Impending blanket

For the record, I hate sewing things up.  Hate it.  And this will need some serious blocking.  But it's warm!  So very warm, and it'll be soft too after a spin through the washer.  Presenting the technicolour yawn leftovers blanket: It's the size of

Spring Cleaning

I've been clearing out the old projects.  The FIL socks were finished on 27th February.  The Koigu scarf was finished on 3rd March.  The third strip of the leftovers blanket was finished tonight: This leaves only the Eternal Sweater.  Half a front, one sleeve, sewing up, and I

Much better now

There is only one better way to spend my birthday than a day off work, alone, flitting from place to place with no obligations or deadlines, and that is to start that day at the spa with a massage.  Thank you Hubby, I really needed that!

Landmarks and a gift...

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Name that road

BBC News: Psycho Path 'craziest' road in US. A street in the US state of Michigan has won the dubious honour of being chosen as the most bizarrely named of more than 2,500 entries. Psycho Path won first prize in a competition run by an American website.

Socks and pancakes

Finished the FIL socks last night, they'll probably get mailed to England at the weekend, along with the leftovers in case of darning. There's a lot of yarn leftover.  I liked working with KnitPicks Sock Landscape and Sock Memories, but I prefer socks that can go

Time and Perception

Fascinating BBC News article, Time out of mind , about the body clock and time perception. The body clock determines our most fundamental behaviours: when we wake up, go to sleep, and eat. But it also determines our physical strength and performance over a day.  However basic the clock's

Bloglines and Apple security

Bloglines isn't picking up the feed from this blog.  I've emailed them about it, checked the feeds are being produced properly, checked my server, and got the databaase issue from last night fixed.  Everything's OK on this end.  So I'm waiting for

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