Month: January 2021

  • Shared today on Twitter

    RT @AnisatAkinbani: Are you looking forward to becoming a tech conference speaker this year?

    Click the link below to sign up for the free…


    Time to wind some skeins! https://t.co/SGy8OKVXiF https://t.co/65CBP986mr


    End result of all that unravelling, skeining, washing, drying, and winding… beautiful yarn cakes, ready to start a new project! 🧶 https://t.co/3brKCkz7qT


    @spidie Well, stubbornness and also being a tightarse. That wool was expensive, and I’m not gonna let it go to waste! 😂


    Blog post: The Snook Talks Coffee. It’s a very long interview (yes, really!) covering all the different ways he makes coffee, why he bought the machine he did, and how Munich coffee compares. https://t.co/uMOq3g9b2X ☕ https://t.co/sPFsOxjA5q


    @Sebbenbear There are a few different companies that make them!


  • Shared today on Facebook

    Time to wind some skeins! 🧶


    End result of all that unravelling, skeining, washing, drying, and winding… beautiful yarn cakes, ready to start a new project! 🧶


    Blog post: The Snook talks coffee! In which I interview my husband (yes, really) for his thoughts on coffee making, why he bought the new machine and grinder, and how Munich coffee quality/price compares to Australia. ☕

    The Snook Talks Coffee


  • Shared today on Twitter

    @BugHunterSam Sweet summer child. A Sydney Insta post triggered a global discussion about racism in the knitting community last year; Ravelry caused huge stir when they declared support for POTUS was equiv. to White supremacy and comments blocked, etc. Some knitters are very conservative. 🙁


    @LukeSleeman @BugHunterSam 15 years ago, The Knitters Guild of NSW was deliberately, stubbornly luddite. You wouldn’t believe the struggle to get them to send emails, accept online payments. Now it’s all different. But many in fiber arts want things to NEVER CHANGE, which def affects their politics.


    @mmastertheone How did they turn out? Thinking of baking today. I tend to like chewy cookies rather than shortbread types…


    RT @dtraub: Did you know that Amazon almost died in the early 2000s? How switching from proprietary Unix to Linux saved the company, and ev…


    RT @Mike_Shapes: @matthaig1 I’ve said it before. Conservative voices are being silenced. https://t.co/fplGD15Qqu https://t.co/CThHIw0jX2


    RT @ChloeCondon: There have been several moments in my time working as a woman in tech where a man has said 1 sentence he probably thought…


    7 years ago I knitted the body of Orkney, an allover fairisle cardigan. I realised when I got to the shoulders that it was way too small, so I shoved it in a bag and went into deep denial. This week it was finally time to deal with it… 🧶 (1/3) https://t.co/yVVoEYwSS1


    I started by frogging the whole thing, which gave me a massive allergy attack! Today (wearing a mask and with the Snook’s help) I wound all 12 colours into skeins and tied them securely. 🧶😷 (2/3)


    Then I gave them a bath in wool wash (to remove the dust and relax the kinks) and hung them to dry. Tomorrow I’ll re-wind into balls and start afresh! 🧶 (3/3) https://t.co/jH8weyJz9N


    @ChloeCondon The taco story did crack me up tho 😂🌮🌮


    Watching a doc about the Mercury 7 astronauts to escape reality, and there’s John Glenn, a true hero and patriot 🧑🏻‍🚀🎉, and everything’s awesome, and then he’s addressing Congress in the Capitol and I have to remember about those terrorist insurrectionist assholes again. 🙁 https://t.co/mY9waJ2SE4


    @shandogthecat @Pinboard @gilmae – See? Middle-aged women!


    This is amazing. ❤️🧵🪐 https://t.co/qpFYO8yhqM


    @ElemSciTchr That’s wonderful! I sent it to my Mom @susiegii who runs a quilt shop back in Indiana. How awesome would it be to recreate it?!


    @martijnfrazer That is VERY cool! And if @the_snook and I are ever allowed to travel again in Europe, it’s definitely going to be on our list of places to visit. ❤️


  • Shared today on Facebook

    7 years ago I knitted the body of Orkney, an allover fairisle cardigan. I realised when I got to the shoulders that it was way too small, so I shoved it in a bag and went into deep denial. This week I finally frogged the whole thing, wound all 12 colours into skeins, gave them a bath, and hung them to dry. Tomorrow I’ll re-wind into balls and start afresh! 🧶


    How amazing is this?? ❤️🧵🪐


  • Shared today on Twitter

    RT @lucykbain: One of my goals for this year is to dive deeper into coaching others 🙂 I’m offering four women six free coaching sessions ea…


    RT @DeathStarPR: As Emperor Palpatine is falling down the reactor shaft, several high-profile members of his executive have resigned in pro…


    Already out of date – I’m picking up new work laptop today! Thinking of ways I could preserve the stickers on the old one. Maybe photograph and use as wallpaper on new one? https://t.co/nftKSdr7gR


    RT @IanColdwater: maybe they should learn to code https://t.co/sP46TGrcK0


    Here’s #lanatus in all its glory! ❤️❄️🧶 What a difference blocking makes. The design really pops now, and you can see how the changing needle size affects the shape at the bottom. Lovely design, @susancrawfordvintage! 👏 https://t.co/iGNPidH9tB


    @randomknits @gilmae I have also repeated that anecdote, so it’s possible we’re all three sharing it around in a circle. 😂


    @kouky @mattallen I read the book, wept and wept, and couldn’t bring myself to watch the movie. I decided in a similar scenario I’d take the mother’s route.


    Food for thought? French bean plants show signs of intent, say scientists – Crowley WAS RIGHT! 😈 https://t.co/qmYetYw9IE


    The last time I rode a bicycle in snow was on campus at Notre Dame 22 years ago! I forgot how scary/fun it is. 😂 @ Munich, Germany https://t.co/zfI65ElydK


    @codepo8 The biggest problem I have riding here is that I keep giving way to cars when they are waiting for me. I’ve been conditioned in Sydney to expect all drivers to be hostile and want to knock me off the road!


    @netpraxis Thank you!!


    @cczona Thank you! Fun to knit, too (despite the acres of plain stocking stitch…)


    @dunneteach Thanks Kerry!


    @metaskills Thanks! Didn’t quite make it to the finish line during Reinvent, but hey, there’s still some more sessions to come, so I’m calling it a victory anyway. 🙂


    @netpraxis @carlyfindlay Are you a knitter, Carly?? It’s a really fun pattern to make. (The plain part felt like it took foreeevvvver though.)


    @vertis Yeah, we’ve got one for the ex-Canva folks too… (If any alumni want access, just hit me up.)


    RT @mattstratton: Mark your calendars for next week’s #devopspartygames in a non-US time zone! Featuring @stormy_prime @srhtcn @LucyDavinha…


    @KaiPMDH @mattstratton @stormy_prime @srhtcn @LucyDavinhart @jessalyn @cobusbernard @pczarkowski @phrawzty Oh lord no. As I said to @phrawzty, “I’m a MANAGER these days! I’m just going to make stuff up!” And he was cool with that. So I will be spewing 100% nonsense and just having fun. 😝


  • Shared today on Facebook

    Here’s #lanatus in all its glory! ❤️❄️🧶 What a difference blocking makes. The design really pops now, and you can see how the changing needle size affects the shape at the bottom. Lovely design, @susancrawfordvintage! 👏


    The last time I rode a bicycle in snow was on campus at Notre Dame 22 years ago! I forgot how scary/fun it is. 😂


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    The last time I rode a bicycle in snow was on campus at Notre Dame 22 years ago! I forgot how scary/fun it is. 😂

    The last time I rode a bicycle in snow was on campus at Notre Dame 22 years ago! I forgot how scary/fun it is. 😂

  • Uses This

    Three years ago, I got an invitation from Daniel Bogan inviting me to be interviewed for his site Uses This. This is a site where various nerdy people (lots of Aussies, but also international folks) answer some questions about the tools they use for their work and their hobbies. Unfortunately I got waylaid by life and job changes and lots of other things, but Dan reached out again last month and I was finally able to participate. Go here to read about all the equipment I use on a daily basis!

    Uses This

  • Shared today on Twitter

    @darkosubotica Does that mean you can come back to Germany now? 😂 (Also, booo to Tweetdeck for not recognising and offering to translate Croatian!)


    @darkosubotica Well it didn’t recognise Serbian either! I had to paste in Google Translate, who decided Croatian. 🤷‍♀️ And yay! Safe travels…


    It’s a parody account, but I still ❤️ this and I’m sad she’s stepping down. https://t.co/luq6cScQ7C


    Feeling powerless about things I can’t control, so I blocked my #lanatus. At least this can be orderly and complete and good. https://t.co/qjwJ6l8ItP


    RT @ProjectLincoln: RT if you think the Senate should #ExpelJoshHawley


    Hey, there’s an interview with me on @usesthis! I first got asked to do it *three* years ago, but I’m glad that I finally did it now, after our move to Germany. I talk about all the nerdy stuff I use for work and my hobbies… https://t.co/XQ7pNa9Ivl 🧶🧵💻


    RT @GabbyGiffords: As I sat waiting for information about @SenMarkKelly’s safety today, I couldn’t stop thinking about what you must have g…


    Sometimes baked goods count as self-care: a story in three parts. 🥨 https://t.co/v4I1pHAtha


    @ohhelloana We cheated! You can get frozen ones in the grocery store here. 😂 https://t.co/9C9A5Pzrdg


    @mmastertheone Sweet! Thank you!


  • Shared today on Facebook

    Feeling powerless about things I can’t control, so I blocked my #lanatus. At least this can be orderly and complete and good.


    HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN CARBO!


    Three full years ago I got invited to be interviewed for UsesThis, but for various reasons it got put off and put off. Well, it finally happened and you can now read about the various nerdy equipment I use for work and hobbies. 🧶🧵💻🤓


    Sometimes baked goods count as self-care: a story in three parts. 🥨