Keeping Up

...is not one of my greatest talents.

Soooo, anyone actually following this may have noticed that it's been a few months since I posted anything, and I was SUPPOSED to do a different project each month.  Well, scratch that, I just crochet things now.  I never realized how fun and relaxing it could be, plus: 1) I've improved, 2) I'm getting a product out of it, so it's really rewarding, too.  Crochet is now my favorite hobby EVER.  I mentioned in the previous post that I'd start a new blog just about crochet, but that's really unnecessary, as I'm just converting this blog.  And here is where I show you all the fun things I've made since I've been gone:

Made for http://pollyrambles.blogspot.com/

No. 1, I finished the Stargate!
Chevron 9 is encoded and locked!
Anyway, this makes me a very happy nerd.
I gave the Stargate that's pictured to my friend Polly, and I made a second one which is now hanging on my wall.

Made for http://whitefluffyhat.blogspot.com/

I also made this Totoro for my friend Mel as a birthday present.  It is rather big, and was therefore pretty time-consuming.  I started in in March for her birthday in April, but I didn't finish it until the beginning of June (*facepalm*).  I also made a hat for her as a graduation present, but I don't have a picture of it for some reason.

 Soooo, I guess these are in reverse chronological order.  I think I made this in... early March?  This was a birthday present for a friend who lives in my dorm, and I didn't follow a pattern or anything!  I'm quite proud of myself for it.

 My first thread crochet project!  Last week I made a skirt and then I crocheted an edging onto it.  It was quite time-consuming, but I'm pretty proud of the outcome.  Actually I'm proud of the whole skirt.  I should post a picture of that soon.


Speaking of sewing, I made my first cosplay in the first two weeks of July!  If you've read any of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels (there are 38 of them, and you really should read them if you haven't yet), then you know about Great A'Tuin, the space turtle.  I'd never heard of anyone cosplaying him/her/it before, so I decided to give it a try:

A turtle carrying 4 elephants carrying the disc-shaped planet.

There's a backplate under the shell which I strap to my torso, and the turtle head goes on as a hood.  Then I cover the straps by velcro-ing on a white belly (or rather a square of off-white fabric), and put foam flippers on my arms.  There are four bolts that hold the back plate, the shell, the elephants, and the Disc all together.  There's also some wire and stuffing in the shell to help hold its shape.

I wore the costume to ComicCon in San Diego weekend before last, and was recognized quite a bit.  Sometimes I got pictures from people who didn't recognize it, but simply thought it was crazy.  The thing that surprised me most, though, was that I could actually sit down while wearing it!  Considering how many panels we attended on the day I wore this, that was very helpful.

So, I guess that's everything.  I made some more hats for people this summer, but I didn't get pictures of any of them.  Oh, well.  I have to go... watch Farscape now.