Great conclusion to my knitting class. Three finished socks and two in progress! Now I’m supposed to do community gardening…
I may have overdone it this weekend. Feel like cold is returning for round two…
On the bus to Guild. Looooong day ahead.
In the middle of @mrs_sockvictim’s Colour Theory workshop. Gorgeous and informative.
@bellsg We may put slides online. No Rosered, I think she’s sick!
@knitness What?! The Guildees are all astonishment. 🙂
The workshop was great! We taught 20 newbies how to knit. Library staff were loving it. Massive success. Photos soon…
Photos are up from today’s knitting workshop: http://www.knittersguildnsw.org.au/innercity
@sharre Only took like 5 minutes. I got lots of drag and drop happening here… 🙂
@sharre And the slides are exporting as we speak…
And the cricket is on. If I close my eyes, I can almost pretend it’s summer! Except my feet are freezing.
Why are the cricket commentators talking about Margaret Thatcher and the Welsh coal miners? Just Pom bashing?
@TinyArk That’s only an urban legend. They’re not quite sure how it came to be used: http://bit.ly/D90z5
I’m usin’ ur heater to warmz mah belleh. http://twitpic.com/9zj31
@Alegrya A Cold Rock? Definitely; I’ve run past it several times. Haven’t gone in yet either.
Confirmed: Snookums has the cold too. Did EVERYONE at @mrs_sockvictim’s party get it? There had to be a Patient Zero there.
Heading to M&S for last sock class. That will make 7 hours of knitting activity this weekend that didn’t involve me actually knitting.
Well, I survived the July Knitters Guild meeting and our first “Knit Wits” workshop at the Library. The meeting was also a semi-surprise Presidential visit, and we had several other visitors from other groups as well. Fiona gave a fantastic presentation on “Colour and Knitting” that was very well received. (We’re hoping to have the slides up on the Guild site soon.) Afterwards, twenty newbies turned up for the knitting lesson. We had all ages, from a 4-year-old boy on up to grandmothers. Everyone at least managed some garter stitch, with several ladies progressing to casting on and off, purling, and even ribbing. There are photos up on our Guild page. Thanks to everyone who came along and helped out!
A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister Amy, who joins me in the 30’s today. And just to show what dorks we are now, her preferred birthday gift? A couple domain names for her forthcoming baking business.
Beer Geek Chocolate Salted Caramel Cupcakes. Oooh, that sounds good.
After feeling fuzzy-headed and crap all week, suddenly I’m firing on all cyclinders. Good thing too – today has been manic at work.
My grandpa just forwarded me a picture of an albino peacock “as proof of God’s beauty.” He means well.
Internet – please tell my sister that carbolicio.us is an AWESOME domain name for her bakery.
@nametrader True. She tried to get it but somebody’s squatting. Given that it’s part of her surname, I’m hoping she’ll get it eventually.
@nametrader Carbo, believe it or not. She’s been emailing back and forth with them. She’s made an offer; waiting to hear back.
Finished all my actual work for the day, then spent an hour doing my other job for the Guild. And my shoulders are aching from coughing. 🙁
@Alacaeriel Did you turn off the wifi? If you walk through a lot of wireless areas in the city, that can disrupt the GPS I’ve found.
I got a hell of a stew goin’ on.
Another day, another Guild brouhaha. My website report for the Exec was CENSORED to replace the word “Ravelry” with “the internet”.
@Ezzles I can’t believe you actually did it! The world needs photos…
@bellsg Totally agree. I am obsessed with Joan’s look and am seriously thinking of dyeing my hair red and buying a girdle.
@knitterjp @mrs_sockvictim FRITTERS? MUFFINS? CUPCAKES? What part of “low carb” do you guys not understand? YOU’RE KILLIN ME HERE! 🙂
@bellsg We’ve only just watched the first season. So I’ve still got more to go!
Oh man. Adobe finally killed off HomeSite. All of the websites I built in the 90’s were done with HomeSite. I even got quite a few folks at Netdecisions using it. I’ve still got the CD somewhere in my office. (The original developer wrote a few words about it too.)
Is canning and preserving a moneysaver or a luxury craft? I’ve got no illusions there; it’s definitely a luxury craft. I’m glad the author makes the apt connection to knitting. We do these things to feel connected to our environment, to produce something tangible with our own hands, to create something that hasn’t existed before, and to bring a little bit of joy into our modern lives. We’re lucky that we have the opportunity to do these things. But no, it won’t save you any money. This is what money should be for.
“First Peeps Store Opens in Maryland.” HORRIFYING. They claim it will include – *shudder* – “Peeperphernalia.” I should probably move there, given that I am pretty much the Buffy to this Hellmouth.
Feeling much, much improved today. I might survive the weekend after all!
@mrs_sockvictim Awwww, I can get a fill-in for the baking if you want!
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