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On Pottermore and HP Love

So Pottermore is finally out of beta or whatever, and I signed up. I love Harry Potter and so this is fun. I suspect I'm not THAT huge a Harry Potter fan like all those people who went to the midnight release parties and dress up in costumes (I have a job, guys) and I didn't sign up for the original Pottermore beta last year, but you know what? Harry Potter has been a part of my life for almost thirteen years. I will love HP forever. 

My user name is CentaurFeather13013 (they assign usernames). I will never remember this. Let's be Pottermore friends!

Anyway, the other Harry Potter thing that hit my desk this week is that there is an avatar creator at Deviantart where you can make yourself into a Hogwarts student. I wound up having to print screen, paste into Paint, and crop the image – not sure how to save it, if there is even a way. But regardless, here I am, Slytherined out:

(My current Harry Potter dream is that Malvina and Sam will bring me back an elder wand from Harry Potter land in Florida when they go there in June)(Geesh I'm a self serving nerd.)

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2012 Knitting Update

So in January/February, I knit a Daybreak shawl to wear for Stitches West. (I wound up wearing the Eiki shawl.) This shawl really kind of knit itself – so awesome! I think because of the striping. I may make another one sometime. It would look great with black and a blending stripe yarn (like Knitpicks Chroma or similar).

It was knit out of Sanguine Gryphon Skinny Bugga (love that stuff!). I forget what colors, alas. The brown is a rich, dark copper, and the blue is more of a turquoise, of course – turquoise being my most favorite color of all time. While the Sanguine Gryphon is no more, the two studios are still producing the various iterations of Bugga, and I picked up some from Cephalopod Yarns at Stitches in a rich royal purple blend. Not sure what I will make out of it, but I just purchased two fabulous shawl patterns from the new issue of Twist Collective. 

First up is Stellarina. This is a crescent shaped shawl with a beautiful lace edging by Susanna IC. I have knit her pattern Annis and really enjoyed it, so I'm looking forward to this one. It will probably be blue, but I had a hard time making a decision last night. I have yet to make a blue shawl (despite my rainbow of shawls!) so I have been considering some yarns in my blue cubby in the Expedit Of Yarn*.

I also got Elysium by Janel Laidman. This will be out of Fleece Artist 2/6 in their pale grey "Smoke" colorway. I have been wanting to make something with my two skeins of that yarn for a long time. I previously had started a Laminaria shawl with it, but didn't like knitting the pattern (which is a shame because it's a beautiful shawl). I want that yarn to be involved in an heirloom piece, and I think I've found it in Elysium.  I really like Janel Laidman's patterns – the Eiki shawl I knit last year is one of my most favorite pieces I've ever knit. 

I have also completed two hats from the Weekend Hats book. Pics at some point. 

2012 project completions: 3 (half of last year's! Doing okay.)

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*Lo, the Expedit of Yarn (uh, much more full since this picture was taken in January 2009… and the room itself is crammed full of other stuff too. Oh dear.):

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March Earrings Week #5

Here we are with the final day of March Earrings Week! Wow, this week has blown by!*

Today I have two final pairs of earrings made with filigree I got at the Gem Faire. 

These first earrings feature dyed agate in a variety of pretty purples. They hang nicely and go with a lot of different outfits!

These next ones I used some of my favorite shade of Czech glass to complement the copper colored filigree. I have the distinct impression that these earrings will be staying at home with me (along with Tuesday's turquoise ones – though I have more of those beads so there will be more of those made).

THE REASON FOR THE WEEK OF EARRINGS:

I am busy building up stock for the impending launch of my small jewelry business, Postscript Jewelry. Please stay tuned for more news and a date of the launch! 

It was kind of fun posting earrings every day this week. I may have to make this a regular feature! 

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*No it hasn't, this week has been interminable. SO GLAD ITS FRIDAY YOU HAVE NO IDEA. 

**No lie, I wrote most all these posts for Earrings Week on Monday, hahaha. Yay for pre-scheduling! 😛 In fact, this post is posting itself while I'm at the new Neiman Marcus.