Project Check In
I figure its time to check in on my progress with various projects that I have been working on.
My shawl is nearing completion. I have crocheted enough rounds to form the shawl itself and now just need enough for the deep hood I want on it. Then I have to put them all together. It is a riotous mix of spring and autumn colours, which I plan to bring together with shades of brown. My friend Lis suggests this might make it look like a meadow. I’ve already posted about the shawl once before and will again as it gets closer to being finished.
The great big afghan I have been crocheting for the last year is up to some 115 rounds (give or take), I need about 150 before I can start piecing it together.
My learning to play the tambourine continues. Read about my choice of instrument here and see pictures of her here.I know how to hold it in a couple of different positions and the different ways to strike it. Now it’s all about practicing to gain skill and develop rhythm. Tap tap tap tap tap … ONE two three four One two three… Continue reading
Charming
During my Hedge Group’s Samhain ritual we were given pretty bracelets with a large lapis bead each. Being a Gemini with a lot of Crow energy (if you know what I mean) I was thrilled. YAY! NEW SHINY!
Sadly, the bracelet itself was made of a metal I tend to react to. I still wear nickel now and then but I can’t for any length of time. Usually I will spray such items with a sealant as a solution to my itchiness but that was not possible in this case due to the design of the bracelet. Therefore I had to get my creative juices flowing.
As I was contemplating the lapis bead and nickel plated chain I was suddenly reminded of my old sterling silver charm bracelet. Like many little girls, my mother purchased a charm bracelet shortly after my birth. Mine was already a vintage or near vintage item at the time that Mom bought it. According to my Google-fu it is of a style popular in the late 1960s, which sounds about right (I was born in 1980). It comes complete with a traditional box-style clasp with a swing-arm and locking pin on the side.
So I… Continue reading
What’s Up
I have the place to myself this weekend … and that also means the podcast. I am going to start recording after dinner.
I am planning a small ritual for Hecate’s Night with a friend of mine.
I am reading To Fly by Night: The Craft of the Hedgewitch. Yep, that’s right my contributor copies have arrived. YAY!
Also, I have been having fun using MS Paint. A member of the Hedge is writing an article and asked for an illustration or two to help her article make sense. I am also adding a few suggestions and ideas to the article. Here’s peek at two of the graphics:
A Few of my Favourite (Online) Haunts
Totally unrelated to Paganism or Witchcraft! Here is a list of some of the other kind of websites, blogs and such I have been spending time at in the last little while. (Yes, I know this is kind of a lazy post)
Archaeology Magazine (history geek site)
Audacity Forum (sound editing geek site)
http://forum.audacityteam.org/
The Joy of Hand Spinning (making yarn the old way)
http://www.joyofhandspinning.com/
Top Documentary Films (another history geek site)
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/
Hyperbole and a Half (just plain funny)
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/
WordPress (blogging geek site … code is poetry)
Savage Love column and podcast (sexy site)
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=5253730
Ottawa Dog Blog (dog lover site)
Sound Cloud (the endless search for sound)
VetLearn (veterinary medicine site)
Joomla (web designer geek site)
Mr. Deity (funny web videos)
Psychology Today (because neruo science and the human mind are interesting!)
http://www.psychologytoday.com/
Picnik (photo editing site)
The newest edition:
Raverly (knitting and crochet geek site)
- Wordless Wednesday: Ask the Stones Admin
- Swimming the Sunlight Alison Leigh Lilly
- Nature Worshipers and Northern Pass Howling Hill
To Fly By Night
Hoofprints in the Wildwood
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