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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Navy cannon of the 1590s

BBC News: 'Superguns' of Elizabeth I's navy. The English navy at around the time of the Armada was evolving revolutionary new tactics, according to new research. Tests on cannon recovered from an Elizabethan warship suggest she carried powerful cast iron guns, of uniform size, firing standard

Spinning FO: En Avril Merino/Silk

This is the first skein completed on my Majacraft wheel: 330 yds of 2 ply 65/35 merino silk, light sport weight En Avril roving from The Sanguine Gryphon Spun and plied on Majacraft Rose wheel 25th December 2008 to 19 February 2009 It's not entirely even because

Knitting preserves memory

BBC News: Knitting 'can delay' memory loss. Engaging in a hobby like reading a book, making a patchwork quilt or even playing computer games can delay the onset of dementia, a US study suggests. Watching TV however does not count - and indeed spending significant periods of time

Forward planning

I'll be out of town for a week next month getting training in Memphis TN. Away from Hubby, away from home, away from the stash, away from the books, away from the spinning wheel, and with my boss. I'll be in a hotel room with a

Jet Engine

BBC News: How to build a star on Earth. Nuclear fusion is nature's power source. From the Sun to the most distant stars, the energy that lights up the Universe is released by sticking hydrogen nuclei together to make helium. Since hydrogen is the most abundant element in

Happy Birthday Hubby!

Hope it's a good day, I love you!

Visiting Caveland

Met up with Pat and Jodi to go and see Caveland in Festus. The place is for sale on eBay, and it's a house built in a cave. There are many photos on the Caveland website of the building process. This is the outside, from the top of

Going to my cave

I want to go live in a cave. Hubby says it would be the perfect temperature for a server farm, a few mirrors could pipe in extra daylight, you have seventeen thousand square feet to play with, plus a couple of acres outside. You could put in satellite internet, there&

Strange relations

Some socks are identical twins. I've never bothered too much trying to make mine identical, I'm happy with fraternal socks. But my current pair are only barely related, third cousins twice removed. They're made from Fyberspates 100% BFL yarn, labelled as self striping Peach,

Unspun

There is wool lining up to be spun. I aim to spin twice a week on my new wheel, and I've done reasonably well so far. One bobbin of Sanguine Gryphon merino silk in En Avril at the back. Merino/seacell batts from Tulle and Dye in Sun-bleached

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