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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Ongoing with Eris

Still in the raglan increases. Counted nearly 300 stitches to make sure I was on track, and everything's fine (though my interpretation of "repeat twice" needs a little work). Really looking forward to getting the arms and body divided! Each row is taking an ice age

Someone stole my blog post

It's been an interesting week. As in the curse May you live in interesting times. Some weasel in Russia had been scraping my blog feed since the start of May and republishing all my posts on their spam blog with Google AdSense ads. They were stealing content from

The Eris Chronicles

Finished the yoke in 11 days, and it looks fantastic, I love how the neckline stitches are curled in to make a collar seam. Picking up stitches around the yoke was less arduous than I expected. You practice the picking up method with the centre back join. I cheated and

Purity

As a physics graduate, married to a chemistry graduate... (NB: in his about section, the author says "You can post xkcd in your blog (whether ad-supported or not) with no need to get my permission")

How to write James Bond

BBC News: Faulks' quest to follow Fleming. Sebastian Faulks has written a new James Bond novel in the style of Ian Fleming to mark the centenary of Fleming's birth. To pay homage to the man who created 007, Faulks decided he had to get inside Fleming'

Spinning lessons

Last Friday was Anna's first spinning lesson. She used my Cascade Little Si spindle and some Romney locks I flicked and drafted into roving. It felt good teaching her how to do something I enjoy, watching her work out how to get around the obstacles on their own,

Making lightning

BBC News: Tripping the light fantastic. It is near pitch-black in the viewing room where we are standing; a soft red glow exuding from a warning light above the door barely cuts through the darkness. A klaxon sounds, and, suddenly, a giant flash of lightning bolts through the air,

The price of fuel

(Gas station at the corner of Ballas and Clayton, St Louis MO.)

Round the Bend

Started my Eris cardigan last week, I haven't started a sweater-sized project since the Eternal Sweater for Hubby in 1994. Short rows with cabling is an interesting experience! You knit two sides of a U shaped yoke (with a torturous pick up in the middle) then pick

Tagged!

I got tagged by Sue for another meme: The Rules: Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been

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