Crafty Endeavors

a lot has happened since my last post.  i haven't knitted anything since my mom's montego bay scarf :(  i'm having trouble motivating myself to craft at all.  i started trying to make kanzashi today.....got the fabric prepared, but can't motivate myself to finish.

ugh.

it sucks because i've already had a vacation this year.  i feel like i need to take like a month off work lol.

anyway.  i got a new cell phone, so i hope to be able to update my blog from there :)

one of the pictures i took of myself in my pj's having just finished my amelia earhart aviator cap was asked to be used on the main page of the pattern on ravelry!  how exciting :) 
check it out if you have ravelry.

sorry...i'm easily flattered i suppose :D

anyway, things have been a little shitty my way.  DB and i both got pretty sick (i was sick for two weeks!  yuck :(  ), and the weather here in houston has been really crazy.  my sinuses and allergies are doing a number on my head.  i've actually taken a small hiatus from knitting because of this.  starting a new project takes too much out of me (especially since this year i've vowed to learn some new techniques....i want to start on them so bad, but the sinus headaches prevent me from thinking too hard LOL), so i've been embroidering instead.  i'm not saying its totally mindless, but starting a new project doesn't really involve figuring out things such as gauge and what kind of yarn to use, and what needle i'll need to use, and what color do i want.....etc......

anyway here's another recent embroidery i did :)  just an experiment. 

lovebot.

and just for fun....a few pics of me and some friends :D

no that is not DB in the first one haha.  that's our friend brian and i, then my bffffff meaghan and i, and our good friend courtney and......well......i.  LOL

and here is one of the large batch of hello kitty cupcakes i made for said bfffff's 21st b-day some time back.  i was so proud of them despite the fact that they were thrown together last minute :D

moar hello kitty!

i'm so proud of this!  a while back i had tried to embroider something and it came out....ok...but not so great.  i didn't really know what i was doing. so i gave it up for a while.  recently i've been seeing some really cute embroidery pieces, and decided it was time to give it another try.  this was really a trial/i was bored piece....but i still really love it!

mmm cupcake

If you were suddenly granted the day off today, how would you go spend your free time?

if i were suddenly granted the day off today, i would rest....as i've been doing for the past 3 days now.  i've been sick and need to finish resting up, but i can't take any more days off :(  i just hope its not too busy tonight :)

well i spent about two hours yesterday un-knotting my skein of unwound sock yarn (i don't have a winder and it was a gift from a secret pal who didn't know that).  it was terrible.  my mind was in a nyquil haze, so it took much much longer than it should have haha :P  i'm hoping to start those socks today before i go to work.  wish me luck!

Video: Show us a video that makes you want to dance.

ah the lindy hop.  one of my all time favorite dances :)  i would so love to learn, but its hard being with a man that has NO rythm.  lol

so a while back i had tried to knit myself some socks and got extremely screwed up which in turn caused me to put down the socks and never try again. 

and the DB is asking for socks on a regular basis. 

BUT.  i have 4 gorgeous balls of noro silk garden lite that i purchased to make myself an entrelac scarf. 

it is sitting there taunting me with its beautiful colors.

so.  should i try for socks again?  or entrelac for the first time?  what to do? 

i decided to take a small break from the monotony that is the montego bay scarf (i'm almost through!) and knit myself a hat for the slightly chilly days here in texas (what....67 degrees can be chilly....ish.....).  i splurged on some manos silk blend in a gorgeous lilac....lavender......light purple-ish color to make this hat :)  i bought two skeins, but only used one.....what's a girl to do with the other skein?  i'll figure that out later.  (in the meantime i'll just rub it on my face LOL)

so....here are the pics!  i used the headhugger amelia earhart aviator cap pattern using the manos silk blend on size 7 needles.  it turned out PERFECT!

so, this year didn't get off to such a hot start.....but the past two days have been pretty good (mostly because i resolved some things in my head.........don't ask....) and seem to be looking up as it turns into next week.  but, next week is scary.  i become older, and i just don't feel like it.

last year passed by so quickly, will this year do the same?  i hope not.  i want to accomplish things this year instead of laze around like last year.  i hope to get the ball rolling on some projects.  i feel motivated now, but will i still feel that way when i get the time to start my projects?  i hope so.  wish me luck :)

i finally finished knitting the montego bay scarf i'm making for my mom.  now to cut out 200 strands from the yarn and tie them on and braid them.  not looking forward to THAT.  lol.

yesterday i finished knitting an amelia earhart aviator cap for myself in some luscious manos (the silk blend....yum!).  it is a lovely shade of lavender.....or maybe lilac......or could it be light purple?  hard to tell ;)  anyway, now i need to sew up the back, and i'm thinking of adding braided strands with tassels on the ends to sew to each side below the ears.  we'll see :) 

as soon as i finish these projects (i will NOT start another project until i'm through with these 2!  i realized my problem was that i started too many things at once.........), i'm thinking of trying my hand at entrelac :)  somebody say a prayer for my mortal soul, because i'm sure there will be many a curse being thrown about while i'm knitting haha :) 

    wow.  it has been QUITE some time, has it not?  the end of my year was very unproductive and stress filled, therefore i didn't have it in me to be sociable on the internets :(  i apologize to my online friends. 

one of my new years resolutions is to be more productive and more sociable.  i hope to post more on craftster, ravelry, and vox as well as create more items (ok.....any items at all!) for my etsy shop.  the thing is empty!  its so terrible and sad looking. 

i'm also going to find myself a new job, hopefully relieving the stress levels a bit to help me quit smoking.  i'm tired of being a damn babysitter for adults.  why is it so hard just to do your job?  what's wrong with people these days?  nobody has any sort of work ethic any more.  ugh. 

so there it is.  hopefully tomorrow i'll be able to post up an FO and wip, so we'll see how that goes :)

hope you all had a wonderful new year!  and to wish you all a great upcoming year i'll use a quote from one of my favorite authors:
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself. -neil gaiman