What I do for fashion

I forgot to mention that I went to the Renaissance Faire one last time Sunday with my parents. My dad called me up at 2:30 Sunday afternoon and said, "Want to go?" I said, "Um, where?" He, as if talking about visiting an old friend we've all known for years, said, "Ren." Silly dad, Trix are for kids.

And another comment that concerns the Ren Faire: pickles. I want to talk about vikings peddling their pickles. Yes, you read that right. Picture a man in fur and a viking helmet, wandering up and down the lane with a bucket in hand, shouting, "Try my juicy pickle!" Dirty, dirty. But toward the end of the Faire, I started to think, Wow, a pickle sure would quench the thirst right now. And they're crunchy! And the vikings walked by again. "Try my juicy pickle!" About thirty seconds later, I saw a little girl — couldn't have been more than 12 years old or so — chomping down on a large pickle.

I couldn't do it.

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I had a marathon crafting session last night. No knitting was involved. Instead, I broke out the beads. After having read an article on DIY Life praising The AntiCraft for having a "cheeky attitude." Having read The AntiCraft for quite a while (hence the link in the sidebar), I already knew this and loved Renée and Zabet for it.

The article mentioned this necklace: Henry VIII's Wedding Gift. As it was from 2006, I didn't remember it at all. (Work-induced short-term memory.) I clicked on it and thought, Eh, that doesn't look to hard. I could probably crank that out in a night. Because when I start on beading projects, it's best to get them done in one sitting; the second sitting rarely ever happens.

I got back from my parents' house at 10:30 after screwing around and having helped bathe the dog. I popped in a movie I'd never heard of — Bell, Book and Candle (made in 1958, it's an interesting little movie about witches) — and got to work. I finished the first, "set-up" tier a little while before the movie ended and decided that, since there were only two more rows to the entire necklace, I could probably get it done in no time.

Ha. Only. Those two more rows and the accompanying weaving in of ends (four of them) took me until about 3:20 a.m. I'm bloody exhausted and my brain hurts, but I'm wearing a hot necklace today.

At the Faire

Saturday was great fun, let me tell you. No, better. Let me show you. (These pictures aren't actually mine; they belong to Mistress Saucy Dish and the Dread Pirate Joyfully.)


The Fab Four at the Faire.
In the back are Mistress Saucy Dish and the Dread Pirate Joyfully.
I'm in the front, next to the Medic of Wonder.


Mistress Saucy Dish at the Stupid Stump.


The Dread Pirate Joyfully and the Dorian Pirate Queen pause for their adoring fans.


Never mess with a troll ... even a local one.


That's really all I've got for today. Got to finish knitting that slightly secret project. I should only have a few more rows before I hit the ending ribbing ... then photos, if I can find a camera. (Mine's gone missing. I miss it and my 1GB flash card dreadfully.)

She turned me into a newt!

If I had access to my mom's camera right now, I'd share a picture from my trip to the DM Renaissance Faire on Saturday. I was nearly strangled by a troll — a local one, at that. (He's from my community and used to own our internet service provider.) We only got to spend a few hours at the Faire Saturday, but I'm planning on going back this Saturday with a group of friends. I'd like to stay for both the opening and closing gate ceremonies, as they're rumored to be quite entertaining. (I just noticed that the troll is posted on the DMRF website today. Excellent.)

Also, I'm working on my pirate costume. I decided to wear skirts (yes, plural) and become a wenchy sort of pirate. I still love my dreads wig, so that's continuing to be a part of the costume. The tricorn, I decided, needs a better shape. It looks a little weird.


In knitting news today ... I've been working on a project. (In fact, the paper was so late today that I got quite a lot of new stitches made before I had to start actual work.) I don't want to say too much about it yet, lest I stop working on it. I'll just say that what I'm working on has black and white stripes, and shaping.

Oh! I was cruising through my feeds today and I ran across something I have to share. Go have a look at what The ADD Knitter did. I'll wait.


Back? Isn't that shawl gorgeous? Did you see the part where she said, I am new to the whole lace shawl game, so it was with much trepidation that I cast on for the Shetland Triangle. Dear Jebus. That does not look like work from a "new to lace" knitter. It's jaw-droppingly gorgeous.

The best part of the whole experience? I discovered, through my public library's website that they actually have Wrap Style, the book with the Shetland Triangle pattern. (This was very surprising to me, as they have about five knitting books, one of which I own and two of which are somewhat dated. And Suss Cousins' Home Knits , which is delightful beyond comparison.) All of this to say that I'll be making a library pit stop on the way home.