yeah, it's been a while, I know o_O"
so, just to make this quick, here a quick update list style! ^__^

General

+ I've done a shit load of knitting. CLICK HERE to see my knitting photo set.

+ I moved my desktop computer back down to Petaluma, where it belongs.

+ I've actually started writing fiction and stuff using Now Write! for all my writing exercises. I really like the book a lot. though I am still looking for more books like it and if anyone knows of any, please comment ^__^

+ got a shelfari.com account. ME @ shelfari.com. I haven't had much time to play around with it, but it looks like a good web site for keeping all the books I own in order and a list of books I want to read ^__^


Annwfn Related

+ We had the annual tree planting at Annwfn on the 12th and it went really well. ^_^
CLICK HERE to see the photos

+ Created Annwfn Flickr Group

+ Updated a repaired parts of annwfn.org. (thought I still need to fix the calendar section)

+ Created Annwfn 2008 Calendar

+ Peige and Kathrine (Peige's daughter) brought up their two kitties Ninja and Pookie. They're cute little cats ^__^



ok, that's all I can think of right now.

So I got Kevin's hat done, yay me! ok, I got it done a few days ago but I didn't get around to posting photos till now.
any way, so now that I have one hat done all I need to do is order the yarn for the rest of the hats and start making them, yay! though first I need to save up money to buy said yarn o_O"
well, I think I might have enough but I have to wait till we get our bank account out of the negative before I can order since I need to use a card. Well, maybe I could just give the cash to Aileen? hmmmmm


people who I';m making hats for (in no particular order)
+ Kevin
+ Aileen
+ Jenna
+ Falon
+ Joe-bear
+ Erica
+ Jeff
+ Juan
+ Joe

stats
Yarn: knit picks - Swish Superwash
Dimensions: 92st wide 45rows tall.
Time to Make: About 3 days, give or take

I'm in town today so I can download my anime and e-mail the guy that owns the Annwfn domain name. but mostly because I wanted to download my anime.

any way, so far I've rearranged my Book List and updated my Knitting List. Speaking of knitting, I'm going to be knitting everyones x-mas gift. That's all you guys get to know. BUT if you have any color preference please say so now, other wise I'll just go off of what you've told me in the past or something nice. But you guys have plenty of time to tell me what colors you'd like since I haven't even got shopping for the yarn yet. I'm just in the design phase ^_^

Look, I made another pair of felted slippers ^_^
The other slippers were nice, but they were a little too small for me. These slippers however are perfect. Not too lose and not too tight. And plus I had some white wool yarn sitting around that I wanted to use for something. So yay, new felted slippers! ^__^
here's a picture of me wearing them


Also, just to give you an idea of how much these things shrink up when they get felted:
( before and after photo )

wheee, I finished Falon's hat today! I was going to do more of the tiny heart thing, but I didn't think it looked very good with this yarn. Mostly because the colors don't contrast enough to really see it and also because the width of the yarn keep changing (since it's hand spun) so the thin purple parts kind of get swallowed up by the thicker black parts o_O"
oh well, I think it ended up nice any way ^_^

and now I will start on a blanket for mom since I have a ton of unused yarn and I've been making to make something for her.


and on a side note :
I HATE ALLERGIES! ;_;
they are soooo bad today. my nose is stuffy and my head is stuffy.... I'm almost tempted to skip class. But I wont since I know staying home wont do me any good, so I might as well go to class.

YAY, I finished Aileen's hat! and this time it didn't end up really large like the last one did.
and since I'm done I can finally start working on Falon's hat, yay! ^__^

and here's a photo of me wearing it:


I know it looks a little big on me, but I think it'll fit Aileen just fine. At least I hope so o_O"

So I felted the hat last night and I actually really like the result. Though since I said I was going to knit a hat for Aileen (not make a felted hat) I'm going to start Aileen's hat over again. Though, at least I got a felted hat out of this ^_^
any way, I've already shaped it to my head, so I don't think it would fit any one else quite right o_O"
and the pattern is wrong too. BUT after making some adjustments I think that I have the pattern nice and figured out.THIS is what I am doing for Aileen's hat. Though of course it will be wider, but since it's just a strip pattern I really didn't need to plan that part out. Though I do need to figure out how large to make it so it wont be so large on Aileen's head o_O"
I think I'll take Eric's advice and do some test swatches first.

So, I 'finished' Aileen's a few hours ago.... and well, it's a little too large o_O"
it seems that things are smaller when you knit and pearl ver when you just plain knit..... yeah, I'm sure if I did some research I could have found that out without having mess up a hat first, but eh.
and to give you an idea of just how large this hat is :


er, umm... yeah. It's kinda large.
so, I'm going to try felting it and seeing how it turns out. Though I'llm probably start Aileen's hat over since I also got the height wrong, so I'll need to re work the pattern.

yay, I took a couple more photos of my felted slippers. I think they turned out a whole lot better than the last ones since it shows the color more accurately. ^_^

now, what did I differently, you ask? Well, I made a light box for taking photos inside (though I assume it would work nicely out side too if it wasn't raining.) using this tutorial :
DIY $10 Macro Photo Studio
It really dose make a difference with how the photos turn out, even if I'm still not the best at using it. for example, take a look at this photo :


This photo is not photoshoped, so this is exactly what I get after I take the photo. They were both take at the same angle and the light was left at the same position. ok, so if I had put the light to the side it would have come out a whole lot better, BUT you can still see the difference between the two.

( 4 more photos )

yay, I finished knitting my first pair of my slippers! ^__^
They don't look exactly alike, but I guess that's what happens when you knit and felt them separately o_O"
oh well, I'll make sure to next the next pair at the same time. But only after I finished the hats for angelic_fg and arsenicandtea ^_^

So, as you can see from the photo above the slipper turned out good ^__^
It's a little smaller than I was expecting, but I think it's cute! ^_^
now, I just need to add a bottom or something to make it even cuter. and of course I need to knit the other slipper. Though, I should probably start working on Aileen and Falon's hats soon o_O"
Well, I'll just knit my slipper and then I will start work on the hats! ^_^


and on a completely random note, look at this REALLY CUTE blinkie I got at jens__graphics! ^__^

and the felting process of my slipper has begun! I didn't use a pattern, I just saw this photo and sorta figured out how to make the slipper on my own. Now, the only question is, will it work? Did I make the slipper big enough? did I make it too big? Or too wide? o_O"
Well, I'll find out soon enough.


Wish me luck! ^_^

It's about your hats ^_^

ok, so I bought the yarn yesterday and here it is


I decided I'm going to do a black and purple stripe design. ( something like this )

NOW, I just want to know what you guys thinks of the pattern. The one with purple at the bottom for Aileen and the other for Falon. (or you guys can fight over which one you want) If you guys have any other stripped pattern you'd like more PLEASE post a pic (or even a link to the pattern) cuz I am definitely up for doing something more creative! ^_^
So feel free to post any other sort of two color strip ideas ^_^

here's a couple of other ideas. Please tell me which one you guys want (ether these or the ones above) or post a photo of what you do want if you find anything else ^_^
+ One
+ Two
+ Three
+ Four
+ Five

So yeah, even though I haven't been posting about it, I've been knitting a lot lately. Also I just recently got into felting, which is fun. ^_^
any way, here's photos.

( 5 photos of things I've been working on )

And here's a list of knitting projects I have for the future.
+ A couple of squares for Warm Up America!
+ Square hat for angelic_fg and arsenicandtea
+ Scarf for Joe
+ Another Ipod Cozy
+ Slippers for myself
+ A hat for myself

Yep, that should be enough to keep me busy for a while. Now, I just need to buy the yarn for angelic_fg and arsenicandtea hats o_O"

oh yeah, Aileen! I said I needed you to pay for your yarn, but that's ok. I figure knitting you guys hats it a good way of paying you back for all the supplies I've been using and of course giving me a ride to the SRJC all the time ^_^
I just can't say when it will be when I do end up buying the yarn. Well, I have some extra money so I might buy it today. I'll see. BUT Joe needs to to pay for the yarn for his scarf. Heck, I need to know what color and type of yarn he wants first before I can do anything o_O"

Look, I knitted an ipod cozy! ^_^
Why? well, it was a quick and easy project and I have SO much extra yarn o_O"
up next : a tea cozy! and I'll probably knit an ipod cozy for Jeff as well. hmmm, I wonder what else I should knit? I know, a knitting bag! ^_^
Well, actually I already have a knitting bag, but I could use something to stick all my extra yarn in.

On other things, I started school last Thursday. Well, I only have Art, but at least it's something. also it dose count toward my photography certificate ^_^
and the class went pretty well, even if I thought I was going to stab myself in the skull with my pen while one of the teachers was reading off the supply list. o_O"
but other wise it went well.

and today me, Aileen and Fallon went shopping for school supplies for our art class. We got pretty much everything that we needed, aside from a freaking 18 inch clear ruler. I swear, we went to 4 different stores and we couldn't find the dam thing >_<

and on other news, I finally got around to opening up my computer and cleaning it out and it now dose not make that really annoying sound that it's been making for the past couple of days, YAY! ^_^

YAY, I finished my square hat! I'm not sure how long it took me to knit since I was working on it a little while I was knitting moms scarf and then the past two days I've been working on it like mad. Watching the Voyager marathon and knitting is fun ^_^

Also, I finished moms scarf, as you can tell from the photo below with Jeff modeling it. There was this yard I really, really liked but I ended up grabbing the wrong one, which makes me sad ;_;
But this one ended up really nice any way. I hope she'll like it.

For x-mas presents I decided to bake small checkerboard cakes for every one and I've been baking like mad since yesterday. I just finished making the mini cakes tonight and I think they turned out whether cute ^_^
Now I just need to pack them in the morning and start delivering them! ^_^

and here's a photo of the test cake. the ones I made for presents ended up less lop sided and also I didn't put the big blue sugar snow flake on it ether.

Also for the past couple of days I've been working on a scarf for mom. here's a photo of what it looks like so far. ^_^
After I finish knitting the scarf for mom I'm going to work on my hat, then Jeff's black hat and then I'm probably going to make myself a scarf with that really soft pink and brown yarn I bought recently ^_^
yes, I have a lot of knitting projects lined up o_O"