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  • Child’s French Sock in Citron Pattern and Diaper Knitting

    Child's French Sock in Citron Pattern and Diaper KnittingLong name… for a fairly unsatisfying pair of socks. I dunno. I’m just not loving these. It’s mostly the colour, I think. The yarn is Wired for Fibre “Rita” merino sock in the colour “Opulent”. In the hank it looked like more of a semi-solid, so I thought it would be a good choice for this fairly busy pattern. Unfortunately when I started knitting it, the pink stripes really stood out and started to compete with the stitches. Not good.

    Anyway, the pattern is from Knitting Vintage Socks. I knitted both socks at the same time on 2.75mm circulars. Despite looking complicated, the pattern was actually very easy to memorise. I’m still not happy with my lace knitting though. (My yarnovers between two knit stitches are way smaller than my YOs between a knit and a purl. I fear this would be problematic in a larger piece.) I do like the way the diaper knitting continues down on the heel flap. I was finishing the socks at Morris & Sons on Sunday when Mrs Morris came by and admired them. “You like ’em?” I said. “They’re yours. Happy birthday!” At least they’ll go to someone who really likes them. (More pics on Flickr and details on Ravelry.)

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  • Wes Anderson’s

    Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox”???
    Oh dear god. Wes Anderson is making a stop-motion animation version of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox (which I’d like to link to on my RDF site, but it’s having a server issue at the moment). This looks… not good. There appear to be lots of random characters that aren’t in the book, and the stunt-casting is just ridiculous. (MARIO BATALI as a voice actor?!) And judging by the comments, there are going to be callbacks to other Anderson films. UGH.

  • Swine Flu

    Swine flu numbers in Australia jumped by nearly 800 yesterday! I can also report that my “degrees of swine flu separation” is now ONE, as someone I know was diagnosed yesterday as well. (He didn’t have it when we saw him last, so it’s unlikely that the cold the Snook and I both have is related.)

  • Shared today on Twitter

    A-ha! Knitting Utegate mystery has been solved. The mystery email purported to be from me was from someone else entirely!

    @Timmay83 And I’ll probably still be coughing from this cold. Barry and the Apples will definitely be bringing up the rear of the team comp!

    @witty_knitter HAHAHAHA… It was you! Check your email. 🙂

    @witty_knitter Sent. Enjoy the insanity. 🙂

    Three meetings in a row… Let’s do it.

    Hm. Someone I was in contact with 10 days ago has been diagnosed with swine flu. I caught my “cold” 48 hours after I saw him. o_O

    Darn. Swine Flu Victim only got sick in the last two days, so no chance we caught it from him.

    On top of everything, frickin’ Guild (Joomla) site got hacked today. So that’ll be fun to fix.

    It wasn’t a targetted hack; just some script from China taking advantage of site vulnerabilities. Pain in my bum, really.

    @sharre Fell into it. Snook & I were like we are now from the start. Moved in together after 3 months. It helps that we are THE SAME PERSON.

  • Mars Experiment

    Ooh, remember that fake Mars trip/experiment I posted about a few months ago? Tomorrow they’ll be freed after living together in a small confined space for 105 days. The scientists put them through all sorts of tests to induce sleep deprivation and stress. That’s so cool! Next they have to send 100 people to Antarctica like in Red Mars.

  • We Have Lasers!!!!!

    Laser Portraits – that just might be the most awesome site on the Internet. I know for a fact my sister, brother, and I all have similar school pictures in my Mom’s basement somewhere…

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  • Fairs

    Carnivals, Festivals, and Fairs of Missouri. Gorgeous pictures, and one of the things that I really miss the most about the Midwest.

  • Rainn Wilson in Galaxy Quest

    I did not know that Rainn Wilson was one of aliens in Galaxy Quest. Huh.

  • Jewish American Girl Doll Eats Bagels Sans Schmear. That title just cracked me up. (The word “schmear” always reminds me of Sandy Cohen from The O.C.)

  • Shared today on Twitter

    The Knitters Guild got a plus in this month’s TimeOut Sydney: http://twitpic.com/a6yv2

    @witty_knitter It seems to be smacking me around with Round 2.

    Whoa! Just discovered that Avenue Q is coming to Sydney! Finally a musical I think the Snook will be happy to see…

    Dammit! I haven’t gotten tickets yet! Shouldn’t have told you guys; it’ll sell out! 🙂

    Casey has enabled group chats on Ravelry. Party over at Australian Knitters! http://www.ravelry.com/chats/603

    @knitterjp Huh. I got in right away! Are you on PC or phone?

    @knitterjp It’s weird, because I see you listed as being in the chat.

    @knitterjp Tia wants to know if your Java is up to date!

    Snookums force-fed me paracetamol. Feeling much better now.

    @randomknits I blame myself and the Ravelry chat room for at least part of that.

    Just completed a 4.31 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/13wTKZ #runkeeper

    First run in over a week. There were some… snot issues… but mostly I felt pretty good. Mentally I feel a zillion times better.

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My name is Kris. I’ve been blogging since the 90’s. I live in Sydney, Australia, and I spent most of my career in the tech industry.

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