I'm still Alive.....

So I'm still around, just been uber busy. After the all the holiday hub-bub, I'm still not done with all my holiday knitting. I got into the cold weather post holiday blues and haven't felt like doing much other than playing my new Nintendo DS and doing a little knitting. I had a birthday come and go, I'm now 27. On the weekends we've been RPGing which has been great fun, we plan to play again on Super Bowl Sunday, since the Packers won't be playing.

This weekend, Saturday, was awesome. I went to an SCA event by myself and had a great time. I bought a new simple tunic dress for $2.00 at a rumble sale and bought T a t-shirt for $10 (I think) and the best thing of all. I got a new card weaving inkle loom from a gentleman that makes them. When I was at the event, I finally after almost a year of carring my loom from gulf wars around, I got someone to show me how to use my loom and how to warp it. Of course, my loom is not as nice as I thought it was going to be, it's falling apart, **tear**, and the gentleman that makes them felt bad for me and gave a much finer piece of equipment. I also learned that the yarn I had purchased for a belt wasn't the best, when I got home it broke right next to the weaving and was unrepairable as far as I know. I may try that yarn again when I've got this whole thing figured out, but until them kitchen cotton and wool-ease should work well, I have tons of both. My next search is for some patterns I know how to read, I have the Card Weaving book by Interweave press but I'm not sure how it works with the loom I have, so I'm going to be asking about that soon, but for now an internet search should find me something simple enough. I very excited, I warped on my own yesterday morning some red and blue kitchen cotton and made a belt by last night. It's a little short for me and T but I'm sure a kid could use it or even a thin adult, but I'm really thinking it might make a great handle for a bag, since the ends aren't real pretty. I don't want to give it away because it's my first official card weaving finished project, so we'll see what happens, pictures soon I promise :D.

Well the tweedles are about to make a huge mess, so see you soon.

Border Skirmish IV

The family went to Illinois this weekend for Border Skirmish, it was pretty good. We got to the hotel at around 12:30a and the girls didn't settle down and sleep until 3ish, so little sleep was had. T fought well, Northshield crushed the Middle Kingdom. I bought some color books to copy for the kids to have some period-esque coloring sheets. I also got some pretty cards for my card weaving loom for after I've learned and they then look more period than big white cardboard cards and I got a little satchel filled with Baking Soda, Borax and Cinnamon scent for T's armour bag. We went to court, it was good, the girls got restless so we left a little early. I spent a big chunk of the day with EKat, a very nice lady that I'm excited to see at WW, I got a lot of chatting in with people, that was nice. We left for home later than we would have liked and had dinner at Steak n' Shake, We were officially on the road by 8p and were home by 12:30a, unloaded the kids and went to bed. Sunday, we spent in Hudson and home, spending too much money at Target, Fleet Farm, County Market, and "Time to Sew". We're buying stuff to prepare for WW, I'm going to make the monkeys diaper covers for if it gets too hot and hubby and I are going to be making a quick shade fly.

Sorry no pics were taken on my end, we were in a bad place to take pics of the fighting and I was so busy with the monkeys that I just never thought of it.

I'm Home

And have no pictures to show for my fun. My new camera broke. *pout*

Babbling

Why is it that every SCA event that our family goes to is freezing cold??? Anywho, we got to the event around noon, the directions got us lost but we eventually found our way. I wish we had set up the kids in the common area instead of fighting so I could socialize more, lesson learned. For $1.00 I got a drop spindle, it looks like its only worth a buck but hopefully it will work. I knit for the two hours to the event only to find out that I didn't decrease fast enough and had to rip back on T's mitt. Fortunately there was a life line. Green Jenny had a beautiful dress that I covet to make, she said it was a pattern that is just passed around in Nordskogen or was that Northshield?!?! Anywho, if you know the pattern could you help me to attain a copy so I can make me some, they look comfy and versatile and breastfeeding friendly. I would even where the head piece if it didn't give me a headache. Sorry about the lack of pics, they're coming and also for the babble but that's what this is for right.

On other SCA news, we are going to Lupercalia on the 17th of this month and Gulf Wars in MS in March, anyone else out there going? I didn't know who to pre-reg under group wise so I just did Stromfels. Hopefully we can set up near some Northshielders.

Well C4 is crying for food, so I should go.