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NaNoWriMo 2010: Week Two

Tradition states that Week Two of NaNoWriMo is where it all falls apart and you wonder why you're doing this to yourself. The words are horrible and everyone else is doing better than you. The sunshine is replaced with Tropical Storm Crankypants, the cookies are mouldy, and the

Abandoned knits

My personal rule for National Novel Writing Month is no knitting until the word count is done for the day. I normally knit at lunchtime, in November this becomes one of my writing sessions instead. I try and write 2000 words a day and I work better if I write,

NaNoWriMo 2010: Week One

Week One of NaNoWriMo is wonderful. Words flow, new friends are made, other regions are challenged, and all is sunshine and cookies and bluebirds. Monday 1st 3238 words. Wrote at lunchtime in the small conference room, another session after my karate lesson, and three 15 minute sprints with Carol after

FO: Lopsided Piggee

Made a plushie for a swap: Pattern: Sock Piggee (Ravelry link) Yarn: Stash leftovers (Silky Wool and a cotton/acrylic) Needles: US2 dpns Duration: 29th September to 4th October Ravelry project: Lopsided Piggee The idea was to knit the plushie and take funny and inappropriate photos of it before sending

FO: Landguard MkII

I made a second Landguard Hat to work out the bugs in the pattern, which I am now confident makes sense. I tried an alteration on the turn up rows and found the original way was best, so I put it back the original way. Pattern: My Landguard Hat (Ravelry

NaNoWriMo 2010 begins today!

Excuse me, I have to go write a novel.

Eris, and realisations

Cold weather is very motivating when you have an almost finished and definitely gorgeous cardigan on the needles. My Eris has been waiting for me: Between knitting morning and quiet evenings, I'm making progress and I've finished and grafted the hem. I have sleeve decisions to

Tweets for October 16th to October 31st

* Cotton candy for breakfast. Being an adult does have some benefits. * Might have designed a knitted hat pattern worthy of official release, my first design. * 12 days till NaNoWriMo and I don't have my plot sorted yet, not sure what crises I need, who does what, & how

NaNoWriMo 2010!

This is my seventh year doing National Novel Writing Month, I couldn't think of a November without it! The Kick Off party on Oct 24th at Fitz's on the Loop was the biggest I have ever seen, with over 70 people attending. There are write-ins scheduled

The English Language

Telegraph News: Hunt for 100 events that shaped the English language From the Anglo-Saxon invasion of the fifth century to modern-day waves of immigration, the English language has been shaped by countless episodes in history. Now The English Project, a charity dedicated to promoting the language, is compiling a list

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