Lace Shawl Progress and New Characters

Actually, there's been no progress on the actual shawl, instead I have been charting and swatching my ideas.

( Cut for those with absolutely no interest in knitting. )

On the writing front, I still need Character Fifteen for that meme. I have not forgotten it.

I did have a character "drop in" on the drive to Anthrocon last week.

What I know:

• His name is Daniel Samson Greer. I don't know if that's given middle surname or given hyphenated-surname.


• He is tall and lanky. I don't know if he's light as a feather and fragile or deceptively heavy due to wiry muscles.


• He's adult. Based on his appearance people would probably say he's over 25 but probably under 40.


• He has dreadlocks. They are not his natural hair and are brightly colored. There may be tubing or other non-hairlike textured involved. He changes his hair a lot.


• He wears glasses. He might not need them.


• He probably has piercings and tattoos. He wouldn't go for large gauge jewelry, stretching for flesh tunnels or plugs would not appeal to him. Likewise, there's a low chance of facial tattoos or full sleeves, but a back piece might exist.

What I don't know:

• What sort of world he lives in. Other than one that would allow him to have things like his synthetic dreads and glasses. Cyberpunk? Urban Fantasy? Generic now/near future?


• What he does. I'd like something counter to the stereotype presented by his appearance., but the Rule of Cool could override that.


• What he wears. With the dreadlocks there is a tendency to see him in Boots, with jeans or pants with a ton of buckles and D-rings and such. I'd like to break that up a bit.


• What his orientation is. This normally isn't something I plan out, the characters just start talking, or drooling. Generally though they do let me know if I get is wrong.


• What his relationship status is. Rather linked to the above, and again, they generally correct me if I'm wrong.

I had an interesting dream the last night of the con. It was a bit of a muddled mess, as dreams generally are, but there were some ideas in it that I have been rolling around. It was urban fantasy, mixing up magic and hacking, and there were some ideas regarding magic and consent that I'll be mulling over. My POV character in the dream was not Daniel, but maybe this might be his world. That does make me wonder just who my POV female magic user was, I don't know anything about her other than her willingness to top from the bottom in certain, spellcasting obligated, situations.