Thursday, October 31, 2013

Crafty Halloween Awesomeness!

OK, so I love Halloween.  No, seriously, I FREAKING LOVE HALLOWEEN.

Unfortunately this year, I don't think I will be able to let my Halloween Freak Flag fly, but that doesn't stop me from collecting all the cool Halloween links I possibly can...Hooray for Pinterest and all the crafty folks out there who love Halloween as much as I do!

Spooky punch!

Shrunken Heads in Cider


I wish my nails were long enough for this...




And Momnivores-dilemma has the absolute best idea for Halloween home decor!




I really can't believe I am posting two Martha Stewart links, but I love this bat headband so hard...

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And no Halloween party would be complete without creepy shooters...





Gingerbread Man.



I am not positive I would want my holiday decorations watching me...

 Googly Eyes Halloween Wreath



And this?  This I would wear every damn day!!  

Black adult tutu, long black skirt, sewn tutus, Wide Satin sash, Wedding tutu, Prom dress

Most of the stuff in Mirela Olariu's Etsy store is wedding themed, but seriously...Who *DOESN'T* need a tutu??  ;)

Monday, October 28, 2013

My Bad

So...

Neglected blog is neglected.  :/

It's not a case of blogfade, more a case of exciting things happening and plain old getting out of the habit of posting, but with the start of the new semester, the same old same old has returned and lots of yarny posts are on the way!

So what happened?  Finals, and then I went to Spain, bitchezz!  My very first archaeological dig!  :D

Pintia is an Iron Age necropolis near Valladolid.  The whole experience was beyond awesome, and though I am not completely decided that archaeology is going to be my thing, as a history geek, the fact that I was literally able to hold history in my hand was incredible.

One day, while I was doing the same old-same old, grubbing in the dirt and hoping that we might reach a good artifact layer at some point, this just appeared in a pile of earth at my feet:



A 2000 year old needle, as perfect as the day it was last used...I literally could have dusted it off and started stitching...well, if I could sew, that is!  ;)

One of the tombs we found contained ancient ceramic bobbins that would have been full of thread or yarn:



I think everyone else on the dig thought I was insane for geeking out so hard over some old yarny stuff.  I have to admit I was disappointed that there were no spindle whorls discovered this year.

I spent a lot of time this summer working on my long-term goal: Project Use Up All The Yarn as well, but somehow I managed hardly any spinning time...Too many projects to finish up!  How is it that I have any number of basically completed items just sitting in boxes waiting to have the ends woven in??

Since I've finally got the camera working again properly, I'll try and show off some of the things I made 2 or even 3 years ago and just actually finished during vacation!  *hides face in shame*

;)