I probably shouldn't be writing this...

I wanted to get a post in as I have been soreley neglagent in the past few weeks with blogging (I don't know if the blogger spell check is working so plese tell me if there is any mistakes).  The reason for this is I have been buried in assessments and stress for the past four weeks which has made the time horrible. I didn't want to put any posts up here aout that as that's not what this is for!

As it stands I have one last assessment due for tomorrow and then all I need to do is revise for my exams. The most annoying thing about this assessment is that I have been looking forward to playing Skyward Sword since I got it on the release day (I even arranged to borrow my freinds wii so I could play it). I haven't let myself go to colect this wii as I know all I will do is 'just play the first few minutes of it' and I will end up staying up all night playing it trying to get past that one area where the solution is so simple but I can't see it (like what happened in spirit tracks). Right now I've been feeding my Zelda craving by almost constantly litening to the 25th anniversary orchestral CD that I got with the game.

If I do manage get to any lectures on wednesday I don't know how I'm going to be able to take notes.

This means that there's most likeley to be a shortage in posts next month too.

tube scarf

I was asked by a freind recently if I could knit her a scarf if she gave me the wool. She gave me eyelash yarn (see examples here) in three colours a dark to light blue sparkly varigated yarn another verigated yarn in brown and rose with a second strand of really soft stuff and a sparkly candy pink yarn.

Here's a WIP photo as I forgot to take a picture of the yarn before I started knitting

It's knitted on a 10mm circular needle that was 80cm long and I keep meaning to count the number of stitches in each round. Waht really surprised me was how fast this knitted up (but then again I would just keep knitting with the thaught 'I'll just finish the row' when knitting in a circle this is not the best idea).

The scarf is finished and I handed it over today I had a little leftover from my really bad guess work with how moch yarn is needed with casting on and off so I had a little fun with crocheting a loop flower brooch to match the scarf.

if you look really closely then you can see it is a flower not just a big hairy lump

 Knives Chau scarf update-  approx 2.6m

For Imperial mesurments and US or old UK needle and yarn sizing leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

3DS and Zelda

Back in June I got a 3DS and the Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time.  Since then I have been playing Ocarina of Time, the 3DS preloaded games, downloaded GBA virtual console games and NES virtual console games I got through the Nintendo ambassador program.

This was the reason for so few posts back then despite being on my summer break.

I got the first two Zelda games free with the ambassador programme and they are really difficult!

In the original game I cannot actually get to the first dungeon without being killed by moblins.  In Zelda II I am stuck in an overworld battle. I continually die before reviving back in the middle of this battle only to die again and I can't even run away from the monsters as I would normally do in other Zelda games. I am a little sick of how easy it is for the enemies to kill me in these SNES games.

The streetpass games are really addictive and I just competed the second run of streetpass quest yesterday and collected the final hat for my streetpass mii.  the other streetpass game is the puzzle collection game. I have unlocked all the images and I am almost finished the metroid picture. (EDIT I haven't really unlocked them all but I think I just have one to go)

There are a few free downloads available from the e-shop the three that I have are pokedex 3D, Nintendo Video and Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures (released for the 25 year anniversary). I paid to get Legend of Zelda Link's awakening DX before any of the ambassador announcements were made.

 

With the four Zelda games that are currently stored on the system memory and with my Ocarina 3d cartridge plus the fact I have just recently preordered Skyward sword limited edition has made me think I'm a little bit of a Zelda geek despite being pretty bad at it (I have never completed a Zelda game even though I have gotten very close).

The only thing I'm not happy about is that the red 3DS was brought out after the price had dropped and I wasn't able to buy it at the time I got mine (which is blue)

One of the missing photos has reappeared!

I found this picture lurking on my camera as I was looking through my photos yesterday.  It's one of the ones that was taken when I was in London to see Gackt.

There were several of these in Tube stations

I really am a geek o(^v^)o

I'm still looking for feedback on the last post about what to do for D-con. Come on people I know you can do it. You can comment here or on the facebook link.

This may seem a little early but....

I was wondering if I should get a table for D-con in March next year.

If I go for it again what kind of things I should start knitting (yes we really have to start this early to get enough stock).  Should I do more of the stuff we had last year or find some new stuff?

This is some of the stuff we had last year:

Loop flower Brooches

Knit ribbon phone charms

Round flower brooches

Big and little bird pins

Knit ribbon headband (the pink confection in the last post is one of these)

 

Knit ribbon brooch

There were a few others that I didn't get pictures of but sold well like the flower headbands and hair barrettes.
There will of course be more of the chick cream egg cosies (possibly with egg included!).  I could also do hair acessories with flowers on my hana-ami loom (in theory I could take on the spot commissions for those to collect the next day).  Once I decide on what I'll be making and I may open commissions for things to collect and pay at D-con.

Just let me know what you want to see either referring to the names above or asking for new stuff o(^v^)o