My stained glass project

(Vox April 24, 2007)

Here's what I'm working on in Stained glass for my final project.

It's quite big actually, even though it doesn't look like it.

It's obviously still a work in progress.

Before 3 hours.
This is what I got done today.

Sari Silk

I've started a new project. (Looks around furtively, waiting for someone to jump out and yell at her). I know, I know. But there's extenuating circumstances. For one, this is the first time I've bought yarn in two months. Two, this yarn was really cheap. Three, I really, really wanted it. :D

It's sari silk! I found 200 grams of sari silk for only $10!! I was so ecstatic. Now that I've researched it a bit I know you can find it at prices somewhat similar to this (although still higher) on the internet, but the only sari silk I'd encountered before this was like $16 for 50 grams. Sheesh.

Anyway, it's gorgeous so I've been knitting Unbiased, from Knitty. I have the two front pieces done. I've modified it a little bit, because 200 grams is about 7 oz, and the pattern calls for 11, so I downsized it. My bag will be 12 in by 10 in instead of 15 in by 12 in. Because of the decrease in size, I also modified it a bit so that the bag didn't dip down so low. Size eight needles seem perfect for this yarn. The garter stitch is loose enough that it retains flexibility. However, given that it'll be a bag, I'm thinking I should line the lining with interfacing if I want a bag that retains it's shape. Otherwise it'll be floppy. I haven't decided what I want yet. I also picked up a skein of TOFUtsies, which is really soft and in my favorite colors.

And I made quite a bit of progress on Clessidra. The ride there and back on public trans was quite a chunk of time, so I had some quality knitting time.

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... more school days! Yay! Although I love it here, I am perfectly okay with school ending soon. My only worry is my stained glass project, which has over 220 pieces, and needs to be done in just a few weeks. To that end, in the past three days I've spent more than 10 hours in the studio trying to get it done. I'm not even half done yet. Sigh. Don't get me wrong, I love it and the way that it's turning out, but I'm just worried that I won't finish it in time. If I don't, then I have to take an incomplete in the course and thvoxen they set a deadline and I have to have it finished on my own time by then.

I've also been working on the counterpoint baby blanket. I did FOUR mini-blocks, to bring my grand total up to three big blocks. I really need to block the blocks :D, so I can seam the mini-blocks together to make big blocks, but I don't have that much room to spread them out. Also, I really want a blocking board, because it has lines and makes the pieces dry more quickly than the towel that I use, but I don't have the money for one right now. I haven't decided yet whether I'm making the blanket out of all multi-colored blocks, or whether I'm also going to include solid blocks.

Finally, some crafty content

I know that my blog's been pretty slow lately. First I had spring break, and then when I came back I had so much to say that I would start writing up a post, only to end up saving it rather than posting it because it was still incomplete. Does that ever happen to you? So much to say that you don't say anything at all? Well, it's not so much to say, necessarily, it's that I have a lot of pics and the like to add, link to, and post. Anyways, instead of posting content, I've been posting memo's, videos, and other filler. They're a lot quicker than actually writing something.

But I'm biting the bullet, so here it goes. This is my first second week back from spring break, and getting back into the swing of things is being somewhat problematic. It's amazing howmuch a week off can get you used to doing what you want, and doing absolutely no homework. Over the past three days Mid last week I slowly started to do my homework again. It's very sad, but it's taking me a while to get used to being in school again.

Spring break was wonderful, if incredibly busy. On Monday I went to Vancouver BC with a friend, where we spent the day. We went to Stanley Park, and just had a bunch of fun hanging around downtown all day.

The rest of spring break was spent hanging out with friends, and it was pretty busy. On Sunday, I took the Amtrak back to school, where my sister picked me up and we went to Powell's, the largest used and independent bookstore in the world(my sister got me a Powell's gift card for my 19th birthday; she knows me too well) where I got the Yarn Harlot's new book as well as The Best of Knitter's Arans and Celtics. I love both books. There are multiple designs in Arans and Celtics that I love, but these two are my favorites.

Best of all, they are arans/celtics with SHAPING! Not only that, they also come in my size. No changing needed! I love it. It's going to be my next project after Edna.

Speaking of projects, I have quite a few going. I reorganized my closet which included reorganizing my knitting.

WIP's
- Clessidra from Knitty, using Knit Picks Essential

- Bunny Hop baby blanket for whomever in myfamily has a child next (several of my cousins have gotten married in the past few years)

- The Counterpoint baby blanket for my friend who's expecting in September

- Edna, of course
- Jaywalkers (I ripped all the way back and started them over)

- Great American Aran Afghan

These are the 6 that, when I have time to knit, I knit on. However, unfortunately knitting time has been lacking lately mainly because my time is taken up by school, and when it isn't I'm either reading or beading. Beading had taken over knitting time for a while because I hurt my thumb and could neither knit nor spin, but I could awkwardly bead. Now though, my thumb is nearly 100% and I can get back to knitting!

I finished Octavius! He's very, very cute. The Claudia Handpainted knitted up wonderfully.

Guess what I also made? I'm so incredibly proud of myself!

It's my first beading project that is not earrings! I also made a few pairs of earrings while I was home during Spring Break.

Another Meme

Here's a meme from Crimson's blog:

"It's been alleged that if you’ve seen over 85 movies you have no life. Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own blog, paste it in and put an X by the ones that you have seen. Add them up, figure out whether you’ve got a life or not, and post it."

(X) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(X) Grease
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
(X) Boondock Saints
(X) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
() Neverending Story (and Neverending Story 2!)
(X) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane
(X) The Princess Bride
(X) AnchorMan
(X) Napoleon Dynamite
(X) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(X) Anger Management
(X) 50 First Dates
(X) The Princess Diaries
() The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
(X) Scream
(X) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
(X) Scary Movie
(X) Scary Movie 2
(X) Scary Movie 3
(X) Scary Movie 4
( ) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
(X) Harry Potter 1
(X) Harry Potter 2
(X) Harry Potter 3
(X) Harry Potter 4
(X) Resident Evil 1
(X) Resident Evil 2
(X) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(X) The Village
(X) Lilo & Stitch
(X) Finding Nemo
() Finding Neverland
(X) Signs
( ) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
(X) Butterfly Effect
( )13 Going on 30
(X) I, Robot
() Robots
(X) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(X) Universal Soldier
(X) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
(X) Deep Impact
(X) KingPin
(X) Never Been Kissed
(X) Meet The Parents
(X) Meet the Fockers
(X) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
(X) King Kong
(X) A Cinderella Story
(X) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(X) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(X) Final Destination
(X) Final Destination 2
(X) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
(X) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
(X) Flubber
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(X) Practical Magic
(X) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
(X) Hellboy
(X) Secret Window
(X) I Am Sam
(X) The Whole Nine Yards
(X) The Whole Ten Yards
(X) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(X) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
(X) Sixteen Candles
(X) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
() The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(X) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number SlevIn
(X) Ocean’s Eleven
(X) Ocean’s Twelve
(X) Bourne Identity
(X) Bourne Supremecy
() Lone Star
(X) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(X) Ice Age
(X) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
(X) Independence Day
() Cujo
(X) A Bronx Tale
(X) Darkness Falls
(X) Christine
(X) E.T.
( X Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
(X) Maid in Manhattan
(X) War of the Worlds
(X) Rush Hour
(X) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(X) She’s All That
() Calendar Girls
(X) Sideways
(X) Mars Attacks
() Event Horizon
(X) Ever After
(X) Wizard of Oz
(X) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
(X)The Terminator
(X) The Terminator 2
(X) The Terminator 3
(X) X-Men
(X) X-2
(X) X3
(X) Spider-Man
(X) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
(X) Jeepers Creepers
(X) Jeepers Creepers 2
(X) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
(X) Freaky Friday
(X) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(X) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
(X) Swimfan
(X) Miracle on 34th street
(X) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(X) K-Pax
() Krippendorf’s Tribe
(X) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(X) The 40-year-old Virgin
(X) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
(X) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(X) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
() Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
() Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
( ) Base-ketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(X) Elf
(X) Highlander
(X) Mothman Prophecies
(X ) American History X
( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
(X) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(X) Monsters Inc.
(X) Titanic
(X) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(X) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(X) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
(X) Hook
(X) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(X) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(X) Waterworld
(X) Kill Bill Vol. 1
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 2
(X) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
(X) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
(X) Army of Darkness
(X) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(X) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
() Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
() Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
() Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
() Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
() Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
() Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
(X) The Matrix
(X) The Matrix: Reloaded
(X) The Matrix: Revolutions
(X) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
(X) Team America: World Police
(X) Red Dragon
(X) Silence of the Lambs
(X) HannibalWow. I'm a big movie person, but still. That's a lot of movies. 140 out of 239. I most definitely have no life. :D

It's alive!

Just letting you know that this blog is alive and kicking, or may be. I'm going to start double posting (probably). In any case, you can still find me on Vox!