swap swap

it has been so so so hot here lately, and its compounded by the fact that our house has no air conditioning. thats the price you pay for living in an old house :) the floorboards are nice, but the insulation is crappy :(

i have been sitting in front of the fan in the lounge room in the semi dark just crocheting or drawing. the computer is in the hottest room in the house as well which deters me from blogging or being on the webs much.

onto some happy ness, i am participating in a craftster swap with the theme of my favourite books in the world- discworld, and have been crafting up and trying to think of some awesome crafts to go with this theme. so far i have made a little sculpture of the luggage:


and i havent really thought of what else i will do- maybe i will crochet a neck warmer thingy- i think i have some nice wool somewhere that has a purple theme to it... i would really love some wizard hats buttons :) maybe i will have to make some out of polymer clay? or shrinky dinks?? any ideas on what else i can make?

onto other crafts i have learnt to crochet and have finished one crazy crochet scarf to put in the etsy listings, and have one more delightfully red one i want to put in there- i have a nice idea for a blue one with white trim like waves !

here are some pics of red in progress:


and a close up of all the crazy stitches:

its a deeper red too- more like fresh blood
these are fun to do when you cant sleep- which for me has been quite often lately. the heat sucks :(