Seeing as how I'm brilliant, I forgot to buy tread for the shirt and I don't have any that would match. But I have pictures of what it should, possibly, maybe, hopefully look like. At least I think it will.

( That and I also took pictures of the afghan I made my dad, finally. )

Our cell phones had been dying for awhile, so today Dad said we should get new ones. The sales clerk we got was really nice: he actually warned us against one of the phones we were looking at. We both ended up getting the Rumor, which kind of amuses me. Dad got the black one I have have this fabulous limey metallic green one that's good for the ( Read more... )

Wow. There are 5001 messages in my Yahoo inbox, total. I feel like I should do something to celebrate ( Read more... )

DUDE! SOMEONE MADE A SPIDER-MAN AFGHAN! DUDE WERE I TO MAKE THIS I COULD CURL UP UNDER SPIDER-MAN'S WEB WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH AWESOMESAUCE.Oh man, I bet the Flash logo would be hella easy ( Read more... )

Can anyone help me chart a star for a crochet pattern? See, I volunteered to make purses for the birthday girls who are under 18. Every year at the camp we get a giant cake and everyone comes over, and we celebrate the summer and early-fall birthdays. Mom was angsting about getting presents, I volunteered to make purses for the one who's turning ( Read more... )

I'm On A Crafting Kick Again. This time it's generally-crochet focused. A few weekends ago I started an afghan with a P or O hook and two strands of acrylic yarn (Acrylic Yarn Is Love), which I've been meaning to make for ages, out of mostly scrap yarn and A Ginormous Skein From Wal-Mart. My CA is hosting a Craft Night (or Nite, because college ( Read more... )

You know the thing that sucks about liking crochet better than knitting? The patterns are designed for and by particularly uncool 50-year-old women.

Even Stich 'n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker was disappointing. Yes my cousin liked the ear flap cap I made her baby, and I wish I could make the monkey baby blanket, but the rest of them? The ( Read more... )

And also? This is a win for the geek team.