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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Photo Op

It may come as a surprise, but I do own an ironing board. Comes in handy for photo shoots, blocking recalcitrant scarves, storing things on, all kinds of uses. Even ironing occasionally. This is the first Fair Isle I ever did, impaled on the ironing board. It really worked, after

Endangered

I love the kakapo. How can you not? It's a chubby, green, and flightless parrot, probably has a funny walk and is horribly endangered. These are some more of my favourite things: The Spotted-tailed Quoll Another endangered animal, another oasis of cute. This one's from

Kakapo

Breeding success for rare kakapo Down on a lonely island off the southern tip of New Zealand, three new kakapo have just been born. These new chicks bring the total number of one of the world's rarest birds to 86. The critically endangered kakapo - fat, green, musty-smelling

Lifesaver

The Sibelius Scorch plugin just saved my behind. I'm playing flute at the old folks home on Sunday, Hubby is preaching the Easter sermon. I have Midi files of the two songs, one I know, one I've never heard of before. Christ Arose is an old

Caedmon's Call

Mystery of Mercy by Caedmon's Call from Back Home (2003) I am the woman at the well, I am the harlot I am the scattered seed that fell along the path I am the son that ran away And I am the bitter son that stayed My God,

Chocolate is good for you!

Chocolate 'has health benefits'. I knew it! Eating dark chocolate could help control diabetes and blood pressure, Italian experts say. Researchers found eating 100g of dark chocolate each day for 15 days lowered blood pressure in the 15 person-study. The University of L'Aquila team also

Perforated

I'm breaking my usual embargo of "no pictures of self on the internet" just this once. After a hectic day, what better thing to look forward to than this: This is my birthday present to myself. The ring is blue titanium and I love how it

First Fair Isle

This is the Fair Isle pulsewarmer so far: It's made using Dale of Norway Falk, a superwash DK weight yarn with a picture of a falcon on the label. I think the grey is a little thicker than the blue. Note the absence of gaping holes at the

Stranded and Woven

I wasn't going to post about this until I'd got some decent results. I knitted something three times tonight and ripped it out three times, but I'm happy with it. I'm working on my first Fair Isle project (cue dramatic music for

Novelicious

Reading through my NaNoWriMo novel last night was a surprise: it's actually not bad. Yes it's rough, in need of polishing, additional scenes, background stuff, but the bare bones are all there. I still like my characters, still think my bad guy is an unscrupulous weasel.

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