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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Alternative comics

Everyone reads Dilbert and Garfield. My favourite alternative comics are: User Friendly Tales of from the trenches of Columbia Internet. Also features a Dust Puppy, the Elder God Cthulu, and the battle between geeks and marketing. xkcd "A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language." These are a

Snapshot - August 2008

It's been a while since I did one of these. September and March in 2007 were the last. Similar to phoeknits weekly thing but a lot less frequent: Knitting Eris is back in the lunchtime knitting slot, which is pretty much the only time I knit. I have

FO: Honeycomb Diamond socks

Yarn: Mama Blue Simple BFL in Beekeeper. Pattern: My own. 12st easy toe from Knitty, panels of Diamond Rib from Sensational Knitted Socks, Sherman heel, rolled top. Needles: US0 40in Addi circular, with US1 dpns for cast off. Duration: 11th July to 11th August 2008. These socks suffered several mishaps

A Tale of Two Hats

My beloved husband wears a hat, a baseball cap that has seen better days. He loves that hat, and it gets comments because of the Linux penguin, Tux, on the front. I got it for him from ThinkGeek at least three years ago and I've been bugging him

Lucky 13

August 5th is our 13th wedding anniversary. I love you Hubby!

Yarn Tasting

I attended the first ever Yarn Tasting at Knitty Couture on Saturday 2nd August. The yarn was from Imperial Stock Ranch in Oregon, who have a herd of Columbia sheep, a cross of Lincoln and Rambouillet breeds. There were different wines to try, chocolates, fruit, cheese and crackers, and three

Tortoise and Hare

Last knitting morning I got Eris to the start of the waist shaping and the end of the third skein of yarn. The pattern says I only need eight skeins, but I have two in reserve just in case. I'm using the cabled waist shaping to match the

Boozy shrew

BBC News: Small shrew is heavyweight boozer. A tiny tree-shrew that lives on alcoholic nectar could - pound for pound - drink the average human under the table, scientists have discovered. Malaysia's pen-tailed tree-shrew waits until nightfall to binge on fermented nectar from the bertam palm. Despite the

Limping over the finish line

The Tour de Fleece is over. I didn't get as much done as I'd hoped, but having surgery partway through will do that for you. I did finish a mini-skein of Navajo-plied, spindle spun, Wensleydale yarn that I'm pleased with. I took three rest

Seaglass

Glass that has been tumbled and smoothed in the sea washes up on beaches as sea glass, or beach glass. Got these on Etsy, but I replaced the jump ring on the cobalt piece with a silver bail from Rio Grande. The glass is likely ten or more years old,

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