new year's eve...

...is upon us!
So here is a pic of what I've been doing since yesterday. Crocheting a rectangle out of 100% wool wool with the intention of making a felted pouch as my first felting adventure. YAY! See it's stripey goodness! The wool was a bit on the expensive side (£2.63 for 50g) but it'll be worth it for the felting adventure! Ms. Frewen says I need glycerine soap, so will have a squiz in the cupboard and if I haven't got any, I'll pop into town and have a dekko when I pick up 'Coraline' for the I.M.E Chicklet Book Club (lol). I'm gonna take a peek at the 52 books in 52 weeks group and see what it's all about. If it's not structured (like telling me which book to read and when) I might join in!

Quick update today cuz of needing to bath and do my moleskine for round 2, but should be back on January 2nd with more stuff!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

hello hello hellooo

Hey y'all!

I.M.E groups for round 2 are up on ravelry! I'm in E (which will probably end up being called the eclectic elephants or something!) and some of the chicklets have made it into the same group, so YAY! I haven't been parted from my beloved frewen, FPK and DMXOX thank the gods! But there are also new peoples to meet, and I look forward to that too!

I hope you like the pics up there by the way. Aren't they groovy? They're of peoples' christmas lights (in the dark) taken with a slower shutter speed. I could offer them as weird futuristic prints to people! And I have more! Top one is a row of lights, middle is some blue net lights (think they were over a tree or soemthing maybe?) and bottom one is -believe it or not- a row of streetlamps! I was in a moving vehicle with a slow shutter, so there ya go!

I has a mole on my right shoulderblade and have all my life, and now it seems to want to annoy me. It feels different. It looks a bit different... I'm wondering if it's doctor trip time?

This is not crochet related. I am a bad Lini.
I'm wondering what to make for my Y RAK receive-ee Bianca... hmn, I have some nice yellow DK so I could make something cute and cool. I mean, you don't HAVE to make something, but I guess it'd be nice if I did. There's no way I'm gonna come close to Zoe's F RAK I got, but I can try!

So I was thinking of making something useful... maybe like a pouch or something? Lion Brand has some dinky bits, like a coin purse and an ipod sock (but does she have an ipod? And could it be used as something other than an ipod sock?)...

Ok so here's the links:
ipod sock
coin purse
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Answers on a postcard PLIZ!

post-xmasness

Looks like the handmade presents went down a treat. Even mother (who hates wearing woolly things, even in the coldest winter!) is wearing her scarf. Hooray, I succeed!

So I've been playing around with ribbing, and I managed to make a hat that looks like it's melting onto your neck lol. I'll get a pic later, but I'll offer it out for sale to anyone who wants it in advance (like hell, lol!) it's lilac, black and white... you know you want it!
EDIT: It's actually in my recent hookups, but it doesn't look melty there! I guess I'll have to model it... bah! Here it is in it's normal looking glory... yeah, normal. You wish.

Basically, this is just a quick update to let you all know that I survived christmas (never having one ever again) and that I'm still here!

I'm gonna try and get my IME posted out today, so frewen keep your eyeballs peeled!

But now, I'm afraid I've got to go and do Mark's (SO) weekly shop, or else he'll starve. I really am the best girlfriend ever.

Happy festive period (I know it goes on until Jan. 1st!)

the essex baker, lol!

That's what I'm calling myself today! No hooking, but one hell of a lot of baking! Langues du Chat (bottom pic) for my mama and a cardamom & cinnamon custard tart (top pic) for my inlaws for tomorrow!

I had a very cold shower... it started off warm and then went south on me. Great. Also, my electric ladyrazor is broke, so I'm gonna have to get a new one. I don't want to shave with a blade! Boo hiss!

Very fleeting update today I'm afraid, am a busy bee again!

Probably won't update tomorrow (obviously!) but might drop in on boxing day.

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS, CHANUKAH, KWANZAA, YULE, SOLSTICE OR ANY OTHER FESTIVE EVENT!

To my IME friends across the pond, take care in the snow (jealousy) and have a great xmas!
To my friends here in the UK, watch out for low cloud cover and possible rain (boo) and have a great xmas too!

it's christmas eve eve...

... that's what I've called Dec. 23rd as long as I can remember.

Finished mum's scarf yesterday, at last! Just bit the bullet and fastened off. It looks ok to me... we'll see what she says on Thursday.

Slightly off topic, if anyone knows how to get chilli residue off your hands, please tell me. I used one chilli in my dinner last night, chopped up, and still have hangnails that taste of fire. And would you believe that I've washed my hands at least four or five times since then?

My best friend is meant to be in town today for the day, so we were gonna look at wool and drink coffee, but as yet she hasn't got in touch with me... so I don't know what I'm doing... I need to go to town to pick up my Thor comic (issue 12, woo, at last!) and a whole list of them for SO who has to go to work today, rather than buy comics. Since he can't get to the shop before xmas, kind girlfriend here has volunteered to get them. He has a list as long as my arm. Well, no, it's seven different issues. I'm just hoping they're all the $2.99 ones (will cost about £2 here) and not the expensive ones!

(I can't believe I didn't get the job I went for last week... the interview seemed to go so well...)

Leslie's moleskine now has some doodleness in it. I'm not going to say what, but there's about four pages of ramblings, one page with a nice drawing and a page of insanity. So hopefully she'll enjoy that! I look forward to getting moleskines in the I.M.E, but I also have the horrible fear that when I pick up my pen/inks etc, it'll be an artistic abortion. I'm looking at inspirational art today to help improve my own, so hopefully everyone will get something they won't shudder to look at. I've also signed up for round 2, so there'll be two moleskines for me to draw/post at once. I do hope I don't get confused! This shall be my reason for going on JSA- so I can pay postage to frewen, and whoever comes after me in round two. Ooh I'm so excited to see who'll be grouped with me!
I think we're sending the round 1 chicklet 'skines off in January... but don't know when!

So now I'm off to drink tea and possibly crochet some more hat. Yus.