Fannish stuff

[sholio]

For those of you who are still reading a) SGA and b) McKay/Sheppard, I pinch-hit for mcshep_match this year. Stories are being posted anonymously, 2 per day (they're just getting started and still have a ways to go), and somewhere in there is a McKay/Sheppard fic by me. Should you manage to guess which one (... I have no clue how obvious it is) I'll write a little thinglet for you. :)

Does anyone have suggestions for knitting/creative/craft communities on either LJ or DW? I already discovered knitting. (Actually, I think I've found most of the ones on DW by searching interests.) Really, I'm just looking for a little more inspiration to get me back into making things.

I always go through a "Yay, fall! Yay, Christmas!" period at about this time of year, and it seems to be happening right on schedule. *g* This time of year is when I start planning ahead for gifts and winter projects, thinking about things I want to make, things I want to bake, winter holiday fic exchanges and the like. If I'm still this enthused about White Collar in a couple of months, I would love to run a WC gift fic exchange (but I really had better finish my collarcorner story before I go thinking about other things along those lines).

I'm not sure if I'm going to do Yuletide this year. I've done it 3 years now, had tremendous amounts of fun every time, and I feel sad at the idea of being left out! But every year that I've done it, there's been at least one small fandom (usually more than one) that I was wildly enthusiastic about -- something I really wanted fic for, something I really would love to write fic for. This year, unless something comes up in the next couple of months, there just isn't anything Yuletide-eligible that I'm in that "squee and bounce!" headspace for. It might be a good idea for me to take a year off and just read/rec this time.

I feel like getting into a discussion today, but I can't think of anything to get into a discussion about. We could talk about writing? White Collar? Oh, I know: crafts! :) Are you working on anything right now -- knitting, quilting, dollmaking, anything like that? If so, what?

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[tessercat]

I assume you're on Ravelry? :) That's where I post my knitting projects and progress, etc.

I recently finished a pair fingerless gloves, and now I'm working on designing a cowl to match (er, glove pattern not mine, but simple enough to adapt). I'm also working on my first Real Scarf ever (not counting the one I learned to knit with and eventually frogged out of boredom).

I need to weave in some ends on a pair of socks that have been kicking around forever. (Like a year. Really. >.<)

And writing-wise I need to get a flash piece (~500 words) beta'd and submitted to an anthology before the end of the month. :)

[sholio]

Apparently, I never actually knew what Ravelry was. I've followed links to patterns there, but I assumed that it was a magazine type of site, like Knitty.

Those sound like fun projects! I'm currently trying my first sock. :)

[tessercat]

Rav is generally awesome. Especially if you're looking for discussions and LJ/DW are slow, there are a bazillion knitting/crafting/everything forums to look through.

There's a DW knitters group on Ravelry, too.

Good luck with your sock! My first pair took me a year. (The ones that are sitting around are actually my third pair.)

What pattern are you doing? (if any)

[sholio]

I'm just doing a basic sock using Silver's Sock Class to tell me how, and some variegated worsted-weight yarn that I had lying around. I might give this (well, these - presumably there will be another sock at some point *g*) for a gift if it turns out OK, or just wear them if they don't turn out very well.

Right now I want to use up some of the yarn I already have by doing some small projects before I get started on another big thing. I would like to tackle another afghan (they're a good project to do while watching TV), but I've promised myself that I'll clear out some room in my yarn bin before I go buying more yarn. *g*

[tessercat]

Cool. Good luck! :)

Ah yes, the dread "work through the stash" promise. I need to work on that, too. 650sqft condo imposes some pretty strict space limitations. :P

[winter_elf]

I had to go back and find this post. I've been reading the mcshep_match stories (I've been slow) and haven't seen one that says 'you wrote it' to me till today. but I think..... maybe it's 'Ain't Seen the Sunshine Since I Don't Know When'?

I was excited to see that you had done a story for the match :)