I’m back online. I haven’t devoted much time to writing over the last two weeks. I have been writing a little every day, but most of the time has been devoted to preparing my costume and researching for my panels for BayCon 2016. Speaking of which, my schedule is — Costuming With Nontraditional Materials And […]
I’m working on my schedule for this year. “By working on” means that I’m preparing to ask for those days off of my day job. This is tricker than it sounds because I work for a private utility reporting to a state agency. There are days I cannot ask for off due to when reports
I will be at BayCon 2015 – Women Of Wonder from May 22nd through 24th. Want to meet me? You can find me at the following places for certain. Saturday 7:00 PM – Variety Show Come see my latest creation made of yarn, sweat, and tears. Stay for the lip-syncing by the Con Chairs of both BayCon
I didn’t write much this week. Why? I’ve been busy making this. What is it? I’ll let you know in a few weeks. To find out earlier, you’ll need to come to BayCon’s Variety Show in eleven days. I’ll be presenting about costuming and knitting this year. I’ll post my schedule when I have it. Think
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If you’ve read my bio or seen me at cons, you know that I cosplay. I’ve become known locally for my costumes created using knitted or crocheted pieces. This year will be no exception, since I have been asked to speak again at BayCon. I’m behind where I want to be in the fabrication phase,
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Here are the conventions I know I will be attending this year. I am planning to be attending these as a member at this point. FogCon – March 6th – 8th Technically, this will be the second year I am attending. I managed to get to it last year for Sunday for one panel. Because
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My Jedi Knight Giza Secura was a character I came up with shortly after finishing Kn’tt’r of House Cr’chet. I had wanted to make a knit lightsaber for a while and the Twilek hat was the perfect touch to make my Jedi unusual. I designed a robe, an tabard/obi, a belt, and modified a slipper pattern to
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It’s been hard for me to focus on writing this week. So this post is going to be about other things I’m doing. I am in the final stages of putting together my costume for BayCon’s Variety Show. I’m down to the last few details of adding buttons and velcro and making sure everything hangs
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This knitted costume based on Wonder Woman is the first costume I entered in a masquerade. I didn’t intend to enter one at all. January 2012, I came across a pattern on Ravelry called the Wonder Woman Jumper. I remember watching the television series completely enraptured with Lynda Carter’s portrayal of the Amazon princess. When I
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Despite the fact that Tuesday does not exist, I have an announcement. I will be at BayCon 2014 on May 23rd through May 26th. I will be participating the following panels: Saturday the 24th 8:00 PM Ballroom E-F – The Variety Show Sunday the 25th 2:00 PM Bayshore – Inspiration for New Costumes 3:30 PM Lawrence – Copying
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