Mystery Project 3

I finally have made some head way with Project 3. I've stopped on Project 2, but should be picking it up again soon.

Project 3 has been causing great frustration. I spent two days last weekend trying to cast on and get started but it kept twisting up. :P

So this whole week there was no knitting so I could center myself and calm down. Then I spent some time last night trying to start and would get going and then screw up the pattern. Finally today I've been able to do a lot of knitting on it. Enough that I'm about half done! It would be great if I could finish it up today or tomorrow so I can start on the next one (which is going to take the most work) and finish number 2.

Have a sneak peek of project 3! :D

Also, I got my yarn bowl from blueroompottery on Etsy. It's pretty awesome...and huge!

Day for the Dads

I always have a really difficult time getting something for my Dad. Be it Christmas, his birthday, or Father's Day. That is because he has a tendency to purchase things he wants himself when he finds them. (Of course, I have this tendency too...drives my friends bonkers.) So this year instead of my working slowly to restore his James Bond book collection, I got him something a bit more sentimental. Which considering he and I don't overly do sentimental is rather amazing.

Etsy had a cool gift suggestion post up for a bit too.

I really like the quote. It just resonated with me.

It was funny yesterday since Dad was preaching at the evening service. He did a really great father's day sermon concerning God as the Father. It was about how a father is in the family and what his role is. Little did I know (a month ago when I purchased it) how much the little quote would match up.

Of course he got in a bit about our adventure on the highway. A week before we were driving back from a friend's graduation and I felt a shaking in the floorboards. When Dad started driving after dinner, it got worse. Over the next 50 miles or so it migrated to the passenger side and the steering wheel was shaking. When we pulled off at a rest stop there was a popping sound. I thought maybe the tire had blown. But nothing seemed wrong. We went in to the bathrooms and when we came out the driver side front tire was canted. Dad found a lug nut sheared off. I noticed that all of them were gone. Needless to say that God was with us that drive.

Between that and his other stories interspersed with scripture, it was a lovely sermon. We were discussing afterwards about how it can effect people. Especially since one lady said that her family never said I love you, taking their cues from her father. I told him that it all about saying something and hoping it reaches someone when they need it to.

Overall it was a nice father's day. We hadn't had a proper celebration in few years with me at school and various activities arising in summer. I gave the keyring at lunch and when Mom read the quote out Dad was silly and acted like a tree in a storm. I think he really liked it. Said he could even put it on his keys since it wouldn't take up loads of space in his pocket. Win for me!

Mystery Project 1 Complete!

I changed the project for Mystery 1. I also finished it and gifted it. That's right, Project 1 was the 11th Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver! :D It was a nice, fun, quick knit. I also got to use some of the yarn in my stash. I hope to make another one at some point.

I got the pattern off Ravelry. When I presented it to the recipient today (during a Dr. Who/ Torchwood marathon) the first thing he did was point and sonic! XD Marvelous!

Meanwhile, I've finished half of the Mystery Project 2. And I'm working to cast on Mystery Project 3. I hope to get them down since I think 4 is going to take me a while. I have to figure out how to size it up correctly for the recipient. Project 5 shouldn't been too intense. I'm glad I've figured them out now.

I also have a few random projects in my queue. I have a co-worker I'd like to make a lightsaber for and another some flip top mittens (at his request). Just call me the little knitting machine!

Mystery Project 2

I've decided to put Clockwork Skies on hold till I make some head way with the Pay It Forward Projects. That being said, Project 1 is not very portable. Thus that is one that I will have to complete at home. However, the other projects I've been contemplating are, so I've cast on Project 2 and been letting my little needles work steadily. :)

I decided to work them in alphabetical order. I think Project 1 is going to take me the longest. It seems to require the most work, especially as it is knit flat. The other ones I've looked at doing are knit in the round. I really like knitting in the round as I am a slow purler.

Pictures to come when projects are completed/given. :D

Have to finish one first!

I had a co-worker show my this article from The Washington Post a little while back.

She was really funny about poking me to self publish. Which would be amazing if I actually had a manuscript completed to a point I could edit the damn thing. However, writing likes to stop in the middle and railroad me. I always seem to have vague ideas about where I'd like to go, but a nice road block get thrown down on the way. :P

I suppose this should be a nice little shove to get typing.

Odds and Ends

Every so often I tool around Etsy, since it is really inspiring as well as awesome. There are some really amazing things on there. A little while ago, GeekCraft had a post about a Dr. Who Companion bracelet. I've recently been watching Dr. Who, and have become thoroughly addicted. It is really entertaining. I do love this bracelet, but know that I have nowhere to wear it. :(

She's also got a few different charm bracelets with other features, such as Harry Potter and Alice in Wonderland. I really like that she explains the reasoning behind the charms too on a few of them.

I especially like the bookmarks. Again, I have little use for one since I have a Kindle that is very much dearly loved, but they are still very neat.

There are different styles and everything. :)

However, I did get a pair of earrings that were Harry Potter inspired. :) She's got lots of nice little things that are cute and interesting.

And speaking of earring, there was a really cute pair that were inspired by Breaking Dawn. If I actually like the series I would get them since they are really rather awesome, but I couldn't get through the third book. >_< Twilight hurts my brain. I do want to finish them, mostly since I have friends that like them. However I also like to be decently informed if I'm going to bitch about something. *sigh* But the books have still been a nice art inspiration for many. I like where the is creativity flowing! Just look at the little chess pieces!

New Tee Everyday!? Sign me up!

A former co-worker recently posted about purchasing a new tee-shirt. Once I saw it, I had to have it. Only downside, I won't have it when I go to the Supernatural Convention this coming weekend. ;_; Ah well, it was still too amazing to pass up.

Anywho, got this tee off of RIPT Apparel:

Mine, mine, mine. *grabby hands*

Can I just say that I will be checking back. So many amusing tees, but all gone.