tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308397972024-03-07T08:26:44.145+01:00Random<i>1. (adj.) proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern</i>Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comBlogger546125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-89237204907504290642022-09-14T16:29:00.001+02:002022-09-14T16:29:10.188+02:00Blendoku shawl The yak silk shawl is now designated the blendoku shawl because it reminds me of the colour scale mobile game of that name. And it's done! More than a week ago in fact. Pattern is coming. I used a total 199g of yarn in 12 colours. Also coming: a pride rainbow version, because the resistance to current populist trends should be visible. Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-65902686701443054692022-08-25T09:30:00.006+02:002022-08-25T09:30:48.081+02:00Yak silk shawl Back in June I bought a lot of yak silk blend on a sale. The colours are fadeable, much like the game Blendoku, remember that? In total it's 12 colours, doubles of some. The yarn is Fru Valborg Silky Yak Singles (65% Merino, 15% Yak, 20% Silk). Since it is a single ply it is not suited for socks, or even sweaters, because it won't hold up well to friction and it will likely pill. But Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-53296949290185438402022-08-14T20:39:00.002+02:002022-08-14T20:39:21.216+02:00Socks I have been talking to some knitter friends about socks, sock fit, foot shape, and such most of the week and in the end I really wanted to knit socks, so I knit these. In reality I knit one sock Friday, one Saturday, and one Sunday, because I had to construct a pattern for my feet in this yarn weight (dk yarn). It's not perfect but 95% there. I have some idea that I might make some Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-49552660192621406362022-08-03T13:49:00.002+02:002022-08-03T13:49:28.415+02:00Fountain pen inks in felt tip pens Around 2017 I wanted to refill felt tip pens or brush pens with fountain pen inks, but was met with blank stares in shops. Since then both new stuff has hit the market and experimentation has happened.Platinum is the short answer to my solutions, but there might be others out there. I'd be happy to hear about your experience. I'd love to find a refillable bristle tip brush pen.Bullet tip Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-6887219145329914512022-08-01T17:38:00.003+02:002022-08-02T11:23:13.670+02:00Olivia Olivia likes the house and has become much tamer (and much more talkative). We still live in a chaos of moving boxes, but both cats are settled and happy.Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-71119503157954535842022-07-31T14:55:00.002+02:002022-08-01T16:21:39.791+02:00Where did all the posts go?891 of some 1480+ posts are now hidden, deemed irrelevant by yours truly. It's the first step in a move to pick up blogging again. What I'd really like is to move all this to an archive page and start over, but I am not finding an easy way of doing that. Instead the purge. I am slowly going through and updating tags on all the posts to make things navigable. The label based navigation will be hitSilmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-35106219830307588542021-01-19T21:48:00.001+01:002022-08-01T15:53:48.585+02:00Snow We finally got some snow, and I've spent a week far more outdoors than I usually prefer. It's so nice, I just walk. I am still rehabbing myself and I shouldn't yet walk much more than 4km, and I'm not walking fast, but I'm just out, rambling, wonder where this road, this path goes. Looking for darkness, too - places without streetlights. With the dense cloud cover reflecting light from the Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-46435527030936858652021-01-06T22:07:00.001+01:002022-08-01T16:43:55.652+02:00Sometimes I am my own worst enemy I have for some time wanted speakers in my bedroom so I can listen to music here too. I finally got around to setting up some ok speakers that were surplus in my livingroom, and I put on a record I haven't really listened to as a whole before. I usually listen to music as I fall asleep. I... think I've sabotaged my sleep now?Having decent sound rather than my phone speakers... isSilmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-61675652030304010202021-01-03T09:55:00.003+01:002022-08-02T11:55:39.853+02:00End of the holidaysDespite rumours to the contrary, I do decorate for the end of year holidays. Yule goats, space animals, and a decorated succulent to prove my point:Tomorrow it is back to work. I'm looking forwards to talking to my coworkers again. Today I'm removing most traces of yule from my home - it is time to move on. Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-54549842072483982632020-12-27T17:37:00.002+01:002022-08-02T12:28:30.729+02:002020 - Finished Knitting/StitchingWhile I have plenty of started things I haven't finished, here's the majority of knitting and stitching I actually finished in 2020. I might squeeze in another finish - we'll see... Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-33467883386828561892020-12-27T13:11:00.002+01:002022-08-02T11:22:05.762+02:00Five yearsI have decided to resuscitate this blog, for a whole host of reasons. Most of them can be found in why my posting died out. Maybe chief among them, I found an online "home" on the Ravelry boards. Since Ravelry has, in 2020, been revealed to be ableist assholes who exclude a whole lot of people from their site, I am no longer active there. I have retained a lot of my community from there in other Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-12201649108202282252015-12-13T15:54:00.003+01:002022-08-02T11:23:13.671+02:00Selfie with a cat
Alasdair wanted to take a selfie so we posed. I am sleepy and wearing no makeup. He looks like he is having fun though.Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-23032006663776700292015-11-01T23:15:00.002+01:002022-08-02T11:24:07.997+02:00Samhain celebrationsThere was a party and hanging out with friends, there were also walks to churchyards.
I hope y'all had a peaceful holiday!
Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-10598857055323302982015-10-28T23:34:00.003+01:002022-08-01T15:48:05.120+02:00Inktober day 28
Elin asked if I could draw her. I could.
Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-48236845765142012382015-10-27T22:49:00.000+01:002022-08-01T15:48:05.121+02:00Inktober Day 27The topic of my drawings is starting to become "I'm in your facebook drawing your profile pictures", just taking whatever inspires me. I have a request I have said I will draw but later (a drawing of the band KAOS!, I want to give them more attention and better materials), I have another request that haven't provided me with photos to draw from, and there are four days to go. Just four! I have Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-82821212332376166522015-10-25T11:25:00.000+01:002022-08-01T15:48:05.122+02:00Inktober day 25 - without inkI know I wrote this post, but apparently I deleted it at some point instead of posting it. Oops.
Here goes:
This is my cousin and good friend Erik, who readers might recognize from my Texas adventures. He's a great drinking buddy, and travel companion, and overall swell guy, who happens to look good in uniform too. This is drawn from an official looking photo, and I got scared I'd ruin it if I Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-1168394405299075432015-10-24T22:21:00.000+02:002022-08-02T11:37:49.316+02:00Perfect Autumn DayToday was the perfect autumn day. Or as Daniel H put it - the last day of summer. We spent it moving his boat a short stretch to winter harbour (it gets to go on shoreleave tomorrow), and put the mast ashore and into storage, but those are the boring sounding details. The really nice part was nice company and the lovely weather and the pretty colours. So, pictures instead of words for this one. Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-50395511719793997192015-10-24T21:17:00.001+02:002022-08-01T15:48:05.121+02:00Inktober day 24My friend Daniel H!
Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-2420513086093961722015-10-21T09:28:00.000+02:002022-08-01T15:48:05.120+02:00Inktober Day 21On request, Isabell! I really loved doing the dramatic eyeshadow.
Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-52293554757234945612015-10-19T22:24:00.003+02:002022-08-01T15:48:05.122+02:00Inktober Day 19Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-10510205411878125492015-10-18T19:10:00.000+02:002022-08-01T15:48:05.120+02:00Inktober day 18
I don't like the eyes. The rest is good, actually.
Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-27876306616930481892015-10-15T10:30:00.000+02:002022-08-01T15:48:05.120+02:00Inktober Day 15
Today I am drawing my friend Julia.Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-85619749002458655822015-10-14T13:27:00.000+02:002022-08-01T15:48:05.122+02:00Inktober Day 14
Third self-portrait. Definitely getting old. Though I also think I am getting better at it. I'll do maybe one more.Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-84123485144671154222015-10-13T13:49:00.000+02:002022-08-01T15:48:05.122+02:00Inktober Day 13After yesterday I asked on facebook if I should return to the safe boats I know how to draw or if I should continue doing self-portraits and see if I can nail one. People thought I should do self-portraits.
It's going to get old pretty quickly though.
For today, here is one. Would this be easier with a pencil? Yes.
To prove the fact I also drew it in pencil (to the right of this text).
Silmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150840501817804646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839797.post-12628934088737797392015-10-11T20:14:00.002+02:002022-08-01T15:48:05.120+02:00Inktober Day 11A few notes about this one.
1) Letting my nerd flag fly high.
2) Don't know if ANY of my readers will know the reference, but tell me if you do.
3) My ruler is awol, and I am too lazy to get another (ie a cat is lying on my legs and I don't want to disturb him - you can see him in the picture), so this is freehanded and eyeballed.
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