I'm still here, really, honestly!

Okay, so my dad came back on Sunday! Yay! And I some family's here in Cancun (extra yay!) And I have finished Gemmy Bear (did I already say that) and am soooo close to finishing Evelyn's Doily that I can just taste it. It's like literally, two inches away--and oooh how I wish Chemistry was done, but I'm close!!

I will post soon. Triple super duper (dooper?) promise =D With lots of pictures!!!

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ooogh

So, I've had a bit of a busy time. I can't tell you exactly what I've done this past week, or two--because I'm not really sure... I just know that there hasn't been much tatting, but there's been a lot of school, and errands and Inkscape. 

I do know that I've finished the pattern for Minty and have made some more progress on Gemmy Bear (look at the bottom of those posts)... and I think I've made some progress on Evelyn's Doily--but since I"m almost done with round 4, I'm still not going to show anything =P

Oh! And I'm almost done unwinding that last batch of thread that I dyed. I've been doing so much other stuff that I only just really got to it on like... Saturday. 

I think I might be coming down with a cold, so I'm not sure how much stuff I'll get done--school included, since my brain decides to keel over whenever I get even just a little congested =/

Oh well, life goes on and I need to focus on trying to ignore the five mosquito bites I've gotten in the past couple days. 

Oh! My dad's coming back from the States on Sunday! He's gotten a lot better since September, so thank God for that =D 

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Alrighty

Okay, so give me a minute to figure out what I was going to post. 

I had a list... in my head... but I forgot it >_<

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Okay, so first, check it out: 

Look familiar? If not, might I direct you to the Etsy tab near the top of a certain sidebar? 

Anywho, I whipped up the first four rounds of my own self-designed, super totally awesome doily so I could upload it onto my extraordinarily cool fantastically marvelous listing on my incredibly amazing, stupendously mind blowing Etsy shop.

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And look! I dyed more thread! 

Pretty, isn't it? And it only got just an itsy bit tangled =D 

I basically haven't done any significant tatting in the past few days, so this is all I've done since sometime during the weekend... I think --> I haven't even untangled that thread yet! 

I have finished Day 10 of the TIAS (a little late, I know), but I'm working on it!

The good thing is that my chemistry class didn't know what hit it. 

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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!!!!!!

I just had my first sale! 

Yep, that's right, I'M IN BUSINESS!!!

WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I am not ashamed to say that I jumped up and down and keep dancing around like some kind of nutball--which I am, so it's all good. 

Woooooooooooooooo Hooooooooooo!!!! 

Thanks to the awesome person who bought the first four rounds of Anna's Doily!!! 

(You know who you are =D )

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Succeeesssss!!!!!!

First of all, I would like to point out that I need to work on my time management. 

Second, I have finished some projects, and am close to finishing another... two, I think... but Chemistry's still being pretty work intensive, so we'll see how often I can get to my little ol' blog over here =D 

As you can see, I finally had enough scraps for the second round of Scrappy!! The difference in colors make it look different, but I like it =D 

Next, I'd like to announce: SUCCEESSSSS!!!!

Remember how I tried to get an aqua color, and it kind of didn't really work and I changed it to a funky green variegate instead?

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Okay, so I just read my post and realized that I didn't mention trying for an aqua... but it was supposed to be an aqua--it really was.

Back to my point, I was trying for an aqua blue-green, aaaaand: 

It's a little lighter than I wanted it to be--but it's an aqua. I'm telling you, it's an aqua (you can't really see the green in it, but it's there).

I'm happy =D 

Also, I realized that I'm not exactly aware of all the colors I've died, so I decided to find out. 

I love the pretty colors =D 

At this time, I'd like to give a shout out to Rebecca's tutorials over at: Chemknits, they are totally cool and really easy to follow. I didn't dye wool, though, so I used a dye for cotton, but it's the same basic process =D

Also, regrettably, I have fallen behind on the TIAS.  I have yet to begin Day 10, but I will ASAP.

Oogh, I've got a lot of work to do >_<

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Day 8 and more thread!

For the record, pink and I have a precarious relationship. Normally, I just simplify it by saying: 

I hate pink. 

However, I have recently matured, and while I don't write it off completely, it's still not my favorite color. 

There will be, however, one shade of pink that I will despise until the end of my days. I know this because every time I look at it I feel an incredible urge to vomit. 

The pink in question is none other than Bubblegum pink. 

Also known as: Pepto Bismol Pink. 

You can now understand my horror when, upon lifting the lid on my stewing thread, I see nothing but 

Pepto Bismol pink. 

Why? I asked myself: Why did this happen? How could such a horrible thing come to pass? 

So, in a last minute rush to save the thread, I squirted more red dye, and some purple directly onto the thread and even though you can't really see it that well, I experienced the sweet savoring of 

SUCCESS!!!

I have yet to completely unwind it, and since I threw a whole ball into the batch (as I will do from now on), it may take a while... =D 

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Okay, I have now decided to go with a baby basket... thing like everyone's been saying. 

It really does look like it.

Either that, or some type of squashed hot air balloon.  

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Thanks to everyone who's taken the time to look at my blog!!!!! 

Happy lace-making !!!!!

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