Done!!! Sorta...

I made scarves for my mom, dad, and sister in law, a shawl for my sister, decorative pillow covers for my brothers, and a flax seed hot pad for my brother in law. I crocheted more snowflakes and starched them. The spray starch works great, by the way.

I have seven shirt boxes, all filled and wrapped except for my younger brother's box. My mom is going to do some last minute sewing for me on that one when she gets the package. I'm sending them this afternoon. My side of the family is DONE! *happy dance*

Except I have to do a couple more things: Peanut's name was in the family gift drawing and I have do find/make a gift for a little boy about her age. I'm thinking a simple scarf, maybe out of Homespun. Or I can just dig in the stash and see what I find. I still need to do more snowflakes. They are my all-purpose gift. Everyone is getting one, basically. And I need to do gloves for Trin, fingerless with a mitten attatchment. There's a pattern on Knitpicks, but I have one in my Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns that I can fiddle with and make it work just fine.

Holiday gift projects

I have been knitting and crocheting up a storm! Next year I'll try to start my gift knitting early, but right now I am showing off my mad procrastination skillz. Despite that, I have several gifts done or nearly done, including:

1. A few crocheted snoflakes
2. Dad's knitted gray scarf
3. Brian and Cameron's decorative pillow covers (gotta sew them together still, but the crocheting is done)
4. Naomi's jewel toned gift (she sees this blog, so I don't want to give a lot away)

I started Mom's cabled scarf that I designed myself. It's reversible and I'll post the pattern as soon as I write it up. I'm not a design diva and I'm not anticipating anyone actually making this besides me, but having the pattern written out and published somewhere is a good thing. I spend valuable minutes designing that scarf and I want the copyright!

All I have to do after Mom's scarf is make something for my sister. The one who freaked when I told her I was dying my hair blue. The one who has (to me, at least) become an insufferable square. Hmmm, square.....I can crochet her a small lap blanket with granny squares and tell her why I did it. Hee hee hee.

I also have to do more snowflakes and starch them to hell and gone. And I got some 2 inch metal rings that I can single crochet tightly around to make little wreaths. The ornaments won't take long at all, though. If I can get the family projects done quickly, the ornaments will be done shortly thereafter.

There is light at the end of the tunnel. This will be my first holiday making a lot of knitted/crocheted gifts and I am determined that they will be done to my satisfaction. I can do it, I know I can!

Oomph!

That is the name of a German rock band that has been making music for going on 15 years. I'm a big fan of rock, especially hard-hitting guitars and drums. The leadsinger is uber attractive, I think. This is Dero:

He's a little insane, but he's got great vocals. He's also the drummer.

And this is the whole band:

Flux, who does the guitar, sampling, mixing, and producing, is on the left. Then Dero the insane frontman and drummer. Last is Crap (yes, his actual stagename), who plays the bass guitar and keyboards.

The first song I heard of theirs was Augen Auf, which means "eyes open." I adore this song and the video is kinda disturbing, which I think adds to its charm.


My favorite song of theirs (from what I've heard so far) is Brennende Liebe, which means "burning love." It's a love song (kinda) and the video is dark and theatrical. The female voice is a guest vocalist and their fans think this is one of the best vocal collaborations they've done.


I also like Traumst Du, "do you dream."


And Dero sounds just as sexy in English:

Gratuitous Kiltage

For your viewing pleasure: Gerard Butler and a few other kilt pictures. I was telling G about them on Thursday and had to share. Oh, and I don't know if the sword is a claymore. I thought it was, but then I wasn't sure. Either way, this particular bekilted Scotsman can wield his sword for me anytime.

Like my new look?

The pink was getting annoying. I like this new one. Do you like it?

Not as girly as I thought

You Are 32% Girly

You are a pretty hardcore tomboy, and a very free spirit. Gender roles be dammed, you like to do things your way.

How Girly Are You?

What Part of Thanksgiving Am I?

You Are The Cranberry Sauce

A little sweet, a little sour - you've got the flava! Though, you do tend to squish in people's mouths...

What Part of Thanksgiving Are You?