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While knitting I tend to semi-watch various tv shows. One of these shows recently did a rerun of their first season, which I never saw before. Aside from being so low budget it was almost embarrassing, I was surprised how different the music was compared to later seasons. It was in fact music I heard in a different tv show before. This show used it in different contexts tho, which was so distracting that I couldn't fully focus on the episode itself. When I mentioned this to a friend, whom watches both tv shows as well, he said he didn't even notice the change! I knew I was pretty good at recognizing instrumental tunes/music, but I always assumed this was a generic ability most people had.

Aside from the music thing, I managed to finish various knitting projects. Tried out a pattern for a hat with cat ears, which I was skeptical about at first, but it turned out pretty nice. Decided to try make a baby sized version of it, speed knitting it in less than 24 hours to have it finished as a gift for aien_hime 's baby girl. It was a bit of a gamble, as there weren't any known baby sizes for this pattern but the result was great. As I feel a tad too old to wear the cat ears hat, I gave it away along with the baby sized one. Mother and daughter got matching hats now.

Tried another pattern for a hat with the same kind of yarn I used for my gran's infinity scarf. I loved the result, finally having a hat that's worth wearing. I really don't have the head for most hats so it's nice to have one now that doesn't make me look like a complete idiot.

Speaking said infinity scarf, gran asked me to remove the seam to turn it into a regular scarf. It was too bulky to stuff it under her coat in it's previous form. So I tried to remove the seam but apparently I did such an awesome job blending it with the scarf itself and I cut the wrong strand of yarn, partly ruining the scarf....argh! Mom came to the rescue and managed to mostly fix it. Gran said she barely noticed the damage and is happy with her new regular scarf, but as its creator I know the damage is there and it annoys me. At least I now know kind of creations to use this kind of yarn for.

Also sort of revived my WoW account, which I have been playing on and off again. Finishing some achievements and storylines, focusing on 2 chars max. Not having an active guild really limits the options you have. Real raiding is a nogo. LFR is an interesting alternative to experience raid content, even if it's incredibly dumbed down, but the kind of people you encounter in these PUGs are often clueless idiots whom don't even bother to read the tactics for the encounters... There is a freakin' ingame dungeon journal with a summary of all phases/boss abilities. Maybe I am getting too old to deal with al these idiots in videogames? Curious if the next expansion will improve some stuff, time will tell.

~*~Maru~*~

As I mentioned before, I have been knitting a lot lately. Not with traditional knitting needles, but a knitting loom. With needles it took me months to complete a project (if at all), the quality being average as I know one stitch type properly. I tried learning new ones, but I would end up mysteriously with additional stitches. A ragequit followed soon, much to the amusement of my mother. She took pity on me and introduced me to the knitting loom. And it was so much better! With the help of various YouTube tutorials I have managed to creative a pile of gorgeous scarves and now I am working on more advanced stuff.

So while working on my first pair of fingerless gloves, I carefully recorded the sizes of each element, to make sure I would get a similar looking set. But that turns out to be quite a challenge:



( Read more about all the struggles here! )

I suppose this post might be a bit boring if you are not interested in knitting, but I felt like sharing this anyways. I am having a lot of fun exploring all the interesting things that can be done with knitting. As my studies are mostly about digital creations, it's nice doing something physical instead, being able to touch and use the things you create. It feels more personal, I guess?

Actual results will be posted soon. The focus function of the camera on my smartphone is becoming iffy, resulting in blurry pics. So I am planning to use my regular camera again for better pics, even tho it's so much easier to upload the pics from phone on Dropbox. I really need a need a new smartphone, but decent ones are expensive... Ah well, more practice with my camera, hoo!

And yes, I managed to find a new host for my images. Yay for Imgur!

~*~Maru~*~