As attached as I have become to my current account and everything in it, I have been thinking about getting a new account for quite a while now, and I've finally gone and done it. This is mainly due to my username - ReticentPurple is the name I use basically everywhere else online, and I'd like to have my DA be cohesive with that. Plus, Lil-Moony is less than original, as much as I do fancy Remus Lupin. XD

All my work from here on out will be uploaded to my new account, but everything already on Lil-Moony is going to stay here, at least for now (though I'll let you know if anything changes.) So if you currently watch me here, you should go watch me on my new account: ~ReticentPurple. I don't have much of anything up there yet, but I will be adding things shortly.

Thanks!

Got out to Joann fabrics this weekend for some yarn. Gah, I wish there was a good craft store in this town. I had to take two different buses to get to Joann. I got four good-size skeins of yarn, a pair of needles and some embroidery thread (but the thread is for a separate thing).

I just started knitting the project today - a Tardis. Yes, a Tardis. (If you don't know what a Tardis is, google it or watch Dr. Who!) I'm really excited. From the looks of what I've started, it'll be about 8"x8" on the base and somewhere around 15" tall. I'll knit the four sides and top and bottom and then sew all the pieces together. I'm starting with the top and bottom since they're just squares. The sides have multiple colors that apparently call for intarsia knitting and duplicate stitching, which I haven't done before. It'll be interesting, at least. I got seven rows in today when I realized there was a hole in it and one of the rows was completely messed up. So I ripped out the whole thing, and had to cast on three more times before i got it right.. frustrating.

As awesome as I'm thinking this will be, it's going to be quite a project. It's supposed to be stuffed so I have to think about filling as well as a lining so as not to worry about stuffing coming out between stitches. I'm thinking of getting a big foam block to put inside, with just a bit of batting around, since it'll keep it's shape better that way than just plain stuffing. Of course, I'm no where near needing to start on that part yet, but it can't hurt to start thinking about it.

Ooh, and my friend wants me to teach her to knit. She crochets, but she wants to try knitting a scarf now to see how she likes it. It's kind of exciting. And who knows, maybe I'll get her to teach me to crochet once I finish with this project!

So, happy day, I got some Christmas money from my grandmother and today got a chance to go to Michaels, which I don't get to do often because it's a bit of a drive.

But then when I got there, I saw to my horror that the store was empty! They appeared to have closed down. But aha - as evidenced by the sign on the door, they had only moved to a new location a few blocks away.

My dashed hopes now un-dashed, I made my way there, where I got quite a bit of good stuff. Two big skeins of thick yarn (yellow and blue), a pair of knitting needles, a jar of Mod Podge, a paint brush, and a set of pre-threaded bobbins.

I've already started on my knitting - I'm making a scarf. Tonight I'll probably be collaging with the Mod Podge and the stuff I've been snipping out of magazines for the past two nights. Which reminds me - I still haven't posted any pictures of the collage projects I did over the summer. I'll try to do that tonight - I still have the pictures on my camera, I just don't have it with me here.

(Hey, lookie at that! My very first Deviantart journal post!)