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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Attack of the blahs

Second Sock Syndrome has set in, and this has never happened before. Normally I like doing the second sock because it means you're more than halfway home. But lately, I've looked at the FIL sock and picked up the leftovers blanket, or the Koigu scarf, or

I have a cunning plan

BBC News: Tower's ravens are kept indoors. The Tower of London has decided to keep its famous ravens indoors to protect them from bird flu. Special aviaries have been created for the six birds within one of the towers of the fortress on the Thames. Legend has it

Something completely different

I've neglected him for so long. All we really needed was a quiet night together. But once I started, I couldn't stop, and before I knew it, I had three of them sat there, eager to be seen: Before I restarted knitting, I tried jewellery-making.

Lostings and Findings

Happy birthday Hubby! Love you! Looked through my pattern books last night and found several nifty things. One was the baby dinosaur and egg pattern I made for Sehlat many moons ago from Knit-a-saurus, a book full of dinosaur patterns. Looks like it's out of print.

Freedom from ironing

BBC News: Design may be homeowners' choice. A new machine which washes, dries and irons clothes could clean up for a Devon student. Oliver Blackwell, who designed the WashDryIron, is exhibiting the machine at next month's Ideal Home Show. The University of Plymouth graduate hopes the machine

Unloved no more!

A parcel was waiting for me today, all the way from France! It is Yvette's unloved sock yarn: Lana Grossa Meilenweit in a turquoise, yellow, green and white colour, I love it! This yarn was on my wishlist page for a while, this exact colour of this exact

New yarn

Got the new Patternworks catalog Monday, all glossy pictures of yarn and projects to tempt you away from the faithful UFOs waiting for your attention. Does anyone know the number of the colour of yellow, orange, blue, and green Koigu on the cover? I love the colours but I'

Valentine's Day random

Every year we've been in St Louis, we've gone to the same restaurant on Valentine's day: India Palace. They give you a carnation at the door, the food is heavenly, and you're on the top floor of a tower building, so you

Sock 3 of 8

I finished this tonight: It's the first sock for my father-in-law, made in KnitPicks Sock Landscape in Yukon. The yarn thickness is a little more inconsistent than the New England Foliage, and it's odd how the light blue stays on one side of the

Hydrogen cars

BBC News: Driving the car of the future. The Honda FCX isn't much to look at, but it's the closest thing to a genuine car of the future you can drive on public roads. Underneath the bonnet - and under the passenger seats as well - is a

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