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The Land of Do-As-You-Please
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11 November 2009 @ 20:55
I'm working on the baby blanket:
Working on a sweater:
Finished some socks:
And started another pair:
No addictions here.
Working on a sweater:
Finished some socks:
And started another pair:
No addictions here.
11 November 2009 @ 20:40
Summer is long gone and Q has been sighted wearing a sweater. So I'm declaring the summer of socks over. My, what a mess.
First I'd like to thank all of those who had confidence in me. You' belief that I could remain obsessed with dressing feet for a large chunk of a year is impressive. Sadly, that belief is misplaced. I finished 6 pairs of socks. That's it. In my defense, I also knitted a large messenger bag, a sweater, a hat, 3 cat toys, half a baby blanket and started another sweater. So if each of those things qualified as a pair of socks, I actually finished 14 pairs. (Knitting causes delusions but at least their tasty delusions.) Here's the sock line up minus one pair already given away.
Lessons learned:
- Knitting socks on 5 double pointed needles is significantly more fun than on 2 circular needles.
- Gage changes from toe to foot to leg. (Bastard)
- Lightening does not strike if you buy a pattern and proceed to change *everything* about it.
- Men's work socks should not include lacy patterns, even if he likes lacy patterns.
- Suggested rows per inch matters but is impossible to get at the same time as suggested stitches per inch.
- Cats like knitted toys so much that they will chew holes in your hand knitted socks.
- When Risiko writes that about spending a summer knitting socks, expect a sweater.
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nedlnthred. 12 November 2009 @ 00:17
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11 November 2009 @ 18:40
11 November 2009 @ 23:24
11 November 2009 @ 23:24
My first week full-time on Unshelved we spoke in 4 venues (California Library Association, Ingram's booth at AASL in Charlotte, the University of NC, and the University of SC (Go Cocks!)). It was a great but exhausting week, with an extreme low point (my daughter being stung by a stingray at Huntington Beach (she's fine now)) and a fabulous highlight (being given the art below by Sarah Dutton, a fan who came out to see us with her parents in NC).
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I missed the SoCo shots at Charlotte's Hooters, but did visit ImaginOn again, saw the ImaginOn sandwich menu at the supermarket next door, and then scored an ARC of the new Joe Sacco book at AASL. (If you're ever in that part of NC, try the lamb tibs at the Meskerem Ethiopian Restaurant -- thanks to Michael Rockliff at Workman for discovering it and leading the way!)
Survived 6 flights, if you count connecting flights (I do) and now I'm back in the big wet that is Seattle, fighting moss, a cat on my lap, seeing how much I can type before my wrists give out.
Posted by Gene on 11/10/2009 10:47:00 AM
11 November 2009 @ 23:24
11 November 2009 @ 23:24
It's been a while since I last mentioned these two. I've been a huge Twitter user forever. Follow me at @billba and be amazed at what I consider funny or interesting enough to tweet. Now that he's unemployed Gene is tweeting a lot more at @ambaum. We all particularly enjoyed the hourly update of his first day working from home. Already his personal grooming habits have taken a hit.
Meanwhile we have almost 3000 fans of the Unshelved Facebook fan page. By becoming a fan there you can get our strips and blog posts in your news feed along with breaking updates from your friend's dog. Lately our fans have also been using that page to comment on strips, which is quite fascinating and potentially a huge time suck for yours truly.
(And yes, my other strip Not Invented Here also has its own Twitter feed and Facebook fan page too)
Posted by Bill on 11/9/2009 1:49:00 PM
11 November 2009 @ 22:30
Washington, D.C. — Outraged legislators renewed calls for banning human-animal hybrids after researchers at the Frankenstein Institute for Extremely Scary Science announced the creation of a “lambaby.” According to a spokesperson for an angry mob that stormed the Institute, “arghle grumble blaarphle rhubarb rhubarb!”
I have just one word for you, Brynne M.: PASICKIE!
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Primates, Unusual animals
11 November 2009 @ 21:16
So, the jacket progresses. I only made three gores to begin with, but found I had to cut out two more, so all five are now installed. Actually ten, as there's a shell and lining.
Since I mounted the body together and cut the slits at one time all of them line up beautifully. I'm still considering topstitching along those seams to sandwich the layers together further, but I'm not decided yet.
I tried it on as well, and it seems I did not add quite enough width in the back piece. Argh! This just goes to show that you should scribble notes on your patterns when you figure out alterations you need to make.
I should have just made a pattern for myself instead of using a commercial pattern. Ah well, I'm still fairly pleased with how it's looking, even if the back will end up a little tight on me. I may well toss the pattern pieces and start over, but it's always a bloody shame to throw away a pattern, though it's only almost-working.
Since I mounted the body together and cut the slits at one time all of them line up beautifully. I'm still considering topstitching along those seams to sandwich the layers together further, but I'm not decided yet.
I tried it on as well, and it seems I did not add quite enough width in the back piece. Argh! This just goes to show that you should scribble notes on your patterns when you figure out alterations you need to make.
I should have just made a pattern for myself instead of using a commercial pattern. Ah well, I'm still fairly pleased with how it's looking, even if the back will end up a little tight on me. I may well toss the pattern pieces and start over, but it's always a bloody shame to throw away a pattern, though it's only almost-working.
11 November 2009 @ 19:28
Heeerrrrrre, birdie, birdie, birdie. At some point, you’re going to need a drink of this niiiice water I brought you. Maybe not in the next minute, maybe not in the next hour. But I’ve got alllllll day, boys, and you’re the only thing on my calendar.
The early cat gets the bird, Karen M.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Birds, Danger, I'm Going To Eat You, Kittens
11 November 2009 @ 12:40
A while back I asked about how to identify whether one rapier blade was legal or not, and by extension, how to identify any given blade. I didn't
get much response. So I want to put together a visual identification
guide that matches up with the current Appendix 5.
To make this happen, I need pictures of SCA rapier blades. If you have a blade on the current Appendix 5 (or even if it's not on the list, if you
believe it's in circulation but no longer legal), I would love the
following:
- Overall picture of blade, if an unusual shape
- Close-up picture of any identifying stamps or markings (usually to
identify maker)
- Close-up picture of forte of blade, or any unique features
- Measurements - width and thickness at forte and tip at least, and
any other measurements unique to the blade
Pictures are best of the blade alone, with a white background. If
accurate measurements can't be made, putting a ruler alongside the
blade in the pictures will help. If you can't supply all of the above,
anything would help.
I will do the legwork of organizing everything and making it all look
pretty. Send pictures in the best quality possible. And, though it
goes without saying, be very specific as to which blade manufaturer
and model you are supplying pictures for.
Please feel free to forward this post as desired. Send pictures
directly to me, so it doesn't get spammed to everyone.
Thanks everyone.
Kjartan Hakonarson
dgrabski@gmail.com
get much response. So I want to put together a visual identification
guide that matches up with the current Appendix 5.
To make this happen, I need pictures of SCA rapier blades. If you have a blade on the current Appendix 5 (or even if it's not on the list, if you
believe it's in circulation but no longer legal), I would love the
following:
- Overall picture of blade, if an unusual shape
- Close-up picture of any identifying stamps or markings (usually to
identify maker)
- Close-up picture of forte of blade, or any unique features
- Measurements - width and thickness at forte and tip at least, and
any other measurements unique to the blade
Pictures are best of the blade alone, with a white background. If
accurate measurements can't be made, putting a ruler alongside the
blade in the pictures will help. If you can't supply all of the above,
anything would help.
I will do the legwork of organizing everything and making it all look
pretty. Send pictures in the best quality possible. And, though it
goes without saying, be very specific as to which blade manufaturer
and model you are supplying pictures for.
Please feel free to forward this post as desired. Send pictures
directly to me, so it doesn't get spammed to everyone.
Thanks everyone.
Kjartan Hakonarson
dgrabski@gmail.com
11 November 2009 @ 11:57
Has anyone come across a DECENT hand held or portable sewing machine? All the ones I've heard about are crummy and break in a few rounds if they even make it that far. I was looking for one to take to SCA events and conventions for repair work and whatnot but I can't find one worth getting. Does a decent one exist?
11 November 2009 @ 16:25
The piano is my forte, and I love to lie down in it,
It suits my laid-back at-etude, I don’t care how you spinet.
When I’m keyed up, can’t stay upright, life’s tempo gets too taxing,
I lie for just a minuet, and presto! I’m relaxing.
I’m never too Bizet to take a nap where notes are rolling,
When melodies float like the breeze, this console’s quite consoling.
So play whatever song you like; Chopsticks to Clair de Lune-a,
For where there’s a piano, I expect piano tuna.
We all octave a kitty like that, Kristina V.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Kittens
11 November 2009 @ 18:36
I thought this was interesting because as a Jewish SCAdian, this question comes up quite a bit.
( Video behind the cut )
ETA: My original intent for posting it here was not so much the fact that she didn't shake his hand but how he approached and walked away from Her Majesty. A common question that comes up is whether a Jewish mundane or a Jewish persona is allowed under Jewish law to bow to a king and/or queen.
( Video behind the cut )
ETA: My original intent for posting it here was not so much the fact that she didn't shake his hand but how he approached and walked away from Her Majesty. A common question that comes up is whether a Jewish mundane or a Jewish persona is allowed under Jewish law to bow to a king and/or queen.
11 November 2009 @ 09:34
Last night I cut out a new Persian coat for myself out of a very pretty silky blue and silver brocade Ha brought back from Vietnam. There was just two and a half yards approximately of fabric (I suspect she got the right amount to make an Aodai, which is what such fabric is typically sold for in Vietnam) so I had to be very carefully in my cutting and am going for a short sleeved, shorter hem over-coat.
I got the pieces cut last night, I'm piecing the side gores and I hope they are wide enough when all is assembled for my big hips, scary!
Next I'm going to serge the edges of the pieces to prevent them from fraying all over the place and then I'll use the shell fabric pieces to cut out the lining (Kind of backwards of me, huh?) I'm being indecisive about the lining fabric. I'm waffling between a wool I have or this pink and white herringbone silk suiting. *ponder*
I also spent some quality time last night looking through all of the Persian miniature pictures I have. I'm bummed; I don't have a single image of a woman in a short sleeved coat with a cloud collar. Lots of men with cloud collars on short sleeved coats, but all the women with cloud collars have long sleeves. Hmf. Will keep looking as I really did want to do a cloud collar on this one but couldn't possibly do long sleeves.
I got the pieces cut last night, I'm piecing the side gores and I hope they are wide enough when all is assembled for my big hips, scary!
Next I'm going to serge the edges of the pieces to prevent them from fraying all over the place and then I'll use the shell fabric pieces to cut out the lining (Kind of backwards of me, huh?) I'm being indecisive about the lining fabric. I'm waffling between a wool I have or this pink and white herringbone silk suiting. *ponder*
I also spent some quality time last night looking through all of the Persian miniature pictures I have. I'm bummed; I don't have a single image of a woman in a short sleeved coat with a cloud collar. Lots of men with cloud collars on short sleeved coats, but all the women with cloud collars have long sleeves. Hmf. Will keep looking as I really did want to do a cloud collar on this one but couldn't possibly do long sleeves.
Mien: 
nerdy
nerdy11 November 2009 @ 07:59
11 November 2009 @ 13:19
I’ve been trying to look more evil and less snuggley, I swear. And yes, I’ll try to grow into my paws faster. Look, I know I have a lot to live up to, but I’m trying. Really. Please, I can’t sit in these Smurf undergarments any longer.
Azrael, a little help here?
Papa Smurf had a big ass, Sandy S.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Pups
