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Home-made == fun

Last friday evening I finally finished the scarf for Habbie that I’d been working on since finishing the previous one. It took so long because I didn’t really knit on a regular basis, I basically rediscovered it a few times I’m putting off my next knitting project for about a month, since I’d like to try something from a pattern and the summer books aren’t out yet. For the time being I’ll entertain myself with some more sewing projects.

Today I made a blue string purse according to my plan. That is, not entirely, since I haven’t been able to find a suitable rope for the straps yet. For now the UTP works fine though I made a minor modification to the pattern so the bag would be a bit less flat which turned out nicely.

Since I plan to post crea-projects more regularly from now on I’ve added a section for this in my gallery: if you go one level up from the link below you’ll get to the other crea stuff, among which H’s scarf

Fuz & Fien

Being all alone made Fuz so unhappy that he actually stopped eating properly, so we had him ‘fixed’ and brought in a little lady friend: Fien. To avoid the risk of a last successful procreation attempt we can’t keep them in the same cage for the next few weeks. However having a neighbour who speaks his language and regular supervised cuddle-’n-chat sessions with her already makes all the difference

Sewing plans

Last saturday I bought myself a sewing machine, the Janome DC3050. The best feature for me is the adjustable speed, but beyond that it’s also supposed to be sturdy (e.g. it won’t break if I make it go trough several layers of tight fabric) and it has tons of other neat options

I have so far only made a dress for a pluche bear so I could try out its seaming and embroidery capabilities, but somewhere this week I’ll get to work on a more useful project. I have some fabric laying around that seems fit for a winter-version of this purse/bag. Some of the other bag/purse patterns I came across and liked are: silk pleated & darted purse of prettiness, pleated tote and clutch purse. Not all are suited for everyday use but I like them and they’ll be good to strengthen my skills.

Once I get the hang of it again I’d like to move on to making clothes: since I’m a bit taller and more err.. ’rounded’ than regular stores assume, I’m looking forward to have some pants made out of other fabric than jeans. Hence Faragon and me are going to attend a sewing course later this month: although we can usually figure out how to get things done it will be nice to have some directions from more experienced people

Ayreon CD release party

Today DJMuggs, Mag1e, Habbie and me went to a release party for the new Ayreon cd: 01011001. A massive amount of people showed up, once Stairway to Heaven was filled to capacity (and hence the doors were closed) I don’t think every had made it in yet. Luckily we did and we had a great time

I managed to make some pictures which turned out pretty ok, especially since most were taken holding the camera with my arm stretched high above people’s heads, or poking it trough a gap between people’s feet standing on stairs

Art explained

Many of you may have seen this series already but I thought it to be cool enough to post anyway

Enjoy!