Spinning FO: Gotland and Suri/Bamboo

It's difficult to take pictures because St Louis has been living under thick fog all week.  After a couple of weeks of -15C weather, it's nice to be above freezing but we're definitely missing the sun.  Desktop wallpaper on my computer is a desert

Pyroclastic flow

When you're in the lobby of the karate school waiting for group class to start, you can't knit lace with charts, or anything big, so I started a sock with a hemmed top from  Shelridge Farm Soft Touch Ultra in Green Apple.  I got this yarn

Tweets for the week of January 15th

* Going to see Eddie Izzard at the Fox tomorrow night! Woo! * I have mink cashmere yarn to play with, from sheared minks. Weird mental image of mink shearing. * Writing creepy fiction for next week's Fictional Authors meetup, unplotted and scary. * My cat has expensive taste, he ignored all

Cowl'd over

I was warned about the addictiveness of knitting cowls, but it was too late because these are next in line: Alexstraza cowl (Ravelry pattern) This could be the perfect pattern for a skein of my handspun yarn. It's pink merino/bamboo 2ply, 198yds of mostly sportweight, and the

Distaff's Day spinning

January 7th was Distaff Day, or Roc day, traditionally the day that housework started after Christmas, and women got down to spinning again.  It was the day I pulled out my spinning wheel after work and spun a bobbin of Gotland wool.  I'm aiming to make 4oz of

Tweets for the week of January 8th

* Eris cardigan has eaten dining table, finally working on cabled hem corner. The end is nigh! Then the sleeves. * Only one thing in my Ravelry "in progress" list, feels very odd. Need a portable project for work on Monday. * St Louis is so cold this week, a cold

Eris is back

Way back in May 2008 I started knitting a cardigan.  I worked on it from May to October, then shelved it.  I couldn't figure out how the stitches at the bottom got cast off.  I wanted to wear it, but I was stuck. This year I resolve to

Top 10 physics stories of 2009

New Scientist's Top 10 Physics stories of 2009 * First black hole for light created on Earth * The perfect way to slice a pizza * The math of gambling * What the Large Hadron Collider is really looking for * Rainbow trapped for the first time * Super clocks - More accurate than Time

FO: A Cunning Hat

If you want a knitter to make something for you, there's a few ways of getting what you want.  One is to ask politely, saying please and thank you.  Another is to offer money.  A fantastic way to get a knitted thing is that breathless look of excitement

Resolutions for 2010

Following Rachael's lead, I resolve not to stab anyone in 2010.  This includes me, and I might have a little trouble with this one because I'm allowed to use the baby sai's at karate now!  Woo hoo, I have weaponry!  They only cover part