finishing up the afghan swap

I never posted the pics of the afghan squares that I received from the extended swap group. Here they are! (in no particular order)

"Diamond among the jewels" from Teejayhansen:

Stripes and buttons by Mullub:

Hearts by Bohoknitterchic:


Pink variegated from Naeby:

From Doe (the colours are wrong in the pic - it's actually blue ruffles on a purple garter background):

Mitered square by Fibernymph:
Vines by Sukye:

I love them all!!!! And am now going to start sewing them together. They've only been sitting in a bag for 4 months... actually that's not all that long... maybe they need to marinate a bit longer! LOL!

i haz a sick.

Hello blog, how are you? It's been a while but I'll just pretend it hasn't, and not attempt to fill in details for the past three (?!) months.

I am sick and stayed home from school today. It started as a fever and bad headache on Saturday, and my chest felt heavy but I wasn't coughing. The fever left on Sunday but I gained a cough and a sort throat. And today I have normal cold symptoms: runny nose, mild cough. At least it's not the flu or the dreaded H1N1, but I was half hoping that I would get it, fight it off, and then continue through flu season with the confidence that I had the antibodies. Alas. My immune system has been sucky poo this year and I've had several colds. :(((( I don't like it one bit. Damn you, germs!

Benylin is my friend. Actually, oil of oregano is my magic potion, but I ran out, and the health food store is sooooooo faaaaaaar awaaaaaaaay.

afghan swap - extended group

A bunch of us from the afghan swap on Ravelry decided to keep on knitting squares and make bigger afghans. We each knit 8 more squares, 7 to swap and one to keep for ourselves. Here are the squares that I knit for the others:

Square 1 for Naeby:

Square 2 for Bohoknitterchic:

Square 3 for Fibernymph (I'm so proud of this one!):

Square 4 for Doe:

Square 5 for Teejayhansen (another one that I'm very proud of):

Square 6 for Sukye:

Square 7 for Mullub (Space Invaders!!!!):

And the last one, for me, you've seen before:
That was a lot of really fun knitting!!! It was great to knit so many different patterns and styles and colours. I want to knit some other afghans for gifts, but I'm hesitating because there will be a colour theme (same colours? yawn) and some sort of cohesive pattern.

Next up, the squares that I received! :)

make up inspiration

moonrox

I have just discovered Monique's blog at Moonrox - go check it out!

Her jewellery is fabulous, and I like reading about her adventures around TO. (I used to live near the UFO and passed by it all the time, but had never been inside! Who knew it was a diner??)

back on the wagon

I had a great bellydance practice day! This month has been filled with performances, which is awesome, but I've been itching to work on other areas of the dance and not just rehearsing choreography. Well... to be honest, I didn't even rehearse all that much... and it probably showed! LOL!

This morning I did the NYC Ballet Workout 1 on You Tube. I think I like the first workout better than the second one. Posture is my current big concern, and I hope that doing the ballet workout regularly will improve it. In the evening I had a 2-hour practice session: I worked on zylls, drills, choreography, and some free dance improv to non-bellydance music just for fun. And I stretched. I definitely need to keep up with stretching - when I was working out regularly, I was stretching regularly too and had a lot more flexibility.

I'm so proud of myself!

hello? hello?

Well I guess I'm still on my blog hiatus! LOL.

It's been very busy in the Lanicraft world. I just finished up my applications to go back to university (eek! keep your fingers crossed for me), I've been working, I joined a tribal bellydance troupe, T-man and I started a community garden plot, and I've been trying to get some rest! I need more energy!

Tonight I have my very first paying bellydance engagement!!! There are four of us dancing at a pre-wedding party, and my teacher is singing with the band and doing a wedding procession type of thing. I'm very excited and nervous, as it will be my first time dancing for a Middle Eastern audience, and we're dancing to Om Kalthoum... to a live band. It's outdoors, under a tent, and I am very glad that it's a beautiful day today. There is a chance of thunderstorms this evening, but let's hope that they hold off until after we dance.

And here's a fun photo from my solo debut in April, so that you have something to look at besides text:

blog hiatus

I took a little break from blogging in April... I didn't mean for the hiatus to be quite this long, but I've been trying to spend less time online and more time doing things in real life. (so far those "things" have mostly involved napping on the couch with a cat curled up with me!) I hope to get back into it and posting regularly! Stay tuned!!

giveaway!!!

A friend from Ravelry, Bohemian Knitter Chic, is having a giveaway on her blog! All you have to do is check out her etsy shop and you could win a fabulous supercoil fibre necklace.

Bohoknitterchic, aka Brittany, is a fibre goddess - she knits, dyes, spins and designs her own patterns! I am amazed at her creativity and obsession (in a good way!). She definitely inspires me to progress in my fibre journey. Check out her wonderful art yarns!

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