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  • Alpaca Beanie

    Alpaca Beanie

    I finished the alpaca beanie for the Snook! This was purely to use up the extra bits I had left over from making his scarf. I casted on 132 stitches and then just made the pattern up as I went. His scalp is pretty sensitive and he doesn’t like hats that grip too tightly, so I only did a minimum amount of ribbing at the bottom. (The alpaca is nice and soft too.) I put in a band of the same slipstitch pattern I used on the scarf, and I did radial decreases at the crown. I just need to weave in the ends and give it a block!

    Alpaca beanie

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  • Shared today on Facebook

    Trying to convince the Snook that he should make us a timpano for Christmas dinner, using @stanleytucci’s recipe from his book Taste…

    Have any of you ever worked for the AEC? (I know Kristin Apolony has.) I’m considering volunteering as a poll worker for the next election here. You have to pledge to be “politically neutral” and I’m not quite sure what falls under that. I’m pretty sure that “volunteering to support democracy” probably counts as partisan activity in certain, uh, large countries in the world.

    I’m making good progress on the alpaca beanie I’m knitting for Rodd to match his scarf. No pattern; I’m just making it up as I go. #knitting

  • Beanie progress

    Beanie progress

    I’m making good progress on the alpaca beanie I’m knitting for Rodd to match his scarf. No pattern; I’m just making it up as I go.

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  • Wrapstodon

    My Mastodon instance (aus.social) is participating in “Wrapstodon,” where the server generates some fun end-year-stats for you. My most popular post was this one featuring my niece Indie’s embroidered sneakers!

    Wrapstodon

  • Timpano

    Timpano

    Trying to convince the Snook that he should make us a timpano for Christmas dinner, using Stanley Tucci’s recipe from his book Taste. 

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  • Shared today on Facebook

    My friend Kristin Apolony mentioned on Facebook yesterday that she would have a stall at the Moore Park Christmas Markets, and she asked if anyone could come cover her for a bit at lunchtime. I volunteered! So I’m helping to sell her very clever 3D-printed puzzle gift boxes. And I made a sale!!

    After more than 20 years of having the same timber dining room set, today we sold it and set up the new one. SCHMICK!! 😍

  • New dining room set!

    New dining room set!

    After more than 20 years of having the same timber dining room set, today we sold it and set up the new one. SCHMICK!! 😍

  • Riddle Me Gifts at Moore Park Christmas Markets

    My friend Kristin mentioned on Facebook yesterday that she would have a stall at the Moore Park Christmas Markets, and she asked if anyone could come cover her for a bit at lunchtime. I volunteered! So I’m helping to sell her very clever 3D-printed puzzle gift boxes.

    Two women at a craft stall at a market

    Puzzle boxes

    Puzzle boxes

    Riddle Me Gifts sign

  • Don’t be a creep, Mr. Feynman.

    After 10 days of tech conference, *of course* I was going to come home on Friday night and watch a 3hr documentary on why Richard Feynman’s legacy is mostly BS. Who wouldn’t?

    (via Metafilter)

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  • YOW Sydney 2024

    In the end, I managed to see almost every talk at YOW 2024. Here are the final four talks I saw today…

    Holly Cummins presenting at YOW

    Johan Janssen presenting at YOW

    Unmesh Joshi presenting at YOW

    Josh Long presenting at YOW

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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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