First post of the year

This is my first post the year (Hooray!) and I want to thank anybody who has been reading my blog that I haven't (literally) prodded into doing so.

I've been meaning to write a post since the first of the month but I have had no idea what to write about.

I have several posts in draft form that I need to finish for this blog and my other blog. These include posts covering my trip to Dublin in early November (I think I might split that into two posts rather than keeping it just as one), several knitting projects (like an accidentally mobius snood), cross stitch, the finishing of my Knives Chau inspired scarf (I'm on the last section), and weather or not I will be going ahead with D-con knitting as it seems it might not be happening this year (I may just start knitting anyway and try to get a table at Auchinawa instead).

I spent my new year in with my sister in Stirling we were originally going to go to the top of the Wallace Monument to watch the fireworks from the castle but we got scared halfway up and on our way down we realised there was just as good a view from the bottom of the hill so we just sat on a wall and watched the fireworks from there.
I hope that all of your celebrations of the mid-winter and new year/hogmany sort went well (that is, if you can remember them)

D-con comissions are open!

Commisions to collect and pay at D-con are now open! (yaaaaaay!)

I'll be adding a new blog specificly for commisions with all the design and yarn options for the knitted acessories and if I'm selling some of my bigger stuff like scarves or hats then you can reserve them and negociate prices.  I'm no good with the postal system so any commisions are to collect at D-con only (at least for now anyway). 

A short post of an excuse

The lack of posts recently has been due the fact I have been revising for my end of semester exams and procrastinating so badly I feel guilty about writing posts when I should be doing more productive things (like past papers) and not playing skyward sword for six hours or so (oops). I also haven't really had anything to write about as all I can write about coherently the moment is extended responses for questions about the rock cycle, the composition of basaltic rocks, the formation of geostrophic current flows and the primary productivity ratio for marine organisms.

I'm posting as I hate it when there's nothing new to read on a blog and I hate being a hypocrite just as much.

Also....I think my flatmate is a bit sick of my study playlist constantly on repeat.

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.