yeah, honestly I did better with the cheshire cat and march hare. I can't resist doing Alice in wonderland lol. -nods- yeah I love those types of things :D lol me neither. Trying to not panic lmao

how many days is that going to keep you going for? ;)

Sorry for the late reply, the last few days have been rather hectic! My dad went into the hospital for an operation, and he ended up getting a blood infection, so he wasn't allowed to go home until yesterday. =(

Raven: It sounds like you had a fun day with the apples, and going out to eat, and getting stuff for the pool. :D Did you join an indoor pool or a seasonal pool? o: All of the seasonal pools here closed by Labor Day, so I was wondering if it is different down South. ;) Jellybean is really cute, although she's quite tough for such a teeny bird. xD I have to get her macaw sized toys because she destroys the ones her size within days. laughs Oh wow, we do have as many as River! xD I didn't know about her singing rat, that sounds quite interesting. o: Hehe, I think a lot of your characters have quite a large collection of pets! I like River's outfit today, is she dressing up as Alice? :D I am bummed about that too, it would be nice if they had an RP where we could use those characters over the term break. Oh, was she the friend you were worried about before? I didn't realize Merlin lived in PR, poor dear. q.q I finally got that one after searching through all of the books one by one. xD It was a bit painful, but I got all of the points. ;)

Paddy: Yeah, me too! My husband said he was driving a truck with, I think, 12 or 13 gears... I would go nuts. xD Oh, that went perfectly with the background you chose, nice layering! I like your spooky carnival HA today, that cutout sweater looks awesome. :D Thank you, I had so much fun making that sparkly rainbow HA. I had to try out a number of new rainbow CWs. xD That sounds like a fun plan! I will probably go back to using Keet for the challenges/rps and things. I wonder if they would let me bring Rain over just to use her for RPs. xD Three men does seem like a lot just to fit a gate, but at least they worked quickly!

Okay picture time made two travel pillow cases. Mum's is black flowers on white.

I made this bag first and lemme tell you it was a challenge because nothing wanted to go right, despite having made them before. Sorry for the blurry photo. As you can see, theres a pouch to go with it.

this is mum's bag, also with a pouch.

And just finished this one both the latter two have pockets inside as well.

look above the alice or not panicking? lol. -poke above- Now sewing wise I just need to cut mum's fabric, iron on all the stabilizer and assemble. I just finished the last bag, which I wound up cheating and using bias tape because parts weren't even and it was a nightmare and I wanted it finished. Honestly I like the bias tape though.

oh no I'm so sorry. He doing any better now? indoor pool :) but it does have an outdoor part the keep open in the summer.and yep our outdoor pools close right after labour day. aww bless, she sounds adorbs. well lol it just got eaten in the rp I'm doing lol so I'm not sure if we'll pick her something else out or replace with another rat. mhm lol they all have a lot of pets :D well Sorn only has one and he didn't want it for a VERY long time lmao. mhm yep. I'm glad I've gotten to speak to her but things are kinda crappy there. -pokes pictures above- Raven has been busy.

@ Paddy I am excited indeed. Celebrating one of my friends bdays on the boat while we are at it. :P I forgot to bring my camera. :P but I can always take some pictures with my phone. :nods:

I managed to lure him into the cage at last... for his vacation at his grandma. :P

@ Raven Thanks hun! Today we went for a burger at Fridays and some shopping. :) So you did manage to find a pet sitter then? :) They will be busy with all the minions. xD Hope you will have a fantastic time. :huggles:

The travel cases look fantastic! :D :D :D This geek totally approves of the zelda print, of course. :D

nice :D sounds like fun ^.^ We have though we are waiting on a boy to call us back as he's our better option. thanks :D I've been very busy lol.

Sounds like an awesome trip, so I am happy for you! :D :D :D

We are just chilling today.. before we head for our mini cruise tomorrow. ^_^ Will be a busy couple of days, especially with a 6 year old with us. xD

awww that stinks that he ende dup with an infection :( I hope he's doing better today though squishes

Thanks :D I couldn't resist using the same sweater today laughs Those blues go perfectly with the purples in your outfit - I'd never have thought of putting those two colours together, but they work really well :D

hehe it did sound like one of those maths problems.... if it takes three men 30 minutes to fit a gate, how long does it take 1 man to put up and entire fence? :P

(keep reading for the sewing project photos)

Those pillowcases look great! And the bags look utterly perfect :D Inside pockets can be a pain to do, so that's awesome that you've added them in to those as well (I've been tempted to just leave bags with no inner pockets :P) hehe the Alice :P And speaking of which, Niall makes a perfect Mad Hatter! :D Hey cheating is good nods especially if it looks like the pattern told you to do it that way, so nobody would know things weren't quite level ;) (keep reading for Nessie - I got her finished today :P)

that sounds like it's going to be fantastic! Annoying that you forgot the camera, but hopefully your phone photos will be equally as good ;) :D

I've finally got the Nessie finished, and seeing as that went well, I stitched the Kraken as well :D These are "quick" photos seeing as Mum keeps complaining that my sewing photos have a boring background & pose :P

First up we have the un-named Kraken....

and seeing as the fabric hasn't 'charged' the glowing bit yet, here's a mockup of what it'd look like in the dark :P

And (some name beginning with N :P) the Nessie ;)

and again a mockup for the glow :P

thanks I'm looking forward to it! hope the cruise is nice and stay safe <3

omw, the krakken and Nessie are ADORABLE!!!! sooooo cute :D thank you :) I'm pleased how the pillow cases came out--I didn't measure at all LMAO. Inner pockets are a bit of a pain but so worth it :D aww thank you :D i had a bit too much fun with the A & W theme. I love your ha today! that blue under the rose is stunning. What did you wind up using? hehe I see you used the bg I used the other week ^.^ oh lol I didn't use a pattern for the bags I just winged them all.

:D I doubt the eyes will glow quite that well, but hopefully in a day or two I can get a glowing photo ;) Considering you didn't measure, that's even more impressive!! :D :D :D It's the under the sweater today - it was the only blue shirt I had that covered just the right area without having any patterns on ;) And that background was a perfect match for the blue top laughs I'm trying to make my HAs look slightly creepy without being full-on Morostide ;) hehe the only trouble with doing that, is when someone (like your Mum) says "I love that bag you made - I'd like one for Christmas / my birthday" and you haven't a clue how you actually made it 😊

hopefully they will XD hehe I didn't measure anything. I'm awful for that lmao. The good thing is though if I look at it, I should be able to remember mostly what I did XD hehe how many of those type orders do you have? Ugh I'm so knackard even with a nap I just wanna go back to sleep. We went to the knitting store today and bought some wool for the trip. Mine was extremely pricey at $26 a skein and I needed two skeins. I bought 2ply but its knitted on a 3.75 mm circular needle. THat shirt was perfect for it! you did a great job :D

hehe that helps if you either scribbled down notes, or if you're confident that you'll remember exactly what you did ;) I've had a couple of those (admittedly one was me wanting another bag, then realising I didn't even write down the measurements of the individual pieces.... which is why that bag's lining came up short 😊 - half of my notes are the measurements I used, the other half are the notes I scribbled down from the online workshop (and their measurements), so I need to re-write those! 😊) hands over a few pillows Whoa, that's a pricey yarn! I'd be scared to use it in case I just made a mess of the pattern! :P hands over some patience as well I definitely wouldn't ever attempt knitting with anything thinner than dk 😇 Thanks :D But your Queen of Hearts is much better :P I love the layering over that dress :D

hehe yeah that might help but to be honest even I don't think i'd do that so, don't feel bad. poor bag. yeah but its soo pretty. i'm excited to use it. oh I think you might like 2ply. It slides like butter :D I love working with it. The last skein I used for that was $18. Aww thanks :D I didn't really care for the queen of heart's official skirt so this took a while to find a better option lol. I LOVE LOVE LOVE todays outffift! what is that bg?
I finished mum's purse this morning at about 2am. I'm so tired lol.

:P That does sound like a great yarn, although I'd be concerned the stitches would just slide off the needles accidentally 😊 It works really well :D :D Thanks! It's .... erm .... goes to find the name ;) That's great going on getting her purse finished.... and being awake enough to sew at 2am! ;) Any chance of a nap during the day today to try and catch up with a smidge of sleep? ;)

Dad had to go to the bank, so I tagged along to town with him this afternoon and just happened to stop off at the fabric shop ;) They had 3 metres of a grey dotty sweatshirt fabric that had a flaw running down the edge, so I got three metres for the price of 2 so I can cut around the flawed bit 😇 ....plus a metres of fabric to use as a hood lining, and two metres of a bird-print fabric to use for a t-shirt ;)

But I'm going to be good and finish the product testing stuff first - that's just my incentive for getting it done laughs

I knit "dangerously" close to the ends as mum claims. thanks :D I er might have made some extra mistakes lmao. I'm hoping so, gonna pop out in a mo and buy some bath salts for the trip. Ooh awesome :D that's fantastic.

Yes he is doing better now, thank you! He has a doctor appointment tomorrow to check up on how the antibiotics are working. Ah nice! A year round pool sounds like fun. She is too cute. xD Oh no, poor rat! =( River must be pretty upset. Haha, did Sorn change his mind about the pet? Or did you force it on him? xD I love your costume HAs, by the way! The Cheshire Cat looks awesome today. :D That's awful, I feel so bad for her and everyone else in PR. =( The pillow case and bags look fantastic! Those pockets must have been tricky to sew.

Thank you, he is. =) He has a doctor appointment tomorrow to check up on how the antibiotics are working. It looked great with the blue, too! :D It looks like RP-Paddy is ready for Morostide today. I love the pretty background!
Thanks, I sort of made the HA around the wig. ;) Hehe, that definitely sounds like a math word problem. xD Wow, those look amazing! I love the glow in the dark eyes, those were a really nice touch. :D The suction cups on the kraken are too cute! I love all of the details you put into these.

oh good :D I'm glad he's doing better <3 yeah it is nice. Havent' had a chance to go back yet because of all the work I'm doing to get ready for our trip. yeah she was devistated. thats how she got the ringtail. haha forced it :D but he's actually warming to him. aww thank you. I always kick off morostide with Alice in wonderland. I love all the rainbows today :D River approves. yeah me too :( she said communicatiosn are bad and only 8% have power. aww thank you :D THey aren't too bad. I've made a lot of pockets now. But at first it seemed complicated.

hehe does that count as "extreme knitting"? :P laughs but are they mistakes anyone would notice? ;) I love the Cheshire Cat look today! That background is puurfect for it :D I've almost got the product testing frog sewn, but I really should do at least one in the 'correct' fabric (plain non-stretchy ordinary stuff) just to show how different it looks compared to using slightly stretchy fleece ;) ....and then I've got the step-by-step tutorial to do for the bunny, frog, snail and possibly one other thing :P

Hopefully his antibiotics are working as they should do :) And you have another great outfit today! :D What's the dress she's wearing? :D Thanks :D I've aiming on a Morostide or Autumnal look each day, although the really creepy looking outfits need to be left for later in the month laughs Those little suction cups were a nightmare to sew! A few of my stitches missed the edges on a couple, so I'll have to do a few little hand stitches just to hold them down 😊

sure lol. not after i fixed them :P thank you :D I was surprised how well the Van Gogh painting worked haha. Sorn's up tomorrow ^.^ ooh awesome :D way to sew ^.^ lol is the one other thing for Christmas? I love the tortie onesie on Paddy too cute and love the bg too, I have both lol.

hehe I'm trying hard to not go back and fix mistakes unless they're really obvious ;) oooo what character is Sorn going to be? :D Nah, the other thing is just because I haven't got a clue what character Mum will say I need to do from that book ;) I got the frog finished, made a polycotton snail and got the eyes sewn onto the bunnies.... so that just leaves the blog post to write ;) And I'm going to try and get Mum to follow the tutorial for the snail, just to prove it's written clearly enough ;)

Thanks :D I had a feeling you'd have both of those ;) :D