Black Cat Magic

Other than starting a few new projects (bad idea) over the weekend, I have not done much in lieu of knitting. I finished those armwarmers up already, but I have not been investing good time into finishing up the wrock scarf I started a few weeks back. I think that trying to form letters in a shadow weave pattern is getting me a little down. I might need to try something different, but the scarf would just look so awsome with that secret message written on it. We'll see how that goes.

So, where has all my time gone this past weekend? The boy and I went out and bought a new kitten! A friend I work with co-owns a pet store and tipped me off that he had some really cute black kittens and a litter of grey kittens in the shop. We took a (long) drive out there and ended up taking one home with us. She is all black with a spunky personality. I settled on the name Luna and it was accepted (by the boy). I was actually quite surprised, too. I'm thinking Luna Lovegood, he's thinking Roman goddess. It works out in the end. ;D

To Write

Somedays I get up and think: I'm going to write! Then I find a million other excuses not to, such as: knitting, watching a movie, or having lack of time before work. I have even cleaned the house as an excuse.

Dust mites, fear these days.

Today, I got out of bed, after a rather crummy night's sleep and sat down at the computer with the intention of writing. I even have my notebook right here with me! It is a gorgeous little pale silver thing that I've been keeping notes and bits of writing in for this one particular story. I decided I needed it to help me focus on this story and to have something to write in at all times so that I never have a great idea and then forget it.

Today, I am very excited, because I just finished typing up the prologue to my story! Woo-hoo! Okay, yes, it is a single-spaced-one-page-wonder, but it is a good piece of writing. It sets up my narrator as a third person omniscient. It immediately opens up the story to a million questions, such as who is Adam, what or who is he running from, and how will his aunt react to that tear in his sock? Finally, it adds a bit of the unrealistic, since the character tears through a hole in time at the end of the prologue.

Now that I've gotten this far, I think that it is time to do a bit of laundry. *wink* We'll see how much farther we get today!

Fruits Basket

'Fruits Basket' is decidedly a cute anime. I was kind of miffed at the fact that my bf's friend is in the process of reading the series. He definately seems more of a guy's guy, including an extreme opinionated demeanor, but I gather so far that he doesn't altogether hate its girly-cute-kindness-promoting-little-self. Watching the anime, however, makes me feel a twinge of guilt for all the mean thoughts I have and how self-centered I seem to be. Then I think that Tohru, the main character, must be exhausted. Her ability to turn a bad situation good, to always think of other's feelings, and generally have a smile close at hand are all great qualities, but really, no living person could keep that up, could they?

I've watch the first twenty episodes and so far I have thought of two designs I could create. One design is a crocheted amigurumi rice ball! I have actually stitched one together and added a little face. I'll be working on writing up the design for it, but really, it wasn't difficult to create. I watched a video on Youtube about how to make a real rice ball, so that I could get the shape and size pretty close to the original. As Tohru would say, 'It's so cute!'

The second design I am working on is Tohru Honda's scarf. During some of the winter scenes, especially where she visits the Sohma estate, she is wearing a fuzzy orange and rasberry scarf. At first I thought, gross, who would wear that? I am really not a big fan of orange, though it is good as a juicy citrus-y snack. After looking at the color combination for a few frames, I thought that they went really well together, then immeadiately set to work wondering how the scarf might be constructed. That's when you know you've got to design it! My only fears in creating the scarf will be: 1) what if I don't find the exact shades of orange and rasberry that I want?! and 2) what if it looks like crap on me after I finish it? We'll see how that all goes, won't we?

It's a work in progress

Currently on the needles: a pink petal dishcloth, the second armwarmer, and an illusion scarf.

I want to work on the illusion scarf, but I am quickly running out of yarn. I took a quick look at the website where I bought this gorgeous alpaca and the shop isn't open until Tuesday. TUESDAY! So, I suppose I'll have to work on the last armwarmer while watching some t.v. today.

So far, the illusion scarf is going great. I wanted to design a scarf that showed both a fondness of Harry Potter without it blatantly being something that looks like it. I think that illusion knitting is perfect. I used the red and gold colors of Gryffindor, since I like red and I know I'll wear it when it's finished. One one side of the scarf, I imbedded a lightning bolt. On the otherside will (hopefully) be a hidden message. It should say: the boy who lived. We'll see how it turns out once it is actually knit.... I actually didn't even know if the lightning bolt would work out, but the image is great! Take that, Voldie!

Then there are the armwarmers. Am I tired of knitting in a cirle? Am I tired of knitting in blue? Whatever the case, I should finish these quickly, so that I can start the little generations purse. I'll be using the left-over yarn for it, since I'll have quite a bit of it. It will be cute and Christmas-ed to mom along with something else. I just don't know yet.

The dishcloth is 'meh.' I'll save it for an easy mindless knitting day, or class.

That's really all I've got going on at the moment, if you can believe it! Ten more projects swimming in my head though. I'm seeing a great HP theme to a lot of them. Who knows, maybe enough to compile a book. We'll see. ^^