Keyka Lou Retirement Sale

Keyka Lou Retirement Sale

One of my favorite bag designers is retiring some amazing designs including my favorite the Lots of Pockets Tote. She has put all of these patterns on sale for 3 dollars, which is a steal really. Keyka Lou Patterns are easy to follow and adapt if that’s your choice(I used the Lots Of Pocket tote as a base for my laptop bag). For those of you who have Etsy/Artfire stores or sell at craft stalls all of Keyka Lou’s Patterns include the following liscense :

Pouches made using this pattern can be sold in your own online store, local boutiques, craft fairs, etc. Start your own sewing business today! Please offer Keyka Lou design credit in written descriptions.

So within a few minutes you could easily be on your way to having some great new things for your shop. The patterns print well, include lots of photos, and come out looking great in the end. You only have 3 days to grab up these before they are gone for good. So go buy now!

*Yes I know it’s been awhile I promise I will do a real post soon.

I Love Creative People

OR Why I would Suck at being a Critic.

I have recently been volunteering at Bats Theatre here in wellington. Bats is an amazing theatre, I have a special fondness for black box theatres. Some of my greatest moments both in the stage and in the audience have been in black box theatres. Add in that at any given moment Bats is staffed by half of my friends makes it even more special and amazing for me. Then of course is all the amazing theatre that happens at Bats.

The benefit of volunteering is that I get to see heaps of plays now. Which is awesome, I could probably see three plays a night for the rest of my life and still wish I could see more! All the plays I’ve seen recently are wonderful independent NZ written shows on topics from Armageddon, to Robert Muldoon. I love these independent NZ plays cause you would never have seen them anywhere else. Some of them this might be the only time they get run. I just Love them.

At a recent play though that while it was very funny and entertaining I found one aspect of it deeply unsettling and semi homophobic. I have struggled to say anything about it since then. Not because I’m not capable of being outspoken. You all know I am! No my trouble is with the fact that these creative people put so much work into, so much love, how can I just dump on that? I don’t want to appear to be mean. I’m Creative, I put things out there all the time and I know how it feels to be heavily critisized.

I could never be a critic for this reason. I’ve always thought critics have an easy job sit there and point out flaws. I know now that it must be harder. I wonder if they sit there wondering if what they said is too harsh? Or just want to sit down and praise how amazing the writers are just for having written something and put it out in the world to be judged? I would be a wreck with the guilt and torn at the two wars within me. It’s easy when something is just rubbish, the hard part is when something is good, or has potential, if only this fatal flaw was pulled from it’s side.

Tonight thankfully I have no plays on just Rugby to attend. That is something I’m happy to criticize.

Things I Like Thursday

Things I Like Thursday

Okay I really meant to post in this blog before now… but anyway here we are a week later.

Things I like:

Slut Walk: The march was awesome, getting up and speaking in front of such a large amount of amazing people was terrifying but worth it. Seeing everyone cry as I read my speech was heart breaking, and heart warming all at once. I feel bad that I had to leave so soon afterward. It’s also great to hear that so many people appreciated my speech… ( I have since this posted  my speech up here)

The Reason I had to hop off so soon after slut walk was so I could get ready for the Midea High School Prom LARP being held by The VUW Roleplaying and Games Club which was a blast! I completed all of my character goals and got into my secret society! YUS!!!!!!! It was a lot of fun. and I got to wear one of my Victorian gowns! (it was a Victorian masquerade themed prom).

And THEN the next day I had my Dragonlance table top game! so a very VERY geeky weekend.

This week has from then been filled with Game of Thrones, I’m almost done… I rather like Cersei, but also rather adore Daenerys…

While watching GoT I have been busily sketching costume ideas for my Teonn character…  which is useful, I love designing for medievalesque fantasy, you can pick and choose the best from everything really…  I love a lot of what Cersei wears, and this am drawing a lot of inspiration from her.

Knitting wise I’m working on the Dino Hat for a friend of mine!

Things I Love Thursday

I’m totally stealing this awesome idea from Jenni who does it regularly…  Now I’m hoping this won’t be my ONLY blog post. but I fear there will be times that this will be. Oh well. On to it I should go.

Homemade Gluten free Peanut Butter cookies

Spoonflower fabrics esp Doctor Who fabric!

Madman in a Blue Box

 

Keyka Lou Patterns – I love these and have made several of them… I need more cute fabric to make more cute things for more fabulous people. (I really must blog about the things I’ve made)

Teaching fabulous friends new crafts, like knitting and sewing!!!

and finally the latest episode of Urban Numina

I don’t remember posting that!

When checking my stats yesterday I noticed more than a few people had clicked on the post about my 2010 Knitting List which I had completely forgot about! I thought even though it’s been over a year I would check in with how I did!

1. To finish my wedding shawl! DONE!!!!

2. Finish my Baudelaire socks (sock one complete toe of sock two complete) DONE

3. Finish secret socks for special someone (sock one done halfway up the foot of sock two) DONE

4. knit at least 2 pairs of socks for Ryan I cast several pair on and had no end of troubles!

5. Knit one pair of knee highs for myself! NOT A CHANCE

6. This will be the year I start my Rogue Nope

7. Knit Sprossling Nope

8. Knit another Rose Of England Shawl(this one for myself) Instead I cast-on a Neibling pattern for a shawl

9. Try to work out a few of the patterns that are floating around inside my head! YEP just have to test them and write them out

10. have fun! Tried.

The reality was that I actually did very little knitting in 2010 I was sick for a large part of it and my Mojo seemed to flee due to that. I’m finally starting to get better and I seem to be knitting again! I’m in general crafting again, I feel creative and urges to do things and I’m loving it!!! I’ve finished several patterns this year already and have cast-on a few more!

I have been sewing left right and center, making costumes for LARP events purses that are perfect and MORE! I plan on posting some detailed blog posts soon and hope you all enjoy my return to the blogsphere.

I’m still behind on some things from 2010 and I’m working on those too… slowly but surely!

 

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