Dreams

Ugh. Too much Doctor Who followed up by Wild Cards (audiobook, sci-fi, mutants, etc. in which I just left the characters pulling themselves out of water which "appeared to be filled with microorganisms")

Just woke up with my skin itching after dreaming about swimming to save something, and getting weird glowing worms attached to me while I was doing it. Worms pulled off fairly easily, but wanted to stay attached. A month later, swimming again, and saw tiny creatures bite/sting/burrow into my skin. The only sign of them was slightly enlarged pores/follicles that sort of looked like the beginnings of blackheads. When squeezed like zits, what came out was a clear lump with what looked like an almost-too-small-too-see eel-like creature inside. 

It was determined that the first time, something had laid eggs, and this second time they'd been fertilized.  It was also determined that exposure to UV light (in the form of sunlight) would kill/get rid of them, so I was just lying down in he sun when I woke up. 

I wanted to scratch my skin off. Ugh!

Cats are cute lazy beasts

Took this the other day:

Blogging

I've sort of been using ravelry and Facebook as blogs of a sort, but I wanted a place where I can just post about whatever, in as much detail as I want. Knitting, dyeing, diet, fitness, weight loss, whatever. 

So I remembered this. And there's an iPhone app, so I might actually use it. 

Today I made cookies. Lemon cake mix, cool whip, eggs. Mix, roll in powdered sugar, bake. Mini cake like cookies. 

I recently discovered that I like avocados. I thought I didn't like them, and had decided that, since they're basically just fat, I'd just avoid them. But they're good fat, and taste good! So I'm going to try to find ways to work them in to my diet by replacing other fats. Like when I made chicken tacos, I used guacamole instead of cheese. 

Um, yeah. Blog stuff. Later. 

Oh hai.

Welp. Thought I would dust this thing off. It's going to be my place to just post about anything. Currently I have the flu, and I feel like whining about it. I feel like crap, temp of about 100 (+/- .5). Going to have to miss more work, which really sucks. I can work from home, but actually too sick for even that. Bleh. More later, maybe. Posting on blogspot on iPhone sucks.

More Yarn

So I took today off to get a smog check, and decided to go hit The Knitting Room in San Jose - lovey store run by friendly people! I picked up some Lorna's Laces Shepard Sock yarn in colorway "Shadow", another I can't remember the name of at the moment, and some Panda Silk in a nice light brown. The Panda Silk keeps calling to me to pet it, it's so soft.

I'm going to get more done on my sweater before I start with any of these though!

Crafty things

So it's still "feistycrochet.blogspot.com" but I've changed the display to "feistykitty's yarn craft blog" - this is because I'm knitting more than crocheting now! I've made one pair of socks, and am working on my first sweater, and a scarf!

I'm still crocheting too, currently working on a baby blanket - it's a 12-pointed star done mostly black with some white rows to set off the pattern (and give the baby something interesting to look at!)

That's all for now.

The Lion

My niece, Alondra needs some attention too, with all the goings-on with Mateo. She also just broke her arm (hairline fracture, not even a cast, but still broken). Before she broke her arm, I made her a lion. I thought about using one of the lion patterns to make a big lion, but then decided to make a small one, since I'm going to make a doll for her birthday (like Tori's but with Alondra's coloring) - shhh! It's a surprise. So for lack of a pattern, I just winged it and came up with this:



There are more pictures of everything on my flickr account.

I'm now working on a doll for my niece Madison (shh!) and have finished the legs, body and most of the head (I may add more hair, and the mouth needs doing. I hate doing mouths.) No pics of it yet, but soon.