Brain Blast!

So, recently I've had a whole lot of ideas... nothing I can put into production. Just these ideas for projects and items that I think would be awesome or useful. Like a cat walk. My Aunt had this really old cat that could not for the life of her get into the litter box. Like her joints were all arthritic and painful so lifting her legs to get into the litter box was just not happening. Which meant my Aunt was cleaning up cat feces from the kitchen floor ever day. Eww. So I was thinking, "why isn't there a ramp that you attach to the side of a litter box so the cat doesn't have to jump a ledge?" Brilliant. So why hasn't it been made yet? I've seen ramps for cats to climb on but nothing litter box specific. Unless I'm just not digging deep enough into the internet. There are other ideas but I'm not gonna bore people with a description of each, but I want to know how I could get started on some of these ideas. Is there anywhere I can go to get something made or put into production? Seriously help would be awesome.

In other news I found a great little posting at RetroNaught of a Knitting Clock. It measures time by knitting a scarf, making the immaterial of time into a physical and wearable object. Definitely read the article cause the pictures are super awesome and I think the concept is really brilliant.
Well now it's a quarter to midnight, and Dory was here earlier. We mixed up another resin pour to dip her flowers, just in a bigger batch. We were able to dip my dried flowers, her pieces and make four cabochons. The resin was new and fresh... so there were far less bubbles and much clearer. Everything looks great, and now it's all about getting ready for MangaNext. Dory's been kind enough to allow me some space to sell, I'm only bringing a the pin board I made and a few pins. If any of my stuff sells I'll be surprised. Really I'm going to help her maintain the table. I've gotta play some classic 1980's songs for Dory. I think she'd get a kick out of it. I gotta play some Queen for her.... A little Bohemian Rhapsody maybe? We watched The Lost Boys to add to her monster movie repertoire. A totally ridiculous movie featuring the two Coreys of the 1980s, about vampires in Santa Carla. Next on the list, I think, will be Bram Stoker's Dracula featuring Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman... and Keanue Reeves. But he's not as awesome as the guy who portrayed Sirius Black.

I'm working on a pattern for a cape. My process basically consists of a loose draft on graph paper and then fudging around with the knitting until it works, while writing out what I'm doing every row. This is also the main reason why most of these knitting adventures don't really work out. So far so good, I'm just putting in the bottom border right now, the problem is that every row takes a god awful long time. I have at least 300 stitches per row and will not be decreasing for another 4 rows. If this works out as it should, it's gonna look amazing... I even have buttons picked out. My goal ultimately is to create a series of patterns that will tell a story or be based on a theme, then make a book! I thought about making a book of patterns based off of fairy tales. So the short-cape represents Little Red Riding Hood, while Snow White has a puff sleeved cardigan. Or, at least that's the plan.... whether or not this pans out has yet to be seen.
I've already perfected a knitted tie pattern. Josh wears one every now and then. He's got the first tie I've ever made, and he reportedly wears it out when he DJs every now and then. Josh is a DJ/ Composer and goes by the name Faith in the Glitch, he makes his own music and visuals, and he often is the video guy at Otakon's Rave (he's the guy with the liberty spike mohawk and macbook.) He's pretty awesome with a wicked sense of humor and really kick ass beats so I highly recommend visiting his website and listening to his work. Hehe, I'm looking at the pictures and remembering that day, it was a good day at Viking clan. Look I even made labels for my knitted work! I've modified the pattern since then to have a point at the end, but the flat bottom to the tie really suits Josh's personality: edgy and modern. I'm not too sure what fairy tale would go with a tie. The tie wasn't even invented when these stories were penned. Most date back to the middle ages and are morality tales... so unless Jack and Jill were business partners, I don't think I'll be able to tie the two together. Pun totally intended.
I think that's it for now. I really want to get back to knitting, and since I can't knit and type at the same time (sadly I'm just not that talented), I'm going to bring this entry to a wrap.
See Ya'll Later!