Interlacingloops

I finished this tonight while zoning out on some TV (yay for WWE Smackdown, hehe). I really liked the square and the design, it was easy once you got past the first row - simple pattern repeats. I used the hook that was called for, not thinking about the fact that my squares always come out smaller then the pattern, so when I finished this one it was only 9.5 inches - I added another row of brown, join at corner, sc, ch 2, sc, sc in next stitch, sk 2, sc in next st around, then another row of blue, join at corner, ch 5, dc in same st, 2 dc in ch2 sp ’til next corner, 2 dc, ch2, 2dc in corner sp, repeat around.(if you have any questions please let me know, it’s late so I have no idea if these will make sense.)

Here’s a picture!

So, I want to learn embroidery. I know how to cross stitch and I’ve flirted with embroidery before but I’d really like to learn. I’m not sure what I’ll actually use it for, but it seems like a good thing to know. I’ve been looking all over at different sites and what not and I found this really awesome site with some tutorial videos. The blog Feeling Stitchy posts some awesome stuff too - she updates nearly every day!

Here’s my May square from Craftster too -

I made this bag, thinking it’d be cute to carry - I made it using Red Heart Peruvian Print and THIS pattern (it’s a pdf format). Some how my version came out huge… It’s not really what I wanted, and definitely not something I can carry, but it will make a good project back for at home. I’m going to line it with cotton (so it doesn’t stretch) with lots of little pockets. Here’s some pictures to show how large this thing is.

I came out with two extra square - so I made secret pockets on the front of the bag. Not sure what I’ll use them for yet but I thought they were cool.

Created by Recipe Star

I got some pictures of my March and my first April square.

Here’s the March -

Craftster -                                                                                                               Ravelry -

Aprils Craftster -

Here’s my Ravelry square. One in progress picture, one finished.

I finally finished the scarf I was working on for Michael, it’s a side ways scarf. I couldn’t find a pattern that I liked so I made up my own, it’s the first pattern I’ve done, and lucky it was simple enough I could manage it, haha.

Back of the scarf

My Craftster February square.

All links are clickable, I squish ‘em down for the blogs, so you don’t have to scroll past these HUGE pictures.

So, I finished my book, The Mammoth Hunters, and th ending made me cry more then I think any other book has. Not in a bad way, they were good tears, but it really was a good ending to a book. I’ve already started the Plains of Passage, which is good so far. I like Jean Auel’s writing style, but sometimes she explains things like she’s talking to a three year old and that can get on my nerves. It makes me want to skip ahead half a page and see if she’s past it. :p  

 Also, I sent out this survery a few days (maybe a week back) that my grandmother had sent me and I didn’t bcc people, I just cc’d people. And this was a huge, HUGE mistake. My older brother replies all with some vulgar but not awful things, things I didn’t really want my grandmother’s seeing but I’ll live. And then his Dad sent out this email with the F word every other sentence. You want to talk about embaressed, geez. Neither of my g’mothers are easily offended and they will throw out a shit every now and then and certainly a damn it, but this email was just below the belt for total shock value.  Would you want your g’parents seeing this? Not to include friends and other family members, some of which don’t even know these people. 

Here’s the email Alex sent out.

If I don’t know you, I don’t want you to know about me. If that seems cold, fuck you. If you still want to know something about me after that we can probably talk. If I offended, fuck you again.

If you do know me, all of your assumptions are wrong.

If you and I are/were married I promise you take for granted all the times I didn’t disappoint you.

If we just slept together, you were great, the best I ever had, and I swear you looked at LEAST 15. What was your name again?

For those of you who reply to all; thank you. I’ve decided to take up serial killing again and I needed a semi random list to start with.

Love always,

The 13th Monkey 

Here’s my two squares. I’m using Red Heart Coffee and Spa Blue. It’s the colors I want my bedroom to be, eventually. I think I’ll link to the patterns also.

Here’s my Craftster square.

Here’s my Ravelry square.

So, my dollar book is falling apart and I want to fix it, so I can finish reading it. So, here’s what I’ve done. We’re on round 2. 
  
The cover is fixed!
 
Now for the pages that are falling out… The back is kind of bowed, so I wrapped a knitting needle in paper towels and then rubber banded it back together.. then I put a crap ton of book on top of it.
 
Now I keep my fingers crossed and hope it fixes it enough to read it!