Today I'm glad I have a blog for 2 reasons:1) I've taken a sick day and as a result am lying in bed with nothing to do but cough, use stumbleupon.com, and get dizzy every time I want to start doing work. Such is the life.
2) Jane has called me out on both blogs to ask me to post something. I figure I should start here so if I mess up, it won't have everyone else's name on it.
Health update:The rib contusion I got on Thursday night has strangely shifted from the part of my rib closest to my sternum all the way around the rib towards my side and back. I imagine it's just all the muscles moving around and readjusting after my attempts to throw around at these past 2 practices, but man does it hurt. Yay frisbee for being a non-contact sport; boo to me for always assuming it's not a foul.
Also, today will mark my first practice since the injury. Judging from the pain level, I won't be able to make it through the entire thing, but I'll try anyway and just ease into it. (That's what she said? Haha oh, immaturity.)
I tried google image searching something related to a rib contusion so I could illustrate this post, but ended up seeing a picture of open chest surgery. I now have seen too much and take it as another reason why I do not want to become a doctor. Why do these things always happen to me?
Making things:I've realized these past few years that while I enjoy crafting and find myself dabbling in a bunch of different types of crafting skills, I want to slow down and take more time to develop each. Sure, I can try to learn a new craft every day (which would be AMAZING), but if I were to want to retain such skills and use them to their full potential, I should be able to take the time and become more of an expert in each of the crafts. I want to be able to pick up a crochet needle and say I can make any thing or shape I please without having to look up a pattern, or look at a dress and immediately be able to produce a paper pattern for it, etc. The following are crochet-specific crafts I'd like to make when I get the chance. With each project, I intend to develop my knowledge of the craft, as well as make something useful/fun, not to mention get a head start at becoming a total grandma.
- Beer Cozy/Coozy/Koozie/Coosy/however you spell it (I looked it up and there is no consensus)(from craftzine)
- Slippers
- Mustache Beanie (yea, that's right!)(from etsy)
I need to hit up a thrift store soon. They have so much yarn for so cheap.
Yay, second post!
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I love this project because it's fun and easy, plus it gave me a lot of inspiration and insight into the possibility of shaping crochet into just about anything. YAY pigs! Credit to Claire Garland for the pattern
Hah I feel so clever about the title of this post. I'm actually just exhausted from an amazing weekend playing at (and winning!) an ultimate frisbee tournament. Love my teammates.
Anyway, I made these scarves using the "broomstick lace" stitch I learned off good ol' youtube (another one of my loves). I started with the white one as a project for my a project for myself, but ended up making the purple-ish one for my mama and the other 2 for my best friends from high school. I miss them both dearly and they now go to school in Chicago and Washington, D.C., so I wanted to give them something that would keep them warm and thinking of home.
Today, I made buttermilk and chocolate chip pancakes from scratch for all my roommates, cleaned up the kitchen, did laundry, baked bread, and planned an art project for my sculpture class. In honor of my productivity, I have been lounging and doing a whole lot of nothing for the past hour.
