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[femmealunettes]

I honestly don't know if there's anybody besides etoile_dunord on my flist who is interested in doing podfics, but in case there is: podremix is a challenge in which the participants record podfics that have already been done once, because every reader brings a new perspective and new quirks to the same text. So if I've recorded any of your stories, keep an eye out in a couple of weeks, you may have someone contact you to ask if they can record a story I've already done for you. I'm excited about the possibilities opened up by this challenge. I don't know if it would be better to read it cold without listening to the first podfic version, or to listen to how the other person managed it. I don't want to accidentally copy someone's inflection or anything like that... I'll figure it out when I get to it.

My mom got 50 points on her card for buying $10 of yarn, so it looks like I'm going to be trying to reteach myself to knit for long enough to use it. I never really got the knack of knitting... I think I managed to make a square. I never actually made anything useful or pretty. Maybe I can manage something. A really short scarf maybe. xD I have two skeins, a blue and light grey one and a red and dark grey one, plus a pair of straight needles and a pair of circular needles in case I decide to do a hat or something.

I slept until 2. I just took my sleeping pill, so... hopefully tomorrow I can achieve more than eight hours of consciousness. We'll see. I did have some pretty awesome dreams though, I always sleep later if I'm enjoying my dreams.

This morning my mother bought a hammock and we set it up in our front yard before dinner. I spent a couple of hours on it reading. I like it very much, and now I have a good reason to go outside. Plus I'm almost finished with Turn Coat, another hour or two and I'll be done with it.

I can't believe that tomorrow is August. July went by so fast...

Comments

[gee-mon.livejournal.com]

I really want to teach myself how to knit. I knew how to when I was alot younger and I see all the pretty yarn in Walmart and just want to make something!

[speccygeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I just looked through the book and I went cross-eyed once they got past knitting and purling. I am too easily distracted for complex crafts. Leave me to things like making jewelry and I'm fine, but anything asking me to count stitches... not so much.

[jacintillating.livejournal.com]

I taught myself using knittinghelp.com (http://www.knittinghelp.com). There are videos for everything, without having to wade through like on YouTube.

Then, join Ravelry.com (http://www.ravelry.com) to share your projects, see others, and access a fantastic pattern search database.

[gee-mon.livejournal.com]

that's cool, thanks for sharing that :D