Still waiting to get a house. We put a bid on a different house this time (a non-short sale that does not involve an indecisive bank). Our offer was accepted and now we are just working on jumping through financing hoops.
I started to crochet a potholder/dish towel thingie at work today. Who has good ideas for crochet household items?
Showing posts with label job. Show all posts
Showing posts with label job. Show all posts
8.25.2010
7.10.2010
Project Revealed! (kinda): One Piece, and Flunked Sackboys
So, I gave some clues a while back about some grand crochet project. What were they again? Pirates, avatar, and something else (yeah, you think I would re-read my own posts). I present to you this!
**Sanji** from One Piece!
I originally set out to make the entire Straw Hat Pirates in Sackboy form (from Little Big Planet), but there were so many versions of the Sackboy out there already that I abandoned that partway through and just decided to give Sanji a huge freakish head instead. I have a much smaller version of Zoro that was created out of my first attempts, but he just will not photograph well tonight, so I will have to show him another time.
Sanji's hair is crazy thick and I had quite the time trying to get the shape as accurately as I could. I may have to trim some more tomorrow. And I had a hell of a time trying to make a felt double breasted jacket (still am)!
Is anyone out there good with making doll clothes? I need tips!!
So this is what I am working on. I hope to do a "Zoro-gurumi" on this scale and in this style soon and add more crew members from there. I expect that Chopper will be the biggest challenge of the bunch.
The job starts on Monday. I am happy to be employed, but am struggling with the fear that I will somehow lose the job. It is not like I plan on showing up strung out on meth and stabbing my supervisor with a crochet hook anytime soon. I think I have just spent so long in school and plugging away at internships, and was so fortunate to be offered this job especially considering the economy that I fear losing it. Gah!
Maybe I should make **Luffy** next. He would not be afraid!
/Hotlinked for your pleasure
**Sanji** from One Piece!
I originally set out to make the entire Straw Hat Pirates in Sackboy form (from Little Big Planet), but there were so many versions of the Sackboy out there already that I abandoned that partway through and just decided to give Sanji a huge freakish head instead. I have a much smaller version of Zoro that was created out of my first attempts, but he just will not photograph well tonight, so I will have to show him another time.
Sanji's hair is crazy thick and I had quite the time trying to get the shape as accurately as I could. I may have to trim some more tomorrow. And I had a hell of a time trying to make a felt double breasted jacket (still am)!
Is anyone out there good with making doll clothes? I need tips!!
So this is what I am working on. I hope to do a "Zoro-gurumi" on this scale and in this style soon and add more crew members from there. I expect that Chopper will be the biggest challenge of the bunch.
The job starts on Monday. I am happy to be employed, but am struggling with the fear that I will somehow lose the job. It is not like I plan on showing up strung out on meth and stabbing my supervisor with a crochet hook anytime soon. I think I have just spent so long in school and plugging away at internships, and was so fortunate to be offered this job especially considering the economy that I fear losing it. Gah!
Maybe I should make **Luffy** next. He would not be afraid!
/Hotlinked for your pleasure
6.30.2010
Eco-friendly considerations and the surreality of job hunting
I'M BACK!
And I'm employed!
Sorry it had been a while (A long, LONG while). I have a passable excuse, namely job hunting which eventually led to job...attaining? I am scheduled to start at a real live four-year-degree-requiring job on the 12th of July. Getting the call was definitely something like a sequence out of my daydreams where I land the job I want, but I act all cool and collected and begin expertly negotiating the terms of my employment. That all happened for reals! After ending the call I shrieked so loud my husband's grandparents heard it over the phone from the next room over ^-^; After the seemingly endless resume sending and interviews I can finally rest my head for a little while...and get back to crochet!
I kind of sort of abandoned the project I mentioned in my last post to focus on job hunting, although it is still in the back of my mind. I may resume it with modifications and hope to post pictures of the projects I have managed to complete in between interviews. I just have to remember to take the pictures during the day when the light is still good!
To congratulate myself for the job offer I went out to buy some yarn (which can be a REALLY bad habit- all of a sudden everything becomes an occasion for celebration). I decided to try out a little skein of pink purple, and white cotton yarn since my experience with that particular fabric was nil. And I absolutely LOVE it. The way it feels, the visibility of the stitches, and the fact it is not as processed as acrylic (this was not labeled as "eco-friendly" but from what I have read non-organic cotton yarn is still less cringe-worthy than acrylic in terms of production).
So what I expected to be a brief fling has turned into a full-blown love affair with cotton yarn. This has me pondering other alternatives to acrylic, including recycled silk (which I actually have a bag of somewhere in my apartment) and bamboo (which is woefully expensive). I have an entire stash of acrylic yarn which I will still use, but I will have to consider the facts and options very carefully before I replenish it next. I love being able to find affordable yarn, but if the amigurumi and skirts I make are helping screw up the environment what is the point?!
If anyone has suggestions/recommendations I am all ears!
And I'm employed!
Sorry it had been a while (A long, LONG while). I have a passable excuse, namely job hunting which eventually led to job...attaining? I am scheduled to start at a real live four-year-degree-requiring job on the 12th of July. Getting the call was definitely something like a sequence out of my daydreams where I land the job I want, but I act all cool and collected and begin expertly negotiating the terms of my employment. That all happened for reals! After ending the call I shrieked so loud my husband's grandparents heard it over the phone from the next room over ^-^; After the seemingly endless resume sending and interviews I can finally rest my head for a little while...and get back to crochet!
I kind of sort of abandoned the project I mentioned in my last post to focus on job hunting, although it is still in the back of my mind. I may resume it with modifications and hope to post pictures of the projects I have managed to complete in between interviews. I just have to remember to take the pictures during the day when the light is still good!
To congratulate myself for the job offer I went out to buy some yarn (which can be a REALLY bad habit- all of a sudden everything becomes an occasion for celebration). I decided to try out a little skein of pink purple, and white cotton yarn since my experience with that particular fabric was nil. And I absolutely LOVE it. The way it feels, the visibility of the stitches, and the fact it is not as processed as acrylic (this was not labeled as "eco-friendly" but from what I have read non-organic cotton yarn is still less cringe-worthy than acrylic in terms of production).
So what I expected to be a brief fling has turned into a full-blown love affair with cotton yarn. This has me pondering other alternatives to acrylic, including recycled silk (which I actually have a bag of somewhere in my apartment) and bamboo (which is woefully expensive). I have an entire stash of acrylic yarn which I will still use, but I will have to consider the facts and options very carefully before I replenish it next. I love being able to find affordable yarn, but if the amigurumi and skirts I make are helping screw up the environment what is the point?!
If anyone has suggestions/recommendations I am all ears!
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