Something strange happened the other day

Ugh! I've been tagged.

I put up a brave fight but in the end the numbers defeated me! Once and I could meander on my skippy way, twice and I was knocked to a crawl, thrice and I could fight as much as I do when offered a beer on a friday night.

Now i'm not so sure about this 'wierd thing' thing (I'm even more unsure about 'weird thing' things) wierdness being all about perception and all that. I don't find anything about myself inherently wierd, which means i'd have to pretend to be someone else perceiving me to try and figure out how I was wierd. And even then that would be an assumption (based on my perception of their perception of me, see).

Obligatory craft content. Crochet flower brooches made from leftovers.

The best I could come up with was that the day after I eat chewing gum my jaw hurts. Doesn't make for interesting reading really does it.

So instead I just asked other people what about me was wierd/quirky/unconventional (noting that unconventional is subject to the same conceptual flaws as 'wierd', but you knew that already didn't you).

And we have:

I can skull beer faster than MrBrownPants. Yep. I've bailed him out a couple of times too. His last birthday it hit midnight and his rugby mates were all singing 'happy birthday' (or at least I think that's what it was), someone brought over a beer, he looked at me and said 'If I have another beer I think I'll die'. What's a girl to do? There are serious changeroom reprisals if beer doesn't get skulled. It turned out to be a secret super power. Shhhh.

Someone once ate my goldfish. This was six years ago and I'm still furious about it. It genuinely upset me so much I was vegetarian for 5 years. (I eat fish now, but no other meat)

Progress shot. Is that a heel flap that needs knitting?

I say Methodology a lot. This scurrilous rumour has been around for a while. I don't care though, I think it's a good word. And more people should use it. And sticks and stones and all that...

I am not averse to a bit of dancing and singing in the office on a Friday afternoon. Apparently these are knows as my 'episodes'. I do have a Friday afternoon iTunes list, Franz Ferdinand's Take me out and all that. Highly recommend it as a workplace strategy. There's nothing you'll ever do in a meeting that will look embarrassing once people have seen you moonwalk. I'd avoid the Macarena though, they may not take you seriously after that.

My new favourite top. Just to distract you from all the text.

And just to prove that this is indeed an exercise in perception, I have some crazy ideas. "Like that everyone deserves a decent standard of living. And women should be treated equally and stuff." Hmmmmmmm.

I have a morning fart schedule.
Alarm. Snooze.
Alarm. Snooze. Fart.
Alarm. Swear about being late. Get up.
You wouldn't think i'd admit to this, but I know i'm not alone. I'm sure there's more of us. Out yourselves, O' farty ones! Together we can take over the world!

I'm breaking the rules and not tagging anyone. I'm a rebel like that.

Crochet Me.

I've never really been sure about Crochet jewelry. You can do come cool stuff with wire, but yarn? It always seemed a little odd. Like knitted dog coats*. Interesting, possibly functional, but a tad conceptually challenging. Of course this means I want to make both!

Pattern: Wisteria from Arboretum by Colinette.

Yarn: Colinette Tao in 'Madras' from here (for the Aussies). 100% Silk. Hand-dyed. Yum.

Hook: 3mm hook from KMart. Ridiculous. The hook, not KMart.

Measurements: I wasn't sure about the size of the neckband or the length. But both are good. The bottom flower sits just above my boobs. Cool! I didn't think you would appreciate a shot of that, so here's a not quite finished (shorter) version.


Modifications: I couldn't quite put mine together like the picture. I somehow ended up with two of the littlest circles left over. Oh well.

Comments: What's up with British Vs American crochet? You'd think they would at least use different terms. I was going along quite happily until I realised I was Crocheting 'American' on a 'British' pattern. Silly me. This yarns is so soft and lovely though. Very light too. I have about a half skein left so let me know if it takes your fancy and you want one! I would definitely recommend this as a beginner-type project. If I can do it anyone can!

This is probably my first crochet FO other than the odd bookmark. If anyone has any crochet advice for me I'd love to hear it, seriously.

Yes...I think I can handle this crochet jewelry thing. Dog coats here I come!

I managed to put a finished object thingo on the sidebar too (woohoo!) Check it out if you're interested, there's a couple of baby things there I haven't blogged about here.

*I don't dislike dog coats. My family dogs always wore them in winter. I just think they're...well...odd? Possibly related to the fact that a 'stalker' sent me a dog-coat pattern book once. It was quite the mystery.