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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Flying with needles

It's not quite running with scissors, but I flew from St Louis to San Francisco on Friday with a set of five Colonial Rosewood US1 double pointed needles (2.25mm diameter, 5.5in long, why are we mixing units here?) in my carry-on luggage. I flew back on

FO: Unspun silk neck cozy

You don't need fibre to be spun before you knit with it: Pattern: Koigu neck cozy (Ravelry link) Yarn: Unspun silk hankies (one and a bit hankies) Needles: US7 (4.5mm) Duration: 9th February to 28th April Ravelry project: Unspun silk neck cozy This is the oddest thing

FO: Zen Waves socks

Finished, washed, and delivered to their new owner on a wet rainy Tuesday night: Pattern: My own design Yarn: Crystal Palace Panda Cotton Solid in Ginger Needles: US1 (2.25mm) magic loop Duration: 22nd February to 13th April Ravelry project: Zen Waves socks Socks don't normally take me

Tweets for April 16th to April 30th

* TopatoCo: Keep Calm And Shoot Them In The Head Print. * The Nutella experiment: toasted hazelnuts cooling before being blended. Not easy to get the skins off. * RIP 12 year old blender, you died in the service of a good cause: 3 jars of chunky nutella cooling in the fridge. * Those

FO: Cobalt Squash scarf

Finished my second Butternut scarf: Pattern: Butternut scarf from knitspot (Ravelry link) Yarn: Wollmeise 100% superwash merino in Spina di Pesce Needles: US3 double points (my Blackthorn needles) Duration: 27th February to 24th April Ravelry project: Cobalt Squash I like this pattern, it's simple but pretty. What I

The Nutella Experiment

A friend sent me a recipe in the New York Times to make your own chocolate hazelnut paste, aiming to re-create Nutella at home. The first step is toasting the hazelnuts. How to toast hazelnuts Heat the oven to 350F. Spread the hazelnuts out in a single layer on a

Tweets for April 1st to April 15th

* List of April 1st RFCs on Wikipedia * OH at least twice a week: "I'm not being argumentative but... (argue argue argue f-bomb argue disagree)" * What does one wear, on Casual Friday, to an interview with Federal Investigative Services about a security clearance one already got? * There&

Cool Etsy shops

I'm confident these Etsy shops will never end up on Regretsy. I've either bought from these, or love their stores. Idle Hands Designs Maker of the sutured heart necklace, which I have been wearing most days since I got one earlier this year. Mine is oxidised

Monroe County Sheep & Craft Festival

Saturday we went to the Monroe County Sheep & Craft Festival in Waterloo IL. Google maps failed us and sent us out of town on the wrong side of town, but a nice person at the gas station put us on the right route. We met friends and had the

Zen Waves

I have three projects in progress, which is unusual for me. The most fun are the Zen Waves socks (Ravelry link). This project had a troubled start. I did the toe quickly, stalled while I picked out a cable pattern, stalled again waiting for a fitting, and finally it took

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