The problem with not posting regularly is that I then feel like I can't post anything until it's the BEST POST EVER ...so I don't post at all.

Stuff:
- I swear, the scene in Half Blood Prince where the vampire comes to Slughorn's party - Rowling clearly wrote it purely so that she could have her Italian vampire called "Sanguini" and giggle at her ( Read more... )

Crafter's Paralysis: the inability to start a new project because, by choosing one to do, you'll be simultaneously not choosing all the others, and they're all so niceJust finished my blanket. Am now trying to choose between crocheting three different headwear things, crocheting slippers, sewing a cloak, sewing a quilt cover, or finishing my cross- ( Read more... )

I am utterly awesome.

Why, you ask? Well, I'll tell you: I have just crocheted myself my very own alpaca jumper.

I have crocheted. Crocheted. A jumper. Just like I taught myself to this year.

OH YEAH. I AM THAT AWESOME.

*dances awesomely*

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I am making a jumper. It will be seamless.

That is all.

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Here are a few items of recent yarning...

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Been rather MIA lately. This is because I've been busy...

...watching Leverage seasons 3 and 4. Which means, for the first time in living memory, I'm up to date with American tv and can read websites without worrying about spoilers. For at least the next week or so.

...cuddling nephews. Gotta say, even though it was annoying having Nathan so ( Read more... )

Because I'm currently all enthusiastic about crocheting, I've been lurking in a whole lot of knitting/crochet discussions. And I keep seeing people talk about doing yarn-crafts during uni lectures.

There is a large contingent of people out there who think it is appalling to knit during lectures. Their reasoning is basically ( Read more... )

The Good:

I finished crocheting my blue wrap! Go me!

Here it is:
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My adventures in crochet continue...

1) Finally gave in and joined Ravelry, like all the cool kids.

2) Have done two scarfs, and most of a cushion. Which sounds utterly awesome, until I realise that my entire crocheting accomplishments are basically making rectangles. Very neat and even rectangles, to be sure, but still - rectangles. In my latest ( Read more... )

1) I have a cold, which is making me sneezy and disinclined to blog. Hence the lack of updates ( Read more... )