http://www.vampy.co.uk Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:08:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I have the memory span of a goldfish, I decided I wanted to make some dresses. I KNOW I am shit at sewing, but somehow a combination of forgetting how much I whined last time, desire to have pretty dresses, and pretty much complete denial that there is something ... http://www.vampy.co.uk/?p=121 The weather has been strange here the last week or so, changing from sunny to rainy at the drop of a hat. This has meant that twice this week, on an early evening drive to the next village, we have seen rainbows. My first thought was 'omg cool, damn, why ... http://www.vampy.co.uk/?p=120 new lens. love. took a quick wander up the road to get a few shots to explore the wideness of the lens. I love it, there's very little distortion of the edges at 20mm...a considerable amount more at 10mm, but I like how it looks, cept when i'm taking pics of ... http://www.vampy.co.uk/?p=119 Whenever I groom my cats, unless the bin is right next to me to throw away the fur, I find myself spinning it with my fingers, then twisting it up and plying it back on itself, over and over until i have a short thick length. Which i then throw ... http://www.vampy.co.uk/?p=118 So, today is my birthday, so i went out shopping with my parents and then went to lunch and i ate noodles and dumplings and it was nommy. AND i actually bought stuff. I've not bought anything for aaaaaages. AND I BOUGHT BRAS! For a while i thought the world ... http://www.vampy.co.uk/?p=117 I can't sew. Imagine if a monkey were given a sewing machine. I'm not that bad. But like, if it were a genuis monkey who'd spent its life working in a sweatshop in order to feed its monkey babies..it would probably be better at sewing than me. But but but i ... http://www.vampy.co.uk/?p=116 About 2 or 3 years ago, the front electric window on the passenger side of my car stopped working. Being a cheapass who doesn't take stuff in to be fixed until she knows what the problem is, I took off the door panel and had a look. The window goes ... http://www.vampy.co.uk/?p=115 So I've not really done much that's bloggable lately. Actually, thinking about it, that is a complete lie, I did a talk on felting 2 days ago, but well,  a presentation that relied on pretty soft fuzzy things to admire and stroke, and needles to poke unsuspecting fibre with probably ... http://www.vampy.co.uk/?p=114 It is pretty and almost finished! In this context, 'almost finished' means 'actually works and spins yarn, but still has a buttload of work that needs doing before it looks how i want'. I have issues with painted wheels. I LOVE the idea, and then I see pictures from people who've just ... http://www.vampy.co.uk/?p=113 This is a lazy post. I keep thinking I should write more tutorials, but then I lack the motivation and extra hands to take step by step photos, so I just post vast swathes of text on rav, and the next time someone asks the same question I end up ... http://www.vampy.co.uk/?p=112