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The Damned Are Welcome Here

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  • OH, LOOK, SHE CAN’T COME UP WITH A TITLE. AGAIN. MOST ASTONISHING.

    One of the Damned

    Welcome Dear Damned Ones. Hope you are well. And my most humble apologies for the delay in posting. Last Thursday was not a good day but most things are better now.

    Don’t know why, but I once more begin to ponder writing a zine. For some reason, that thought does persistently return. But at least now, I’ve decided what it should be about: Non-conformity. Being weird. That sort of thing. About not trying to fit in. I want to discombobulate people. And I live in a city where many people are easily discombobulated. Sounds like fun.

    Now, must proceed with discussing my most recent work.

    For the Dali jacket, been humming and hawing about the blue fabric around the pictures. Still only have one picture ironed on the coat, by the way. And not a morsel of slow stitching commenced.

    Tried a couple of things, but nothing is even a tiny bit inspiring. Tried the bias tape idea. Really just don’t like it. Not at all. Did take a couple of pictures to show you, but they’re terrible and I don’t like them. So you’re out of luck. Yes, I’m sure all four of you, my dear readers, are terribly disappointed. But, I promise, I will deliberate no longer. Decisions must be made. And I will have pictures as proof, dreadful or otherwise.

    The lace for the sleeves on the linen shirt is done and attached. I am most pleased. And half of the red rhinestones have been attached to the eyes. I have such a fondness for the rhinestones. They add a bit of oomph.

    Have now sewn four webs on the front of the spider coat. All on the correct side, I might add. And I’ve been thinking again about where to put the other webs. On the right sleeve near the hem. On the lapel, right side. Need a few on the back: at the waistline and the hem. Maybe two at the hem. I have eight spiders to attach and I do want to use all of them.

    And apparently my life is not difficult enough, so I ordered some very thin yarn from Maiwa. I want to crochet with it, if I can. It’s just so thin. They call the weight of it cobweb. Most appropriate. Not sure if I’ll be able to actually crochet with it, though. The hook I have for such thin thread is 0.6mm. I can hardly see that there is a hook on the end, it’s so tiny.

    Found this picture a long time ago (sorry can’t give credit) and it started me thinking about a lace jacket:

    Don’t want the see-through bits, though. Would crochet the lace and apply it to some lightweight fabric like linen. Was also wondering if I could crochet socks with this yarn.

    Lastly, learned a splendid new word: gallimaufry. It means a confused jumble or medley of things. A confused jumble. Sounds like my brain. And my apartment.

    So, thank you for the presence of your esteemed selves today. It is most appreciated. Hope to see you again in two weeks.

    2 responses to “OH, LOOK, SHE CAN’T COME UP WITH A TITLE. AGAIN. MOST ASTONISHING.”

    1. Donnalee of Laughing Dakini Tarot Avatar
      Donnalee of Laughing Dakini Tarot

      I seldom get to wordpress these days, but today I did when updating my own blog, and now you have 100% ‘like’ rate since all three of us subscribers said YES. I love your inventiveness and ambition, and will go and gawk at the other recent posts. best wishes

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      1. One of the Damned Avatar
        One of the Damned

        Good to hear from you again. And thank you.

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  • HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE DAMNED

    One of the Damned

    Good to see you again, dear damned ones. Your presence here is most assuredly appreciated. All damned ones are welcome here.

    To start, I have officially made it my goal this year to post every second Thursday come Hell or high water. Do I truly believe I will manage this? Yes. Yes, I do. I’m casting off my curmudgeonlyness and throwing it into the ether. At least I’ll do my best. My curmudgeonlyness is horrendously extensive, but I’ll at least give it a good shove. So, I am getting stuff done this year. That’s it. I’ve said it. A promise is a promise. I am doing it.

    Now, last post, I should have shown you my idea about dancing skeletons. They were popular in the Middle Ages. I quite like these ones:

    Quite spry in their boniness, aren’t they. But, then, the dead have such easy lives.

    Not sure how this is going to work, but I do like the idea of this in filet crochet. Was thinking of doing this in a “bone” colour, but adding more colour with fabric paint. Would that work? Hope so.

    So, on to the spider coat. Ordered the red Bemberg lining from Gala Fabrics and it’s not quite the red I wanted. It’s a bit orangey. Should know by now that ordering red anything online can be rather precarious. Gala Fabrics does offer free samples, but, stupid me didn’t take advantage of that. I ordered red Bemberg lining from them a few years ago and it was a true red. Thought I would be getting that colour this time, too. Oh, well, another expensive lesson learned. It is a nice orangey-red as orangey-red goes so decided to use it. Money is tight right now so can’t be buying lining over and over, hither and yon, and such like.

    The linen shirt itself is done. It fits and looks quite fetching. And you can’t really see any of the blunders. Black anything is hard to work with but great for hiding inaccurate stitching. So, now, I just need to finish crocheting the skeletons and figure out how to join them together. Thinking of doing all filet crochet and have the skeleton motifs on an angle. Not sure how that will work exactly, though.

    I do have good news about the skeletons. Spoke last time that one went missing, probably on some necromancy expedition, has returned home. Hope it enjoyed its adventure and can now settle down.

    For the pillow sham, haven’t done anything except get a drop cloth. That means that I now can paint the Aida fabric. As mentioned in an earlier post, I got some fabric paint to cover the terrible beige of the Aida and make it a nice light to medium grey. Don’t want to make a mess when painting. My diminutive apartment is enough of a shambles without sloshing grey paint every which way. Knowing myself as I do, if there is an opportunity to make a mess, I won’t be able to stop myself.

    And, now, extended drumroll please, I can start working again on the Dali jacket. Got my new printer up and running. Will print out some Dali pictures soon and present them for your perusal.

    Thank you, dear damned ones for your considerable thoughtfulness in your attendance here. Hope to see you again in two weeks.