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T5 Recruitment Propaganda

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I am merely borrowing them for my own amusement.

100th post & NerdWars donation

100th post! Okay, enough celebrating.


Shelter Box provides tools & shelter to people in need after natural disasters strike. For NerdWars T4R3 - Giving Geeks Challenge: Natural Disasters I donated to them.
Part of what this organization provides is tangible: tools, dishes, tents, blankets. Part is not. These tools provide a way for people to help themselves. These items, with the situation, provide a purpose. And by including things like coloring books, these boxes bring not only relief and a sense that someone cares enough to help, but also Hope.

Hope is fairly easy to kindle, vital to survival, and difficult to remove completely. As Brandon Sanderson reminds us (Mistborn, p478):

The Lord Ruler continued forward, two spears sticking - as if unnoticed - from his body. Kelsier stood waiting. He looked ragged in his ripped skaa clothing. Yet, he was proud. He didn't bend or bow beneath the weight of the Lord Ruler's Soothing.

...

The Lord Ruler glanced at the Inquisitor that Kelsier had killed. "Those are very hard to replace." His accented voice carried easily to Vin's tin-enhanced ears.

Even from a distance, she could see Kelsier smile.

"I killed you, once," the Lord Ruler said, turning back to Kelsier.

"You tried," Kelsier replied, his voice loud and firm, carrying across the square. "But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope."

Proof of donation (for the challenge)

Nerd Wars: Team OMP - Scarf Square

Team OMP - NerdWars Scarf Square: Universal Library Sign

Charted at 30 sts x 43 rows
2 colors, or treat CC as Reverse Stst.
MC shown in blue
CC shown in light yellow

Written Directions:

CO 30 sts in MC

Stst 2 or 3 until done with purl row

Even rows are knit, odds are purl when worked flat.

4. 12 sts MC, 14 sts CC, 4 sts MC

5. 4 sts MC, 14 sts CC, 12 sts MC

6. 10 MC, 16 CC, 4 MC

7. 4 MC, 17 CC, 9 MC

8. 9 MC, 17 CC, 4 MC

9. 4 MC, 17 CC, 9 MC

10. 9 MC, 17 CC, 4 MC
11. 4 MC, 7 CC, 7 MC, 3 CC, 9 MC

12. 8 MC, 5 CC, 6 MC, 7 CC, 4 MC
13. 4 MC, 7 CC, 5 MC, 7 CC, 7 MC
14. 7 MC, 8 CC, 4 MC, 7 CC, 4 MC
15. 4 MC, 7 CC, 3 MC, 10 CC, 6 MC
16. 6 MC, 10 CC, 3 MC, 7 CC, 4 MC
17. 4 MC, 7 CC, 4 MC, 10 CC, 5 MC
18. 4 MC, 11 CC, 4 MC, 7 CC, 4 MC
19. 4 MC, 7 CC, 5 MC, 10 CC, 4 MC
20. 5 MC, 9 CC, 5 MC, 7 CC, 4 MC
21. 4 MC, 7 CC, 6 MC, 8 CC, 5 MC
22. 6 MC, 7 CC, 6 MC, 7 CC, 4 MC
23. 5 MC, 6 CC, 7 MC, 6 CC, 6 MC
24. 7 MC, 2 CC, 1 MC, 2 CC, 7 MC, 6 CC, 5 MC
25. 6 MC, 5 CC, 8 MC, 1 CC, 2 MC, 1 CC, 7 MC
26. 19 MC, 5 CC, 6 MC
27. 7 MC, 4 CC, 19 MC
28. 19 MC, 3 CC, 8 MC
29. 9 MC, 2 CC, 19 MC
30. 30 MC - when you reach the CC strand, catch it with the working yarn and continue
      (20 MC, twist CC with working yarn to carry up a row, 10 MC)
31. 9 MC 4 CC, 17 MC
32. 16 MC, 6 CC, 8 MC
33. 7 MC, 8 CC, 15 MC
34. 15 MC, 8 CC, 7 MC
35. 7 MC, 8 CC, 15 MC
36. 15 MC, 8 CC, 7 MC
37. 7 MC, 8 CC, 15 MC
38. 16 MC, 6 CC, 8 MC
39. 9 MC, 4 CC, 17 MC
40 - 42 Stst in MC same number of rows as beginning.
43/BO.

Notes:

* Longtail CO gives you the first row of MC.  K 1 row, P 1 row, then you've reached the bottom row of the CC design.
* After finishing the top of the CC head, stst 2 rows in MC (should be K 1 row, P 1 row, if I counted right), then bind off. This should be very close to square (Block to true square).

Chart: 

And since I can't count sts from the image above, I added marks every 4th row & stitch in a different shade of the color the st should be (lighter blue on MC sts, darker yellow on CC sts).

*These Vs are for counting purposes ONLY. You still use only TWO colors - MC & CC.*

*These Vs are for counting purposes ONLY. You still use only TWO colors - MC & CC.*

puppy.

Exerpt

Cayal hated Arkady when she was in this mood--all cold logic and acerbic wit. He preferred the other Arkady. The one who was passionate and defiant. The one who made love to him like it was a voyage of discovery. The one who wanted to make love to him. This Arkady was much less fun. This was the Arkady who'd first walked into Recidivists' Row to prove he wasn't immortal; the Arkady who brought out the worst in him.

-The Chaos Crystal (The Tide Lords), Jennifer Fallon p323-

2012 Plans

Things I want to do:

this month:
- go bowling. dunno why, been thinking about it for two weeks now.
- take the train downtown & walk around the lakefront at night before all the holiday lights come down, on one of these halfway-warm nights.
- knit with Grandma
- get my work shoes/heels fixed
- return books to Adam & Sam
- spend real time with my friends

this year:
- get my motorcycle license
- learn how to build something electronic/mechanical
- regain my confidence in programming
- fully wash, detail & vacuum the car
- put Navy sticker on the back window
- repair the stack of clothes that need sewing

eventually:
- go out west to really see the stars
- knit myself a sweater
- second ear piercing
- several road trips with different people
- get a tattoo of a couple lego bricks
- get a tattoo of orion on my arm

Photos

Cloud

Caron Simply Soft - White
Size 5 dpns (I used 4 of the 5" ones)
Fluff for stuffing

Gauge not important, just don't let the stuffing go through.



CO 9, divide over 3 dpns
*kfb*
*k*
*k1, kfb*
stst for 1 1/2" - 2"
*k1, k2tog*
*k*
*k2tog*
Stuff
cut yarn, leaving long tail (like 16-20")
draw through rem sts, pull tight & secure/knot.
This is the monster pill, not the cloud.



Now is the odd part. With the tail threaded to a yarn needle, skim just below the knit surface, catching the backs of most sts in the path, pulling tight before changing direction. This should force pulls and puckers and lumps to form, turning the pill into a cloud. It may take a little experimentation; it is all 'freehand', after all.



I had enough left of a tail to make the hanging loop, once I wove the yarn to the point I designated 'Top' of my cloud.

Toad

Toad is a character belonging to Nintendo


I will update this post as I develop the pattern.

size 3 & 5 dpns (5),
Red Heart Super Saver in green, white, nude/tan, yellow, and brown

BODY
- using size 3s & white
co 9, divide over 3 dpn
--Increases--
R1: *kfb*
R2: knit
R3: *k1, kfb*
R4: knit
R5: *k2, kfb*
R6: knit
R7: *k3, kfb*
R8: knit
R9: *k4 kfb*
10: knit
11: *k5 kfb*
12: knit
13: *k6, kfb*
14: knit
This is where I changed to my circ (16")
Stst for 22 rows
--Decreases--
R1: *k6, k2tog*
R2: knit
Change to nude/tan
R3: knit
R4: knit
R5: knit
R6: *k5, k2tog*
R7-10: knit
11: *k4, k2tog*
This is where I changed back to dpns.
12-15: knit
16: *k3, k2tog*
17: *k2, k2tog*
18: *k1, k2tog*
19: k2tog (should be back to 9 sts)
Break yarn leaving LONG tail, thread through rem sts, cinch, & secure, leaving tail hanging.
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EACH FOOT MAKE TWO
- using size 5s & brown

CO 9, div over 3 & join
R1: kfb each
R2: k all
R3: k1, kfb around
R4: k all
R5: k all
R6: k2, kfb around
k all for ~2"
R1: k2, k2tog around
R2: k all
R3: k all
R4: k1, k2tog around
R5: k all
R6: k2tog each
Break yarn leaving LONG tail, thread through rem sts, cinch, & secure, leaving tail hanging.
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