I knit a WHOLE sweater! I am so pleased. But this is less about knitting a sweater, and more about blocking. Because blocking is VOODOO. So my sweater is 100% wool. I knew that you could do a lot with blocking, but I had NO idea how much. As soon as it got wet, the [...]
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Crafting away a problem
March 29th, 2012
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I found myself faced with a problem recently. – I usually work nights and need to sleep in a bit. – My apartment (and bedroom) faces east. – My boyfriend likes to wake up with the sun. – I cannot change the (white, vertical) curtains as per strata rules. – Winter Summer is coming The [...]
I made things.
February 2nd, 2012
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My mothers birthday was last Friday, which means I can talk about the Super Secret Project I was working on prior to her birthday, since she reads my twitter. So my mother had her living room redecorated not too long ago. It’s gorgeous, with beautiful chocolate browns, gold, tan, and dark red accents. I have [...]
I made this!
January 25th, 2011
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I mentioned a few weeks ago that I needed to start making things again. That night, I hit up Michaels, bought some yarn and other sundries… and this book. So tonight, the marmot came over for some claying and we sat around, drank a couple of gin & tonics, ate some tasty, tasty yam fries, [...]
Still not King
October 10th, 2010
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(Title of post a nod to the Very Secret Diary of Aragon.) Oops. I wrote this … two weeks ago, and forgot to post it. So, imagine you’re reading this somewhere around the 27th. Another weekend completed, and that brings the end of the main SCA season for us. (There are a couple of events [...]
An Adventure in Sewing
September 3rd, 2010
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So one of the things with this SCA stuff is that making things is much less of a hassle than trying to find exactly what you want, and infinitely less expensive. So, I’ve been sewing a lot more. Excellent. One of the things we needed was some form of heraldry. A couple of tournaments have [...]
A wee bit of soapy fundraising
May 26th, 2010
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These just got unmolded tonight. They’re my first round of breast cancer soaps! Colored with french pink clay and red morrocan clay, these soaps are great for your skin (excellent facial soaps for oily skin!) and smell delicious. These are my breast cancer soaps. All proceeds from breast cancer soaps now and in the [...]
Reminder: Hug-A-Bull Fundraiser on Sunday
May 11th, 2010
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Don’t forget to come visit me (and much more!) on Sunday, May 16th at the HugABull Flea Market Fundraiser at Dizine Canine Training Centre in East Vancouver! I will have space invader soaps. And brain soaps. And pirate soaps. And proper non-silly soaps, too! And if I manage to get a free hour between now [...]
Buy some soap and support a Pit Bull!
April 28th, 2010
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I love pit bulls. I think they’re adorable. Actually, that’s not entirely true, I actually think they’re so ugly that they’ve transcended uggo and moved right back into “holy crap, you’re cute!” And really, no dog can smile half as well as a happy pittie. It’s one of the few breeds I would never own. [...]
Duplicate It Yourself
April 15th, 2010
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I read this post a few weeks ago, and it hit a nerve, probably because I used to be guilty of it myself: I’d walk around a craft fair, and think “Pah, I’m not paying for that, I could do that myself.” And now that I do my own vending, and spend a lot more [...]