om my god!

well so far today has been a waste of sunscreen, but not of creativity!

i was up til around 5am with the crochet ideas buzzing through my brain, then was woken up by blaring sunshine at 10am. so slathered on the factor 15 and covered my freshy tattooed back with one of the blondeboy's stretchy xs topman white t-shirts...2 hours later i'm back in bed with a pot of vanilla tea and some MORE new ideas for bunting and where to sell them - which includes a trip to stockholm, hej hej! if they sell ganesh, then they should want some of my newly redesigned oms!

which actually may be my first pattern to upload to ravelry, as i've never really been one to pattern anything before - but i had to make my own version of the awesome kody's om chart as i needed something longer and thinner but also a bit more rounded out in areas. also, because i'm going to be selling them it would be shit shit shit to just steal her hard work, especially as it's a chart she made on her wedding day! aw...

on my wedding day all i managed to invent was a soya milk white russian served in my niece's sippy cup so i could drink it in the shower - so i really am in awe of the kody! also because she has taken the time to chart a ribbon design that i've used to created red ribbon yarnbombs for world aids day.

and of course...the sun is back out now. let's see how long it lasts this time!

a handjob is better than no job!

well...wow!

been hooking my little fingers to the bone as i've had lots of orders lately - it seems that everyone that sees my bunting wants some, and now what's even more awesome is i'm trading it for tattoo work. yup, my lovely hand=poked artiste the amazing BOFF saw some today as i was dealing it in his tattoo shop (had to pay for my ink somehow) and want want wanted some...

...so i'll be assembling it soon.

but before i deliver i have to wait til my new order of crochet moo cards arrives, so if anyone wants to buy any, he can share my card. other bits and pieces i guess i should think of re-instating are: labels to sew on my goodies, a proper gallery/products page on this bloggy blog, some proper photos of my work by my daughter raven isis when she isnt rehearsing/performing - and then maybe finally get some shit onto etsy...or should i use folksy? which do you crafty vixens prefer...would like to hear what and why.

but that is just looking ahead a bit, for now i'll just sort the blog out to have an area of items that can be ordered for private sales, or very limted runs for wholesale.

anyway - back to my tattoo i was getting today - and my quite easy 5 hour session, so easy i kept falling asleep, which one really shouldn't do during a handjob as the skin needs to be kept taut, so a bit of contortion helps the work go quicker. anyway anyway - we started FREEFORM filling in my back, and it's starting to look like my all black lace crochet project with paisleys and mini-doilies! will get some photos taked when the kid is home, and not too hungover to work a camera, lol...

...and as well as it being tattoo day, it was gay pride here in london - so to keep with the yearly tradition, i spent the evening at The Ship Pub in soho, with the wonderful Gerard from IKNIT.

up up and away

i am going away and i've not packed any crochet - at all.

i'm not travelling as light as the other weekend as wanted to bring the white boots that i bought last time i was there...and i need my 50s style one piece bathing suit for the sauna!

so this is strange.

but i did add more human hair fringe to my scarf last night!