Sock it to the Man

Two of my most recent crocheting projects:

Socks!

I've made one big one and one small one, now I just have to try to make a second one to match each.

We'll see how that goes.

At least the first one can become a stocking if I can't make a duplicate.

And if I can make a bunch of the smaller ones, I won't have to feel bad about the little Jamaican women sewing socks for Hanes in a Free Trade Zone.

Hippie power!

Death Star

Pardon me while I am a complete nerd for a moment.

I just finished this book:

And, while it kinda annoys me that they keep going back and adding new books into the middle of the timeline, I really liked this one.

Basically, it goes back and gives insight into the lives of "regular people" (bartender, TIE pilot, construction supervisor, medic, etc.) who were aboard the first Death Star. You know, to prove that a battle station that huge can't possibly be full of evil, conniving maniacs bent on galactic domination.

At least not completely.

My only complaint comes from a stylistic viewpoint. All of the characters that the authors get you to invest in actually are able to escape the Death Star before it blows. I mean, I actually liked the characters and didn't especially want them to die . . . but I think the book would have made a much better point if they had.

Oh well, still a pretty good read.

And now for something completely different . . .

Look! Stripes!

Crochet-volution

Oooh, shiny picture.

These are my first few projects since I took up crocheting a few weeks ago. The brown one in the center--affectionately named Primo--was the first . . . as you can probably tell by the fact that he gets wide and skinny, wide and skinny, before finally reaching a constant width near the other end.

Yeah, I had some trouble figuring out when to end my rows.

Don't judge me.

I was doing much better by the time I reached the second one (on the left), which was completed for Marvin. His width only varies a little bit in a couple places.

By the time I made my third (right), which was made from luxuuurious Alpaca wool, I pretty much had it down to a science. My fourth scarf, also in the gray Alpaca, could not be pictured because it was gifted to my friend Lan for procuring the Dalai Lama tickets.

Now, with a closet full of scarves, I am moving on to bigger and better things.

Like what, you might ask?

A wool blanket!

Embroidery's Final Frontier

So . . . I was poking around on Lexie's blog and found a link to this one, where I saw:


Which made me quite happy, because, if you read this post, you remember that I just bought a slew of embroidery supplies. I also love space.

Consequently, inspiration to combine the two was most welcome.

(In case you noticed, I wanted to see how many links I could fit into this post.)

Because I needed more productive ways to waste time.

So Michael's--the ubiquitous arts and crafts store--is a very dangerous place.

Not dangerous in the typical Memphis sense, but dangerous in the go-in-there-on-a-whim-and-buy-half-their-merchandise kinda sense.

I went there yesterday and walked out with a big ball of yarn, a crochet hook, embroidery thread in a rainbow of colors, embroidery needles, one of those embroidery round things, and a box of 36 oil pastels.

(In case you were wondering, I saw this embroidery thing on TV and it looked neat--it's not your grandmother's pastime anymore.)

I am now 7-8 inches into a chocolate brown scarf. It ain't exceptionally pretty, but for my first piece, I don't think it's that bad.

I'll post pictures of projects as I get them done. :)

Cuteness Concentrate

So, after several posts of ranting negativity, I've decided something more up-beat is in order.

By following a link to a link to a link, I found these:

AKA, the cutest things ever.

. . . EVER.

I want to learn to make them. I will give them to my children. I will give them to your children.

I will devote myself to spreading happiness, love, cheer, and Star Wars to everyone around the globe.

Which one do you like best? I'm kinda leaning towards Yoda, myself.