I've actually become pretty much a crocheter, thanks to amigurumi, my gateway crochet ;). But a friend of mine recently picked up knitting and is in LOVE. And who am I not to encourage a yarncraft? She was complaining that all she could find were crochet patterns, which made me laugh cause when I got more hard core crochet all *I* could find were ( Read more... )

I forgot, but Aimee reminded me.

I'm on Ravelry now. :)

http://www.ravelry.com/people/xanthvamp

Mmmm... got the itch to do something, prolly cause it's so damn cold and I can't really go anywhere. A girl asked about belly dance events near Chicago... there's SO MUCH I wanna do! If nothing else, I'd like to try to make it to XMED :P.

Speaking of belly dance, I found belly dance patterns on tribe.net! I have the cararet-esque one. I WANT that ( Read more... )

Dr. Barb was reading Real Simple today, and it had some tips on weight loss and management. One of the tips...?

KNITTING! *laughs*

Knitting keeps your hands busy, so it stops them from stuffing your face ;). I'm cutting edge, yo!