VICTORY!!!!!!

LOOK AT THIS

And, if you don’t want to look at it. Look at these.

That’s right guys. After a little over two months, I finished. Finally. That link up at the top is my Ravelry project page, feel free to keep an eye on projects and such. I have a lot on my “need to make” list so…

That one ear is crazy, I really don’t like that one ear, but it only took about five minutes to make each grey part of the ear. I’m not terribly worried about having to make it. Also, the dye lot on each grey was different. Which hit me when I was trying to attach the hood. The hood is more blue…I guess the dye lot really does matter. Well- I learned something.

Anyway, I just wanted to post this because I’m super proud of myself. With in 15 minutes of leaving my house, I got a compliment on it. So I’m psyched-even though it’s off center and the ear is screwed up.

I’m still counting this as a SUCCESS! And, next up on the completion list? The Seafoam scarf. :3

I FINISHED THIS SCARF HOLY HELL

  You read right, I finished my scarf. The bind off is a bit sloppy, but I’l go in with some chunky yarn and a tapestry needle and pretty it up. BUT IT’S DONE. THIS SIX FOOT LONG MONSTROSITY IS DONE. I finished the hard part! FINALLY. AFTER TWO MONTHS. SERIOUSLY.

 My solace is in the fact that the hard part is over. The hood, which is two pieces connected, is the easy part. And the kitty ears. 

Proof;

See? I’m not lying. There it is. I’m proud, you guys

 

Update!

 

That’s my hat on the circular loom, and I was going to finish the band on it tonight but I left my loom hook at home. Which is irking me more than you know. Also, there’s my kitty cat scarf so you know it’s not totally out of commission, I’ve just been quiet. Walmart STILL doesn’t have Grey Heather yarn. >>

Feel my pain and annoyance.

Gryffindor Combustion and Nights of Knitting

  The Gryffindor scarf I was working on, was a bust. I made it FAR too long and wouldn’t have had the yarn for it at the rate it was going. Perhaps a decent cowl with a couple of matching buttons? I have no idea. But, I still want to do something with it to keep me toasty, but apparently it’s not going to work out as I wanted it to, and hence….

  Knitting! I knitted some at work today, and I’ll try to head to bed tonight [away from distractions such as my reborn addiction to Skyrim] to knit for a while, and maybe listen to some music with some cocoa. It’s slow going, because there’s only so much you can knit before you’re just like “eh, another P2, K2 row. I, for some reason, don’t mind the rows beginning in with K2. If I had gone from the pattern a bit and made the scarf not quite as wide, I could have had it considerably longer than it is now, but no, I wanted to go by the pattern. Pfft. Ah well, it’s going to be glorious and cozy and pretty. Even if the hood and the scarf are slightly different Greys. 

  My looms should be tomorrow or Thursday, which is fantastic, because I have this luxurious brugundy that I’m in love with and I just have to have it as a nice cowl. That will be my first loom project.

 On the Flute front, I figured out why my train noises were slightly lack luster and I corrected it. I don’t have a cleaning rod or I’d be trying for ages each day. I’m so paranoid about filling my headjoint with algae or screwing my cork up. Which wouldn’t be such a problem if I could get the damned piece off that holds the cork. I’m super frustrated about that. But, ah well. Eventually, either I or someone else will get that thing off so I can compare it to the cork on my Gemeinhardt and figure how bad off it is. I think it’s shrunken, but I have nothing to refer to. 

  I think that’s about it….I’ve not made much headway on the scarf since I told you yesterday because I knitted mostly at work these two days, and it’s so COLD at work. My hands are cold and not very nimble here. :c

This is me, double dipping. [pictures to come]

I my knitting is going a bit slowly, but that’s to be expected, since it’s knitting. So, cool. I’m a bit impatient, to be honest. But I’ve come too far to back down now, I will have a kitty scarf so help me god. Maybe by Christmas, which is a sharp extension on wanting to finish it with in a month, but I was woefully unaware of how long this takes. I’m still trucking, though trust me. In the midst of working on study guides, practicing making train noises on my flute [which I just found I’ve been doing totally wrong, it’s the edge closest to you you puff at, it’s the furthest edge of the hole. I was making noise though, I thought there was something off with it], and a crochet project that I hope to have done by the 4th. Oh, right, progress report on my knitting. 3 feet 6 inches or so.

I doubt you remember, but that awesome gryffindor yarn that my good friend over at Strawberry Crafts sent me is going to make a terribly long and painful infinity scarf. I chained I don’t know HOW MANY. Probably a couple hundred, if I had to guess [how wrong, chaining without counting. But that’s the beauty of a DC scarf]. I’m working it entirely in DC, and it’ll possibly have 5 rows. When I stitch the ends together, it’ll make a formidable toasty machine.

As usual, I have a lot on my plate. Since I recently ordered some knitting looms and decided to retire most of my interests for the time being [Polymer, beading/jewelry design and stamping. Save for the really fast projects I can do with jewelry, I’m not touching that too much] and crack  down on yarn and sewing, which I refuse to retire since I spent 200 bucks on a sewing machine.

On the flute front, I don’t think I updated. I have two flutes, which is normally the kind of luck I have. “I’m going to get into this new thing,” then someone goes “oh! that thing! I have a thing for that in my house. Do you want it?” Of course, my answer is “HELLS YEAH”. I swear, I could take up dwarf tossing and someone would just so happen to have a dwarf handy. But, I went of topic. My boyfriend’s grandmother happened to have a Gemeinhardt flute just around, which someone left in one of the trailers she rents out. When I dated the serial number, I found it’s a 1985-1987 model and it’s silver. Pretty much full silver, judging by the sound. It’s pretty, a bit tarnished and the thing is a bit rusted around the headjoint where it connects to the body, since I don’t know the first thing about flute care [let alone flute care for a flute that’s been sitting for over a decade!] I’m going to ask for expert opinions from a [kind of] local music shop.

The one I ordered was a used Hisonic flute, it has a nice sound and a slightly tarnished and worn finish. Most noticeably on one or two of the keys [I don’t know WHICH keys, because I haven’t progressed that far in my studies of the flute], and it has a very minute dent near the bottom of the headjoint. But, ah well. It doesn’t affect the sound, the sound is all on me [choo choo!]. The case is shoddily constructed, since the bolts/nails/whatever holding the hinges on the back of it are already working themselves loose. But it’s pretty, so it has that going for it? It’s a faux leather case…Obviously rather cheap, it won’t cost too much to replace that.

Might start learning to write music and such once I take a refresher course and remind myself of the Musical Staff and the notes and the argggh. Probably going to hunt for books to learn from. If you guys know of any workbook style books that would scoot me along in that respect, leave them in the comments if you’re feeling generous! 😀

Kitty Scarf at 50% Capacity :D

 

Yech- this thing is taking a lot of yarn. I’m going to need to grab another pack of Grey Heather for the hood. It’s sitting at three feet, so I know what to expect from the new pack. It’ll be okay if the hood is a little…grayer or whatnot. I’ll be proud to see project done. I had a bit of a hiccup with starting a new ball, but I eventually made it work. :3

I bought some lovely Burgundy yarn to make a hat with. Or maybe gloves I haven’t decided yet. My Angel Banishment Sigil is still a WIP, I haven’t done anything on it for about a week, because knitting. And Curiosity with Loom Knitting, which I want to try, by the way. I’m thinking of going to buy a loom this afternoon. :3

My candle stuff is on hold, regrettably. I don’t have the money to go buy lots of pretty tea cups and junk for the candle. Oh- I think I want to make a cowl with my pretty-pretty peacock yarn. Or at least, one of them, since I was a smarty and bought two. :3

My flute is currently en route from Macon Georgia, so I should have it in a couple of days, and I can’t express my happiness about that. I guess that’s about it, for now. I’m going to get cracking on my homework.

Happy Thanksgiving guys!

Kitty scarf update! Woot woot!

 

I’ve been knitting just about nonstop today and my ball of yarn is almost decimated and if I had to guess, it might be closer to like 2 feet and maybe 8 inches. I don’t know where my tiny tape measure is, and I have no ruler. So, guess work. yay! But, yes. That is what I have done so far, and I’m fairly proud. But also kind of convinced that I’ll need to go to out and buy another pack of yarn.

I bought “The beaders bible” to be able to learn more about beading with in depth instructions and help. I keep thinking I should eventually take on easy projects and move up and opposed to doing what I do best and grabbing the hardest project I think I can do.

I still want things to put candles in, but I don’t have money. Luckily I’m off work tomorrow, but I guess I’ll spend the day in again and finish up this ball of yarn and eagerly await my flute [December 3 or earlier]. I still need to finish my Cross Stitch and start my Goddess Embroidery. But, ehhhhh so many plans and projects and, my god.

Well, that’s about it. I would show you my pathetic ball of yarn that I’m slowly encompassing into the ever increasing length of of my scarf, but that’s for another time. And maybe I can show you tomorrow that my scarf ate up all the yarn. :3

Kitty Knit Scarf Update omg

 

This beast is now over two feet long, my ditching the row counter really increased my productivity. Just because I don’t need to break my rhythm to unlock a screen or something. I don’t know what row I’m on, but the whole -over two feet- thing is really making me happy. The ball of yarn is on it’s last legs. Might take another two days to complete this ball. I’m really not sure how to add a new ball of yarn to a knit project, no better time like the present to learn.

Also, new hobby alert. This one, not crafty, but musical in nature. I bought a flute. A used/refurbished Hisonic off of Ebay for 60 bucks. Something tells me I’ll be renting a better flute from Montgomery in a few months. Apparently the one I chose, based on 23 positive reviews and about 20 various lower ones, has a likelihood to just up and stop being functional around 3 months. A few of the 5 star reviews said they’d had it for a year and it was still fantastic. But, whatever the case, I bought this particular one to learn on. It’s a beginner flute, and though I’ve been interested in learning the flute my whole life, I too, am a beginner. And for 60 dollars, it’s not a bad deal. Even if it dies after a couple of months. By then I’ll know if I want to stick with it, and by then I can just run to Montgomery, slap down 30 bucks or so and begin a long relationship with a badass flute that will last me forever. Renting to own is awesome, kiddies. Even if it ends up costing more in the long run :/.

I made one clay bezel today…and…eh. Eh to the greatest degree. I guess I get to start the hunt for glue on bezels or try something else. I got this, though. I’ll think of something, like I always do. :3

I think that’s about all that’s important right now. Not really sure what else I’ve been working on, if anything, I’m kind of out of it. I need to make myself some mittens or something. My Florida Girl Genetics are so bad for the cold weather we’re having [and it’s only Alabama cold, too!]. Tomorrow, depending how I feel about my gas tank, I may go to town and look in the local thrift shops for candle containers and get a jump on my newest interest. :3

Five. Five dollah. Five dollar five foot 8 inches

  For one, my dyes got here and my wick for candle making. For two, I’ve managed to ditch the row counter for this project. I can now successfully differentiate Purls from Knits and know how to start my row. Partial thanks for the Stitch N Bitch Knitters Handbook and partial thanks to simply the repetition of the pattern itself. 

  So, my kitty scarf is now nearly two feet long. Now that I don’t need the row counter, it goes much faster because I don’t have to interrupt my rhythm to hit the spacebar, or unlock my screen and add a row to my phone. Yech. Making progress and it’s awesome. I’ll post pictures tomorrow, probably. I need to make the Bezels for my resin pendants, and find containers for my candles. Most likely, tomorrow’s pictures will include my Scarf, and the bezels along with Super promotion for my shop. Because I love Store Envy. :3

I’m getting quicker with my knitting, so maybe this will be a success. Because, you know, I’m not going to accept this project going any other way. dammit. I’m going to wear this on Christmas come hell or high water. Oh, also.

 Real quick. I ended up changing my Personal blog to Poetry and it’s now titled as Wynn Writes [because, yes, I’m deeply unoriginal and I like my sites to be connected].

Kitty Scarf Day 12 + Cross Stitch

   Today; I got to row 100 on my scarf and it’s going so slowly. Tomorrow, I want to get to row 130 or more. I completed a new rainbow loom bracelet for my shop. I think that’s all I’ve done today, craft wise. My gems came, so tomorrow, I’ll start working on my Apothecary Spell Bottles. Also, my candlewax came today. I need to get my dyes still, and I need to buy some essential oils or incense to make my candles yummy. Not to mention, containers, Maybe tea cups, or chalices or what ever.

Yesterday; I completed up to row 94 on my scarf, and got that far in my Angel Banishment Cross Stitch. I completed the largest symbol and just have to finish the tiny[ish] symbols around the circle. And, I still need to figure out how to finalize my Embroidery and cross Stitch projects. Picture frames? Mod Podge? I have no idea.

  I also need to make my candle holders and such, I’m waiting for a metal stamping block from Etsy so  I can do my stamping. I have tiny hearts and dog tags. If my thick wire ever arrives from Ebay I can try out an idea. But, alas, I wait. That’s what I’ve got going on right now. 😀