Day 18 – The God Damn Flu.

        I have the god damn flu. I know I am not suppose to sleep extra right now but I figured that since normally when you are sick you sleep as much as possible that a few extra hours now would be acceptable. And you'd think that after all this time sleeping three extra hours would be glorious. Well it's not, it wasn't very sound and I still feel retched. Worse than retched. My body aches, my head aches, I am sure I have a fever. And I am whiny. Blah.

        I finished the baby bootie last night, well the knitting anyways. I still have to do the kitchener stitch to close the heel but otherwise finished. It's so cute. But then again isn't miniature always cuter? I think there is some kind of universal law, the smaller and chubbier an object is, is in direct proportion to how cute it is. Simplified small +chubby = cute. You can't argue with the math. It is sound. I feel I am repeating myself. Hmmmm.

        I went to the clinic and they forgot about me. I was waiting in the examination room for 40 minutes. When I complained they thought I was crazy, but finally the doctor came and told me they could do nothing. Awesome. So here I am feeling like garbage, new development, sore throat. Advil and gingerale are my new best friends. Hopefully tomorrow is better.

  

Day 17 – The flu is getting me down, I think,

     I might be getting the flu. Either that or sleep deprivation. I have a feeling I might be down in a few days. I am sorry this post isn't more interesting. I just been trying my best to keep it together with all this lack of sleep. So I think I have bit off more that I can chew with trying to paint the nesting penguins right now. I can only work on them for about an hour before my eyes and hands start to ache. And now I sound like a complainer. Sorry. Anyways I have made some head way and here are the pictures. 

 

   

        On the baby bootie front. I learned how to cable knit, (C6F & C6B to be exact). It was way easier Than I thought. I am almost done the first bootie. I just have the bottom to do. I should have it finished tonight if I work hard and focus. Which might be hard. So here is an update pic. I am using US3 dpns and Partons Beehive Baby Sport in Baby Grey. 

 

Day 16 – So very tired of being tired.

        Not much to report today. I worked on the nesting penguins, here are some pictures, but I am finding them very time consuming. Maybe I am being a perfectionist. 

 

 

         I also started the baby booties. I have the cuff done and I am about to start the cable knit. I am going to read up on it before I start so I don't screw it up to bad. 

 

         I think I am getting the flu so I am super, super tired. And I am tired of being tired. I didn't get to add any time this week. I was disappointed. But I am sleeping pretty better the hours I do get.

 

Day 15- Nesting Penguins

        I have been looking for a store that sold nesting dolls for months, with no luck what-so-ever. I have tried craft stores, hobby shops, and on the internet of course. Obviously some online stores had some great examples but they were super expensive(About 40$ or more for a set of 3) and that was even before shipping. Then yesterday, I was in DeSeeres and just happened to walk by the wooden craft section and bam!, there they were, out of nowhere a 5 set, 7 inches tall, 25$. No shipping. Awesome. So I obviously bought them took them home and started priming them with white paint right away. I am going with a penguin theme, of course. But I am not sure what type, fictionaly white face or go with a traditional, grey faced humboldt? Bow ties or scarves?Decisions, decisions. Bow ties or scarves?

       Well after much thought, I decided that I will be going with a grey face humboldt and both bow ties and scarves. Rainbow scarves. I am also painting a star on the back , my signature. I am painting one colour at a time. It is very time-consuming but I think it will be worth it. They are starting to look really great. Here are some pictures. I will post more as I go. I have a feeling it may take a while. 

The little guy.

The Not so little guy.

The Medium guy.

The Second biggest guy.

The Big guy.

Day 14 – Cable Knit

     A girl at my work is pregnant. Her fourth child I believe. We are having a baby shower for her and since I am the resident knitter they would like me to complete a pair of booties ASAP. They mentioned this to me yesterday and the baby shower is about two weeks away. I looked all over the internet and finally found a lovely grey pair on craftsy that would be perfect, ( http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/epipa-baby-booties) problem is they are a cable knit, which I have never done before. But all the other patterns I have seen thus far are either too girly (she is having a boy) or just plain ugly. I was reading over the pattern and I am having some trouble. So I am looking for a good tutorial online. Any suggestions?

  

Day 13 – The making of a Wookie!

        If you have been reading my blog , you know I have completed two Ewoks. I decided that my next Star Wars project will be a Wookie. Mostly so I can do a photo resulting in South Park quoting. (You know what I am talking about.) I have this nice brown fuzzy alpaca wool I will be working in continuous rounds of crochet. I make a Muno from Yo Gabba Gabba the same way. I will modify the way the pattern head looks and I am sure it will make it look more Wookie like. I will also going to try using a cat brush to make it even fuzzier. Fuzzy Wookie-style. I just have to do a little more research. Proportions and the like. Also what am I going to make his sash out of? Questions like that need to be answered. And when they are, I will take this ball and I will make a Wookie. 

Day 12- Wicket thinks he owns the place

        So the littlest Ewok around thinks he is in charge at my place now.

Borrowing my phone.

Attacking Mr. PiBs.

Then he is snuggling with the enemy.

Here he is using my laptop to write the great Endorian novel.

Here is he is riding a pig for some reason.