Here’s what the felted soap looks like, although designs and colors vary. http://www.booboomonkey.com/tvini/soap1.jpg
Here’s what the flower washcloth looks like. Colors vary. http://www.keyboardbiologist.net/KnittingGallery/ReverseBloomPersimmon.htm
Both would be accompanied by a few other bath/beauty type products. The felted soap would be quicker, but weirder. The flower washcloth would take longer, but is probably more traditional. I have at least four teachers to provide gifts for.
Thoughts? Other options I haven’t thought of? I’m a bit leery of doing hats or garments, since that seems like it could vary so much from person to person.
I’m trying to figure out inventory for Simucon, deciding whether to set up a table to sell knit goods and bindis again. It was really fun last year. I enjoyed being in my little spot in the hall, yet also having the freedom to close up shop and stash my things in my hotel room. I’m just not sure what to make for this year – I’ve got a little inventory in stock, but web sales are good, so I’ve got less stuff on hand this year and not a lot of time to make more things.
The main issue is, everybody wants Jayne hats! For the uninitiated, it’s a version of the knitted hat that Jayne Cobb wears in the Firefly episode, “The Message.” I’m assuming that since the movie “Serenity” is coming out in September, people want a Jayne hat. I know that I have to remember to actually make one for myself so I can wear one to the movie!
Many thanks to a link from another maker of the hats, I’ve seen a significant uptick in orders for hats. Like, several inquiries and orders in the last couple of weeks. This means I have less time to make other stuff.
I’d hate to not do it, since a) it was fun, and b) net profits paid my gas and hotel bills, at least getting to and from Simucon.
So I guess the question is up for debate again this year – If I set up a table again this year, what should I make to sell at Simucon? Floofy scarves and zany hats were popular last year, and they’re a quick, fun knit. Gimme input!
My dear friend, an old roommate from college, was blown away by the sheep blanket for her upcoming baby and the dinosaur hat for her older son. To say that she was effusive in her praise would be an understatement.
Yes, I feel very good about myself now, I must admit. She’s a wonderful person whom I love, and I am grateful that I was able to do something to show her that.
Incidentally, she was maid of honor at my wedding, and my husband’s best friend was our best man. Did we set those two up? Of course. And now they’re married with that aforementioned second kid on the way.
Why yes, I am the wedding guru, why do you ask?
(Sorry for the pun, Firefly fans, I’m knitting another Jayne hat.)
So I went to the doctor today because I had a lump in my breast. Did I delay for, like, a month because I’m a moron? Yes. Normally I don’t, but I just got busy, which is the lamest excuse possible. It won’t happen again.
Anyway, it’s not cancer, thank God.
It’s only fibrocystic changes. Apparently, I got a little tiny mass in there, and it aches. Coincidentally, it’s right where I had a plugged duct when I was nursing. But now I get the joy of my first mammogram. Woo. (Guys reading this are now making the “TMI!” face.)
So let’s review: up-side: probably not cancerous, probably won’t die. down-side: made worse by caffeine and chocolate. That’s right, my two favorite things in the world.
So now to make the boobie-ache go away, I gotta quit drinking caffeinated lattes – and definitely no more of my beloved mochas. Bear with me as I come down from the sweet, sweet heights of Mount Chocolympus and begin trudging through life without coffee.
And I thought kicking the antidepressants was bad. Grumble.
http://www.mil-millington.com/
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/bos/30807835.html
I had a spare copy of Katamari Damacy for PS2 (don’t ask how) and offered it at booksforsoldiers.com on a first-come, first-served basis to whatever service person who wanted it. I had three takers asking for it before I could put up a note saying it was taken.
I loooove this game. It’s insane. I’d like others to experience it. Now I am torn between telling the other two guys no and shelling out 40 bucks to be an extra-nice person and share this trippy game which everyone should play.
“Kill us both, Spock!” Argh!
