tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17134324774955092272008-11-25T23:40:26.194-06:00Sanity Not IncludedThree kids, one frazzled mom and a million things waiting to go horribly wrong (and sometimes very right)Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-73021991059780897362008-11-25T23:36:00.002-06:002008-11-25T23:40:26.221-06:00Woods, Decisions, Water, Jobs, Snow, & BedsThis week we will answer some unusual questions, brought to you by Kimber, the color purple and the number 13.
1. Have you ever pooped in the woods?
Yes. Poop doesn't care where you are.
2. You are starving. You have not had anything to eat for days. In front of you is poison ivy, a live hissing cockroach, and a rotten stinky piece of some sort of mystery meat to eat. Which would you pick andScarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-8796269166316276302008-11-16T19:34:00.003-06:002008-11-16T19:38:50.578-06:00YarnAt least the knitters will find it funny...
Take George Carlin's "On Stuff" and replace stuff with yarn.
Observe:
"Actually this is just a place for my yarn, ya know? That's all, a little place for my yarn. That's all I want, that's all you need in life, is a little place for your yarn, ya know? I can see it on your table, everybody's got a little place for their yarn. This is my yarn, that's Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-70799016408128182112008-11-06T15:42:00.004-06:002008-11-06T16:03:13.508-06:00The election, snowmen, ketchup, cookbooks, hair, sickies and alphabet lettersRan across this in someone else's blog and thought I'd see what happened. Not that anyone reads or comments on my fracking blog anyway.
Welcome to the November 6th version of Thursday Thunks!
Where we make you think a little bit before you blog!
This week we will answer some unusual questions, brought to you by Berleen, the color red and the number 1,908.
The election is over... what do you Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-77075622625401348412008-11-03T14:16:00.004-06:002008-11-05T00:40:57.948-06:00Sic transit gloria mundi...... and the election is over (thank $deity!). Four years of Obama. Great. I always wanted to be forced to try socialism.Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-35462138201943037522008-11-02T21:38:00.004-06:002008-11-02T22:49:41.953-06:00That spark...... I seem to be missing it at the moment. Here I sit with an entire sketchbook brimming with ideas carrying multiple visual interpretations and yet I seem to be missing "that spark", that thing that engulfs you and makes you want to work on the project, the thing that calls you back to the piece even when you must take care of other things. Don't get me wrong, I look through the sketchbook and Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-15028672569312509552008-11-01T17:37:00.002-05:002008-11-01T17:51:13.338-05:00The day approaches......on which the nation will head out to polling stations throughout the country and, according to the late George Carlin, masturbate once again. Personally, I was asking $deity for a third option and seriously considering a write-in for the ficus again. I've looked at our political climate and determined that the two prominent choices are between socialism and stupidity. I'm not a big fan of Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-86038789042396776562008-10-18T13:24:00.000-05:002008-10-18T13:25:02.522-05:00ForgottenIt's been a while since I updated. Perhaps I should do that.Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-61194459298960720672008-04-20T13:48:00.002-05:002008-04-20T13:50:45.432-05:00HaHaAdd this to the list of DH's "done while drunk" stories =P
Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-40933907043495746862008-04-19T14:52:00.006-05:002008-04-19T15:57:26.688-05:00Randomness and VideoSo here's my randomness for the day... One of the reasons I continue to watch Torchwood is interactions like this:
BETH: Will it hurt?
JACK: Yeah.
BETH: Your bedside manner's rubbish.
GWEN: You should see his manners in bed, they're atrocious. Apparently. So I've heard. (Tosh is staring at her.)
IANTO: Oh, they are. I remember this // one...
JACK: (*ahems* loudly)//
And this:
TOSH: Please TellScarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-44069706880177344972008-04-14T19:47:00.003-05:002008-04-14T19:52:47.439-05:00If I could save time in a bottle...Then I'd really have something.
The real question here is why am I making a blog entry instead of getting on the five tons of work I need to do?
Right. Guess I'll meander off and find something else to keep me away from my studies. Something a little less obvious. An episode of Torchwood while pretending to read perhaps? Sounds good.Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-47499496999832333682008-03-02T17:40:00.002-06:002008-03-02T17:48:14.602-06:00How do you respond?I don't have any digital copies of my work to show at the moment, but one of my classmates called it "Witkin without the gross-out". What do you say to that? How do I respond to the idea that my work resembles the artistic vision of a man whose main influence comes from seeing a decapitated head when he was a child? Actually, I'm a little intrigued, but still gagging a little.
More of Witkin'sScarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-2155505918461210062008-02-23T15:47:00.002-06:002008-02-23T15:50:21.590-06:00Only Living When DyingWhy is it that people only get around to living when they find out they're dying? (Guilty, btw).
Randy Pausch's Last LectureScarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-54488609467386974512008-02-02T09:31:00.000-06:002008-02-04T09:37:42.248-06:00Silent Poetry ReadingIt's time again for the annual Silent Poetry Reading, where bloggers around the world devote today's post to a poem of their choice. Since I chose a Louisiana poet last year, I'll keep with that this year.
MORNING JOY
Piano buttons, stitched on morning lights.
Jazz wakes with the day,
As I awaken with jazz, love lit the night.
Eyes appear and disappear,
To lead me once Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-9105574985194896582008-01-31T13:15:00.000-06:002008-01-31T13:51:42.462-06:00Promised "Pattern"Two at once, toe up, Magic Loop
Cast on 12 in a figure 8 cast on, inc every other round to 64 stitches (32 each needle). Once knitting clears base of toes, begin p1,(k6,p2),k6,p1 instep ribbing. Two inches before back of heel, begin Baudelaire Heel (see posts below). Continue instep rib, knitting back of heel in st st until knitting reaches the shoe line, begin knitting rib pattern around til Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-84298995208217939612008-01-15T16:27:00.001-06:002008-01-15T16:27:47.098-06:00Finished! bamboo2 Originally uploaded by wlturland Pattern to follow. Right now I'm just going to sit back and chill with my newest socks :)Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-71943891614106641872008-01-08T12:12:00.001-06:002008-01-08T13:05:13.111-06:00Yay! Almost Done! bamboowip2 Originally uploaded by wlturland
The heel ended up being thus...
Knit across til 11 stitches remain. Wrap and turn (w&t). Purl til 11 stitches remain. Wrap and turn (w&t). Continue to w&t until 10 stitches on each side are wrapped, ending on a purl row.
Knit back, pick up and conceal 1st wrap (see Cat Bordhi's youtube video linked in previous posts). Continue picking up Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-41538609038353623792008-01-02T15:12:00.000-06:002008-01-02T22:01:16.651-06:00Boo! Bad Heel!My beautiful socks hate me!
Turned the heel. Heel looks like crap, full of holes. Rip back. Start new heel. Heel goes wonderfully (the Baudelaire Heel from Knitty, just to let ya'll know). Try on sock. Cry. Rip heel again.
(Just in case it's not obvious: the heel turns about 1/2 an inch behind where my actual heel turns... the socks are too long!)
Edit: I'll keep adding edits as I work on Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-15523644549455183902007-12-31T19:31:00.000-06:002007-12-31T19:35:53.398-06:00Year End Wrap UpFOs: not enough.
WIPs: too many.
Classes: passed.
Degree: Still unfinished.
Weeks remaining to graduation: 68
Shows including my art: 1
Commissioned art works: 3
Commissions finished: 0
Relatives that surfaced from the depths of two and a half decades of silence: 4
Family Feuds: more than enough.
New babies in the house: 1
New houses: 1
Friends that surfaced from the depths of a Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-87356336217580378542007-12-19T00:07:00.001-06:002007-12-19T00:49:42.015-06:00Two at once, Toe up ThoughtsSo, I'm working on Two at once, Toe up, Magic Loop socks... not as easy as I thought it'd be.
Starting the toes on magic loop with a figure 8 cast on is kind of a pain. Very floppy, very slippery. The best way I've found to do this is to work one toe all the way through the increases, stopping right after an increase round, then put the first one on a holder and start the second, increasing til Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-69634746046019897502007-12-18T11:29:00.000-06:002007-12-19T00:43:14.761-06:00VICTORY!I survived the semester! However, that little three week excursion into a level of madness beyond my usual insanity has prompted me to begin building a studio in the back yard. I don't think I can sustain what I just did over three weeks for the thirty two weeks it will take to complete senior thesis.
What have I been doing since the end of finals? Knitting of course!
FO: Horcrux Socks.
CastOnScarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-58448022738203509332007-11-29T18:05:00.000-06:002007-11-29T18:07:45.694-06:00We now pause for station identification...I am alive. At least, for the moment. Finals are over on December 7th. Ask again once my hangover clears on the 9th.Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-85636523545405318852007-10-04T11:43:00.000-05:002007-10-04T12:04:14.240-05:00Before my head explodes....I need to just make a brain dump here. If it doesn't make any sense to you, don't worry about it. Chances are, it doesn't make sense to me either, but I need to get stuff out of my head so that I can clear enough space to work. Think of this post as cleaning your table before serving dinner.
So where to begin? How about with not knowing where to begin!
I need to generate the images for my Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-85392885578872131862007-07-01T22:43:00.001-05:002007-07-01T22:44:28.535-05:00SundayI haven't fallen off the face of the Earth! I've been in the darkroom. IF the scanner isn't having a suck fit, I might show off a few prints soon.Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-44028027842330536492007-05-28T16:02:00.002-05:002007-05-28T16:06:06.807-05:00More Knitting!Muwhahaha! I have completed sock #1 of the Horcrux socks! Complete with Ravenclaw colors, dyed out to self-stripe in the Order of the Phoenix pattern. I only used 40 grams for this one, so hopefully I can make an identical twin for it rather than having to settle for a fraternal.
That is all.
http://scarletknits.etsy.comScarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713432477495509227.post-56304893636469411092007-05-21T11:44:00.000-05:002007-05-22T16:25:10.883-05:00OMG! Knitting! (pic heavy)Yes, I know. It's a knitting post! With all the craziness at the end of the semester, I could only knit while sitting in lecture, which meant not much knitting got done at all. Funny thing is, I don't have a picture of the socks I knit in that class. Maybe next post.
So, first to the dye pot. I've been making custom orders for people wanting Harry Potter yarns that self-stripe and selling them Scarlethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11211957370413850905noreply@blogger.com1