Travel bug launch
I had a horrible hunch the Slayer sock wasn't going to work. Too tight on one needle, too loose on on the next size up. Frogged the sock and the yarn's in time out.
So I made this instead, Loopy's Red Sock Kit that
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Birthday relaxation
I try and take a day off work for my birthday every year, so today I took a field trip to The Loopy Ewe looking for some red yarn. After someone nearly peeled the socks off my feet yesterday, it seemed expedient to knit her some of her own. I
Fortune Cookie
My Fortune Cookie told me:
BAD WOLF.
Get a cookie from Miss Fortune
Season One of Doctor Who anyone?
Finding history
BBC News: School wall yields historic items.
A unique piece of local history has been discovered in the wall of a local primary school in Gravesend, Kent. A bottle containing artefacts from the day in 1893 when building work on Wrotham Road School finished was dug out by workmen building
Things to watch out for in 2007 (part 1)
Lemon Festival in Menton, France
For dozens of years, the lemon festival delights thousands of people come from all parts of the world. The Lemon became the symbol of the city of Menton. From the golden citrus parade of floats to the giant citrus decorations in the Biovès gardens.
Leaving Blighty
BBC News: Brits Abroad. This is a clickable map of the world with stats about emigration to each area.
An estimated 5.5m British people live permanently abroad - almost one in 10 of the UK population. The emigration of British people has happened in cycles over 200 years. The
Cold snap
There was a "winter storm" on Thursday night, sleet and frozen rain and snow. We're OK, both cars have new tires, and the house is fine. It wasn't fun hacking off 2 inch thick chunks of snow and ice from the windscreen at 6am
Pet Shop Boys!
Hubby got us tickets for the Pet Shop Boys concert at the
Pageant last night, part of their Fundamental tour. It was fantastic! Felt more like a party than a concert, and we met some interesting people. They played old stuff and new stuff, and some really old stuff, and
Contest: Milestones Past
I started this blog in January 2002 and my one thousandth blog post came and went unnoticed because of a quirk in post numbering. I thought it was worth celebrating with a contest, so I'm giving away this yarn to a commenter selected at random:
* Two 50g balls
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