Current obsessions: knitting, listening to Evie Pts. 1, 2, 3 (by the Wrights)
I haven’t gone clothes shopping for a long while. It seems that everything out there these days are expensive and mediocre. Anything that is nice is way out of my league, price wise – maybe that’s why I’m subconsciously knitting furiously and teaching myself new techniques, in hope that one day I can knit and sew my own clothes.
My wardrobe is full of black – I hear this echo across all women in Melbourne, I think. It’s the most versatile colour, you never really get fat days out of them. In other words, safe! To appease my WILD side (and I use that term very loosely), I buy colourful shoes. It’s really quite weird, this obsession I have with them. I think it’s because I think it covers a small part of my body, hence I can be as loud as I want to be. In truth though, the shoe doest maketh the woman. Or at least it says a lot about the woman – I wonder what my shoes say about me?
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
A couple of things
Scarf [almost] en route to London
So this is finally done – it was actually done shortly after I arrived home from KL. Yes, I did not manage to give to my friend on time, but I reckon any weather in London during the year, with the exception of some days, would be a worthy scarf day.
So without further a due… actually, he’s moving soon, so I can’t actually send it to him yet. Damn!
Mittens
I made these for fun, with excess lolly-pop colour wool (actually it’s acrylic). It’s the simplest gloves ever, hence the name ‘Cheats fingerless gloves’. I stumbled this upon http://ohmystars.net. She’s a pretty cool chick, and I love her website design which she made herself. Oh my… guess what I’ll be wearing this winter.
Swatches
Knitted a swatch for a cape I’m going to be doing soon when I can stop procrastinating and buy enough wool in the same colour as the ones I got from Xmas. I guess beneath it all, I’m slightly apprehensive. It’s going to be my first big project and so many doubts. What if it doesn’t turn out like the picture? What if I fuck up? Actually… when I fuck up. What if I get bored halfway and never finish it? What if what if what if? Someone stab me with their double pointed, quick!
Dumbass!
I bought a pair of 5mm 80cm circular needles a while ago, and finally gave it a whirl. Foolishly, I thought it was going to be pretty much the same as using ordinary needles. How long do you think it took me to realize that I wasn’t knitting in a round? WELL!... obviously not soon enough, because I was at least 10 rows in before I surrendered to the inevitable – I was a dumbass.
I’ve moved on since… but to all circular virgin knitters, read up on circular knitting first AND actually pay attention. I think it’s just me. Argh!
The city
Melbourne is a beautiful city. Everytime I walk its streets, I’m grateful to be where I am. It’s a friendly city, most people are polite. We have wonderful lanes filled with coffee-heaven smells, grungy and artistic works grace any (legal) walls and we have aesthetically well-preserved architure. Oh, let’s not forget the food – it’s endless variety any day of the week. It’s been a while since my beloved and I just walked around for fun (the city is our playground), not looking for anything to buy or any chores to do. We just walked around, checked out the people and new shops – what’s been, what is, what will be. It’s ever evolving and it’s fascinating! My mind is so full of colours, smells & texture that I can’t wait to have a moment to put some down on paper.
So this is finally done – it was actually done shortly after I arrived home from KL. Yes, I did not manage to give to my friend on time, but I reckon any weather in London during the year, with the exception of some days, would be a worthy scarf day.
So without further a due… actually, he’s moving soon, so I can’t actually send it to him yet. Damn!
Mittens
I made these for fun, with excess lolly-pop colour wool (actually it’s acrylic). It’s the simplest gloves ever, hence the name ‘Cheats fingerless gloves’. I stumbled this upon http://ohmystars.net. She’s a pretty cool chick, and I love her website design which she made herself. Oh my… guess what I’ll be wearing this winter.
Swatches
Knitted a swatch for a cape I’m going to be doing soon when I can stop procrastinating and buy enough wool in the same colour as the ones I got from Xmas. I guess beneath it all, I’m slightly apprehensive. It’s going to be my first big project and so many doubts. What if it doesn’t turn out like the picture? What if I fuck up? Actually… when I fuck up. What if I get bored halfway and never finish it? What if what if what if? Someone stab me with their double pointed, quick!
Dumbass!
I bought a pair of 5mm 80cm circular needles a while ago, and finally gave it a whirl. Foolishly, I thought it was going to be pretty much the same as using ordinary needles. How long do you think it took me to realize that I wasn’t knitting in a round? WELL!... obviously not soon enough, because I was at least 10 rows in before I surrendered to the inevitable – I was a dumbass.
I’ve moved on since… but to all circular virgin knitters, read up on circular knitting first AND actually pay attention. I think it’s just me. Argh!
The city
Melbourne is a beautiful city. Everytime I walk its streets, I’m grateful to be where I am. It’s a friendly city, most people are polite. We have wonderful lanes filled with coffee-heaven smells, grungy and artistic works grace any (legal) walls and we have aesthetically well-preserved architure. Oh, let’s not forget the food – it’s endless variety any day of the week. It’s been a while since my beloved and I just walked around for fun (the city is our playground), not looking for anything to buy or any chores to do. We just walked around, checked out the people and new shops – what’s been, what is, what will be. It’s ever evolving and it’s fascinating! My mind is so full of colours, smells & texture that I can’t wait to have a moment to put some down on paper.
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