Literary Aspirations

Not about the book. Sorry! Actually, I just finished writing, drawing, and inking my first zine. I've been playing around with the idea of creating a zine for quite sometime now, but I never actually put thought into motion until today.



It's called Knit Zine, and it is a small publication containing thoughts about color choices for this fall, a pattern for a pair of super simple fingerless gloves, along with a few extra features.

I will be selling hand knit items at a craft show in my area and I thought I'd put a few of these out on the table. I'm not sure how well they'll sell, but I probably won't produce that many for the first batch and give quite a few away just to get word out. They'll be worth a dollar and I think that's fair including a pattern, right?

I finished my Daphne purse from Louisa Harding's "Knitting Little Luxuries." I forgot to add my magnetic snap before adding my lining, but the purse is deep enough to do without it. It's knit with Peaches n' Cream natural and the flowers are done in some pretty blue gellato that I had left over from my lace skirt.

I'm also working on the Hearts and Flowers Socks, by Wendy Johnson. They're toe-up socks (knit from the toes to the cuffs) and they're really cute! I have been working on them for a month and a half, which seems like a long time, but it is the first time I've knit lace socks with a slip stitch heel.

Other than that, the day has been pretty quiet. We've had a bit of rain and the dogs have been napping. I'm looking forward to finishing one of the socks tonight and possibly watching a movie.

Happy Knitting!

The Harry Potter Exhibit

I took the day off of work today and went to Chicago with my sister, mom, and a friend to see the Harry Potter exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. It was so awesome and we had a lot of fun! Unfortunately, you are not allowed to take pictures in the actual exhibit, but we did get a few shots next to the Ford Anglia at the front of the museum, as well as some while we stood near various posters that hung throughout the museum.

We paid extra for the audio tour and it was worth it, because you get a few extra insights as to why they chose certain props or costume designs for the characters. They had a lot of props from various movies, as well as, costumes for Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and most of the professors. The amount of pink in Umbridge's costume was insane (but her kitty plates were cute)!

My favorite prop was Ron's knit blanket that was on his bed during a few of the movies. I so want to knit that. The scariest prop was probably the dementor that was kind of hanging from the ceiling/flying. They had great air circulation in the tent that made the robes flutter and it was just plain creepy. My sister and I watched one little boy pass by with his "big" sister. She held her arm around him, while he watched the floor where he walked and covered his eyes with both hands. He was so scared!

All in all, the exhibit was pretty amazing and I would definitely recommend going to see it if it comes to a city near you. It will be in Chicago until mid-September, then moving to Boston for the fall.

PS. Girls, the docents are not actors, they're really all brits. Natch!