Trock

So, here I am, sad American girl up at 4:30am, promoing a band that probably doesn't need promoing...But this post is a tad bit more than a promo, it's like...WHY I listen to them...or something. >.< So, here goes.
Lately I've been watching a lot of the videos on YouTube by Nerimon and Charlieissocoollike, which is rather counter productive to what I'm going to say next, but my mother went on a trip today and I needed something to make me feel better. ANYWAY. Something that has been bothering me is that I NEVER ever finish a project or feel like I'm doing enough (Course, I live in the middle of nowhere, but still.) And I see all of these famous people that do wonderful things and rather than be inspired by them, I just get more depressed because it seems that they could only have made it that far because they had great luck or famous contacts or live in areas with a population over 2,000.
But then I watch people on YouTube and see them accomplish such great things and still have time to waste on playing Portal and Zelda and that is actually inspiring! Because it's just this group of British geeks that are around my age and they've created some brilliant music and partake in awesome charity events and make videos and travel everywhere. So, yeah, It just makes me happy that you don't have to be 40 years old or Justin Beiber famous to accomplish your dreams. (cheesy much?)
So there is my very long winded and boring explanation of why I listen to Chameleon Circuit.
They're pretty famous within the Whovian community, but if you haven't heard them, be sure to listen to a few of their songs! You can search on iTunes and hear fair length previews or go to DFTBA.com

Right, brilliant, well...
Don't forget to be awesome!
*nerdfighter sign*

Yarn Bombing

Graffiti no longer seems to just be illegible tags spray-painted hurriedly on the side of a subway car (which, don't get me wrong, is still cool), it now is an admired art form, though one that is generally considered illegal. But apart from famous artists like Banksy and Space Invader there are Yarn Bombers (a.k.a.Guerrilla Knitters, Yarn Stormers), very talented people who make the winter months a bit more warm and fuzzy by affixing their knitted items to lamp posts, statues, trees...My personal favorite is bike racks (it makes it seem as if the bikes are all cozy).
Here are a few links for some nice examples.
25 Amazing Yarn Bombs
Knit The City
Yarn Bombing
And of course there are innumerable pictures on Google Images...
So keep an eye out for knitted things where they normally wouldn't be!

Things I want to make:

As stated above, there are many things I really want to make (apart from all of my designs) and I figure that I'd just list them here.

*18th Century stays
*A Victorian dress
*A Sherlock Holmes coat (though, a tad more feminine)
*A long sleeved medieval dress
*A traditional 1950's housewife dress
*A piratey, Jack Sparrow type coat.

And all of these things I have no idea would look like (meaning that I have not drawn them out in obsessive detail with colour notes and examples), which is kind of fun. :D

WILFTP: Wench Ensemble

Bodice: size: 16; pattern: McCalls 4107
Shift: size: 14?; pattern: McCalls 2337 (altered slightly)
Skirt: size: 16/18; pattern: Simplicity 5582

What I learned from this project:
*How to attach bones to a lined garment (without too much freaking out)
*How to alter the neck and sleeves on a RIDICULOUS pattern. (I mean, seriously, the armpits were at my waist)
*A kind of cool way of attaching a draw string casing.