Instant gratification

It is a rare thing that I get some yarn I wasn't planning to get and start using it straight away.   The purple bellamoden sport weight just sucked me in and it looks fantastic knitted up.  Cast on Friday and finished the first sock on Sunday, three days

After the ball was over

After the ball was over, she took out her glass eye, Put her false teeth in the water, hung up her wig to dry; Placed her false arm on the table, laid her false leg on the chair; Then what was left went to bye-byes, after the ball. NaNoWriMo is

Stash enhancement

It's been a while since I ordered yarn in a Loopy Ewe Sneak Up.  Got the email on Monday just as I'd made my 2000 words on the novel and was shutting the machine down. bellamoden in The Colour Purple (merino sport weight) and Gypsy Knits

Greeb and Purble!

When your NaNoWriMo word count goes over the magic 50,000, you get a green bar on your profile.  When you put your novel through the validator, you get a purple winner's bar, a certificate, icons for your website, an entry on the winner's list, and

G.R.O.W.L

Or: Gateway Region Of Wordwarrior Legends. St  Louis is in a Regional word war with  W.H.A.T. (the Warmongering Hoosier Attack Team from Indianapolis)  and D.A.N.G (Dayton Area NaNo Group from Ohio), so we needed a threatening acronym too.   One of our guys gate-crashed the

Today is "No Music Day"

BBC News: How No Music Day struck a chord. No Music Day is on the 21 November. This is the third year to have one.  The first in 2005 was almost a private affair. Other than me [former KLF frontman Bill Drummond] sorting out in my head why I needed

Miscellany

I'm still writing my novel.  They say everything comes together in week 3 and once you hit the 35k mark you're golden.  I made 35102 last night and it feels good.  This is the fourth year I've done NaNoWriMo and it's a

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 placed