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.

Apologies to the damned for my lackluster performance, and, again, the lateness of this post.

Been listening to too much Poets of the Fall and Imagine Dragons. But their music is good to crochet to which is probably why I did manage to finish the bat blanket. Yay!

Here are a couple of terrible pictures.

It turned out okay and I like the blood red moon with the bat flying over it. Wish now that I had crocheted with a smaller hook. Used a 5 mm when 4.5 mm would have been better.

Wasted a lot of time checking out learning JavaScript programming. Why do I want to learn to code? No idea. I have learned a couple of coding languages, so I know I do like that sort of thing. My brain is just looking for something else to waste time with, I suppose.

Wanted to get this post out a couple of days ago, but I went down two rabbit holes. One was deciding on some books to give to charity. Did finally finish that and off they have gone.

The other was designing the goth house on the cross-stitched pillow sham for my bed. Did figure out which rooms will be where: library and parlour on the main floor, three bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor,  nursery and servants quarters on the third, then the roof and attic. Thinking about a vampire hanging upside down in the attic.

The parlour will need a Home Sweet Home picture on the wall, but maybe should say Hell Damned Hell. Would be appropriately goth, I think.  But if any of you kind damned ones have better ideas, let me know in the comments. Thank you.

Want to use Aida cloth that’s at least 18 stitches per inch so the design can be quite intricate. And I would like to do this on cloth that’s a light grey. Hope I can find that, though I suppose I could always use some fabric paint. That should work.

Anyway, after that, spent more time avoiding this blog by watching Rachel Maksy. Love her stuff, of course. In her latest video, she made trees and scenery out of cardboard and craft paper. Have absolutely no plans to do something similar, but watched it all and enjoyed it immensely. Since I did enjoy it, was I really wasting my time? Probably. Was I doing it to avoid writing this post? Most definitely.

For the Dali jacket, think I would like to have chains hanging off it. Don’t know how. And I want crosses. Upside down, of course. Maybe a row of them along the hem. Got the idea of chains from this picture of a doll. Have no idea where it came from, but here it is:

Prepped the linen fabric I’ll be using. Have five metres which is more than enough. And dug out a pattern to reuse, so it should be good to go.

Want frames for the Dali paintings. Would like stripes but not sure what the two colours should be. I like green and purple, but they don’t really go with the paintings. Guess I should decide after I figure out which paintings will go on. Maybe some garish gimp trim.

Didn’t do much on the chandelier purse. Mostly been hemming and hawing about what to do next. Decisions, decisions. Do want to show it off to friends next weekend.

Thank you, damned ones. Your presence here pleases my little damned heart more than I can say.