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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

2009 Ig Nobel Prizes

You have to love the Ig Nobel prizes! And wonder "what were they thinking" when these people got grant money to study... Veterinary Medicine Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, for showing that cows who have names give more milk than cows that are

Tweets for the week of October 2nd

* One tyre going flat on car, the oldest one, the one not replaced last trip to the tyre place, the one I ripped up by accident and replaced. * Clothes shopping: I am now in between sizes and nothing fits right. Either I head back to the gym and keep working

Frankensocks

Frankenstein's monster was supposed to be made from the best parts of many corpses, but it didn't work out so well. Every pair of socks I make is a selection of parts from different patterns. I like rolled tops for toe up socks, and hemmed tops

Treasure from Mercia

BBC News: Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found. The UK's largest haul of Anglo-Saxon treasure has been discovered buried beneath a field in Staffordshire. Experts said the collection of 1,500 gold and silver pieces, which may date back to the 7th Century, was unparalleled in size. It has

Tweets for the week of September 25th

* Vendor list for Strange Folk festival looks awesome! Steampunk and indie and local and upcycled, going with a friend Saturday 26th. * Gym, massage, lunch with Hubby, favourite yarn store, stash-diving, karate class, maybe a movie tonight. A perfect day off work! * Queen of Puddings almost worked, need real breadcrumbs next

Fluttering

Thirty repeats in to the Flutter scarf from MimKnits and I have the lace pattern memorised. There are a hundred of these four-row repeats in total, fifty on each side so I have a long way to go at my current rate of three or four repeats per weekday. Looking

That time of year

But at my back I always hear Time's wingèd chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. Andrew Marvell "To His Coy Mistress" NaNoWriMo is coming, the St Louis regional forums are stirring awake. Plots are considered and outlined, write-ins are

FO: Spiraluscious #2

Finished the hem at knitting morning, grafted it closed at home while the courgette and parmesan bread was on the first rise. Pattern: Spiraluscious by Anne Hanson Yarn: Woolen Rabbit Opulence in Burning Embers Needles: US3 circular and dpns Duration: 13 September to 19 September 2009 Made from the leftovers

Tweets for the week of September 18th

* The phrase "wouldn't say 'Boo!' to a goose" seems to be a Brit thing. It no longer applies, I fear no geese. * What manner of sadist puts the Food Network on the TV at the gym right in front of the Stairmaster and they&

"Crotchety" is a real word

BBC News: The book that influenced all others. Samuel Johnson, born 300 years ago this week, wrote one of the most important books in the English language. So what made his dictionary so special? "Dictionaries", said Samuel Johnson, "are like watches: the worst is better than none,

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