candle wax and cotton yarn

I managed to fix my longboard problem today :) all it took was a little melted candle wax in the pivot cups and it was good as new. I took poor Hei-chan out to cruise around the neighborhood bike paths today while it was dry in the afternoon. The rainy weather is continuing here, it rained this morning but thank goodness the sidewalks were dry by evening. I'm planning on re-painting the walls in my kitchen and family room but the rain is making me delay my plans...

Since I can't do much I bought a few skeins of Lily "sugar 'n cream" cotton yarn. I love it so much, the colors they have are closer to my taste and it's very durable stuff. I'm attempting to make a market bag from a pattern on Lion Brand Yarn available here for free. Wish me luck!

昨日のロンスケ問題はなんとか解決しました！

実は昨日、ロンスケの平ちゃんをガレージからクローゼットに移すときトラックスが以上にギシギシ音を立てていました。

溶かしたロウソクの蝋で変な音は無くなりました。

石けんの削りかすでも良いらしいです。こんなので直るのがちょっと不思議。

ちなみに今朝降っていた雨がやんだ後久しぶりに乗りました。

蝋を少し塗るだけでポンピングがだいぶ楽になりました！

でもやっぱり湿気が気になるのですぐに練習をやめて平ちゃんはクローゼットへ。。。

代わりに最近買ったコットンの毛糸で新しいエコバッグを作って気分転換。

使ったのはLily の「Sugar 'n Cream」！

１００％アメリカ製のコットンでかなり丈夫な毛糸です。

しかもちょっとレトロな感じのカワイイ色がたくさん！

ブランドの名前もカワイイな〜。ずっと使ってみたかったんですけど何を作ろうか今まで決まりませんでした。

パターンはコレです。色は「カントリーグリーン」link（０１２２２番です）

出来上がったら写真をうpします！

chouchou mishap?

うぅ〜ん。。。シュシュを作ってみたのは良いけど何かイメージとちょっと違ったな。

毛糸が太すぎたみたいだ。編み目が硬過ぎて結びにくい。（＞д＜；）

と言う訳で残った毛糸でポーチを作ってみました！

お花の形、どうですかね？

Remember when I said I will make some chouchou's with a cute pink yarn I had left over from a different project? Apparently it didn't go as well as I planned. I guess I need some thinner yarn, this was way too thick and the scrunchie is hard to tie... So I decided to put the yarn to better use.

Ta-da! A little(?) flower coin purse/mini make-up bag! It's a tad bigger than expected but it still works pretty well. Considering I made-up the pattern as I went I like it a lot. I think I'll try it out in different yarns too.

一様小銭入れにもなります。ちょうど丸いコンパクトが入るくらいの大きさ。

Here's a side-view showing the zipper and pouch behind the flower. :)

横から見たらこんな感じ♥

Done with School!!!

:EDIT: sorry about all the edits guys, but I've been having some issues with the formatting. Argh! I hope you don't mind. ):

Ahhhh! Finally done with exams and school. Summer break, here I come! I plan to do a lot of art and crafts during break and update my etsy store more often. To kick it off, here's some doodles I did while I was trying to

de-stress from final exams:

Talking with some of my friends has brought up some really nostalgic things, like what TV show we watched as a kid. Out of the list someone mentioned Gensomaden Saiyuki and I squealed like the silly fangirl I am from remembering a pretty significant part of my childhood. After that we commenced sharing who was our favorite of the four protagonists (mine being Gojyo, he will always have a special place in my heart lol) and the fact that I apparently resemble Hakkai the most when it comes to my personality according to my friends. (vicious with a sweet smile! D8< ) The idea stuck with me and I sketched Hakkai on Tegaki-E first, then I couldn't leave the other 3 behind. I still have to clean up Hakkai's version though, since his drawing was a sketch and I took more time on the others.

I've found Tegaki-E to be a really good place to jot down ideas for future drawings and such. I think I'll be there more often now that I have the time... but I really need to make some more substantial things! I have a lot of leftover yarn from previous projects, and I'm thinking I'll make some scrunchies with them. Lacy and fluffy chouc

hou's (that's what they are referred to in Japan. Personally I think that's a much nicer name than "scrunchies") are popular in Japanese girl's fashion lately. Here's some that I found on Yahoo shopping that were just adorable!

I think my leftover cotton-candy-pink brushed yarn will make a nice one. :) I can't wait to start!

More and More Stuff!

The craft fair fundraiser is this weekend, YIKES!!! I'm totally not ready!! DX<
いよいよクラフトフェアーは今週までせまってます！
ぜんぜん準備が足りないよ～ぅ！！！涙

But I did finish a few new things, so here they are!
でもとりあえず出来上がった物は紹介しておきます。笑

friends

Some co-workers of mine came over today and we took a few photos. I gave them a blue Totoro keychain that I made with felt. I don't think I would be allowed to sell those at the craft fair anyways lol.

I gave her a hat I knit for her birthday. :)

バイト仲間の誕生日にハンドメイドのニット帽をあげました。　気に入ってくれたかな〜？　同じデザインの帽子をこんどクラフトフェアーに持って行くつもりです。

fuzzy and red

A new scarf! It looks very full but is actually lacy if you look at it up close. But I still want a fuzzier look... I'll have to experiment more lol. That's me in the photo by the way. I'm terrible at taking photos of myself. I can't wait till I can grab some friends to model for me instead.

やっと新しいマフラーが出来ました！　動物好きな私にとっては本物のファーはあまり好きではありません...　写真のジャンパーも、もちろんフェイク。　代わりにちょっとファーっぽいニットを研究中です！　う～ん...まだフワフワが足りない！！！　（ファーとゆうより毛虫っぽいかも）


あ"～...やっぱり自分の写真を取るのは苦手です。　今度、友達に無理やりモデルをやってもらうつもりです！笑