tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748094916115905252024-03-05T08:51:51.323-08:00Sanity and PaintMaking things as a way of being.Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-1771397689922959262012-09-25T15:44:00.001-07:002012-09-25T15:44:53.828-07:00Heads UpA while back I moved over to blogging <a href="http://heteronormativelovefest.wordpress.com/">here</a>. So if you're looking for current content, go there!Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-88996415149549194072011-07-05T17:07:00.001-07:002011-07-05T17:07:26.427-07:00Wall hanging<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5819954017/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2176/5819954017_7d32cfeb15.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5819954017/">DSCN1509</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I have a vaguely unhealthy relationship with 70s-style textiles.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-76586617449215969332011-07-05T17:06:00.001-07:002011-07-05T17:06:13.828-07:00Dinosaur hat<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5820516986/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/5820516986_64a9404070.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5820516986/">IMG_0509</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Hat that I made for Tom a while back.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-30840713909230555562011-07-05T17:05:00.001-07:002011-07-05T17:05:39.926-07:0090s dress<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5819953577/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2656/5819953577_d1ddffe618.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5819953577/">IMG_0506</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Made of recycled t-shirts. Quick project with a friend's serger. Totally ridiculous.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-31732147520112311762011-03-03T13:09:00.001-08:002011-03-03T13:58:24.317-08:00This week in my brain*I've been really busy. Like way too much. There was travel, and guests, and lots of other stuff. It's starting to abate a bit, but everything is still chaotic. Which also means I haven't uploaded pictures in forever, so this post will be short on pictures.<br /><br />*<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobos_in_Paradise">This</a> totally describes my demographic at the moment.<br /><br />*I actually became and official shop tenant with <a href="http://www.ardentheavyindustries.com/">Ardent</a>, and I've been spending some amount of time repairing broken bits of <a href="http://www.syzygryd.com/">Syzygryd</a>. Much soldering of tiny electronics. It's going to <a href="http://www.beyondwonderland.com/SOCAL/">this thing</a> in a couple of weeks.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/focalintent/4940500493/" title="still not a render, now with fire by Focal Intent, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4135/4940500493_46605443fc.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="still not a render, now with fire" /></a><br />Honestly I'm not finding as much time for this as I'd like. Hopefully that'll shift this spring/summer.<br /><br />*I got my IUD out and bought <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Charge-Your-Fertility-Anniversary/dp/0060881909/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1299186675&sr=1-1">a book with a horrible cover</a> in hopes of figuring out enough about what's going on with my uterus to only need to use condoms sometimes. This is the first time I've been off hormonal birth control in about a decade, so I have NO IDEA how my body will react. I'm kind of curious.<br /><br />*I've been listening to <a href="http://blog.amandapalmer.net/">Amanda Palmer</a>'s <a href="http://music.amandapalmer.net/album/amanda-palmer-goes-down-under">Australia album</a> constantly. Highly recommended if you like that sort of thing. (I'm not sure what "that sort of thing" is - angsty girl music? Jokes about pubic hair and Vegemite?)<br /><br />*Wedding planning is proceeding. We have a date, and a location, though that's about it. Tom is working on catering, and I'm working on everything else. There is surprising amount of everything else. And to everyone who says "just think of it as a big party" - catered parties for more than a hundred people take a fuckload of time to plan, too. And I have WAY more interesting hobbies than planning that shit. It matters to me to have the party and have it all work, but I don't have to like it.<br /><br />*<a href="http://pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a> and <a href="http://instagram.com/">Instagram</a> are pretty cool. I'm mostly using those to collect images now.<br /><br />*I went to Yosemite with my dad, in the snow. It was beautiful! But I haven't uploaded the pictures.<br /><br />*I am frustrated with my Personal Fashion Concept, or lack thereof. Usually this means I need to get rid of a bunch of stuff and go shopping. Ehn.Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-54469715860656432332011-02-17T11:25:00.000-08:002011-02-17T11:27:04.739-08:00I am aliveThough not blogging much lately. I just spent a week being unpleasantly sick, and did a great many sewing and knitting type things while laid up. The list:<br />-2 hats (one with dinosaurs)<br />-1 pair of socks<br />-finishing on one sweater<br />-one dress<br />-various mending<br />-started some handwarmers<br /><br />I also have another dress and some other bits and pieces that were finished recently. I really ought to catch up on the pictures.Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-8214931594050273822011-02-07T16:06:00.000-08:002011-02-07T16:08:06.470-08:00Triptych<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5420004640/" title="Untitled by alicen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/5420004640_f541ba82a6.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5419399949/" title="Untitled by alicen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5259/5419399949_26b4195d24.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5420002520/" title="Untitled by alicen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5251/5420002520_5e3faf78fc.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="" /></a>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-36619997361319248872011-01-10T15:31:00.000-08:002011-01-10T16:15:48.575-08:00New Year's ResolutionsHere are some concrete, measurable goals:<br /><br />1. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Be more healthy</span>. Exercise. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Get enough sleep. Less alcohol and caffeine, more water. Reasonable portion sizes.<br /><br />2. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Cook at home more often.</span> Expand my cooking repertoire. Think more about what I'm putting into my body. <br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Own less stuff.</span> Get rid of things I'm not using. Avoid buying things I don't need. Always think about whether I can make it myself.<br /><br />4. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Remember niceties.</span> Send thank you notes. Remember birthdays. Wrap presents. Write letters.<br /><br />5. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Better time management.</span> Don't overcommit. Let things go when I need to.<br /><br /><br />And unmeasurable ones: <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dream big. Figure out what I'm doing with my life. Start a marriage. Look fabulous. Travel the world. Build a home. Practice radical self-expression. Make art and magic. Be creative in all things.</span><br /><br />I need to do the first bit to facilitate the (much more important in the grand scheme of things) second bit. One of thing big themes of the past couple of months for me has been noticing how the clutter of daily life can build up to the point where it's basically impossible to work on the big stuff. I either overload, and go crazy with stress, or get overstimulated to the point where it's hard to come up with new ideas. This next year is about finding the balance between all the things I want to do, and making room for them.Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-74231328415294439902010-12-22T23:53:00.001-08:002010-12-27T20:12:14.665-08:00Sun!<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5284539175/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5284539175_35d32bdc9b.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5284539175/"> </a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I may have spent way too much time looking at books about hippie textile art. I own quite a few of them, including <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Native-Funk-Flash-Emerging-Folk/dp/0912020385/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1293090587&sr=8-1">this one</a>. Applique is easy and fun!<br /><br />Plans for this thing involve a bunch of quilting and then binding and everything. I think it's ultimately destined to be a wall hanging of some sort.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-76090135257254500892010-12-22T20:29:00.001-08:002010-12-22T20:29:38.894-08:00Quilt beginnings<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5281766463/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5281766463_0194ab8e49.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5281766463/"> </a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Apologies for the crappy pictures. This is the beginnings of a wall hanging. More pictures to follow.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-83082522013291781932010-12-20T23:13:00.001-08:002010-12-20T23:13:53.255-08:00Another notebook page<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5279162075/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5279162075_73c7838520.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5279162075/"> </a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-64221797058284884702010-12-20T22:51:00.001-08:002010-12-20T22:51:00.480-08:00Something I drew in the bar last night<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5279722486/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5049/5279722486_f450221601.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5279722486/"> </a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-38261349845888079152010-12-15T15:58:00.001-08:002010-12-15T15:58:30.899-08:00Day 14<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5264330855/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5264330855_af64dc0b9d.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5264330855/"> </a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I started some new wrist warmers. This newish <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/serendipity-san-francisco">yarn store</a>, which is mere blocks from my house, is on my walk home. And open in the evenings. It's dangerous.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-11836276149459941102010-12-15T15:55:00.001-08:002010-12-15T15:55:19.746-08:00Day 13?<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5264941590/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5264941590_740174cfd6.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5264941590/"> </a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> An extremely janky handmade holiday card.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-16381489436109219292010-12-15T15:47:00.000-08:002010-12-15T15:54:00.631-08:00Night Market build photosMore pictures of what I was up to from approximately the 10th-12th.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5264940702/" title="Untitled by alicen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5264940702_ef139509e2.jpg" width="500" height="374" alt="" /></a></div><div>The throne-chair for the back of the truck.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5264939766/" title="Untitled by alicen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/5264939766_0005c38944.jpg" width="374" height="500" alt="" /></a></div><div>Eden painting on the door with the clock next to her. Note the crazy-colored table legs etc.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5264942708/" title="Untitled by alicen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5264942708_393e8aab9a.jpg" width="374" height="500" alt="" /></a> <br>Loading the truck. Everything had to be pretty thoroughly strapped down to prevent disaster on the extremely bumpy section of 880 North through southern Oakland.</div>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-1134438127536671092010-12-13T12:41:00.001-08:002010-12-13T12:43:17.498-08:00Lost Horizon Night Market SF<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carnivillain/5254049470/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5122/5254049470_d2918fd98c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carnivillain/5254049470/">Lost Horizon Night Market SF</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/carnivillain/">mr. nightshade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This is what I've been doing the past several days. We built a mad tea party in a 24' box truck, and smashed a LOT of dishes. Here is the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanross/5255829568/in/set-72157625459619869/">after</a> shot.<br /><br />(Props to Neil Girling for taking the excellent picture above; the linked picture is from (I think) Jonathan Ross.)</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-40363972208245575462010-12-10T14:11:00.001-08:002010-12-10T14:11:00.783-08:00Days 7-9<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5249505605/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1426/5249505605_637028c22c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5249505605/"> </a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Day 7 we spent the evening checking out a badass art gallery/live-work warehouse space we were maybe going to move into. But I forgot to take pictures. We've decided not to move because it lacked windows and a kitchen, but it was totally a creative and worthwhile thing to look into. I remain convinced that there are better spaces out there.<br /><br />Day 8 sort of got eaten up by rain, commute and rock climbing. So no picture there either.<br /><br />This picture is for day 9, and was taken last night at <a href="http://www.nimbyspace.org/">NIMBY</a> while working on the project I can't yet talk about. Hopefully I'll have pictures of that for tomorrow.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-53241894552444032822010-12-07T18:06:00.001-08:002010-12-07T18:06:57.672-08:00Craft-a-whatever day 6<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5241055909/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5284/5241055909_a0e71eb9ff.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5241055909/"> </a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Last night's project was filling out Christmas cards. It will be this night's as well, most likely. But I'll try to come up with a different picture.<br /><br />And yes, I didn't make my own. I'm lazy.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-38297360195193770942010-12-05T22:35:00.001-08:002010-12-05T22:35:34.104-08:00Craft-a-day December Day 5<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5237382034/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/5237382034_e00a1b4269.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5237382034/">DSCN1347</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I am totally putting this up on the correct day! I made these for Tom a couple of weeks ago. A matching hat is planned.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-83012586895129320042010-12-04T17:48:00.001-08:002010-12-04T17:48:34.862-08:00Craft-a-day December Day 4<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5233219418/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5006/5233219418_c2c551e3a9.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5233219418/"> </a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I'm making this scarf yet again. Almost done!</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-27825162971077513792010-12-04T17:44:00.001-08:002010-12-04T17:44:11.407-08:00Craft-a-day December Day 3<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5098017785/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1316/5098017785_85d1458a92.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5098017785/">IMG_0269</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This is a vest I designed for Tom a while ago. I've got it partway made and hanging in our bedroom.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-72527345921514731242010-12-02T17:47:00.001-08:002010-12-02T17:47:55.405-08:00Craft-a-day December Day 2<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5227965992/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5227965992_f21959bb8b.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5227965992/">DSCN1345</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Day 2 is boxers. When Tom gets sucked into going to fabric stores with me, he sometimes finds fabric he likes. Which is eventually turned into underwear. I was home sick today so I finally finished these.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-30475012956759747472010-12-02T17:46:00.001-08:002010-12-02T17:46:18.051-08:00Craft-a-day December Day 1<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5227965748/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5227965748_cc9bc916a1.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5227965748/">IMG_0324</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I know lots of people who are trying to draw something every day of December. Since I'm trying to make Christmas gifts, I'd rather devote the energy to making things instead. So I'll try to post something I'm making every day until I leave for the holidays. Of course, I'm starting off a day late.<br /><br />This is for December 1. It's a hat I made for my aunt as a Christmas present. Apologies for the terrible photo - I mailed the hat back from Boston after Thanksgiving, so I can't take another at the moment.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-43155755070267002162010-10-29T11:24:00.001-07:002010-10-29T11:24:13.466-07:00Wristwarmers<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5098615808/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/5098615808_3527969fb8.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alicen/5098615808/">IMG_0262</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/alicen/">alicen</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> My old purple wristwarmers have started to fray, and I decided it was just as much work to pick them out an re-knit them as to make new ones. And I was in Arizona with family and forgot to bring any kind of project to keep me out of trouble. Fortunately they have yarn stores there.<br /><br />These are electric pink and match my hair. They're finished now and I've been wearing them, but this is the picture I got around to uploading. No pattern, just made it up. They have separate thumbs but no fingers, and are ribbed all over. <br /><br />I made them as small as they could possibly be and still fit me. Unlike the last pair, Tom can't steal these.</p>Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674809491611590525.post-55989324375800477482010-10-18T14:08:00.001-07:002010-10-18T14:10:32.254-07:00This fortnight in my brain?* It rained this weekend. It was glorious. Tromping around in it brought back all the best parts of Seattle. <br /><br />* Yesterday I went on the <a href="http://sftweed.com/">SF Tweed Ride</a>. I am not one to pass up gratuitous costuming opportunities. I learned that 1. I should totally wear knickers more often and 2. I don't ride my bike enough. I've resolved to make more use of it in the future.<br /><br />* Someone smashed the window on our car and took a couple of CDs. Annoying.<br /><br />* Saturday was the big <a href="http://www.nimbyspace.org/">NIMBY party</a>. NIMBY is the warehouse where we build Syzygryd. I worked crew for <a href="http://www.interpretivearson.com/projects/2pir/">2πr</a> and generally made sure people did not light themselves on fire. This was excellent, though cold.<br /><br />* I don't have many pictures to add to this post. I would like to start carrying a camera more regularly again, or get better about taking and uploading pictures with my phone. Not sure what the solution should be there. I don't spend much time with my personal laptop these days, so photos tend to languish. I still have a major backlog of un-photographed projects.<br /><br />* About a week ago I spent an hour taking all the clothing I don't wear very often and putting it in a box. I have yet to really notice the difference, so I probably wasn't aggressive enough. Ideally I'd have a small and carefully curated wardrobe of totally awesome things that changed pretty frequently. Something to work towards.<br /><br />* I've had a number of houseguests recently that haven't gotten mentioned here. I haven't been able to hang out as much as I'd like due to other commitments, but it's been good to see people. It's been a very social Fall.<br /><br />* Fall means more homey comfort food. In particular, squash. Time to make bright orange soup!Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05225955815132987959noreply@blogger.com0