Oh, by the way, KATIE, if you're reading this, make a comment and tell me your lj name so I can friend you!

I finally finished the alien scarf, but photobucket is taking FOREVER to upload my images- I think it must be broken again- so it may be a little while before I put the pics up... oh no, here we go-

Here is it, just the full length stretched out:

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Last night we went to 2 events for the Next Wave Festival- Fashion Sound House and Fort. They were both really cool- lots of stuff made out of textiles, which I always like. The Sound House had people dressed up in costumes and acting really warped, in sets that were made to look like rooms of a house, and there were amplified sounds of domestic ( Read more... )

Well this has been a busy day. I eventually got my photocopies done and I made my first GOCCO print. Edie just loves GOCCO- well, the box anyway...

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So pissed off! I went over to the school library to photocopy some vintage feminine hygiene product ads from my old Bust magazines (so I can make screens of them for my Gocco) and I done left'em at home! Oh well, at least on the way home I stopped in at Savers and scored some wool yarn- 14 balls for $8! I'll go back later ( Read more... )

I got a Print GOCCO at Savers for $20! I'm really excited even though I don't really know what it is. I do know that you use it to make screen prints. Although the kit is complete and has all the instructions, I still don't quite get the concept of how it will all work. I have done a little googling to find out more about it- did you know that one- ( Read more... )

There are now six aliens, but it's just not enough. The scarf needs to be longer to wrap around my neck properly and have ends that are the right length. So I'm going to do another two ( Read more... )

The knitting meetup was really fun! Only me, Katie and an girl we didn't know showed up, but we had a really fun time and are keen to do it again next month!

Four and a half aliens now...

Three aliens now. I had Director at work this afternoon so I got heaps done! Everyone in the call-centre was very impressed by the illusion ( Read more... )

I've started the Alien Illusion Scarf from Stitch'n'Bitch. I seem to have the hang of it now, after a few false starts. I want to figure out some illusion patterns of my own at some point- I googled it and found a picture of a bedspread someone had done which looked like just red and white strtiped from above but had a flower motif when viewed from ( Read more... )