ok, so i was in a play, a very dysfunctional play... and one of the crafty artistic girls in town did our makeup... mine was the last to be done... so it told her to do it fast, but its still amazing! she recently just won a body painting challenge... pretty amazing!
spinning fire in my front yard
floppy toque knit from patons classic wool merino
me and the grey cup, CFL version of the superbowl
funky blue/purple hair and new cowl knit out of malabigo... sooo soft!!
my friends dog lucy!!
the view from the top (ish) this is Tia.... cutey dog that came on the hike.
this was taken at Shambhala this year... a crazy music fest here in BC...
this was taken on the way to Shambhala...
and this was at Shambhala... coooooooo ass sun rays hey....
this is my hair now.. its BIRGHT blue...
a couple days before i dyed my hair all blue it was just alittle bit. but i like this photo. my eyes are electric.
chowda for nowda!
and this is the back. its 2 kinds of stripey stretch knit fabric. the back actually sits straight... i just stand crooked.. i also have long underwear on underneath which im sure its sticking too...
a friend requested a slouchy hat, so we looked at pics on the net and she decided on something like the "felicty" hat as well.... it is super cute and on the (right side of the hat in the pic) i left a little on ribbed portion where later on i sewed 2 buttons on.. its super duper cute on her and hopefully i can get pics one day..
i became intrigued with ysolda's garter mitts and had to make some..
short row shaping for the thumbs is amazing.
i reconned this shirt.. its pretty boring but whatever.. at least i would wear it now..
another pair of garter mitts (yeah 2 pairs in like 4 days and i plan on more) knit with noro..
this is a skirt with a drawstring waist i sewed. it was a huge rancid shirt, some leftover super soft t shirt material from a skirt that my roommate had made and then the hem of another shirt i cut off for the waist band. it has a shoelace i found randomly laying about my place and a little plastic doohickey for locking the strings in place....
i made another one of these skirts last night out of an old pink floyd shirt my ex roommate gave me a while back and some stripey knit material...
this is just a dripping graffiti heart on the side of a building down the back alley
this is the side of a shed..
and these are my feet (in my new chucks!) standing on the rail looking over the kicking horse river...
thats about it... speaks for itself... i shall post pics of it with the dress when i get them in a weekish..
not very talkative.. im effin freezin and sickish.... BLAHHHHH
this is some fabric destashing i did... i gave her a few meters of fabric...
these are some fat quarters i included too..
this is a close up of the hats.... the baby viking hat, a baby apple hat and a baby monkey hat.. all SUPER CUTE....
And the whole package on the crocheted baby blanket.. in the left corner is a little corduroy patch with "Adam" embroidered on it... (the baby boys name) 
i made everything from stuff i had in my stash pretty much.... and i got rid of some extra fabric too which is sweet.... i need to rid myself of my mini fabric store... its a bit overwhelming...
anyways.... im going to play around on my "new" computer.... it had a little "seizure" the other da and got it all medicated and now its working great.... woot...
spiral... out.
the yarn is SIRDAR COUNTRY STYLE double knitting yarn.... its really soft.. the "drape" is nice... and the stitch definition is great.... im pretty stoked to have this hat... i love the color of green... the pattern used is.... FELICITY 
this is little baby Echo wearing my hat... he just turned one a few days before my visit... hes such a little doll... i cried when i left ... hes all walking now and its so cute... it makes me sad that i miss it...
This is me with my car i was giving it a hug goodbye....
and this is mike humping his new car.... i sold my car to my ex.... so its ok.. i will still get to see her and im sure i can get rides in her when im near...
i still havent photographed any of the knitting i have been doing for this craftster swap i am in... soon... im almost done the sweater for my friend john... need to finish up the hem on the one sleeve, knit the other sleeve and then the hood.... the other sleeve will go pretty quickly since i wont have to keep getting him to try it on to make sure the fit is good...
And this was on the back of the shirt. it was a concert shirt... good memories...
This was on the front of the shirt under the TOOL sign.. now its on my hood.
you can see the eye when the hood's down... i love it.
AND SOME KNITTING. i started this sweater (top down raglan) for my friend john. not this past saturday but the one before that. so i finished nearly the whole body of the (mans) sweater in a week pretty much. i just have to do a contrasting color hem on the bottom now.... then its the sleeves. smooth sailing... its going pretty fast considering its HUGE....
hmmmmm not too much else to say.... selling my car start of Feb.... this should be interesting... freeing up approx. 300+ dollars a month.... WOWEE
This is the new radtastic half zip up long sleeve shirt i made last night... i look grumpy but im really not. im really happy...
This is showing off the hoodtasticness and the nice long arm cuffs which will one day get thumb holes...
Close up of the front.
fleece lined hood.
and this is my first hard brimmed knit hat... me and leslie saw tonnes of these kind of hats while on our trip... so i tried to recreate one... theres a pattern for one in the new Son of Stitch n Bitch book... i didnt follow it... just kinda used it as reference when building it...
I knit this new hat while on the bus to San Fran... its Patons SWS yarn and its just a simple hat...
ew crooked... whoops... this is a hat i knit out of noro and black wool for my little sister for christmas..
its got a pony tail hole slot in the back... i was going to do buttons but i decided velcro was good for her...
GO VELCRO!
This is a hat i made for my sister for christmas.. i think shes getting a little sick of getting hats everywhere... oh well... i dont think she realizes its hats.. or nothing...
my mom paid my way to bus to go see family for christmas.. it was fun. always great times with family. i knit another hat on the bus down and ended up giving it to my cousin. she really dug my knitting which is cool. no pics though... i also knit a hat for her dad (my uncle) he was whining that he wasnt getting any knitting... so i whipped out a hat for him before i left. no pics either... it was just simple black and grey though.. so, i was back in golden for 2 days then OFF TO SAN FRANCISCO!!
ok now onto the good stuff...
first view of the ocean, near my friend trish's house
the billboard where we would be seeing the concert
the WARFIELD. a super cool venue where tonnes of cool shows have been played.. one day i will go se a show there...
leslie walking through mist at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
A tripped out bridge at the museum
Leslie in the bridge.. cameras werent allowed so i was "sneakily" taking these pics..
A weird picture i took outside the SFMOMA i like how the tree branches look like veins..
My friend Tawn from back home came to San Francisco with another friend and we all met up down there.. this is a weird picture of her half dissapearing while swinging from tree
This is Trish and X.... The San Franciscans we were meeting up with.. they are fellow burners. we met on the playa... it was awesome to hangout with them outside of Black Rock City
me chillin with the sun...
This is our little crew from canada in our hotel room before the show. it was a costume party... my friend Tawn on the left dressed up really pretty with crafted out shoes she made into bright red glitter shoes while in san fran. then me in the blue moo moo hippie dress.. i didnt have a costume the day of the show so we went to thrift stores and i found this fun dress and decided to be a hippie (original i know) then at the show we drew an X on my forehead and i said i was a chick in the Manson Family... Then theres the Devil poking his head out around me... thats Mike. Then Leslie, shes not wearing her mask but she crafted this costume... She knit a ninja turtle hat, with pigtail holes in the back and the eye part is pink and she cut up shirts and stuff to make the top and elbow bands and knee bands. she also reconned a pair of green mittens into "turtle gloves" and she had a store bought (thrift store find) ninja turtle shell as well.... she looked great... OH i guess i should say... she was going as Leonardo's Girlfriend... the less talked about turtle.... Mona Lisa.... hells yeah.... it was a great idea and people loved it...
This is me and Trish chillin in Golden Gate Park
View from on top of the waterfall
The gang while watching the sunset
Pretty sunset
This is Mike, X and Leslie playing Rockstar... seriously the funnest game EVER! way better then Guitar Hero... you have Guitar, Bass, Vocals and drums... its so interactive and fun. and the music selection is fabulous.... i even sang a few songs!!! it was baaaaaaaaaad. bahahaha but still fun!
And this is Leonard. Trish's cat... hes a fun little guy...
So yes, the trip was amazing... even though we had to take the bus down and back... nearly 2 full days on the bus each way... but so completely worth it... The show was amazing The Mars Volta did an acoustic set at 8pm then a bunch of DJ's played and then Mars Volta came back on and played for nearly 2.5 hours!! they stopped at the new year and did a countdown and a bunch of balloons fell and everyone hugged and what not... and they kept playing and it was amazing....
this is what our steps going up from out house looked like the next morning of the great snowfall...
luckily my friend Riel offered to shovel for me ;)
frozen window coming home from seeing tool
reflection of my friend adam
picture of the train that runs through town..
A BIG ASS LOAD OF YARN that we got delivered here.. im knitting my friend John a sweater... and we got some yarn to play with too...
this is just turned a little more to the right to see more of the kitchen. its a great size and has a good oven and fridge.
this is over a little more to the right. there is our movie and book shelf and then theres the hallway to the bathroom and thats it down there. and then our living room area. those are me and leslies old grannie knitting chairs. the bendy lights focus down onto each of our chairs. im on the right there.. this will also change because we are getting some different furniture and such in on saturday... the place came well furnished. 2 beds, a tv, coffee table, 2 chairs, kitchen table as well as some dishes and pots and pans and cutlery and cups... its a GREAT score.
this is alittle more to the right. these are me and leslies rooms right off the living room. im on the left. i gave leslie the bigger room because she lived ina closet last year. literally. a closet...
and this is more to the right on the other side of the living room theres our tv and super nintendo.. our savior.. Tetris and Dr Mario are getting a good workout. and then thats back at the door there.
and i havent even really made a dent in my box o' stash....
well... im off to write a pattern or 2... then maybe pack a bit, then at 4:20 im supposed to be getting tattooed.... either a touch up or maybe something new... who knows.. i will be sure to share with everyone either way...
oh and little echo is finally able to fit into the dino hoodie i made him.. check out these CUTE pics!
i guess he doesnt like the leaves...
