Recently I finished to the point shawl by Wilma Westenberg. Pattern here
I had made this shawl before out of wool but I am changing from wool to cotton and other plantfibers because I have some sensory issues and I can´t take the itchyness.
So I made it out of Drops loves you nr. 7 (I think) and now I can enjoy this beautiful shawl without constantly scratching myself.
I haven´t been on here for 3 years but I want to start blogging again.
So I´ll start with a easy blog
Watching
Star trek the next generation. This is one of my safety shows, always so enjoyable to watch.
Listening
I´ve been listening to a lot of Joy division lately and some other post punk/goth stuff.
Reading
I am reading my way through Terry Pratchett´s discworld again. I am currently on book nr 7 Pyramids.
I finished last month reading series The other´s by Anne Bishop. The first book is called Written in red and I do recommend the whole series if you like supernatural beings and found families.
I am also reading my way through James Elroy´s La quartet I´m on book 2 the big nowhere at the moment. I´m not sure about these books, I find the language incredibly shocking (racist, sexist and homophobic)
All these books are audiobooks but I´m also reading some ebook
Steampunk trilogy by Paul Di Filippo and The Carnelian crow by Coleen Gleason
Well that´s enough for now.
I used to a lot of drawing and painting but haven´t picked it up in about 10 years.
So I bought some watercolors and I have painted one picture of lemons. I decided to start painting fruits because they are simple then I´ll maybe go into flowers.
I haven´t used watercolors much before, I used to use acrylics but decided to change it up. The watercolors are much softer and warmer then the acrylics (and less messy)
So I´m pretty happy with my picture and I´m glad I took a picture of it with my phone before my bunny bit one of the corners (he´s so bad)
I also want to pick up drawing again, I want to start doing some easy going doodleling.
Listen: Kæla mikla. An ecxellent coldwave band from Iceland. I have been listening to them on replay this whole fall.
Watch: Black lagoon on Netflix. It´s about a bunch of modern day pirates living on a island that is morally lacking. It´s fast paced and loud. It reminds me somewhat of Quentin Tarantino and John Woo.
Reading: The legend of Sleepy Hollow by Irving Washington. For my bookclub I read the legend of sleepy hollow. I had seen the movie many years ago and the book is nothing like the movie. In the book Ichabod Crane is sort of unfortunate looking and (spoilers) it doesn´t end very well for him. It was a fun and short read and now I want to read something more by Irving Washington.
So my newest obsession are the silent vloggers on youtube. They who I watch are from Korea, Japan and one from China.
In these videos wich are mostly made by women, they do things like cook, bake, craft, garden and snuggle their pets under calming music, without idle chatter.
It´s very relaxing watching these videos and a nice change from the overly peppy and in your face vloggers that can be quite annoying.
I really think everybody needs something calming in these covid times.
Here are some of my favorite silent vloggers
Ondo
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSn90DAxCF3yRs6mFK0-8TA
Plan d
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPaApoLkmPqxCeZF7gjoc3w
Nyangsoop
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrailkufB1aKrKc6l1osRgw/featured
Li Ziqi
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoC47do520os_4DBMEFGg4A
So in august I got a pet bunny. I have wanted a pet for a long time but always lived somewhere with a no pet polacy.
His name is Kormákur and he´s two years old.
He´s a bit naughty chewing on things like electric cables so I have to get his some sticks and branches.
He´s very cuddly but he doesn´t want to be held.
He often sits next to me and pokes my hand for me to pet him.
He also poke me in the butt when I´m sleeping, trying to wake me up and feed him I guess. I think that´s hilarious.
I hope we can be together for a long time, I like his personality alot and I live alone so it´s nice to come home to somebody.
