Come on, get happy!

[st_aurafina]

1. Tonight's X-Files was Hell Money, which I tend to skip in my constant rolling rewatch because it's kind of shitty. But we're keeping up with Monster of the Week which means no skipping. (Last week was Teso Dos Bichos, with the amazing fake kitties.) Anyway, this episode had surprise!Lucy Liu! And surprise!B. D. Wong! So the rewatch was definitely worth it.

2. This week is Freezer Food Week! (Which comes around whenever we've filled up the freezer.) It's a surprise with every meal. Except breakfast.Tonight was lasagna! And this weekend, I'm cooking a giant batch of curried sausages - lovely Nana food, especially when it's cold.

3. I had a really, really good swim on Tuesday, for the first time in five weeks. The Warrnambool pool has been so crowded, but they just opened the outdoor pool for early morning laps, and it seems to have eased the pressure on the mid-morning lap swimmers like me, yay. And they're filling the local outdoor pool now, so hopefully soon we'll be swimming laps closer to home.

4. The green zebra tomato seedlings are ready to go out in the main beds. The cherry tomatoes aren't far behind. I planted some Lebanese cucumbers, but most of them didn't come up, so I shoved in some cantaloupe seeds. And then some things came up but I'm not sure if they're cucumbers or cantaloupes. I guess we'll find out.

5. Crochet!


I gave this to a friend who has a two year old boy, and he loves it:

(Pattern is here: Repeat Crafter Me's Owl Beanie)


This is for a baby due in February - the couple who are expecting are exactly the kind that would put a shark beanie on a newborn and laugh their heads off. (I approve of this!)

(Pattern is here: )


This one is for our nephew, who had his fifth birthday last weekend, and who is obsessed with that What the Fox Said song.

(Pattern is here: Sly Fox Hat)


And a giant granny square blanket I'm working on for my Nonna. A giant granny for my tiny granny:

(Pattern sort of based on this lapghan.)



Sadly, as a result of all this handcraft, I have amped up the tenosynovitis in my right wrist, but I've got a doctor's appointment on Tuesday, and hopefully there will be a cortisone shot. Hopefully. Because I'm sad about rationing my crochet time.

Comments

[likeadeuce]

Eee, what amazing hats!

[st_aurafina]

Yay! They are so much fun to make, and there are so many clever designer putting their stuff up for free online which is awesome.

[lurkingcat]

I really want zebra tomatoes to be black and white and stripey but they're not, are they?

Those are amazing hats :)

[st_aurafina]

They're yellow and green and stripey, if that counts at all?

[lurkingcat]

They look like little tomatoey melons!

[weaverbird]

Those hats are pure joy! Are you on Ravelry? There's a ton of crochet-related stuff - patterns, groups, inspiration (not that you look like you need that last, but still *g*).

[st_aurafina]

I am on Ravelry! It's a fantastic resource - I'd never know what yarn to use without it. And so many patterns on there. I love it!

[weaverbird]

Yay for Ravelry! I'm weaverbird53 over there. Mind if I ask who you are?

[st_aurafina]

I'm dansnark over there, I just added you. Not that I've really got a handle on the social networking part yet. Or the actual, you know, taking photos of what you make and so on. Need to work on that.

[weaverbird]

Friended you back. *g* No rush to get rolling on the social aspect, I figure. It tends to happen in its own time. I've been a member for almost exactly 4 years and I only started posting on forums and adding some of my projects a couple months ago. And have *no* plans to upload my stash because that would be an epic undertaking (~185 pounds of just the cotton weaving yarns - 197 cones, 111 colors, 25 sizes - nevermind the wools, linens and silks). I've been weaving for nearly 30 years, so actually that's not a huge stash, all things considered, but I track it in an Excel sheet anyway so photographing it all and entering it on Rav would be pure vanity with no practical purpose.

[untonuggan]

EEEEE what great crochet, and yay granny squares for your granny! Grannies are important to keep warm and wrapped in stitches of love, yes yes. Sorry to hear pain is amping up, hopefully you won't have to ration your crochet for long.

[st_aurafina]

Granny squares are the best therapy! And yes, the wrist is doing better with cortisone, so hopefully rationing is done for now.

[wendelah1]

Lucy Liu is an excellent reason to rewatch "Hell Money."

[st_aurafina]

I'm really enjoying the guest stars this time around, I have to say.

[entwashian]

OMG, CUTEST HATS EVARRRRR!

[st_aurafina]

Thank you! They were even cuter on the heads of adorable children, I tell you.

[vass]

The beanies are amazing! I particularly like the shark's expression.

[st_aurafina]

Yay, thank you! The shark is pretty damn feral.