Thursday, October 27, 2005

let's fade together

The short version of where I've been is that after I got back from the Witching Hour, I was eaten alive by Franz Ferdinand fandom for a week and a half. It's a bit of an exaggeration, but not by much: in my first eleven days back, I went to six concerts, four of which were Franz, and two of which were out of state. Any night I wasn't at a show, I was trying desperately to get some sleep, because -- oh right! -- I have a job, and it wouldn't really do to suddenly become a zombie after my first two weeks.

Happily I've managed to recover as far as sleep goes; the concerts were wonderful (the last one culminated in a kiss on the cheek from Franz's woobie guitarist); and I've reason to believe that my job will turn permanent in the not-too-distant future. But in the midst of all that, I completely lost track of my knitting, and that's simply no good.

I've been plodding along on Kiri everyday during my commute. She's about 15" along the center back, I'd guess, but my god, is it boring now. I reeeeally need something else to work on -- I think that's the problem, this lack of variety -- but I've been so busy/tired that I haven't had a moment to find something to inspire me. This is Bad.

So, here's what I'm gonna ask. Link me to something awesome. A project of yours, someone else's, a pattern you saw, a picture, anything. It's freezing in New York now and I desperately need new sweaters, and I can actually afford yarn again (yay!). I want to make something incredible, but on my own, I'm coming up short.

I'll recap TWH next time -- I've got a smattering of pictures, and unless you were there, you seriously won't believe how much the animal cracker hat went for in the auction.

Lauren posted at 0.28 on 10.27.05 comments (0)

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

hellooooo from salem!

Yeah, so... Witching Hour, then! My mom and I got in at 1am last night, thanks to a train disruption between New York and Boston. (I wound up taking a shiny new Acela train for the first time for cheaper than a regular train, so it wasn't all bad.) Just got back from volunteer orientation, and I gotta tell you, this thing is gonna rock. Under my front of exhaustion, I'm really excited.

And naturally, the first thing I did this morning? Scouted out the LYS here, Arabella Yarns. :D It's actually really close to the Salem Waterfront Hotel, where we're staying -- it's part of Pickering Wharf, which is immediately behind the hotel. They've got a decent selection of DK and larger yarns, including several nice Hatmione candidates and exactly the right blue Lambs Pride I was hoping they'd have. At some point (tomorrow or Monday I guess) I want to hit some yarn shops in Boston, because hi, nice yarn == souvenir. ;)

And why did I want blue Lambs Pride, you say? Because I made an animal cracker hat on impulse last night to wear this weekend, and I need blue for the braids. It's supercute and awesome and stays on just fine. whee.

So, everybody who's headed here this weekend -- if you see me, say hi! I'll probably wear a punky Gryff uniform on Friday, Ravenclaw Quidditch on Sunday, not sure about the other days. Look for the needles. ;)

Lauren posted at 17.24 on 10.05.05 comments (0)