Oh this little oyster, she's got nothing to hide

Sold a piece at the LYS, and got $200 worth of Malabrigo in trade. Started a project with that in Black and Sealing Wax (a lovely shade of red).
Its really great to be able to knit and not feel guilty about blowing off school work to do it.
(Oh by the way, I'm taking a hiatus from school! News flash!)

Recently started back up on the video game circuit with my poison of choice (which shall remain nameless), and working back at my uncle's trucking company as head dispatch and dabbling in sales. The money is great, despite the economy being...well, what it is at the moment. Plus Mum and Gary sold the old house, so it looks like I'll be moving. Again!

Life is full of changes and shifts, all of which are inspiring and welcome. I am enjoying this opportunity to make time for myself, and get myself standing on my own two feet again.

The Twin Peaks inspired sweater designs are coming along nicely, too!

I want spinning lessons, and to improve my craft from the ground up. I should focus on mastering new techniques after I complete a few more projects. The Sweater of Destiny is on hold until I can afford to order more of the requisite yarn.

Carl's Big Damn Hero hat came out fantastic, and from what I understand, he wears it regularly, since Kuwait is chilly this time of year. He tells me that camels are brownish in color and very unpleasant. And that they cannot paint the tanks because it would violate their warranty.

This seems... odd. Given that they are Green. And in the middle of a desert.
The camels seem to have a leg up in that department.

I am the girl anachronism

Dear self,
Don't be such a jerk.
Seriously. You are a pretty gentle person the vast majority of the time, but you have these moments when you are so insensitive! Knock it off.

Also? No more using other people's sweater patterns. Unless they're vintage, and you've fact-checked them. Because there is just not a market out there for hand knit items in 36/25/47. You will only end up frustrated, disappointed, and tearful if you think that any pattern in a book someone managed to SELL to people will lend itself to your freakish freakish figure. Elizabeth Zimmerman will save you. That and your crazy math skills, eye for creative texture-work, and a set of US size 6 aluminum circular Addi turbos in various lengths. Or some of those needles from Knit Picks. How I covet them.

Discouragedly yours,
-Self.

In other news, I have the basic motif worked out for the first of the Twin Peaks sweater series:
and I'm working on getting the proportions between the waist/hip ribbing and the bodice. It needs to drape correctly, which I know can be hard to manage with fair isle, since it alters the tension so dramatically. I'll have to work up a nice-sized swatch to make sure it works. I'm also not sure about yarn choice. I'll get on knittersreview, and see what happens. Mull it over.