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Month: July 2012

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Thinking about karma. Just seem to be alternating between really great & really crap things lately. (My step-grandpa is in hospital now.)

    Now that the frenzy about the launch has died down, we can talk about it a bit more! Big props to the @Sitback Solutions team I worked with on this amazing project. Very proud to have been part of it! http://sitback.com.au/things-weve-done

    Here’s @barbercraig85 cutting the cake! http://instagr.am/p/NSwaXMRJAG/

    I am SO the target market for this. Love it. (This is the first video I’ve ever seen of theirs that wasn’t them performing the song?)

  • Photo post

    I made @barbercraig85 a Union Jack cheesecake for his last Friday at @sitback .
    I made @barbercraig85 a Union Jack cheesecake for his last Friday at @sitback .

    Edited to add: The recipe for the cheesecake is here, if anybody is interested. It’s a no-bake cheesecake, which mightily offended the Snook at first. But it’s a deliberate choice; if you baked the cheesecake the top likely wouldn’t be as white. It’s very quick and simple to make, and everybody loved it. I used frozen berries and they worked just fine.

  • Seven.

    Dear Snook: Seven. It’s okay to have SEVEN.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Eating my lunch. Co-worker: “Ohhhh, so THAT’S meatloaf!” Me: “Uh, what? Yeah.” Turns out Irish people only know meatloaf from American TV.

    I checked Twitter wondering how @knitterjp’s labour is going and hoping she’s doing okay… only to see her talking about wool. Typical! 🙂

    @drkknits @knitterjp I would also like you both to know that I am still pushing “Seven” for other friends’ babies too. Right, @avechoco?

    @knitterjp @drkknits Did you even suggest it to @talclark? MAYBE HE LIKES IT! MAYBE HE’D LOVE A SON NAMED SEVEN, HUH?

    @lachlanhardy The Backsliders are playing the Vanguard in a few months, I think.

    Dear Sydney: please send me your ideas for free/cheap family-friendly activities I can do with my visitors next week…

    @Opheli8 Ah, that’s on Sunday. Good idea, but we’ll be up the coast at Coffs for the weekend.

    @voicework Ooh, bonus points because I haven’t done either of those! Off to the google… Thanks! 🙂

    @3rd_Gen_ At the knitting shop: “So do you just get to knit all day long?” Me: “Do you have any fucking idea how retail actually works?”

    RT @venessapaech: Women athletes fly economy to the #Olympics, while men get business class: http://t.co/D9c7meGJ #wtf

    Celebrating. It was a very good day. (@ Abercrombie Hotel) http://t.co/ynGfbpY9

    RT @flavorpill: The most awesome cats in art history http://t.co/eCLatjhP

  • Shared today on Facebook

    Eating my lunch. Co-worker: “Ohhhh, so THAT’S meatloaf!” Me: “Uh, what? Yeah.” Turns out Irish people only know meatloaf from American TV.

  • Donald J. Sobol dies: Author wrote popular “Encylopedia Brown” series – The Washington Post

    Donald J. Sobol dies: Author wrote popular “Encylopedia Brown” series – The Washington Post – Oh no! I loved these books, and some of the things I learned from them stick with me today. (Like the fact that a gold brick would weigh 300lbs, and a word with three double letters in a row is ‘bookkeeper.’) I also loved that Leroy’s best friend and bodyguard was Sally, a smart but tough girl who punched out the town bully, Bugs Meany. This grown-up Sally salutes you, Donald J. Sobol.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @redambition You got pipped to the post by @knitness! Already organised to go with her Saturday arvo. Sorry… Next time?

    Whenever I do patchwork I end up swearing like Yosemite Sam. I made 4 mini-blocks tonight and NONE of them line up properly! RAZZAFRAZZA…

    RT @bonappetit: Summer love! @momomilkbar Crack Pie http://t.co/0anKeJZB & cold brew coffee http://t.co/WPK2qiW4 together in our top …

  • Caitlin Moran

    “They Don’t Make Feminists This Outrageous Anymore” – Slate article about Caitlin Moran and her book How to Be a Woman. I read the article and immediately bought the book on Kindle. Looking forward to reading it next week on vacation!

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Sexy Jane Austen? http://t.co/vdRP1k3k How lame. True fans bought a copy of “Mr Darcy Takes a Wife” YEARS ago. #bandwagon

    @randomknits Those eyes! She looks like a damn anime character.

    @mrs_sockvictim Very cool! I’m going to ride my bike so I’ll go right past. 🙂

    @mrs_sockvictim What? I just rode past and I didn’t see any horses! 🙂

  • Paper Dolls

    Paper DollsI should properly document this one, huh? The pattern is Kate Davies’s Paper Dolls, which is a short-sleeved pullover with a fairisle yoke. Since I can’t do anything simply, I decided to convert it to a cardigan. I bought the main wool (green Rowan Felted Tweed) nearly three years ago at the Wool Inn in Penrith. The brown and cream contrast colours are Grignasco Tango from Fiona. I went up a size or two to get some ease through the body. I still knitted it in the round, adding a 6-stitch steek up the middle (and making that the start of all rounds). For the sleeves, I simply made up the increases making sure I finished on the right number of stitches for the yoke pattern repeat. When it was done, I did a crochet steek with hand-stitching for extra reinforcement. Then I cut it open. I had originally intended to put a button band on it, but once I tried it on I realised it wanted to be a jacket with a zip. So that’s what I did! I did an i-cord edging along the fronts and then hand-sewed in a zipper. I love it! (More photos over on Ravelry.)