It came upon a midnight clear...

One can try to post daily, but it's hard when you don't have internet! MERRY CHRISTMAS! Better late than never! So this is what I've gotten accomplished today! A jellyfish! He was quite obnoxious! All that eyelash yarn, feh. And I had to cut down all of it around the face so you could even find the eyes! Well I still have things to do, so goodnight guys!

Accio Quote!

Morning! So I'm going to see 3 movies w/a friend today! P.S. I Love You, Nat'l Treasure: Book of Secrets, and Sweeney Todd! Woot! Anyways since I'll be dead by the time we get back here's a little something for ya! Happy Christmas Shopping! Only 3 days to go!

I finished it ages ago, but it was a Christmas present so I couldn't post it!

EDIT: August 5th, 2008; I never gave the Ravelry link if you wanted it! So here ya go!

“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”

A new day, a new post! Yay! So the Gryffy scarf has been completed! Hurrah! And more work has been done on the Ravenclaw scarf as well, but that's neither here nor there! This is to celebrate being FINISHED w/Gryffy. It's a love/hate relationship! 

So as loyal readers would know, the scarf was 30 stitches across, then folded in half and sewn. I've sewn the ends together as well, just a simple whipstitch, being to try and find out how my fringe should look. I ended up on atypically.knit's site for some help! This is where I started, back when I thought I could knit it! The needles and I just didn't click! (pun intended!) But she does have very valuable information, in fact the pattern she gives is great too, I just couldn't use it! Anyways she suggest 8 inch long strips of yarn, folded in half, in groups of three, every 2 stitches. And I think that worked great. Now I didn't need as many as she uses, I only did 9 sets per side, every 2 stitches or so. I like to approximate. If you're making one too, do what makes you feel happy! 

She suggested trimming them all the exact same length when done, but I didn't do that. I know that when you do that they still end up a little uneven due to time and wear. I trimmed the ones that were really long, but that's it! Now if the intended owner doesn't like it I'll trim it of course! But otherwise it stays! 

Enjoy the pictures! And of course, you can always see it on Ravelry!

"Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, where those of wit and learning, will always find their kind."

Well I'm finally getting around to a new post! I'm so horrible! I think I'll try and update my blog daily for a while, except some of this weekend before Christmas, because we're going out of town and I don't want to have to use the really slow dial-up where we'll be. Or the PC that goes w/it! The updates may be a full post or project, or simply some random picture I've taken! Hey a post is a post right? :D

So the Gryffy scarf has been going swimmingly! I'm completely finished crocheting it and have folded it, stitched it in half, washed it, dried it, and shaped it! It looks great! I just have to sew up the ends now and add tassels.... The pattern doesn't really say how to do that though, so I guess it's up to me decide what way I want to do it! I'm going to have to do some google images searching I guess! 

Here it is in all of it's Godric Gryffindor Glory! Now that I see the first two pics I think the camera washed them out a little! The rolled up picture is true to color!

So last weekend a friend and I went to an LYS (Local Yarn Shop) across town from us, and I just got all caught up in the beautiful, colorful, sadly expensive, wools. So much so that I bought myself some blue and a grey/silver by Brown Sheep and have already started work on my Ravenclaw scarf! My poor other projects! They're so unloved! I actually hope to have my scarf to the point where the Gryffy is by Christmas, and Gryffy done by tomorrow! *fingers crossed* 

If you want to know which yarn brand and colors I picked for the Ravenclaw scarf just pop on over to here on Ravelry! If you're not a Ravelry member just send me an email or leave me a comment! Here's a picture for an idea though! 

I also went w/22 stitches across on my scarf, rather than the 30 for Gryffy. I'm quite mad at myself right now though, I had planned on using the bronzy color for my scarf like in the books, and I blanked.... And I'm using silver like in the movies... I can be such a ditz at times! Owell, it's still really pretty! I'm actually about to add on the 5th set of bars, so use your imagination and add them on to this picture from last night! 

The two yarns are really 2 different thicknesses in my opinion, the blue barely making a worsted weight to me... But the nice owner insisted they worked well together and showed me something she had made with the two, and they did indeed look great together. Though they aren't quite the same size like she said, they fit nicely. The grey being thicker makes the captured bars just slightly bigger, which is a look I rather like. If you stretch the grey gently it is the same size as the blue, and the blue doesn't stretch at all, so I guess in a way they are the same size! All I know is it was $7.20 a skein! This scarf better last FOREVER! Though yarn is cheaper than professional therapy! 

That's all for now! Catch ya'll later!

FINALS! AAAAHHHH!!!!!!

Okay so I should pass all my classes with A's, but lets face it. With out the worrying, stressing, hyperventilating, nausea, stress eating, thumbsucking, rocking in the corner, crying, panicked last minute studying I'd never accomplish that. :D 

Anyways this is just a quick update to let you all know I'm still alive! I had planned on treating you with a lovely post with pictures and projects and lots of words the weekend after Thanksgiving, but my Grandmother took a turn for the worst and had to go into the hospital so we hit the road to go see her, and I never did find a decent internet connection I could use. So no post. And I've been busy with my new job and school since. I got promoted, yay me! I still work the same amount of hours, but the schedule is better overall, so that's awesome. 

I'd love to give you all an update of my crochet projects tonight, but I'd feel guilty doing that without being ready for finals, so expect an update either late tomorrow (doubtful), Tuesday after finals, or Wed. after work! Anyways the scarf is 95% done, so hopefully it'll be completed by then! Bear with me! Keep reading the blog!