Saturday, October 21, 2006

Of all the things I could be doing...

This sock...
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...got this far...

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...before I thought "Crap, the variegated yarn means the pattern is lost. This special yarn deserves to be shown off." So now its in a ball again waiting to be lovingly caressed and thought about carefully.


In the meantime I started a cable sock for Chris in manly grey....

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....finished this baby cardigan for a special baby, using this antique pattern from my great grandmothers collection.

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I've been staring at my lovely art on my walls alot....

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...Eating eggs zapped in spinach...
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...and making birthday cards too!
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Of all the things I could be doing...

This sock...
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...got this far...

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...before I thought "Crap, the variegated yarn means the pattern is lost. This special yarn deserves to be shown off." So now its in a ball again waiting to be lovingly caressed and thought about carefully.


In the meantime I started a cable sock for Chris in manly grey....

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....finished this baby cardigan for a special baby, using this antique pattern from my great grandmothers collection.

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I've been staring at my lovely art on my walls alot....

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...Eating eggs zapped in spinach...
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...and making birthday cards too!
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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Intresting Times

The first week of term proper has passed. Both my subjects this term are proving to be fascinating. So much so that doing the work for them is far much more like pleasure.

The Latin is easy and hard in turns. It's hard to get out of the A level French habit of getting the gist and using that instead of a completely accurate translation. Declensions and conjugations are now used instead of sheep to lull me to sleep. The lecturer however is great fun, peppering grammar sessions with humourous examples, from hailing a cypress to tree, to bitching about Marcus Brutus using all the different forms of nouns.

The Old Testament unit is also fantastic. (Even if I did sleep through the first Hebrew lecture with a rotten cold! oops!) The lecturer is so enthusing, and so easy to listen to. Such a good orator infact that sometimes I forget to take notes as I'm so rapt with attention!

Outside of lectures things are going swimmingly. I dance twice a week, the second time being in a creative choreography session run by myself. I'm dancing with a partner that I adore that adds an added frission at the ballroom classes, and a friend has offered himself as a partner for the advanced classes next term. Which makes my day as I feel a little bored with the beginners classes now. So much so Chris and I left half way through one. It was absolutely packed and we couldn't hear the instructor. Not good.

I'm also expanding my repetoire of other things today. Tuesdays is now jazz night! A local watering hole, the Talking Heads offers a free Jazz night on tuesday, alternating fornightly between old time New Orelans Jazz and more modern jazz. It's a great night out, calling for dancing shoes.

Intresting Times

The first week of term proper has passed. Both my subjects this term are proving to be fascinating. So much so that doing the work for them is far much more like pleasure.

The Latin is easy and hard in turns. It's hard to get out of the A level French habit of getting the gist and using that instead of a completely accurate translation. Declensions and conjugations are now used instead of sheep to lull me to sleep. The lecturer however is great fun, peppering grammar sessions with humourous examples, from hailing a cypress to tree, to bitching about Marcus Brutus using all the different forms of nouns.

The Old Testament unit is also fantastic. (Even if I did sleep through the first Hebrew lecture with a rotten cold! oops!) The lecturer is so enthusing, and so easy to listen to. Such a good orator infact that sometimes I forget to take notes as I'm so rapt with attention!

Outside of lectures things are going swimmingly. I dance twice a week, the second time being in a creative choreography session run by myself. I'm dancing with a partner that I adore that adds an added frission at the ballroom classes, and a friend has offered himself as a partner for the advanced classes next term. Which makes my day as I feel a little bored with the beginners classes now. So much so Chris and I left half way through one. It was absolutely packed and we couldn't hear the instructor. Not good.

I'm also expanding my repetoire of other things today. Tuesdays is now jazz night! A local watering hole, the Talking Heads offers a free Jazz night on tuesday, alternating fornightly between old time New Orelans Jazz and more modern jazz. It's a great night out, calling for dancing shoes.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

A knitting haul!

I love my knitting atm. My sweater dress is done and apart from a few fitting issues, it is perfect I think the baggy fit wil improve with a few washes anyway. Here is the pic. It is a take on Cosmic Pluto's Cloud pattern as I've mentioned before. I extended the length and made it stripy.





















I've also been delving into the glorious stash of yarn I bought in Amsterdam.















This is Courtel Flamme, colour Partie, 70% acrylic, 30% wool. Stitch pattern is Wow 1 k all stitches, Row two purl 2tog, do not slip st of left needle, purl first st again, slip off, across row. Row three knit all st, Row four, k1, purl 2tog, do not slip st of left needle, purl first st again, slip off, across row to last st, k1.
















This is Regia Color. I think it looks like ice cream!



















I'm loving having a house of my own - just look at my fireplace!














This is a cushion I've made for a friend's birthday. She has a pet rat called Charlie, who is a silvery albino, so hopefully she'll like this. I made it out of cotton and lame scraps with some ribbon for tails.


Finally, here is the cool watch my auntie and uncle bought me for my birthday.

A knitting haul!

I love my knitting atm. My sweater dress is done and apart from a few fitting issues, it is perfect I think the baggy fit wil improve with a few washes anyway. Here is the pic. It is a take on Cosmic Pluto's Cloud pattern as I've mentioned before. I extended the length and made it stripy.





















I've also been delving into the glorious stash of yarn I bought in Amsterdam.















This is Courtel Flamme, colour Partie, 70% acrylic, 30% wool. Stitch pattern is Wow 1 k all stitches, Row two purl 2tog, do not slip st of left needle, purl first st again, slip off, across row. Row three knit all st, Row four, k1, purl 2tog, do not slip st of left needle, purl first st again, slip off, across row to last st, k1.
















This is Regia Color. I think it looks like ice cream!



















I'm loving having a house of my own - just look at my fireplace!














This is a cushion I've made for a friend's birthday. She has a pet rat called Charlie, who is a silvery albino, so hopefully she'll like this. I made it out of cotton and lame scraps with some ribbon for tails.


Finally, here is the cool watch my auntie and uncle bought me for my birthday.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Words in lieu of pictures


I don't have the internet in my house yet, so here are words and I'll add pictures when I can.

First my birthday. What a wonderful day. It began with me opening my presents at Chris' at midnight, with what was the end of the day before running into my day. Chris had bought me little models of Ranma 1/2 characters all the way from Japan. Ranma is a considered a family anime show, and the main premise is that the lead character Ranma turns into a girl when he falls into cold water, then becomes male again if doused in hot water. Hilarity ensues. I had a birthday party in a box from my family, including spangly hairclips, brooches and a going out top to wear. It also had jelly, candles, cake mix, iced gems, party rings and the like. My granparent gave me a smart black t-shirt and a khaki canvas messenger bag.

After falling asleep and waking up again I returned to my house to begin the getting ready process. I showered, teased, plucked, moisturised and then some. When Alex/Cecil arrived we played Sims2, being evil genii and then had a huge sartorial dicussion. The darling had gifted me with good books as well. Things got better again when Hannah (one of my other housemates) and Amy, (my bestest girl friend in Soton) came, Hannah bearing a birthday cake iced like a ball of wool, and Amy a beautiful amber pendant. More girly ness followed with chatting and hair curling and the ilk. I put Amy's hair up in a french pleat, as she'd never had it pinned up before and I'm proud to say it lasted the whole night.

When we were all dolled up, Chris arrived to escort us to the Cowherds, a nice pub on the Common here in Soton. He wore my dad's old dj with beat up jeans and crisp white shirt - mmm hot! All my friends really made an effort with their clothes and when everyone arrived to eat at the pub it was like being in a Richard Curtis film. I felt very special indeed, especially when Alex/Cecil made a darling toast, and everyone sang Happy Birthday out of tune as we left the pub. I didn't realise quite what lovely friends I have. They all looked so handsome and were all so kind.

More friends were awaiting me at the Hobbit, including Simon, the chaplain chap with the blog. That's quite an achievement in my book, and Simon, this is public aknowledgement for you. Everyone said how interesting he was, and what a nice guy he was. So you did well there Simon and thank you soooooo much for coming. There was much dancing and chatting and mingling, and I felt thouroughly like a society debutante I got increasingly drunk as people kept buying me drinks and I also managed to change my dress in the middle of the crowd without anyone noticing, which is also impressive. I do remember dropping a whole drink all over Carrie, for which I am very sorry.

My wonderful day ended with me being very angry with Chris over something I cannot remember as he tried to walk me home - but it cannot have been that bad as it provided laughs the following day.

**Edit**Here is one little pic yoiked from Alex's facebook. I hope you don't mind, if you do I'll take it down.

*****Edit***** Selected pics. The rest are on my flickr











Words in lieu of pictures


I don't have the internet in my house yet, so here are words and I'll add pictures when I can.

First my birthday. What a wonderful day. It began with me opening my presents at Chris' at midnight, with what was the end of the day before running into my day. Chris had bought me little models of Ranma 1/2 characters all the way from Japan. Ranma is a considered a family anime show, and the main premise is that the lead character Ranma turns into a girl when he falls into cold water, then becomes male again if doused in hot water. Hilarity ensues. I had a birthday party in a box from my family, including spangly hairclips, brooches and a going out top to wear. It also had jelly, candles, cake mix, iced gems, party rings and the like. My granparent gave me a smart black t-shirt and a khaki canvas messenger bag.

After falling asleep and waking up again I returned to my house to begin the getting ready process. I showered, teased, plucked, moisturised and then some. When Alex/Cecil arrived we played Sims2, being evil genii and then had a huge sartorial dicussion. The darling had gifted me with good books as well. Things got better again when Hannah (one of my other housemates) and Amy, (my bestest girl friend in Soton) came, Hannah bearing a birthday cake iced like a ball of wool, and Amy a beautiful amber pendant. More girly ness followed with chatting and hair curling and the ilk. I put Amy's hair up in a french pleat, as she'd never had it pinned up before and I'm proud to say it lasted the whole night.

When we were all dolled up, Chris arrived to escort us to the Cowherds, a nice pub on the Common here in Soton. He wore my dad's old dj with beat up jeans and crisp white shirt - mmm hot! All my friends really made an effort with their clothes and when everyone arrived to eat at the pub it was like being in a Richard Curtis film. I felt very special indeed, especially when Alex/Cecil made a darling toast, and everyone sang Happy Birthday out of tune as we left the pub. I didn't realise quite what lovely friends I have. They all looked so handsome and were all so kind.

More friends were awaiting me at the Hobbit, including Simon, the chaplain chap with the blog. That's quite an achievement in my book, and Simon, this is public aknowledgement for you. Everyone said how interesting he was, and what a nice guy he was. So you did well there Simon and thank you soooooo much for coming. There was much dancing and chatting and mingling, and I felt thouroughly like a society debutante I got increasingly drunk as people kept buying me drinks and I also managed to change my dress in the middle of the crowd without anyone noticing, which is also impressive. I do remember dropping a whole drink all over Carrie, for which I am very sorry.

My wonderful day ended with me being very angry with Chris over something I cannot remember as he tried to walk me home - but it cannot have been that bad as it provided laughs the following day.

**Edit**Here is one little pic yoiked from Alex's facebook. I hope you don't mind, if you do I'll take it down.

*****Edit***** Selected pics. The rest are on my flickr