Bam!


DONE, BITCHES

Actually, done last week, but I'm lazy when it comes to finding things off of cameras. Trav (and half of the folk from the CSSS we know) did their ceremony thang the day after - so now we're all respectable Bachelors of Stuff.
Arts, in my case. But linguistics is a science, damnit!

We've also managed to find a place to hold the wedding at, while we've been back home - and consequently a date, since we didn't give a shit about any date in particular. On a related note, why do some brides seem to make such an ordeal out of finding a reception hall or what-not? I spent part of Thursday after my ceremony looking at some information online, part of Saturday out peeking over prospective places with my mother, an hour with Trav and both moms on Tuesday taking an official tour-y type thing with the catering manager - and that was that. Date secured, money put down, bam. Took about six hours, all told, to arrange something. Country club, nice place, pretty garden within, seems like they have a decent menu. Meh?
Although we totally got to laugh at one of Trav's sister's friends - she swore up and down we wouldn't be able to find anything for next June right now. Shit, what, does it take bloody two years to book J Random Date? I can understand the whole 7/7/07 thing, but... Aside from things like that...

And, finally, I managed to complete two more knitting projects, mostly while we were out on the trip.



Trav wanted a pair of gloves to keep his hands warm whilst he was on the keyboard - turns out the last place he was at was kind of cold inside. So, fingerless gloves were a go. I used Knitty's Knucks pattern, and I think they turned out pretty well, for my first stab at gloves. The right one is significantly better than the left, but it was also the second I did, so I got more practiced at it. They're just made from some cheapo indestructible acrylic stuff - Trav puts a lot of wear into all of his 'toys'.



The star, hand, and keyboard embroidered on them is the logo from a previous SFU CSSS FroshWeek, when the theme was that of the Soviet Union, hehe. Designed by Yang Zhao, who probably still doesn't know what the graphic he sent me was used for. :D

("вычислите, товарищ" theoretically translates to "compute, comrade", but as I have no working knowledge of cyrillic or Russian, I'm going to have to rely on my trusty (?) online Russian-English translator and say it's okay.)



I also thought I could use a pair of mobile gloves, because my hands are even more prone to getting chilly than Trav's. I also wanted something to practice cables with, because eventually I'm going to tackle a fairly complicated cabled sweater. Hence, Knitty's Fetching seemed pretty perfect. And they didn't turn out half bad, either.



Picked up the yarn when I was in Indiana, actually, from the Amish-y community. XD It isn't, sadly, homespun or dyed, but is a nice enough wool/alpaca/silk blend. So soft! The only hard part was making it actually work with the pattern - the yarn's a good deal thicker than the lightweight stuff that was called for.

My next couple of projects have already been all lined up for the trip - a couple of water bottle cozies, a lavender-stuffed dream pillow, a stuffed dragon... Possibly even another pair of the Knucks, this time for me. I picked up some of the tweed yarn recommended in the pattern, and it's a lovely shade of green, so~