Twilight Stuff…

December 25, 2008 at 7:33 pm | In Uncategorized | 3 Comments
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I don’t know if any of you who read my blog are interested, but I started writing a Twilight fanfiction.  It’s called A Different Direction. <– Follow that link to read. :D

Winter Wonderland

December 12, 2008 at 6:10 pm | In Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
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Right now I’m without power.  There was an ice storm last night that covered everything in ice.  A few trees around here fell down.  No power and ice might not be too great, but icy trees make wonderful pictures!  This morning, after I ate breakfast, the first thing I did was go outside to take some pictures. :)  All of these are from our yard.

NaNoWriMo ‘08 – 50,000 in 30

November 2, 2008 at 9:07 pm | In Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
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50,000 words in 30 days.  I’m going to try.  I’ve already written 2,316 today!  My novel is called Dreamblade.  I’m probably going to post it her when I finish, but for now, I’ll post my Prologue.  Hope you like it!

Dreamblade – Prologue

Long ago, the prince of Arenta requested a silver knife with bright red garnets will be made. Little did he know, the reject would be the key to the world. One local knife maker was chosen to make the silver knife. He worked for days and days, perfecting every little detail. Late at night on the 9th day of working at the knife, a palace guard walked by the knife shop window and saw a mysterious glow coming from the prince’s nearly finished knife. Slowly and unsurely, he crept up to the window and peeked in. The knife really was glowing, but the guard kept this a secret. He walked away, and never told anyone of what he saw through the window that night.

The next day, the knife maker dropped the prince’s new weapon on the floor when his carving blade slipped. A small chip came off of the silver, but the knife maker decided to give the knife to the prince anyway. He carefully placed the knife into a small gold-leaf covered box and padded it with velvet fabric. The prince would be proud, he thought.

But, of course, he was wrong. The first thing noticed by the prince after opening the box was the little chip on the edge of the handle. He threw it against the wall in disgust and demanded that another knife be made from the beginning. The knife maker was depressed for days as he created the new knife, but he never realized what he had created with the first knife that would be left for 100 years.

EPIC! Rhinebeck Post!!!

October 23, 2008 at 4:06 pm | In Knitting, Spinning, Uncategorized | 2 Comments
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I was at Rhinebeck last Saturday!  It was so much fun!  I got yarn!  I got fiber!  I got more yarn!  I met Ravelers!  I went to a Ravelry party!  It was so. awesome. :D

First of all, Small Bob.  The Small Bob.  Like, the one in Casey’s pocket. :D

There’s a funny conversation that goes along with this picture:

Me: Small Bob!  Can I take a pictue of Small Bob?

Casey: Just Small Bob?

Me: Yeah!

Casey: Okay…

I take the picture. :D

This is from the Ravelry meetup at 12:00!

While at the meetup, I asked Mary-Heather, Jess, and Casey to sign my Rav bag.  They did, and it’s awesome. :D  Here it is.

Thhheeennnn, I bought some yarn.  Lots of it.  And took a picture of a sheep.  And a chicken. :D

That night, I went to the Ravelry party!  There were cupcakes with Ravelry and Bob on them!  I was talking to MH, Jess, and Casey a little bit before I left, because we had to go home.  They’re pretty awesome people! :D

This was what was in the bags that were given away!  Yarn! Pattern! Coupons! Sticker!

Now, for the best part! The yarn! Here it is.  All of it.  Whether you like it or not. :D

An 8 ounce bag of Cormo wool fiber

2 ounces of “party in a bag” fiber

A corriedale Grafton Fiber batt!

4 ounces of unbleached tussah silk fiber

8 ounces bleached tussah silk

A flax strick- this is already being spun!

Socks That Rock Lightweight mill end

A skein of STR “Loch Ness”

BMFA button

Brooks Farm Yarn Solo Silk

82 yards fingering handspun angora

600 yard skein of merino/tencel cobweb weight lace yarn (that’s a quarter in the second pic) I’m making a Zetor Scarf with it!

2 50 yard skeins of angora/merino yarn

.3 ounces hand-plucked agouti angora fiber from “Peter”

A cotton fiber sampler

3 270 yard skeins blue/green/gray rayon sportweight yarn

Last weekend was SO awesome!  Oh, that free neckwarmer pattern.  It’s still coming, I just need to take pictures. :)

Acadia/ Bar Harbor

October 13, 2008 at 9:29 pm | In Uncategorized | 3 Comments
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This weekend, I was at Acadia National Park in Maine!  It was lots of fun, and I took tons of pictures.

First when we got there, we walked around Bar Harbor, bought a copy of Fandango signed by the illustrator, ate lobster at some restaraunt, bought a tourmaline necklace, and went back to our hotel.

We woke up around 5:15 AM to see the sunrise at Cadillac Mountain, which is the first place in the United States to see the sunrise.  The sunrise was beautiful.  I mean like, so pretty that I’ll never forget it!  Of course, I had to take tons of pictures from the beginning to when the sun was completely up.

Then we ate breakfast at this restaraunt called Two Cats, and I bought a T-shirt there.  After eating, we drove to the park loop road and stopped at Thunder Hole, Jordan Pond, and other places.

At Jordan Pond, we ate popovers and sandwiches for lunch, then went outside to see the pond and The Bubbles. (they’re mountains)

Theeeen, we drove around the mountain and stopped at a lighthouse.

So, we ate again, saw a cruise ship, and went to our hotel for the night, and drove home.  But I have more pictures!

While driving home, I finished knitting a neckwarmer!  Expect another free pattern soon…

Le Breadalong, Loaf Two

October 10, 2008 at 8:32 pm | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment
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Wooo! My second loaf! Here it is…

And this time, I made cinnamon honey butter to go with it. (1 stick butter, 1 cup honey, 1 tsp cinnamon)  I think that this loaf came out better than the first one.  It had bigger holes and was less chewy.  It tasted better too.  I looove making bread. :)

Four Ingredients. One Jar. One Loaf.

October 5, 2008 at 10:19 am | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment
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Flour.  Water.  Salt.  Yeast.

Put it together, throw it in the oven, pull it out.  What do you get?

Bread, of course!  Yummy, delicious, sourdough bread!

I finished the breadalong yesterday last Sunday. (I can’t believe it took this long to write this post!  My loaf of bread was so good!  Here’s what I did…

Step 1: Wake up at 10 AM

Step 2: Dig out your bread hook.

Step 3: Put the ingredients into the mixer bowl.

Step 4: Turn it on!

Step 5: Watch the pretty dough turn around and around and around and around…

Step 6: Realize that there isn’t enough flour in there to possibly make that massive lump of stuff into a ball of bready goodness.

Step 7: Add more flour.  Add more.  Continue to add more flour until the dough actually forms a ball.

Step 8: Watch the dough for 10 or 15 more minutes.

Step 9: Take the dough out of mixer, place in bowl.

Step 10: Wait.

Step 11: Wait more.

Step 12: Wait more until the blob in your bowl is double the size.

Step 13: Punch it!

Step 14: Listen for that sad, deflated sound as you punch your sad, sad, blob of dough.

Step 15: Shape loaf, let rise.

Step 16: Throw loaf in oven.

Step 17: Enjoy warm tasty bread!

Step 18: Feed the chef.

I have yet to make another loaf.  Maybe sometime this week.  Maybe next weekend.  I don’t know.  I also bought a new jar to keep the chef in!  It’s smaller so it doesn’t spread out on the bottom and take forever to mix in flour and water.  Happy bread making!


Tonight… The Levian!

September 27, 2008 at 10:38 pm | In Uncategorized | 4 Comments
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Tonight I’m adding more flour to my chef so I can make the levian for the breadalong!  Tomorrow… fresh bread. :)

Am I over excited about this? Possibly so.

There’s a Chef in my Jar

September 24, 2008 at 5:00 pm | In Uncategorized | 2 Comments
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also known as: Breadalong Part 1

I’m making bread with the Breadalong at Spindles and Spices!  This is going to be a lot of fun. :)  Today I made my chef (starter) and it looks tiny!  But its supposed to get bigger.  All you really need is bread flour, water, yeast, and salt!  Every day you add flour and water to the jar and on the fifth day, bake bread.  Read it.  Make it.  Eat delicious bread.  In case you’re wondering, this is my chef.  I’ll post again on day 3 or 4 when I make the levain.

Necklaces and Knitting

August 11, 2008 at 1:49 pm | In Knitting, Uncategorized | 4 Comments
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That is my necklace.  I made it.  I was a finalist in the 2007 Fire Mountain Gems Beading Contest!  It’s called the Blueberries and Grapes Drop Necklace.  Now I can look at it on the Fire Mountain Gems website!  The picture they took makes it look so nice!  I’m so happy and excited about it!  I already have my necklace for the 2009 contest finished, I just have to take pictures!  The necklace is made with sterling silver, amethyst, quartz, and blue lace agate.  When I entered the contest, I had no idea that I would be a finalist, but I was! :)

The Olympics and the Ravelympics started on August 8th.  I’ve been knitting my Under the Rose fingerless gloves with Knit Picks Palette for the Glove Decathlon in the Ravelympics.  I have one glove finished and I’m in the middle of the thumb gusset for the second one.  I love this pattern!  It’s easy to follow and knit, and it’s beautiful!  I can’t wait to finish the second glove!  When I do finish it, I’ll either knit a pair of socks with the sock blank that I got in a swap, or design a pair of fingerless gloves.  I haven’t decided yet. :)

Happy knitting!

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