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All Hands on Deck

December 16, 2009 by Lou · 8 Comments
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I haven’t blogged much recently because I’ve been knitting.  Which means I don’t have enough hands to type at the same time!  I should at least be mostly done with the things I’m knitting as Christmas presents.  Ahem.  I might be completely done, who knows?  I probably would have been fine, but Mum asked me [...]

Let There Be Glove

November 22, 2009 by Lou · 10 Comments
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My “Damson Gloves” [Ravlink] are my current main knitting work in progress.  I have no gloves, you see!  I lost mine a couple of years ago, and it seemed silly to buy new ones when I could make some, so I started on these.  And, um… I finished one plus just past the cuff of [...]

Insufficient Yarn Error

November 6, 2009 by Lou · 3 Comments
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The main project that I’ve been knitting on recently has been the Ishbel scarf, and I was using some really lovely soft, squishy yarn for it: some BFL sockweight by Nimu.

Isn’t it preeeeeeeeeetty?  I know you can’t see it terribly well in that picture because it’s only some of the stocking stitch portion.  But trust [...]

31: What to knit?

July 26, 2009 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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I was knitting on those socks I posted about earlier, but it’s just occurred to me that I could knit my February Lady Sweater instead… it’s been languishing for ages, and I’m sure it won’t take long once I sit down and work on it.  Plus, larger needles might work better with tired, unfocused eyes!

12: What I’ve been knitting

July 25, 2009 by Lou · 4 Comments
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I’ve been doing a bit of knitting… although I need to go and cook soon.  Anyway, these are what I’m working on right now:

I’m a little worried I won’t have enough yarn for two whole socks, which is why I’ve stopped just short of the toe decreases (yes, my feet are that small) on the [...]

On Giving In Gracefully

July 7, 2009 by Lou · 1 Comment
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So, back in March I made some bloggy resolutions about what I intended to do for weekly posting goals.  Obviously, I haven’t kept those up… and then I started feeling like I was in catch-up mode all the time with myself, and oh noes, panic!!  Which is bad, since this blog isn’t supposed to be [...]

Conquering entrelac

April 10, 2009 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Or so far… not.  Heeeeelp!  I’ve been going backwards and forwards on the first half-inch (the setup triangles) of the entrelac sock pattern that is the second pair for this year’s Sock Knitter’s Pentathlon.  I was getting great big gappy gaps between the triangles and after I looked at this tutorial / pattern [Ravlink] for [...]

Friday 5 for April 3: More Questions about Food and Drink

April 4, 2009 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Here we go, my answers for this week’s Friday 5:

What is your favourite fizzy, bubbly drink?
Pepsi!  Or Coca-cola as a second – I don’t like the diet versions (unfortunately!), and I’m not keen on the non-branded ones either.  They just don’t taste the same.  Picky, picky me.
What is your favourite deep-fried food?
Um.  I don’t really [...]

A bit of a catch up

February 5, 2009 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Oops again: I managed not to blog for yet another whole month, and missed my 8-year Blogoversary in the bargain (thanks for the ‘versary wishes!). So what have I been doing?
Well, I’ve done a couple of websites for my brother and another group in his year at uni, for one of their group projects [...]

How many voices, now?

December 28, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Huh, yeah… you remember how I was babbling about different voices. Or ranges / registers in your voice, I suppose. Well, my chest voice is now still about as much use as it was the other day, but my head voice has taken itself off as well. D’oh! I probably sound [...]

Seasonal socialising

December 23, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Whew – today I’ve been round to A’s for pre-Christmas… um… muffins! And company and chat and stuuuuff. It was fun :-) I even have photos of little H wearing the hat I made him back in the summer – hee! I’ll download those off the camera and post them here [...]

Passing post

December 22, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Can’t spend long at the computer, because I need to be sitting with my feet elevated. D’oh. Still, I’m to stop taking the new meds, so hopefully I’ll be back to normal (ahem) soon. I am quite pleased with myself that I’m managing to keep this BloPoMo thing going, though. Even [...]

The amazing expanding feet :-/

December 21, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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It’s looking like I’m experiencing a side-effect from the new medication I started a couple of weeks ago: oedema. My feet and legs have swollen up, and I think my arms have a bit as well. My skin feels too tight. Oh yay fun. This happened to me a few years [...]

Casting off and on again

December 18, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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I’ve been working away on Christmas presents again today, and I got to the casting off part. Only I managed to do it too tightly the first time. D’oh! So I dug out some online tutorials to help me decide which technique was going to be easiest to use instead. Ta-daa:
Knit [...]

Pentathlon sock #5

December 11, 2008 by Lou · Leave a Comment
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Since most of what I’m knitting right now is shhhhh, secret, here: have a photo of something I can show you! It’s my fifth and final pair for the sock knitters’ pentathlon. Currently on temporary hold while I finish the presents I have to do, but I should get it done by the [...]

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