Fiber Monday - Wafflebag

 

In Which Progress Is Waffled... er... made...

I'm a wee bit tired, as of late. I've been staying up too late, waking up later, and just generally feeling run down and sleepy constantly. I'm 99% sure it's because I'm moving around more during the hours I'm awake, but there's always the worry that it could be a hormonal response or worse - my depression creeping back in. Which would be weird, since this is the most hopeful I've been in a while! My future is open wide, after all!

So I distract myself from my brain not understanding how to person.

And I do that with two things: Entertainment and Work.

For Entertainment, of course, I read (I'm working my way through Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest right now), I play video games, and I watch lots and lots of YouTube videos.

For Work, however, you've seen a lot of what I do. I'm writing a novel (which, let's be real, takes up 75% of my Awake Time because that's what I want my JOB to be!). I draw (both digitally and on paper). I crochet.

And Right Now, I Am Crocheting A Bag!

The bag I'm crocheting right now is done using a basketweave pattern, but because the word "basket" likes to hop out of my brain like a frog from a log, I end up calling it a Waffle Weave bag, despite Waffle Weave looking like this.

Currently, the bag is about 3.5" (~8.9cm) tall, and I'm debating whether to make it a proper bag or to convert it into some kind of zippered clutch. What do you guys think? Purse with straps or zippered clutch?

I'll let you know how I plan to complete this project (if it's a zippered clutch, I'll probably have to line it...), and you'll continue to see progress shots :)

I think that'll about do it for me today - I gotta run downstairs and get some fresh water and maybe a sandwich!

Go Enjoy Something!

FC

Talk About Tuesday 311

Blather Time!

It's a gorgeous day today! It's a balmy 53℉(11.7℃), partly sunny, 48% humidity, and it looks like early, early spring out there!

I actually can't wait to go outside!

Also, it's Super Tuesday, so if you're like me and you live in a Super Tuesday state, it's time to go vote!

ACTUALLY DO IT DANGIT!

This is your opportunity to make a difference! Now, in my case, I'm an Independent, so Primary voting is not in the cards for me, but I get to help make other decisions in my state - it's a ballot day for us on top of our Primary, and I'm excited to make my voice heard.

If you know me, you know that's not really a problem.

You can probably hear me for miles.

(I'm a very loud person. I apologize. I'm losing my hearing a bit...)

Anyway, aside from the important Civic Duties, today is also usually the day when I tell you what's up with my blog!

• Tomorrow, I'll talk about some Wrestling!
• Thursday, I'll draw you a pretty picture!
• Friday, I plan to talk about a movie - possibly Zodiac?
• Saturday I might be blabbing about plants
• Sunday I might have a video!
• Next Monday, I'll give you some progress shots.
• Next Tuesday, we'll reconvene and I'll blather some more!

That's my plans, man.

I also intend to write more words this week than last week (which is always my goal, tbh), and I really want to have this section of the book done by May. Then I can start on Part 3, which is about one of the supporting characters in both sections.

Oh! And I read a book, yesterday!

Yes. A Whole Book.

My partner is livid.

The book was She Rides Shotgun, by Jordan Harper, and if you haven't read it yet, you absolutely should!!! I hear it was optioned in 2017 and the author is writing the script? I will see this. It was such a good book, and the writing was so visual that it felt like I was watching a movie the whole time I read!

Yeah, books rock.

I can't wait to have one to publish!

Right, I'm gonna go write for a bit, then vote, then maybe write some more!

Go Enjoy Something!

FC