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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Works in progress

Started the Silky neck cozy on Saturday. Used just one strand of Silky Wool, I'll probably end up making another cozy with the pink yarn. It's a very simple pattern but I love the puffiness of the fabric. The yarn is very soft and warm. The

Stash diving and novel writing

I haven't cast on for anything since finishing the Boudica socks, which are a good fit and look great. I'll definitely be looking for more BFL sock yarn. It's been eight days since my last stitch and I miss it. I have a skein

The letter of the law

BBC News: UK chooses 'most ludicrous laws'. A little-known law which prohibits people dying while in the Houses of Parliament has been voted the UK's most ludicrous piece of legislation. Another law which states it is treason to use a postage stamp upside down was

Can't talk, writing a novel

Just crossed the 5.5k mark. I'm aiming at 2,000 words a day and so far all of my characters are miserable, except the cat. Writing was hard the first day, it's flowing a lot better now. The St Louis region is in a Word

The calm before the storm

'Twas the night before NaNo, when all through the house Not a keyboard was stirring, not even a mouse; The laptops were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that a good plot soon would be there; There are be St Louis NaNo'ers at the Steak

FO: Boudica socks

Did the last few rows today. Lunchtime knitting is replaced with lunchtime writing in November and I really wanted these done before NaNoWriMo starts. The fabric is very dense, and I love how the horizontal braids turned out. Yarn: Wooly Wonka superwash BFL sock yarn Pattern: MimKnits Boudica Socks Duration:

NaNoWriMo strategies

National Novel Writing Month is approaching fast. The St Louis kick off party is on Sunday 28th at the Clayton Bread Co. from 4-6pm, Hubby and I will be there in our NaNoWriMo 2007 t-shirts. My basic rule of NaNoWriMo is "write every day and make at

Sock race

I am hurrying to finish the Boudica socks before the novelling madness starts on November 1st. One is complete, the second is at the gusset increases. I have learned a LOT from this pattern: * Starting toe-up by knitting a flap and picking up stitches * Correct way to do m1b

2007 Ig Nobel winners

The 2007 Ig Nobel prizes are out! There is a BBC News article on it, and this is the full list. I think the Aviation prize is my favourite, though the chemistry one is a close second. I'll stick to chocolate... Medicine Brian Witcombe of Gloucester, UK, and

NaNoWriMo preparation

This year will be my fourth National Novel Writing Month, fifty thousand words all written in the thirty days of November. I have my plotbunny in hand and a list of odd things to research (the French Resistance in WWII, neutrino mass and energy, how unions work, etc.). Three more

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