These Boots are Made for Walking!

So I'm pretty bored right now... it seems all I do these days is listen to music, walk/scooter, and watch old tv shows, and think about crocheting.  I WANT TO GET A PROJECT DONE!!!!  After my afghan crocheting has seemed less interesting cause I don't have something I need to get done THAT DAY.  I guess I just have to set some more goals.  On a positive note I found a bunch of files that I thought were deleted with my hard drive wipe  :D  On a less positive note my desktop has a megavirus and won't even turn on anymore.  This is an ehh kind of week.  But on a more positive note: I HAVE DOCTOR WHO TO WATCH!!!!!!!  YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!  Excited!  Also I reorganized my entire DVD collection and got some more DVD cases from the Dollar Store... I bought enough that I'm glad that they were only a dollar :) 

Alright so back to the world of crocheting and updating... although I should add some pics so you know generally what I'm talking about.  But on my 8 million hour car ride this weekend (about 20 hrs in 3 days) I did a little crocheting... basically I worked on Bobby and Sam of the Supernatural Penguin Army.  Bobby's baseball hat is very um... interesting.  I just started out the top of his head with with the purple yarn and then changed to black where I'm going to sew on the white eyes.  Then I switched to the white yarn for his tummy.  The beak, feet, and wings are already made but need to be sewn on.  I also made Sam's unique wings.  They're extra long and pointy, just like how extra tall Sam is :D  I have come to the conclusion that it is probably impossible to make the Penguins buff.  Definitely impossible to make them as buff as Jensen or Jared!  (Who are in love)

Well that's all that's going on here... Star Trek is calling me!

Dressin' it Up!

So as my frequent posts hinted at, I have to go to my cousin's wedding soon and I have to look decent.  Soooooo I went Shopping O.o  I think I fell in love with JCPenny's sales rack!  I bought the previously mentioned long black slinky dress and the short white sun dress (which has been dyed) but today I happened to stumble upon a very cute little blue dress!!!  So for about 20 bucks I picked up a little "princess" dress as my mom termed it.  A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E.  It also happens to be very glittery so it got its own dress bag.  As you can tell I'm excited!  Beware: I will be looking for every opportunity to prance around in fun dresses!

Getting back on track: The Wedding.  An outside wedding down in Virginia in 100 degree weather, this promises to be veeeerrrryyyy interesting.  My max temperature is 83 degrees in the shade, which is why I sprung for the little white sun dress that was on sale at the store my dad has seen too many credit card bills from.  Since only the bride should wear white to a wedding and the color washes me out... although I do have a microscopic tan from walking in the mornings... I decided to dye the dress PURPLE!!!  (P.S. That dot is just on the camera lens and it still needs to be ironed!)

I used the violet iDye from my favorite artistic brand, Jacquard.  Tulip is good and inexpensive (especially for projects you don't care too much about or when you're dyeing large quantities for a quilt) but Jacquard is the brand that I bought when I got all of my fabric paints and such.  This was a new method of dyeing for me... simmering dye/water bath for half an hour (I let it go for 2 hours) then ring and wash.  BUT IT WAS REALLLY COOL!!!  The dye packet is actually dissoluble so instead of cutting it open, losing dye, and making a mess you just throw the whole thing in and stir!  MAGIC!

The stitching was polyester so it didn't dye as well as the cotton dress and is clearly visible but besides a little place where they "un-noticeably" pinned down the pleats (which can be written over with a purple permanent marker) it just looks cool and different... but I think it detracts a little bit away from the cool belt-like artistic pleats.  Whatever.  I like!

I was surprised how well the dye took to the zipper... I expected it to remain white and I'd just hide it under my arm and ignore it... the glory of side zippers.  BUT the plastic actually absorbed some dye and is now a light lavender color... this picture is a little undescriptive for the purpose of judging the color of the zipper but it is great to see the real color for the dress!  I <3 this dye! (I got to catch up on the last season of Sanctuary while I stirred this pot and I have to say the Druid is my favorite character by FAR... who cares if he's Jack the Ripper?!)

Also I might be adapting my old purse that I made awhile ago to go with my purple Renaissance Faire costume.  It's supposedly in the chenille style although it's not frizzy enough to really be considered chenille.  Anyway its about the right color, I like it a lot, and it has an interesting batik pattern!  (I <3 Batiks!  I want to make an entire quilt out of them!!!!)

Also when at JCPenny's I picked up a cute little scarf that will go nicely with my dress and other fancy occasions!

So the only thing I'm missing a close up are my new shiny black dress shoes and the purple waxed string neckless my sister got my mom from Brazil... I happen to wear it a lot with my Renaissance dress and other Purple dresses. But if you look closely it is in this picture with all of my other fun accessories and my hand dyed sun dress!!  Finally I'm all ready for this wedding!

Yes, I am aware that I've never actually posted a picture of me wearing the dress... and somehow my picture of Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean keeps on creeping into my pictures!  Too Bad I <3 Jack Sparrow more!

Fin!

My Afghan is FINISHED!!!!!  The original pattern was a Lion Brand pattern, which means its free and you can sell your own creations on Etsy or other places!  This double bed-sized afghan took me three weeks to the day to complete!!! 13 main stripes followed with a sizable border of 12 double crocheted rows and two single crocheted rows.  YAY!!!!  Now my sister's Christmas present is ready months in time... now i think I have to spend some quality time creating my Supernatural Penguin army and dying my dress for my cousin's wedding!

I've also found time to take pictures of my afghan thanks to much loving nagging from a friend!  <3  This afghan is big enough for a double bed.

The border was also fun to make especially since I decided at the last minute to make it nice and thick and shiny.

The way to connect the different stripes was fun too.  Just a couple of chain stitches and single crochets to pull it all together!

Devil With The Blue Dress

Today I tried on the two dress that I bought recently (the only two dresses that I own!)  Originally I went out looking for decent clothing to wear to my cousin's wedding at the end of June.  So I picked up this cute, little sundress.  Since the white color of the dress washes out my skin color, which is already pretty pale, I have decided to dye it a different color... probably purple or blue depending on dye color selection at the store and my different jewelry options.

I love the little decoration on the waistband.  The cute little pleats are adorable and really make the dress special.  I just hope that the thicker layers in the pleats dye the same color as the rest of the dress.  I guess I'll just have to make sure the whole dress is saturated!

While I was shopping in JC Penny's I couldn't resist this LBD that was on sale.  It will make a perfect gown for Yule Ball next year!

Also you can probably tell that I like Pirates of the Caribbean a lot!  :D

Ain't Wastin' Time No More

So I finally found the time to take a picture of the little Kangaroo that I made a while ago.  She's been sitting around holding my various crochet hooks and helping out around the house!  I originally left out the inner ear piece but because the ears were too floppy I decided to add them in.  Also the feet were a challenge because the original (20 year-old) pattern referenced a different pattern (that I didn't have) for how to construct the feet.  However with a little help from Abby and Eri I made up a new foot pattern by crocheting on both sides of the original line of chain stitches.  It was an experiment!

This little Kangarooster, now that she's had her photo taken, is ready for her flight and mid-air collision with a friend who will soon return from Australia... BEWARE!

The song I chose today to name my blog entry is "Ain't Wastin' Time No More" by the Allman Brothers.

A Day in the Life

Today I have been crocheting and watching RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2 finale... lets just say I was disappointed and my crocheting was slow.  Recently I've been trying to crochet while listening to a book on tape... unfortunately the only one I could find is The Scarlet Letter, which either puts me to sleep or speeds up my crocheting O.o  I've also been researching online the best place and price that I can find Caron's Evening Jewels Ombre.  I just ordered it but at the last minute apparently the sale on the yarn ended and I was stuck buying it with only a coupon for a discount :(  But now I can finish my other knitted afghan (with the incredibly small needle size that I started it with O.o) and my Wind Chime Afghan of Awesomeness will keep me busy until the yarn is shipped in!  With Sci-Fi Friday promising a solid two hours of SGU and whatever else I can scavenge I think (hope) that I can get my next stripe (dark purple) done tonight.  Currently I only have a row and a third done but what it's only 6pm and I have a long night of fun planned!  Also I was browsing through my old bookmarks on my different computers and found a couple of more projects that I just have to make.  Also apparently I need to get my summer applications in to JoAnn Fabrics and Michaels ASAP or some members of my family will go crazy and I will be in trouble again. *sigh* oh well... That's it for now and enjoy a Wonderful Friday of Sci-Fi Geekiness and Crocheting!

P.S. I think I will start naming my blog entries song titles for fun!  So here's to the Beatles!  XD

Discovery

It seems to me that for every item I put on my Progress Meter List, I add at least five more ideas to my For the Future List.  I seem to be losing an uphill battle.  I really want to make some really cool crochet and knitted animals for my Library Summer Reading Program but all the ones I want to do look too time consuming.  Also I know I'll start to get attached to the items and want to keep them.  But right now I'm looking at some cute fish pattern that would be easy and perfect for the Library "Make a Splash" theme!  Maybe I'll put my afghan on hold and whip up some aquatic life!

Update on Afghan: So I finally decided on the pattern so its big enough for a full sized bed... Blue, Light Purple, Dark Purple, Pink, Blue, Light Purple, Dark Purple, Light Purple, Blue, Pink, Dark Purple, Light Purple, Blue.  Then I'll surround the whole thing with a 9 rw dc border.  Very exciting!  Right now I'm working on my second blue stripe that I doubt will be finished today, but on a good note I did take a five mile walk today.  After that I thought I would sit on my bed for a nice easy five minutes before i jumped in the shower... I was out for 15-20 mins instead and then had to run through a quick shower before lunch time!  :D Oh well life goes on and now I'm squeaky clean!