Emboidery update (warning: contains pictures)

So I've forgotten how to add photos to posts. oops.

Let's see if this works...

Mushroom thing (because I got tired of practising lines of stitches):

Current project in various stages: (behind break)

I Blind You With Science Beauty

This is close to the most awesome picture I've seen this year.

An Inspiration

This Queen's Garden bag is ... incredible. I think I'm going to print out the picture & hang it on my embroidery corner as a reminder of what I can aspire to, eventually.

Shawkl is running a giveaway right now.

Relief

I was getting very worried about tomorrow's Ecology exam, because of the kidneys. I've lost about two weeks' study time in total, the first week from feeling generally grim and thinking it was 'only' sleeplessness, way too many deadlines, and that sort of thing, and the past week from being high on codeine all the time.

I was able to get through all today without drugs (Yay!) so my brain may function, but still. Today and tomorrow is not enough to cram the entire semester's worth of information.

The perils of learning on the job.

Sigh.

I'm really enjoying this embroidery thing. But then prematurely blogging and stuff gets me. I thought, somehow, that crewel was simply surface embroidery. But then I learned over at Mary Corbet's awesome website that it's a particular kind of embroidery using wool thread. Which I don't have & can't afford.

So I've changed all the labels accordingly. Thank heavens the blog is new, so it wasn't too much hassle.

Oh yes, and I woke with a hangover this morning. Which means that my kidney is - finally - *not* sore enough for me to notice the side effects of codeine. Which means I'm getting better. Yay!

and lo, a new phrase is coined.

Jodi Meadows is not afraid to put socks on her head.

And has some wise things to say about it.

It is amazing how our egos find ways to sneak in the old bugbear of, "what will the neighbours think?" There is always something, some topic, or hobby, or aspect of our careers, in which we want to be taken desperately seriously, and are secretly afraid that it's all rather silly (but don't let anyone know). Yes, my grammar got confused, but, you know, I think it's apt. Because as soon as we start thinking this way, we do get confused. We start thinking in feelings, and memories, and associations, and assumptions. The actual thought part of the process is drowned out by the fears and the assimilated societal norms (which are usually misunderstood anyway - I mean, how sophisticated can a five-year-old be?).

It's a big thing for me, so I have to ballsy up and do something goofy fairly regularly. Otherwise my fears would just overwhelm me and I'd end up curled in bed with the pillow on my head. That's not good. How would I do any embroidery, or reading, or ...?

So I say, all power to socks on the head! (And she's awesome anyway, so there.)

Competition!

Mary Corbett over at Needle 'n Thread is running a giveaway for embroiderers. Go look.