The Damned Are Welcome Here

Wish I could have accomplished more. But, onwards.

Thank you, damned, for coming.

Been glued to YouTube a bit too much. Love Dorothy’s Raise Hell video way too much. And to the Dorothy I know, sorry, but it’s not you. Here’s the video, if anyone is so inclined to give it a listen.

Adore the song Savage Daughter. Here is Ekaterina Shelehova’s version. Learned most of the lyrics so far. They’re often whirling around in my head. Just gave another listen to it since I had to find the link. Need to sing heathen songs by the light of the moon (third verse). That should give me some motivation.

And have been watching a lot of YouTube videos about slow living. Sounds like a nice way to be. Calm. Relaxed. Meltdowns kept to a minimum.

No. Doesn’t really sound like me. My brain doesn’t want to slow down. It wants to keep thinking up stuff when it’s not repeating the words to Savage Daughter, that is. I don’t have attention, oh, look at the birdy, deficit disorder. Sorry, old joke.

Did make great strides on the Dali jacket. Put together the body of the jacket and it fits sort of okay. Sorry, but no picture to show. Took one, but it turned out even more appallingly bad than my usual pictures. And I even ironed the jacket to make it look nice. Oh, well.

Next is to print the Dali paintings on some white fabric I have. Along with the paintings, there will be other bits of things: ribbons, beads, embroidery thread, and who knows what else. Should go through what I already have before making a trip to the various craft shops nearby. Oh, the places I will go.

Another project I actually started on is the sari fabric for the wall behind my bed. Sewed the ends together to form one big loop. That seam will be strong enough to hang the fabric from picture hooks near the ceiling. (Did I explain that adequately?) Can’t quite reach the height I’d like for the hooks, so will get my brother to help next time he comes over. He can earn his dinner that day.

Did make a decision about the rug for the living room area. It’s going to be like my welcome mat: rows of single crochet and then cross stitch on top. Do need to save my pennies first since it will necessitate a lot of yarn.

For the image to embroider, I was thinking along the lines of this:

Or maybe just the haunted castle part, with the moon, of course. But I love the idea of a scary road leading up to the castle. Now that I look at the picture again, I see that I’m going to have to simplify this, but the picture does show the ambiance I’m going for.

What else have I been working on? Crocheted a bit with the massive amount of yarn my sister attained recently. It’s part of a big project that I hope will not prove too much for me. Will speak further in the coming weeks.

Hope the rug comes to fruition. Keep thinking of big projects to do but have trouble getting them started. The stuff I manage to finish is the simpler stuff. I do sometimes wonder whether I can actually do this.

Okay. Enough. Have to remember:

Excuse the language. Felt it needed to stay. And, sorry, can’t give credit where it’s due. Don’t remember where I got this. Now, on to better things.

Really would like to begin the linen shirt with lots of crocheted lace on the cuffs and at the neck. Mentioned it in my first post. Also, haven’t designed the embroidery for the pillow sham, either. Mentioned that in an earlier post. Lot’s to do.

Wouldn’t it be nice to just be able to think these things into existence? Yes. Yes, it would.

Anyway, thank you, once again, to the damned who have come. My best gothy wishes to all of you.