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(my new twitter background, which i made up--or colored in, really--on colourlovers . so... yeah. i finally went ahead and joined twitter. hello hello! maybe it was havi of the fluent self 's description of it as "the twitter bar", or the fact that i've been following more and more twitter feeds through my rss reader.. it turned out to be fun! besides, with the way my schedule's been lately (and looks to be until the end of the year), 140 characters is a bit more manageable than this ol' blog thing sometimes. in other news... working on some dolly things for fall (bit by bit). pink and black seem to be the theme.

so as it turns out, my best friend and sister are both knocked up at the same time. oh heavens. now that we know it will be a girl and boy, respectively, all baby knitting options are open! stripey waves blanket , on ravelry the blanket i started for my sister's last month at the beach (i don't really swim). just stripes, based on a a stitch pattern in 400 knitting stitches , (which i'm really liking, by the way.. and it was 40% off at knitpicks!). the other stuff is still in planning mode. under consideration: * baby surprise jacket , of course! handspun for it in the works soon. this may be a little overambitious of me. * the chicken viking hat , which i've been wanting to make forever * baby tart , which i kind of want to make for myself * sheldon the turtle, for my sister's little one. * offset wraplan , a very cute asymmetrical sweater. * boheme , a lovely girly lacy top. unfortunately, the pattern seems to be down for the time being. and of course i am ...

some doll-related blogs that i subscribe to... we play with dolls : read and be updated on blythe, pullip, and bjd news. also tutorials on customization and such. and this is how i discovered pika and mika . sigh! latidah : companion blog for the latidah flickr group for lati yellows. not updated very often, but love seeing lati pictures! feltland : a bilingual personal blog with awesome photos of miniatures. lots of dollies as well! requiemart , of course: great photos, tutorials, reviews and more. there have to be more out there... recommendations, anyone?

for blythe... ( in the shop ) for me... ( on ravelry ) for my swiffer... ( on ravelry )

i've been thinking about my knitting projects to be. the thing is, i need to start things in a more organized manner. at this moment i have 14 unfinished objects amongst my ravelry projects. (these are just the ones listed in ravelry. oh, there are others. plus spinning ufos...) yet the urge to cast on more is always there. my queue stands at 92. ninety-two! some things have been on the list since 2007. so here's my idea: start at #1 and go down until i find something that i know i have the yarn in stash for. this brings us tooo.. #19, the sock with no name , by cookie a. well, sort of. i have sock yarn, yes. but i keep thinking that pattern would be so much better in a semi-solid.. moving on. (damn so many sweaters) (and so little solid-colored sock yarn in my stash) okay i think i got it! #62. leyburn socks . love the little sort-of slipped stitch pops of color. i have it narrowed down to two: araucania ranco multy in color 309 ( in my rav stash ) or my ha...

1. flattr 2. my new leggings 3. pullip knitting 4. altador cup 5. little twin stars re-ment 6. farmville 7. the golden girls 8. souzoucreations 9. treasury east on etsy now my true nerdiness will show... 1) flattr.com . lee of leethal wrote a super-awesome post about this recently, and i really hope it catches on! this would be great for people who offer free patterns and tutorials. i think i need to request an invite right now. 2) my lovely legwarmers , pattern by tiny owl knits . love love love her patterns. also loving my diy hackle, but i need another table clamp for it. why are these so hard to come by? 3) dolly knitting again! i'm finally getting back into the swing of things. working on a little summer top right now. also working on putting my hat pattern up on ravelry (still...). 4) yeahhh.... neopets. it's altador cup time! lost desert, baby! come on, i can't be the only one... 5) little twin stars are my absolute favorite sanrio characters. ...

i first got into pullips sometime around when paja was released (sigh..), and my first was lucy. she's a chicca that i adopted from someone on ebay; her name came with her. of course the most obvious thing to do was start knitting for her. (and get her some friends, of course..) to me, she's sort of shy and child-like.. and loves bright colors, naturally. she has a cousin named kandajha, who you may have seen around here previously. lucy has been with me almost five years now, i believe! she's done pretty well, aside from one temporary loss of her left hand. a few days ago i noticed her first signs of aging: awful yellow streaks. ): my mr. clean eraser has been no help. crap. looks like this is going to require more intensive treatment. from what i've heard, blythe people use whitening toothpaste for this sort of thing. a success story to follow, i hope!