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Talk like a Pirate Day!

September 19th is Talk Like A Pirate Day! Shiver me timbers! Normally I wouldn't talk like this, but there's a nifty WordPress plugin that is doin' all th' hard work fer me, avast. The Swedish Chef option on th' plugin may turn up

Stretch goals

I'm not a "big projects" person. Some people can churn out shawls and sweaters in no time; I take about a month for a pair of socks and judge bigger projects in terms of how many sock's worth of yarn they use. 800g for

Right-sized fashion

This is extraordinary sensible. BBC News: Madrid bans waifs from catwalk. Madrid fashion week, one of Spain's most prestigious shows, is banning underweight models on the basis of their body mass index (BMI). UN health experts recommend a BMI of between 18.5 and about 25, and some

Star City camp

BBC News: Inside Russia's space camp. The location symbolises the sensitivity. For years, Star City didn't appear on any maps - kept hidden away from the West's prying eyes during the Cold War. Even today, gaining entry to Russia's Cosmonaut training centre

Spin to knit

Spun some more Coopworth Sunday night, it's the colour of really dark chocolate. The first twenty minutes were spent joining new roving only to have it come apart further back, and trying to ignore the pitiful mew of Quantum outside on the landing. I lost a lot of

Hemp and Lace scarf, take 6

Decided to try the trailing fuchsia lace pattern for the worsted hemp yarn, and I think it's working. The Summer 2006 Interweave Knits was a big help with yarnovers following purl stitches, from part one of their lace primer. Totally messed those up on the first try and

Blogging without breaks

Wall Street Journal: No day at the beach. In the height of summer-holiday season, bloggers face the inevitable question: to blog on break or put the blog on a break? Fearing a decline in readership, some writers opt not to take vacations. Others keep posting while on location, to the

WIDTW

(Title stolen shamelessly from Plaid Dragon) Finished the heel on the first Owl sock and tried starting the Column of Leaves scarf. Messed up row 1 twice, and row 2 once before I ripped it out. Maybe I need something simpler. The yarn is a good sized worsted weight, looks

Bill and the Nannygoats

First meeting of Anna's book club Monday this week, and we're starting with Reading Lolita in Tehran, a book about a book club, with study questions in the back. It's very recursive. The club is called Bill and the Nannygoats, for no readily apparent

Wellies ahoy!

BBC News: Experts make robotic welly wanger. The eccentric British sport of hurling wellington boots has been given a mechanical makeover by scientists at Aberystwyth University. More commonly known as welly wanging, experts have built a machine capable of propelling a welly up to 262ft (80m). A team has taken

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