More pictures of yesterday’s tea party are up at JP’s site…
Woot, my knee-jerk don’t-overthink-it pub-quiz answer was Iran which seems to be [✓]. I ‘knew’ it was more populous than…
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Mean people suck
Jeez. The knitting world has been rocked by this post over at Yarn Harlot, where she details the harrassment she’s been dealing with from a reader/commenter who doesn’t like her. If you’re visible on the Internet and you dare to utter an opinion on anything, there is someone who will take extreme offense to it. (And haven’t I learned that lesson recently…) I checked out the Twitter stream of the woman harrassing YH, and man, what a nutbar. A nutbar wrapped in pro-American jingoism, too. Depressing.
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Market Skirt
Tutorial: Market Skirt for little girls. So cute! I want one for me.
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Shuffle-Fail
What’s your Shuffle-Fail song? For me it’s “Accelerate” by R.E.M. It’s not so much that shuffle fails for me though, but rather that I mistakenly think I’m in the middle of a podcast. (Link courtesy of John.)
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Knitters’ Tea Party
Knitters’ Tea Party
Today I met up with 11 other frocked-up knitters for high tea at Harrogate Teas in Pyrmont. The event was organised by the amazing Jody as a special outing for the regulars at the Thursday night Morris & Sons SnB group. Over the course of three hours, we enjoyed numerous sandwiches, scones with jam and clotted cream, petit fours and chocolates, and lots of tea. (There were also several bottles of bubbly being passed around, but this sickie took a pass.) It was lovely! We knitted and chatted and tweeted and amused the heck out of some American tourists. There were also many photos taken…
 
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Lovely lazy sunshiney Saturday. Off to Farmers Market, then out to high tea with local knitters. Oh, and I dropped a pound. WIN!
Cornucopia. Now to Broadway for meat & cat litter, and that’s the shopping sorted. http://twitpic.com/bilem
All frocked up and heading for high tea with my knitters. How civilized!
Lee, with sandwiches. http://twitpic.com/bjepg
It’s @mrs_sockvictim enjoying her tea and knitting. http://twitpic.com/bji4m
JP (@knitterjp) and scones… http://twitpic.com/bjjit
I’ve been told I did it backwards. @RoseRed says “JAM, THEN CREAM!” http://twitpic.com/bjl11
We’re into our third hour… and the sweets. Oh, the sweets! http://twitpic.com/bjo4q
Stuffed! @mrs_sockvictim and I are on a sugar high… http://twitpic.com/bjpzl
SONOFA…. Just realized that I’ve spent the last four hours knitting a Mobius strip. GAH.
Mobius strip frogged and reknit while watching Richard Burton skeeve it up in “Anne of a Thousand Days.” Tea party photos are on the blog!
@realtimshady Awwww, congratulations! Here’s to many more. 🙂
Just saw that ABC is going to have a public speaking competition/reality show starting soon. HA! I am seriously considering applying.
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Shared today on Twitter
@witty_knitter Do you get to induct me into the sisterhood by whacking me on the shoulders with an umbrella? Because you should. 🙂
@donttrythis So that makes the second time you’ve been portrayed by a girl! Remember me? http://bit.ly/caGrv
@zephyrama ACK! Yeah, the Snook had to learn that one too.
@witty_knitter I feel empowered! Next time I’ll throw the can back at them. (I should add that Rodd PRETENDED NOT TO KNOW ME as I did it.)
Going for a run…
Just completed a 4.92 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/TjJYM #RunKeeper
@carbolicious We have a Cold Stone knockoff in Sydney now. It’s called Cold Rock Ice Creamery. That cracks me up. Haven’t gone there yet.
Correction: Snook didn’t need to learn not to machine wash hand knits. He needed to learn to check my laundry pile for hand knits.
@carbolicious Wow, I like the bits dripping off the edges.
I saw that the “knit graffiti” at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair is gone after 1 week. Stolen? Cleaned up by staff? Completely rotted in the rain?
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Jill and Kevin’s Big Day
Jill and Kevin’s Big Day. It’s a YouTube video of the opening of a wedding, and it’s just the best thing I’ve seen on the Internet in ages. Made me smile and laugh and dance, and tear up a little bit. All weddings should involve goofy dancing! (Link courtesy of Eileen.)
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Shared today on Twitter
There is no mood so foul that it cannot be improved by the first 20 seconds of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.”
Sydney knitters – anybody available to help teach kids to knit at lunchtime tomorrow? I’m scrambling for a few more volunteers…
@Ezzles That is very, very likely. Man, every single time I run King Street I get spotted by at least one person I know!
Heading to Morris & Sons for some knitting time…
@knitness Yeah, they ran 60min late for me Wed. I just left, but others are still going…
Non-knitter overheard the graffiti knitting drama discussion tonight and laughed and laughed. Exactly. It’s absurd. Great reality check.
My sister @carbolicious appears to have signed up for Twitter…
Oh man. If you need to start your day with joy and happiness, watch this: http://bit.ly/4mRn61. I couldn’t stop smiling.
Bogans @ stop light just threw can onto street. I marched out & said: I’LL GO PUT THAT IN THE DAMN TRASH CAN FOR YOU. Grumpy old woman = me.
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Marlborough Farmhouse
I yearn for a Boot Room.
We just watched the Marlborough Farmhouse episode of Grand Designs. WOW. This is absolutely my favorite house ever featured on the show. I want it. This is a house I could see myself living in out in the countryside… eventually.Read and add comments: Marlborough Farmhouse2 responses
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