Let me tell you, there's nothing like the sound of ridiculously horny bugs to serenade you all bloody day long.
They are quite fun to watch, though. I've been having fun frolicing around, picking these guys up. We found them in every stage of their cycle yesterday, which was just absolutely fascinating. I took a bunch of pictures of one that we found just coming out of his shell.
This one never made it out of the shell.
Just coming out.
Isn't he so cute? :3
"Hi!"
You can see the color changing and his wings growing more translucent.
Sadly, his right wing never fully unfurled and he couldn't fly.
Besides chasing bugs around, I went to the Great Lakes Fiber Show on Saturday.
But before I get to that, I have to tell you how I am a foolish person and shouldn't press my luck with deadlines.
I mean, Funkia was some sort of glitch in the universe. There's no way I should have been able to get it done. But I did.
So when I decided that I should finish Maori Shawl in time to wear for the show, I should have smacked myself upside the head and tell myself how stupid that is.
Friday night, I was ready to toss the whole thing away. The edging wasn't coming out right. Stitches were being dropped and lost like mad. It took me nearly 40 minutes to get through 1 beaded row.
I took it as a sign, I tossed it to the side in utter frustration, resigned myself to wearing Funkia instead, and muttered to myself darkly about how much of an utter failure I am as a knitter.
Yeah, right. I called John, had him bring me home some coffee, and I CONQUERED THAT MF-ER.
It was on the blocking board and drying by 1:30 am.
I had been so worried that it wouldn't be big enough.
Why do I ever doubt my curse? As surely as Wil Wheaton will fail a critical roll, I can only knit giant shawls.
Maori here came out to a 90 inch wingspan, making it wider than Funkia. The spine is only 31 inches, which is perfect on my short little body.
The pattern had nupps in it and I DESPISE doing them. So I did what another knitter did and replaced them with beads.
I also modified the edging quite a bit. I still love how it came out.
I had specifically started this shawl to match this dress. Yes, the dress has pockets. Best. Dress. Ever.
Anyway, on to the Fiber Show!
We ended up meeting with Mikayla. Who also finished her shawl at 1 in the morning right before the show.
And we saw Cindy running around, too. Who had some goodies that I can't wait to see in the shop!
The universe kind of decided to crap on everyone else.
We still had a lovely time! We got so many compliments on our shawls and Mikayla kept me on budget by insisting that we do a complete lap first and then go back for the things really caught our eye.
Which is why I blew almost half my budget on one skein of lace weight alpaca. I couldn't get it out of my head.
This one has nearly 2,500 yards in it.
Big skeins were my thing this year. This is also alpaca. 600 yards of worsted weight for a measly $28. It's SO SQUISHY!!!
I may or may not have been found napping on the couch, snuggling it...
This was my very first purchase. I have been wanting a gradient, with non-repeating colors. 400 yards of superwash merino and nylon.
And probably my newest favorite indie dyer, This is some absolutely gorgeous sock yarn in a colorway called "Stockholm" from Destination Yarns. I was eyeing soooooo many colors she had. I can easily see myself buying about 50 more skeins...
The Saturday before was John and I's 5 year wedding anniversary. We really didn't do anything special because the universe laughed at us and decided to dump everything on us that day. But that's okay.
We're still happy. Maybe even more so than we were when we started this journey.
So happy anniversary, my darling jerkface. Glad you haven't been scared off by the sheer amount of fiber that has invaded our home.
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