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March 19, 2007
Southby has come and gone...
A bracelet that's also used as a row counter in knitting...how does it work? UPDATE: Katie always bails me out with her superiour knowledge about knitting, beading and all things cool...Check out her tutorial and make these for you and your friends...awesome...
Some silliness from the Muppets...
SxSW has come and gone, for another year...20 years to be exact...I remember when they started the festival..and I've never attended it..not once...isn't that always the way? I'm sure there are beaders in Tucson who've never been to that show, or local NYC folk who've never been up in the Empire State building (we've done that!...such tourist ho's)...I don't feel bad about not attending Sx, I don't like crowds, or drunk cavorters or music so loud I can't hear myself speak...I never go down to 6th street (where most of our bands/bars are located)...I did a little of that in college, just to say I could, but one time I was there, I picked up a dime I found on the sidewalk and was verbally acosted by a drunk homeless dude who yelled at me to give it to him...such fun...my friend kept saying 'keep walking, don't turn around'...i probably shoulda given it to him, but I was afraid he'd hit me...there are other places in Austin to have fun besides 6th street...but I'm glad folks come in and enjoy it, I just don't have to be one of them...
I am glad its as early in the morning as it is, I woke up in the middle of the night and stayed awake too long, and so this morning I was afraid I had slept till noon...thank god I didn't...I've got tons of stuff to do today, it all centers around my studio...the lawn is cut, the plants are watered, the bird feeders are refilled (the finches are officially gone, so I took in their finch feeders till next year)...the living room is clean and its early in the day...time to get some laundry going, do some vacuuming and get the kiln fired up...
I'm almost done with my book, I enjoy reading before I go to bed...I rarely have dreams about what I read, which is probably good since the book is about contemporary vampires in San Francisco...its a funky, weird, silly, fun story and I'm glad I'm reading it...I should check out his other books (not vampire related) and see what else the author writes about...I hear they are just as funky/silly...
Posted by Donner at March 19, 2007 06:30 PM
Comments
It sure doesn't seem like it would be very effective. Without seeing it in person it looks like it would be pretty easy for the beads to move around, and then you'd still lose your place. It is pretty though isn't it?
Posted by: Tara at March 19, 2007 04:06 PM
It looks like Katie's tutorial uses an elastic cord for the marker ring, allowing the diameter of the marker to be smaller than the circumference of the beads, so you have to force the beads through the elastic ring and the ring stays put.
Posted by: Coleen at March 19, 2007 09:45 PM
Thanks for Mana Mana! I love it! It's been a long time since I've seen it but it's a classic. I wish they'd come out this the Muppet Show on DVD. I'd buy it in a heartbeat!
Posted by: Beth at March 20, 2007 09:37 AM
Season One DVD was released in 2005 with news that Seasons 2 and 3 will be out this year. Here's a review of all the Season 1 contents: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/muppetshow-season1.html
Yeahhhhh!!!! :: waves flippers above head hysterically ::
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at March 20, 2007 10:36 AM
Thanks for the update on the row counter, that is way more awesome than a piece of paper and a pen!!!
Posted by: Tara at March 20, 2007 09:11 PM