Ole ole ole ole…part III

Warning: world cup commentary first/crafty talk below.

Wow! Friday’s match! I know I am a few days behind here – but this whole work thing has been getting in the way again – of the knitting and the personal sewing and the blogging.
So back to Friday – when Argentina scored, I had tears starting – I was worried when my boys didn’t score in the first 10 minutes…so then I figured the last ten minutes…then there was the overtime with 2 15 minutes sessions and then the penalty kicks…oh the tension in the costume shop. I watched the last 15 minutes of the match standing on a chair in front of the TV holding the antennae (it turns out the headsets we use for out theatre were interfering with my TV reception). There was a meeting at 1 o’clock that fortunately was only for the sets and lights ‘cause there was no way I was leaving my shop before I saw whether Germany won or lost….and we know how that turned out  And yeah they play on july 4th - i still have to work but I can always leave and find a bar to watch the game!!!!!!!!
My interns were happy too – they did not want to see Marietta on her knees, crying if they had lost…and then England lost ( I am so sorry Tusa) and then Brazil! What a weird weekend of Football – I tell ya!

Crafty stuff:

Today is our 2nd, 10 out 12 – which means that in a 12 hour period, the actors work for 10 hours. This also means that the technicians and designers are at work for 14 hours (we are here at least 1 hour before tech begins and at least 1 hour after – for meetings and work). So we have had two very long days. When the actors are on stage, we can’t work on costumes or set, so I take notes and do the little fun crafty things – like make a flower skirt:


Or paint a sweater to look like knitting in a larger scale doing this:



Do you think this counts for the Knitting World Cup? I used freezer paper as a stencil - a great trick I learned from Vivi. I am sure that other people have been doing this for years – but I have always cut my stencils from thin plastic sheets (like Mylar) meant for stencils – and that gets costly! So I bought this HUGE roll of freezer paper for about $5 or $6 at the local grocery store and I can get many, many stencils for the price of maybe two or three. The only downside is that I am going to have to cut a second stencil for the backside, BUT it does iron on and stay in place without having to use spray adhesive. At some point I will have to learn how to do screen printing.

Well that is just a quick summary of the last few days - we have been so busy with the working - and though tomorrow is a national holiday - we still have to work. I do hope to be done by 3pm so i can watch the Germany vs Italy game at a bar instead of here in my shop...that would be nice..beer...oh i think the Goethe Institute in DC is hosting a world cup vioewing - might just have to go...maybe at the embassies too.... i will check it out first thing whenthis rehearsal is over.
Got to go! Act I is under way...time to play :)

see you all when this is over in a few days... oh and i think I have been knocked out of the knitting world cup...nothing new since the great mistake

das ball ist rund....