Okay. Well. It's November. Dear Gods, kill me now. Hates November. Hates it forevers. On the plus side, it has been a remarkably mild November for the state of Nebraska weatherwise. Or, at least it was. The last two days have brought in the cold, grey, icky, half-assed-drizzliness-that-may-or-may-n
ot-become-snow that characterizes November at the point where the alleged poetic beauty of autumn is gasping its last but winter is still dragging its heels to get here. Oh YAY.
Been crafting away, though. For the holiday crafting list:
Little Jen: COMPLETED.
Zanne: COMPLETED. Except maybe for some blocking, which isn't strictly necessary in this case.
Becky: Probably about a day or so from completion--it's going remarkably quickly considering my needles for this project are roughly the size of frickin' toothpicks. Seriously. Trying to get through it ASAP, though, because I really, really want one of these for myself too.
Ed: Have materials, but haven't started work yet. According to the pattern, though, should be a fairly quick and simple knit. But, that's what they ALL say, isn't it? Anyway, yours is probably going to be the next on the working block.
Amanda: Have materials, and have attempted to start work I don't know HOW many times now. The patternmaker claims she whipped it up over a weekend, but apparently I chose a very evil (but very very pretty!) yarn for this and it keeps trying to not do what it's supposed to do. This will invariably take some fighting. And possibly a whip. Forgive me if this one runs a little late. ^_^;
Dani: Have materials, but not yet started work. Still trying to reconfigure the pattern to turn a hand towel and two washcloths into a single scarf pattern--mostly it's the edging that's throwing me. Should be an easy knit once the pattern particulars are ironed out, though.
Paul: I think I have materials all ready--still deciding how much is going to be done in pure pipecleaners and how much real fabric I want to use for this. But, thankfully Pipecleaner People can usually be whipped up in an afternoon or two.
UO: Have a plan for you, but, honestly, it's on the backburner, love. Because you are getting OTHER pretty pretty shinies from me. Maybe for your birthday or next year or something if I don't complete it this year. But, once done, it should go marvelously with the OTHER fabric-based things I've made for you. ^_~
James: Theoretically, this should be easy to do, at least once I get printer ink and transfer paper. Let's see how well my scanner cooperates, though. They should still have plain white t-shirts along the back wall of Hobby Lobby by the time I'm ready, but if I have to do much fighting, this is going to likely wind up a birthday present.
Hmm. Usually I'm further along than this. Then again, last year I was only working part-time rather than full-time. Plus having to do Adrian's Halloween costume by hand slowed me down too--but he was still the cutest little Link you ever did see. No, really. And people RECOGNIZED him as Link, without my prompting! Well, some did. Others thought he was anything from an elf to Robin Hood to Peter Pan. Hmm. And, I, of course, looked smashing as always in that dress. It was pretty funny, though. Adrian saw me dressed up and immediately asked "Mommy, are you princess?" Now, generally, I don't wear a tiara with the red dress--I usually wrap a bit of silver trimming in my hair instead, but Adrian refused to let me go anywhere without my tiara, insisting, "No, NO, Mommy! You PRINCESS!" So. Damned. Cute. Also, a tip from the expert: if you take children trick-or-treating, wear a costume yourself, especially if you have young children that need to be escorted all the way to the door. Lots of houses will give double treats if the chaperones dress up too, apparently.
Oh, and we do have a treat for you today! Yes, we have more Lucian! In fact, I have a LOT of Lucian. But, I assure you, it will be worth it! We have canon yaoi! Gay marriage! Pederasty that isn't pederasty! Cheese sweat! Honey snot! Flying grilled frogs! And lots and lots of penises! Oh, yes, the little group I'm working among on this had an absolute BALL with this whole section. Because we're all secretly twelve. Yes, Part 10 is long, including another excision removed to protect the innocent minds of Victorian schoolboys, but wonderfully amusing. It's Day 75. And here we go! Um, be warned, though. Not all of this text is exactly work-safe, as they say:
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