Witchy Stitchy

skool is stoopid.

sorry, i'm in my art class right now. I'm supposed to be working on my Adobe Illustrator projects, but they are so boring, i can finish them at home over the weekend. my teacher is out, so we have this sub, who isn't nearly as fun. i work better when i'm at home, working without this pressure. so i figured i'd update on my projects.
The cape for my mom is on delay right now, i got sick of it. i started knitting another IHS, this time on size 6 needles, which i will probably frog because my hands don't like those tiny needles. i keep poking my fingers with them, and its starting to hurt. i pulled out my knifty knitter set, and started playing around with those yesterday. so now i'm using the flat loom to make panels for an afghan. i'm using a single strand of worsted weight yarn, so its very loose, but i think it will be a nice summery afghan. i think i'm gonna make the panels 6 feet long, and then i will edge them with a crochet hook, and sew them together using a contrasting color. i haven't figured out if i'm gonna need 3 or 4 panels yet though, but it gives me something to do while i'm sitting in bed watching TV, which is what i do when i'm not on the computer or out doing something.
so, i think i'm going to the renaissance faire this weekend! as long as my friends get back to me with the details... it will be a lot of fun, i haven't been since i was 9... anyways, i'm on my lunch break now, so i could go out and get food or i can stay in and type. at least i don't have to be sneaky anymore... but we still have, like, 2 1/2 hours left of this class after lunch... maybe 2 hours, depending on how slow things go. i think i could just leave, i don't think she's going to teach us anything else today, and since i have the software at home, there is really no reason for me to be sitting here. maybe i should ask. or maybe i should just take off. if i leave now, i could go to my high school and visit for awhile before all of my friends take off.. but that parking lot is a nightmare, so i think i'll just stay here, or go straight home. anyways, this blog doesn't seem to be much about crafting anymore, so i'll stop... oh, i did create a logo for my "company", and am really proud of it. I'll post it later when i get home...

posted by Brittany @ 11:59 AM 0 comments

more stuff... I have no life...

I went to Joann's with my mom the other day, and I bought Sensations Thick & Thin yarn... It is so soft, I love it. So when I got home, I pulled out my size 17 knitting needles (i wanted to use my bigger ones, but i couldn't remember where i put them) and just made a ridiculously easy scarf, it took me a few hours, i don't like knitting very much, but its not so much of a chore with big needles and bulky yarn. my friends seem to like the scarf, too, but i doubt i'll be making any more anytime soon. I'm cheap, and although the yarn was clearanced for $3 a skein, i needed 3 skeins, so that was $9... if i had a job, or if people were willing to pay me for them, i would be happy to do it, but right now i rely on my mom to buy my materials for me. My mom also wanted me to make her a cape like i did for my friend, so we bought the yarn for that, and I started working on it... i just get so bored with that pattern, i like having to memorize a stitch pattern, it makes it more fun, but this is all double crochet... so boring, but the finished product will be nice, so i guess its worth it.
We went to another reenactment on saturday, and checked out the suttlery's... kind of a "oh, look, i can make that" type of thing, and to talk to the suttlers about how to get started... we want to be ready by the first weekend of september, but we might shoot for a little bit sooner, if its possible...
My next project should be the dog sweater from Stitch n' Bitch Nation. We took in a friend's dog, and i think she would be darling in a hot pink and bright orange sweater... the pattern calls for a mohair blend, i think, but i think i want to use Caron Simply Soft Brites, i think it would knit up nicely... if my sister will go to walmart and buy the yarn and the needles i need, i'll gladly make it...
i added progress bars, and would like to add a section for links to other blogs, but am wary of doing so. i just don't know anybody, and don't want to put random links on my blog... so i guess if you want to link up, leave a comment... that could work...

posted by Brittany @ 4:56 PM 0 comments