zombies or some such cheery item.

She's also threatening to post pictures of herself wearing those giant grandma thunder-bloomers she keeps knitting. Nobody wants to see that.

So let's see some knitting or crocheting projects, even if you made them last year or in the last decade. Anything to keep her from posting those photos.

im alive.... but BUSY

2006-10-06T20:19:00.000-07:00

this i cannot post on my regualr blog for fear of the recieving end of it to see it early but i have been dyeing to post pics of it... i am making this bag for a tool swap (tool the band) and i embroidered this logo onto corduroy by hand drawn by me.... i love it so much... this is what has been keeping me from posting and knitting..... time SUCKER! but its so worth it.. im in love.
this is the lining of the bag. its rad sheet music... i got it at the joanns in ..... hmmm somewhere in montana... Helena. thats where.... yep good stuff... theres an elasticy pocket and a long pocket with smaller pockets sewed in it and then a smaller pocket on the opposite side...
i dont have picture of the back but its a clear vinyl pocket that i am going to put pics of the band in it and it will be interchangable... this bag effin rocks... i still have to do the strap but im not too worried about that... the hard part is so done with!!!!

anyways. sorry its not knitting content but i just had to post this amazing bag!!!

Scarab/Lotus Button

2006-10-06T13:26:00.000-07:00

Hey Msfortuknit, here is a scarab and lotus flower button I made, as requested. I hope that it's okay? I know it has pink in it...and not completely "goth" looking. I like it though. Hehehe... Anymore button type requests?

Ok, have a great weekend girls. I shall be around...

My SP Rules the Universe

2006-10-05T22:35:00.000-07:00

I got me a package from my Punk Rock Gift Exchange Secret Pal, and it wasn't rotten potatoes! (Darn, and I had such a hard time finding a good Moldering Potato Pie recipe.)

Elke Sommer* came bearing many gifts.
The amazing assortment of exotic fibers for my spinning delight includes:

--cultivated silk noil, some carded & some roving
--gold dust sliver (1/2 brown cotton, 1/2 tussah silk noil)
--camel down (yep, CAMEL down, in an amazing light cinnamon shade)
--mahogany cotton roving/fox fibre colorganic ("color darkens every time it's washed")
--yak down ("dehaired fiber") I really did think she was making it up about the yak. I'm that ignorant. Buttery soft and brown like a Hershey's kiss.
--and a big bag of 56's heather grey wool top (combed Australian and domestic wool)

And as if this wasn't enough to make me weak in the knees (all that petting, mmm...) there was also a gorgeous black silk/wool Bat Lace Scarf for me! Bats! Bats! Bats!

Did I already say bats?

Isis: Can you eat it?
OK: No, demon seed! That's mine!
Isis: It smells like kitty...
OK: Well, that's because she wove in a little fur from her own demonseed. That's what we do to bad kitties, you know...we knit them into SCARVES! [evil laugh]

Plus a packet of Brown Nankeen Cotton Heirloom Seeds, a 1970 Police Gazette, and a 1953 True Confessions. (More on those elsewhere...)

There was also this unusual object...

Later...

My flash startled all parties involved. I have not yet determined the exact nature of this strange pod--but I am certain that I am afraid to go to sleep.

Now I wonder if those really are cotton seeds after all?

Must...not...go...to...sleep...

*Elke Sommer - This German-born actress, who appeared in the 1966 film The Oscar, claims to have seen the ghost of a middle-aged man in a white shirt in her home in North Beverly Hills. Guests in her home have also seen the specter. So much paranormal activity was reported in the house that the American Society for Psychical Research was brought in, and which verified the unexplained events. The severely haunted house was bought and sold more than 17 times since Sommers vacated it, and many have reported ghostly phenomena."

Price fixing whores

2006-10-05T13:24:00.000-07:00

Price fixing makes me MAD! Here is more of the story. Read her blog, its pretty interesting!

I also encourage many of you to put the button on your blog. Yarn is too much money now and we dont need these companies fixing the prices!!

I also like this blog.

Stigmata Knits

MacBlood

My First Time

OI

a little further

Goth Bless Kittens!

So I Guess Tasmania Must Really Exist

flashing my knickers

Getting Off My Lazy Ass

Check out Miss Geneve

Welcome, Freak Girl!

New member and new Projects

Addi's are on a roll!

cascading leaves assignment

Make-a-Hat

Be Gentle With Me

Crawling Out of A Hole

*Tap Tap* Is This Thing On?

Guess what I got in the mail today?

Look, More Knitting...

Irish Hiking Scarf

The Devil Skull

Can I Post?

Oh the horror

Sev's jolly, jolly roger ski band

GAH!

Make the switch, bitch

grrr argh

blooglegloggered

alas

Where IS Everybuddy?

Help! Help! I Need a Pattern

Santa Brought Funny Reindeer...

Wishing All Well...

Fortune falls....

Need I say more?

SP Strikes again!

Flannel Jammie Skully Pants...

Happy Chrismahanakawanzaka!

Just so you all know

Yay, Goodies!

From My Secret Pal-erina

spiral sweater completed...almost.

Submitted For Your Disapproval

I'm Still Around...

Krap I Made

A Turkey of A Year

Napping

asphyxiated and exposed

im moving

Somebody Stop Me

On Old Grey Cats

Nothing to do with knitting (x-posted)

My pally has done gone mad...

Cheap'n Creamy

Patterny Goodness

Trick or Treat????

Happy Halloween

Ah, My Children of the Night

Happy Halloween

An Actual FO

Well its the weekend of....

Who's Next?

Skull Illusion Scarf, Finished

"I'm doing it as hard as I can"

Llamas Are Larger Than Frogs

Less-Than-Vintage Projects

New AntiCraft

Paper Nerdiness

evil halloween projects 1& 2 finished

2-in-1s

Choklit From Forn Parts

Good Enough for Atari...

Halloween Traditions?

Knickers, Be Damned!

'Bots 'n' Snot

because I was indecisive

Batty McBat!

Typhoid Mary, Bartender

Severed Fingers, Best Served Cold

Tap Tap Is This Thing On?