Posting about Simone's homeiversary got me thinking about this photoshoot, which I figure a lot of you haven't seen, or have only seen snippets of. They were for a sweater sale--2 Mini-size sleeveless Chaos Lace sweaters, Secret Path & Secret River. Secret Path had a big cowlneck/hood thing & Secret River had a 28-inch train. I took the girls out to the local rock quarry & found the perfect spot! I think these are some of the best pictures I've taken of Simone (and Lucy--the Sharmin wearing S. Path--although these pics were for S. River's auction, so they focus on Simone). I made the raggedy little outfits, too. Hope you enjoy the pics!


(Simone's necklace is by Orangebabydolly)

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Well, that seems to be a novelty for ALL my dolls recently. :/ A few months ago I moved my giant light table (for stained glass) downstairs to the glass studio, & it was my regular "platform" for picture-taking. The loss of it stymied me!

But now I have jury-rigged a little photo niche upstairs in the art studio so's I can take HD pics! Perhaps I can finally get a little photospamming done in the meantime.

Here's a few of Sohiru (WS Gomidoll Igon SS head/CP boy hybrid) wearing a teal Chaos Lace sweater. I'm fiddling with lighting & metering, which is always a trial for me, so these pics are nowhere near the final cut...but I'm gonna spam you with them anyway! ♥



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Put up a little handful of new sweaters this evening, including the poor blue v-neck that didn't sell last time. ((CLICK)) to be magically transported to my bulging auctions page.

Pistachio Dacquoise is a mohair scoopneck with over 300 handsewn beads:


Candyfloss is a very girly mohair cowlneck:


And there's a sort-of companion Candyfloss shawl with silver Lurex knit in:


Shore is a Suri cowl for girls:


Shallows is kind of Shore's sister:


Whoohoo! I feel so accomplished! And I've still got some to go. And I have a little stack of commissions! *confetti*

Golly socks, the socialising habit is a hard thing to pick up again! Still working at it...

Photobucket wussed out on me while I was setting up my Tuesday auctions, so they got rolled over to Wednesday...they go up starting at 11 AM PST.

((CLICK)) to visit my eBay listings. ^^

I guess this was kind of an E.A. Poe sweater trio... ;)

Surely October, a Merino wool crewneck for SD13 girls:


Sweet Sister, a boucle sleeveless cowlneck with matching shawl/mantle:


Miraculous Crescent, a Suri scoopneck glittering with blue-violet & silver Lurex:


and then...
Perhaps in Slytherin is a Merino set for SD13 boys:

I had to take a bit of time off after the whole 6-funerals thing, but I have returned! :D With knitting. I did a lot of knitting.

My first 4 auctions (I have 15 total) start this afternoon...

You can click here to visit ((MY eBAY LISTINGS)) or ((MY DoA THREAD))!

Confide, a Catsy/tiny-size chaos lace shawl in handpainted silk/kid mohair gossamer:


Entitled (on the right), my new v-neck SD boy style in baby alpaca...the Slytherin sweater/scarf should go up tomorrow!


Mai Tai, my new scoopneck Suri alpaca in tropical-drink stripes:


Pompeii, a super-soft Suri alpaca cowlneck:


Hoping to get caught up with everyone/thing soon...it's good to be back--and not hiding under the bed anymore! :P

Finally got that blasted ribknit done last night!! Wotta pain. But...kind of worth it:

This is Virgil (Yukinojo) in "Lockpick," a merino ribknit pullover for SD16s (& it should fit 13's nicely, too...I just haven't tried it on one)



And this is my first SD13-size girl :D , IpleHouse Cocori (just arrived a few days ago, & as yet unnamed, but will be something rather French), showing off "Jade Hook" to its best advantage:



And my new happy couple:

Sorry about the drop-out, there...my gastroparesis is on the rampage & there are contractor dudes crawling all over my house, so all I can do in the face of the nausea & ungodly racket, etc. is spend countless hours at the farm, Sitting Very Still [TM] & knitting my little fingers off. Thank heavens that my knitting libido picked back up at the end of August. ;; I've been doing some pattern streamlining as well as some new prototype-things.

So now I have at least 7 sweaters lined up for my first eBay auctions of the season! Here's a brief run-down, if you want to see what mortally nauseated people do with their time. ^^ All of these pictures are dreadful, most with a flash & just sort of randomly taken, but they work for teasers, right? Of course right.

~~"Lycopene," a mohair turtle/cowlneck for SD13 sizes:


( And here's the rest... )

~~"Lockpick," a merino ribknit pullover for SD16's, is still in progress. Jeebus, what a pain in the drain! I'm of a mind to start it at $60 just for all the endless hours of toil it's required of me. ;;

I'm also planning to open for some limited commissions at the end of the month, because I've had (joy!) a lot of interest about it. I have a bunch of new things planned & a ton of new yarn, not to mention that pesky nausea that doesn't seem to want to lay off, so hopefully I'll get lots done.

I hope everybody's well & having a good end-of-summer...I have dollnews, & I'll be wading back into the friendslist any time now! I missed you guys & want to catch up. Feels like I've been gone for ages! *__*

It's that time again...just 3 sweaters this time, though--most of the knitting I'm doing right now is for my fit-testers. But, I've got (click for links):

• an OOAK handpainted silk/mohair Chaos Lace hoodie for SD13's
• a super-oversized floppy blue Suri alpaca sweater that should fit SD13--DollShe
• a prototype vneck for SD16s in red silk/alpaca
• and also a gob of goth/loli type clothes for meatgirls

In the meantime, I'm STILL sneezing (they think it's the anaesthesia) & drunk on Benadryl. zzzzzzzzzzz

NB for knitters:  The cobweb yarn for my chaos sweater came from the awesome Alchemy Fibre Arts on eBay.  Catherine is a total sweetheart & a super-talented fibre artist!!  I have this great big stash of her stuff that I'm just dying to use, as soon as I get my fitting stuff done...but I couldn't wait with this purple cobweb.  *drool*   

Hot pink kid mohair from England. There are others, but I'm having a hard time thinking about them yet. O__O It's even hotter-hot-pink, like highlighter-pink, in person.

The Unoa sweaters! Think of the Unoa sweaters!!! *protracted squee*

That is all.

Oh, and 3 of my sweater auctions end tomorrow night. Pink...mohair..<3 <3 <3..what was I saying?

All 6 auctions are now up. Whew! My eBay link is HERE.

The mini Chaos lace already has 19 watchers, shock my ass. X__X

Simone got in some modelling hours--well, just about everybody did.


Orange Chaos Lace scarf/mantle

( And a few more auction highlights. )

I posted three auctions (an SD-16 sweater, a mini-size black Chaos Lace sweater & a very odd OOAK extreme Suri for SD-13s) this evening, with three more scheduled (an SD-13 purple/black stripe, a tiger orange merino Chaos scarf, a blue extreme Suri for SD-13s) for tomorrow evening. I was pretty happy with my pictures--I got a tripod yesterday & am in non-blurry-photo heaven.

Click HERE to visit my eBay auction page!

Virgil. Virgil is KILLING me with the smouldery predatory look. woof. SD-16s are sooo much better in person than in those awful Volks release shots. I took about 150 pictures of him. XD

I'll post a few pictures here, too--maybe tomorrow. Right now my head feels like it's about to burst--sinus headaches. I love 'em. *goes off to find somewhere quiet & dark*

Finished my mini-size Chaos sweater last night...this is just a randomish picture, and please excuse the dreadful Photoshopped faceup--poor B-el still doesn't have one of his own. ;; Rather like he doesn't have any trousers. Or a name, for that matter. That's waiting on the faceup!



This one has some dangly things on it, too. Whoohoo, dangly things!

Better pictures (including some on the girls) later. Right now, is is beautiful outside & I'm going antiqueing!

These two sweater auctions end on Sunday night:

~hidden pond, a seasonally-appropriate green Suri alpaca, &

~frostline, an OOAK extreme-fit aqua Suri with silver lurex & beaded cuffs.

And this one on Tuesday night:

~black Chaos Lace!

( Take a peek here for a few pictures if you don't feel like visiting evilBay... )

I was also one of the people who owned Bermann on Wednesday night, and then didn't by Thursday morning. I'm still gathering my thoughts as to what I want to say about it. Right now, all I want to say is--thank goodness BJD's like to give hugs. ^^

Well, I've been sick for something like 2-1/2 weeks, what with one thing (asthma) or another (my ^%*&Y back), so if nothing else, I've gotten a lot of knitting done. And I'm ready to float a few sweaters out onto evilBay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5676623471&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5676816069&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1


( Click here to have a look at 2 pics that didn't make it to the listing. )

I have several other designs, yarns & styles--I should be listing at least 2 more this week. I'm thinking of doing commissions & auctions, but I wanted to see what the reception for these first ones would be like first...so, what do YOU guys think? What would you like to see? And what on earth do you think the market would bear for a commission/BIN price? It takes at least 9-10 hours per sweater, and that yarn don't come from Wal Mart, 'neither...^^

And I haven't even gotten a proper "welcome home" picture for Virgil, my Yukinojo! But he's already channeling Snape in a serious way, which has definitely eased my suffering this week. XD What a presence these SD-16s have!! Still, here's a very tiny one:

Finally got some decently-pale blue eyes into Viola...could only speak in swearwords for about 3 hours afterwards. x_x FUCKing 8mm eyeballs!!! I think I'd rather they were more aqua, or maybe gold (pref. metallic), but at least it's not that dismal murk blue. It was really hard on her face. But they're in there, & I don't even have to claim that she's Siamese in a lame attempt to explain the horribly crossed eyes. Also, Mirjam got a loliwig...this is only the 2nd wig she's ever liked, & oddly enough, they're both from the same place (even though they could hardly look more different!)...



( Also, snuggling Isaotwins. )

He may be holding out on the name thing, but I think he's happy here.

I'm hammering out a knitting pattern for an SDC-sized cat-eared hat, & have somehow found myself knitting a tail as well. Lucy is kindly acting as my fit-model with a bulked-up head, & Viola is offering her expert evaluation. This is the first go, in vanilla-coloured Merino wool:



Opinons/suggestions/suggestions that I stop knitting are all welcomed.