That sounds so cute!

I started with the center.  Let's see; I made a pink circle--ch 4, 7 dc in circle, join, end off.  Then I joined on some green and sc'd about 2/3 of the way around the circle.  I made a couple-three rows of that, then ended off.  I had a circle drawn on a piece of paper and I kept checking the center against it so I could keep it round.  If the rows looked as though they would stick out of the circle, I'd dec or inc on the ends. 

Then I joined some ecru in the middle of the green part and made a half-circle-ish thing, and ended it off.  Then I joined on some yellow and crochet around the green and ecru till the center was almost circular, end off.  I used a little red to fill in the rest.

Now you have a roughly circular center.  Join white, sc or hdc around.  You'll have to inc in spots; you'll simply have to check if it's lying flat.  I wasn't careful enough and mine didn't.     Mark the first stitch.  When you get back to the first stitch, don't join, but contiue around, marking the new first stitch.  If you're going to do the spiral purse pattern, hdc would be fine; however, if you're just going to stitch around, I'd use sc which I think would look better.

I made the black part in dc partly because I was getting lazy and partly because I think it mimicked the smoothness of the seaweed covering of the nori rolls. 

So Friday I hung out at work on the internet till after 8, then I filled up my car  and went to Kroger.  It was after 10 when I left (no biggie; I"m a night person) but some weird guy started talking to me in the parking lot about cancer and Palestine, etc.  I drove home the long way around in case he was following  (Mom's all, "Poor thing must be lonely."  That's as may be, Pollyanna, but lonely or not, you do NOT  chat up strange women in parking lots at 10:30 at night.  It could be misunderstood and lead to pepper spraying.  Mom's milk of human kindness needs to curdle a bit or she's going to end up dead somewhere.  Seriously.)

Anyway, I finally get home and struggle up the stairs, carrying all the groceries in.  I go upstairs to change before putting all of them away and when I'm taking my hair down I find that ONE OF MY BUTTERFLY SKY HAIRSTICKS IS GONE!!!!!!    My bun had untwisted so the remaining stick was pointing downwards and the other was gone.   

It's not in the car and it's not in the office.  I only hope weird guy didn't keep it as a souvenir.   

Gorey has bare patches on his neck and it makes him look all scraggly.  Saturday he was on my lap and I realized:  those aren't bare patches.  His fur is growing in grey  If his ruff grows back it's going to be black and grey.  I told him he had to leave; I wanted a black cat, not a patchy black and grey one.  He ignored me completely, and slept on my hip all night.   8)

BPAL:  Cobra Lily.  Love the lily.   

Thanks for the instructions!  Can't wait to try it!  So glad you found your stick,too. There's nothing worse than loosing something that you really like.

Oh my gosh!  Finding your stick in the parking lot is about as good as my stolen hairstick being returned!

Went to a conference this weekend and Mom, Dad, Brother, and Nephew came up as well.  Nephew is now 28 months old and is getting mouthy.  He’s the most adorable thing on two legs,  but I’m still glad I can give him back to Daddy when needed.    

We went to a little boutique up in the hills and they had FICCARES  , but only the Maximus .  They had all sorts of other hairtoys, too; in fact, they had the widest selection of decent hairtoys I’ve ever seen in real life.  I bought a fakarre beak:  medium with little teeth and the entire front was covered with dark brown plastic that had flowers carved underneath.  It looks like amber.  I bought 2 plastic hairsticks—one eggplant-colored that has a wide end with rhinestones pasted on, and one that is backed with floral fabric and tied in a knot on the end.  It also has some rhinestones.  I’ll use them for decoration.  I got an Evita Peroni hairfork with a cluster of red and pink beads on the top and a hairprong with a gold and green sparkly decoration.  

I finally got my X-O’s from Precious Plunder.  They do very good work but man are they slow.  I ordered in January.  They did throw in free hair pins to make up for it; oddly enough, they sent 4 of the turquoise and 3 of the tiger’s eye.  I love the X-O’s, but I’m afraid I’m outgrowing them.  

Hairstyles Through the Week Thursday:  Scarf Head!  Galadriel’s scarf bun made with an oblong scarf so the ends flow down my back.
Friday:  Bondage Head!  My new turquoise X-O with matching pins.
Saturday Morning:  Braid Head!I twisted my hair back on each side and braided the length, putting my round sunflower barrette at the base of the braid for decoration.  I was going to make the 2 rose buns but they wouldn’t stay.
My braid kept spitting ends and it irritated my neck, so I changed it:
Saturday Evening: Clamp Head!  I used my new fakarre and it looked really nice.  It’s essentially a Birdsnest bun, but a Clamp bun will hold whereas a Birdsnest bun doesn’t do well with my slippery hair.
Sunday:  Swirly Head!  Made with one of my VK Designs sticks, the one with the red marble on top.  Nephew had been using it as a drumstick all weekend and it held up fine.  (I knew Nephew was coming so I didn’t take any of my LL sticks.  I’m no dummy)  When made at the crown of my head this looks surprisingly dressy and complex.  Mom even gave me a compliment.

BPAL:  The Haunted Palace (red rose, Tunisian amber, blood orange, toasted vanilla, heliotrope, gardenia and red musk)  This is a lovely floral citrus at first.  I can smell the rose and the blood orange keeps it light without overpowering it.  It makes me think of a big, dark house at night, all lit up from within, light glowing from behind red-orange curtains.  Unfortunately, the amber starts to turn a bit perfume-y after an hour or so, and now it’s perfume with a touch of musk.  I love the beginning; maybe it would work in a scent locket?

I gave my brother an imp of Fenris Wolf (Rosewood, amber, red musk and a dribble of red sandalwood) )  It’s too masculine for me and I keep trying to enable him.  He liked it.  I offered to get him a bottle next moon.  He’s thinking it over.  Heh heh heh.  

Are you a fellow Buffy fan???  I am a diehard Buffy and Angel fan!  I was so bummed when they got canceled.  I'd love to get both series on DVD.

Curlgirl, I LOVE Buffy and Angel.  Well, Buffy seasons 1-5 and Angel seasons 1,2, and 5.    (I can never get enough of the season 5 Angel where he gets turned into a puppet.  Bwahahahaha!  )  Sigh.  I miss Spike.   

I'm designing a cozy for my iPod.  I bought some sport-weight yarn at Wal-Moo, Bernat's "Cool Crochet" (irritating name, but nice yarn) in Neopolitan ice cream colors, which don't really go with my black iPod, but I love the Neopolitan colors; anyway, I'm crocheting a cord cover with it.  For the cozy, I'm going to make the front with a piece of heavy-duty clear vinyl I'll cut out of my shower curtain liner (the upper part on the end away from the nozzle.  It should be ok, right?  8))  The back, and this is the good part, the back will be made from felt.  But not just any felt.  It will be made from felted cat fur.     It can be done; I have directions, I have the fur, I have the single-minded weirdness to actually make felt out cat fur.   

The felt will be a dark grey color.  I have fur from Bogie, Rumpole, Agatha, and Gorey.  No, it doesn't really match the Neopolitan colors either. 

On the felt, I'm going to embroider a lovely Sugar Skull design that I worked out.  It'll be mostly in pink.  Hey, that WILL match the Neopolitan colors.   

If it works out, it should be goregous.  Or at least unique.

Scarf Head!  I had a chocolate brown sheer scarf with not-sheer leaves on it which perfectly matches my new chocolate brown skirt.  I'm so coordinated.