Club High Castle Pre-Pandemic

It’s the end of the month; time to do a quick rundown of what I’ve been up to this month! Let’s see how my New Years Resolutions have been holding up. On that note, someone please remind me to do this at the end of every month! Hmm, maybe I should write myself a sticky note and pin it somewhere on my desk! I’ve been working massive amounts of overtime for the past two weeks and will be working overtime for the two upcoming weeks. Hopefully I can keep up with my goals! Let’s start this off with my resolutions: Read at least 3 books (when I wrote these resolutions, I hadn’t read anything since June!) Complete at least one art project per month Projects completed: Slytherin hat Lisa Thompson Knit scarf and hat -- I did this as a gift for a one year old. I doubled up the yarn to make it extra warm (it was so soft!). Books read: 1/3 The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester – I give it 5/5 stars!

….When you don’t have a plow. It makes it tough to get into work, but when all of the local businesses are closed, does it matter? I finished my first project for 2011. Don’t mind the tribble… I tried a slightly different technique with the hat to try and make it warmer, so far, so good! I doubled up the yarn. It was harder to work with, but I’m happy with the end result. In other news, I linked my Deviant Art account to this blog so that you can see larger versions of my artwork. Blogger is wonderful, but the layouts look funny if you post pictures that are wider than 500 pixels.

Already? I think things have finally slowed down…Let’s hope I didn’t just jinx myself by typing that! I’ve done a lot of knitting since the last time I posted an update. It was a bit crazy there for a while since I foolishly decided to knit a bunch of things in one month for gifts! Well, at least I know better now! I had a great four day vacation last weekend and was able to complete a digital drawing I’ve wanted to do since July. "Lisa Thompson" 800 x 800 px || 2.5 hours || digital Believe it or not, there is a huge story behind Lisa Thompson that has nothing to do with Babylon 5 aside from the fact that in my head she's a P7 telepath with the Psi Corps. Back in July, one of the summer hires sat near me, and we'd make up characters, giving them their own voices. Lisa was my favorite out of my bunch, so I had sketched her out with a ball point pen, Psi Corps badge and all, and pinned her up on one of my cubical walls. I figured it was high time she got digital treatm...

What a week! I had about 2 days during my Thanksgiving weekend that were relaxing. Once those two days were up, it was as if something unfurled itself with a fury to make up for it! Next week isn’t going to fair much better either (well, I’m just not going to get my hopes up about it. I’d rather be pleasantly surprised than caught off guard!). On a more enjoyable note, here are a few things that I’ve been able to sneak in beneath the sum of busy squared and work times three! ~~~ I finished the Talia Winters project! "I’m Still Here" 12 in tall || 6 hours || sewing project Talia Winters from Babylon 5! Moments of Zen ~ It no longer takes me 5 hours to knit one item! “Happy Holidays” 5 hours total || loom knit