Monthly Archives: March 2011
Geeking out
Knitters are such resourceful people. I mean really, have you ever thought of the number of ways we ‘make do’ with things and carry on with substitutions and other ways of working and measuring and counting? Take a poll, I … Continue reading
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Time and place
You know how, sometimes, when you have to figure out some plain sock knitting to take with you to the movie theatre, and you only get 2/3 of the way through the leg during one movie, and then realize that … Continue reading
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On the subject of things that are challenging
In the mean time, I’ve been spending a bit of thought and energy going back to the whole technique of cabling without a cable needle. It’s a favourite technique of mine, knitting-wise, and one that I use and encourage … Continue reading
Filed under cables, demo, design, fearless knitting, tutorial
Like Interests
I have been thinking a lot lately about running. This is partly because it’s spring now (officially, at least, even if the weather is still catching up one step at a time), and also because I go through periods (like … Continue reading
Filed under real life miscellaney, running, steeks
Screw the Ides
My current circumstances are, by some measures, less than ideal. I’m coming to the end of an employment contract which may well be my last gasp of teaching in academia, I have no idea where my next paycheque will be … Continue reading
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Thank goodness for yarn
You know, the more I knit the more I am grateful to be a knitter in the spring. It has nothing to do with needing to produce a bunch of warm garments (although given weather reports for the near future … Continue reading
Filed under finished object: socks, socks, stash, sweaters
Interim
I’m long overdue for some blogging time, and it’s been a scattered last week or two. Since we last met over here, I’ve been keeping my fair share of busy, no worries there! 1. I ran a 5k race last … Continue reading
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