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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

FO: Angora Neck Cozy

Made from fuzzy bunnies! Pattern: Koigu Neck Cozy by Karen Ko Yarn: Louisa Harding Kimono Angora Pure, 1 skein Needles: US4 and US2 dpns Duration: October 25 to December 5 2009 Ravelry page: Angora neck cozy Serious pattern mods on this one. I didn't use sock weight yarn,

Tweets for the week of December 11th

* Huddled around teacup for warmth, absolutely NOT moving to Russia any time ever. * Kata lesson with Jim, carpet seams and floorboards are my friends. Also need an odd length piece of dowel or pipe for practice. * Have shovel, will travel. The Traveling Shovel of Death is in the back of

Methane produced on Mars

Imperial College, London: Life on Mars theory boosted by new methane study Scientists have ruled out the possibility that methane is delivered to Mars by meteorites, raising fresh hopes that the gas might be generated by life on the red planet, in research published tomorrow (Wednesday 9 December 2009) in

Google Wave

Got my invite for Google Wave a couple of weeks ago, and I've been playing with it a bit. Stable it is not. Bug free it is not. But fun? It could be. Useful? Maybe. My first impression is that it is a bigger, better version of instant

Have shovel, will travel

The Travelling Shovel of Death (TSoD) made a guest appearance at the NaNoWriMo 2009 St Louis region TGIO Party! Injun Joe presented it to me, then had to spend about 20 minutes explaining it at the bar ("So, what's with the shovel?"). It's staying

Tweets for the week of December 4th

* Right knee is one massive bruise from practising Drawbridge technique for a week. Can spar again now instead of test practice! * Carpet install and bathroom painting have sapped my will to write. 54207 and still not done. * UPS took from 2:59AM till 5:39PM to deliver my parcel? Good

Catching up

All sorts of things get pushed off during November. Now it's December (when did that happen? I'm not ready!). Knit I finished a pair of socks for Heather for Christmas, pattern is a modification of Monkey with a toe-up heel-flap and a rolled brim. Did some

Wrapping up NaNoWriMo 2009

Another November, another novel complete. This was my sixth November novel, and even though it's still not done yet, it's my favourite. I'm going to try and write a thousand words a day until it's done, which should be about a week.

NaNoWriMo 2009 Winner!

Validated my novel today at 50104 words: There's a minor wrinkle in that the story has another 10k still to run, but I won! I can get a hard copy printed! Despite house repairs, and karate tests, and grotty weather, I wrote a 50k novel. Now I can

Tweets for the week of November 27th

* 100 pages and a foggy sunrise photo this morning, got Long Two Kata RIGHT last night. Good times. * Owl City is my new favourite band, and SO unlike the other stuff I listen to. Love Fireflies and Vanilla Twilight * Found my little camera in a pile of cables! It had

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