Funfun!

[highlyeccentric]

1. So I saw Star Trek. It was GLEE. If you have any fondness for sci-fi at all, RUN DON'T WALK.

2. Subsequently, I acquired me a Lucy for the evening, and kept her awake until some silly hour talking pointless crap. This was fun, although not necessarily good for either of our sleep debts.

3. I caught a bus with her this morning as far as the city, and went to Lincraft to buy buttons. I came home with a Teach-yourself-to-knit kit and very pink yarn. Fuschia, if you're generous.. The instructions are incomprehensible, but with the aid of YouTube, I have succeeded in knitting a wonky pink rectangle! I appear to be knitting one row and purling the other, entirely by accident - instead of knitting the second row back right-to-left I turned it around and did it left-to-right. This does not match up to what my instructions say is a purl stitch (they say turn it around and then stitch left-to-right with the right needle coming through on top instead of underneath. This is odd, because I didn't think you HAD to turn it around in order to purl - I remember learning to knit one purl one as a kid. But whatever, I'll ask youtube later), but it does get a nice reversey pattern happening. I shall continue with this, until such time as I have a wonky pink scarf. I am dropping stitches like they're going out of fashion, but I appear to be MAKING stitches accidentally too, at a greater rate, so it's going to be a wonky pink TRIANGULAR scarf at this rate.
People keep telling me I need a non-academic hobby. Knitting seems like fun. And maybe I could make one of those Ravenclaw bags eventually. BESIDES. Yarn = texture. I love textured things.

4. I'm editing a friends' essay. It's 20 000 words long. It should be 6-8000. *headdesk*

5. I made spag bol! I love cooking, have I mentioned that? Tomorrow I'm going to get out cookbooks and decide on exciting things to cook through the week, because I'm sick of cooking the same two or three dishes around in circles.

6. Also, I'm listening to Rent (Motion picture OST). I'd forgotten how much I LOVE that show. Lucy, add it to the list of things I need to inflict upon you at some point.

7. HANG ON. phrasemuffin, did I see you say that you'd proposed bare to SUDs? HAVE I MENTIONED HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU? P.S. your birthday present is way easier than Lucy's. Can't get a sense of how long the story's trying to be, though, so I'm not sure how far into it I am.

Comments

[sea-of-tethys.livejournal.com]

Hm, I'm trying to figure out what you're doing with your knitting... stick with it, though! It's a great hobby :D Youtube is good and so is knittinghelp.com, which has lots of good videos.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

Something terribly wrong, I'm sure! But it's fun :D.

[tranquillita.livejournal.com]

Knitting is pretty fun. I only do the most basic stitch, but it got me an awesome purple scarf! It's so much cheaper than going out and buying one, too ^_^ (I, too, tend to create new stitches occasionally >_<)

If you're looking for new recipes to try, you might want to have a look at (Woolworths) Good Taste magazine. I buy it every month, and it's by far the best cooking magazine I've found anywhere!

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

I have a huge stack of cookbooks I haven't even opened yet! The joy :D

[anachronisma.livejournal.com]

Knitting is amazing and kept me sane last year during finals. I also used to accidentally purl (purling is knitting backwards, this sounds way more confusing than it actually is) and drop/add stitches like a mofo. Pick up a crochet hook and you can pick up dropped stitches and add them back into your knitting when you're ready to try that. Once you've knit the knit stitch enough that you stop adding/dropping stitches and you've memorized the basic pattern, I'd suggest adding extra needles or a circular needle. Knitting in the round is amazing and with knitting in the round you can make about anything -- including gloves, hats (which are insanely easy), socks, and shirts, since you are knitting a tube. The only stitch you need is knit, it's rather awesome.

The ultimate source on learning how to knit is this website: knittinghelp.com (http://www.knittinghelp.com/) it's really useful and the videos are very good. I also had an awesome book, Getting Started Knitting (http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-Knitting/dp/1931499942/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243086009&sr=8-1).

Some awesome free pattern websites (I love free patterns, I like looking at them even if I don't use them) are Knitty (http://knitty.com), knitting daily (http://www.knittingdaily.com/) (an email newsletter but awesome) and ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com) (which needs an invite code but is absolutely worth it).

Be warned that yarn shopping is HIGHLY ADDICTING. It is, in fact, a gateway drug. I am pretty sure yarn is crack. But I am, verily, a textile whore.

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

To MUSE, actually, seeing as it's a musical, not a play. And seeing as I'm *in* MUSE and not SUDS. ;) However, I haven't officially proposed it yet - proposals are due by Tuesday, and they're voted on on Tuesday, so... we'll know by Tuesday! :D

YOU HAVE AND I LOVE YOU TOOOOOOO! And take your time with the present; there's no rush. I just like knowing it's being made for me :)

ps I know you emailed me and I will email you back. I swear it. I just have had brainfail lately. I'm sorry :( I've done the same thing to citizenerased so many times with a thread on Facebook now that I'm sure he hates me :(

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

Oh, whatever, a drama group's a drama group :P.

I emailed you? That was nice and communicative of me!

[ulfruna.livejournal.com]

Freaking. Love. RENT.


Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. :D Have you heard the original cast recording?

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

I have heard the cast recording. I'm fond of the OST, though, because I was introduced to the movie first.