I'm back

After spending a while in Spain I am back and back to business. Daily posts (or something like that) ahead!

Ohio is a piano

Ohio has 88 counties. A piano has 88 keys. Put the two together and you get some crazy sounding stuff.

You can never have enough crayons

These are some lovely looking Japanese crayons that are inspired by ice cream flavours. I haven't got the fainted idea where you can get them from here, but I want them nonetheless.

I wish I had thought of this (mark one)

So, I just started knitting. Well, rather trying to knit. It's not going quite as rapidly as anticipated (I blame it on knitting being unfriendly to left-handers) but I am getting there slowly but surely. I am determined to have knitted a jumper by Christmas as a hard earned gift to myself. Anyway, I digress. I found this company online 'Wool and the Gang' which is a real incentive to start making stuff. Basically you choose what exactly you want to knit from their collection online (whether it be a jumper/hat/bag, whatever), you choose the colour, and then they send you the wool, needles, pattern, sewing needle and a customisation kit. Clever indeed (oh and for those too lazy to bother knitting, but want to look like they aren't, there are finished products ready to buy). It is nice to see knitting not looking so naff. Not that that ever stopped me...

Wigglies

Gee WIlli's animated "wiggly" gifs are simple yet strangely mesmerising.

Things I would like inside and outside my house

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Richard Sanderson

I have officially become a fan of Richard Sanderson's work. He is a recent UWE graduate in illustration, and what I like so much about his work is that it doesn't take itself too seriously. It all looks as though it has been drawn with real enthusiasm without worrying whether it is right / in style / serious enough (which are stupid things I seem to worry about far too much). Maybe he does worry about these things (maybe we all do...?) but that's not the impression his work gives off. I am now going to go draw some stuff and hopefully it will turn out half as good as this.