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Monthly Archives: March 2010
Blog Struggles
One of my ongoing preoccupations concerning blogging is the divisions between the public, personal and private sphere. When I started blogging in February 2001, I decided that I would not write an intensely private blog nor a confessional blog. I … Continue reading
Going Places
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes, a book on how to make geometric models using needlepoint, has won a prize given to oddly-titled books. Written by Latvian mathematician Daina Taimina, it was adjudged the winner of the annual Diagram Prize after … Continue reading
Oopsie.
Some days the internet should be taken away from me. I am feeling delicate, emotional and fragile in a chocolate-eating sense and now I have purchased yarn from online vendors. One skein of merino sock from The Thylacine in a … Continue reading
Dictionary Definition
uncool /ˌʌnˈkuːl/ when you take a photo from a Ravelry user’s notebook and upload it to your blog without seeking permission. See also: cool (Antonym) Usage example: “Seeing my disembodied self on a foreign-language blog was really uncool,” said the knitter … Continue reading
(Ain’t) Misbehavin’
I like late nights. I like staying up till the world around us grow quiet and I can hear myself thinking. I like caffeinated drinks: coffee, tea and various soft drinks. And I like working away until I finish things … Continue reading
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Finding Serenity
Lest you think I am a complete slacker, here is photographic proof of my knitting efforts. My Frankie Says .. jumper is no more and instead I have opted for a long-loved pattern from Rowan Studio 15, Serenity. My knitting … Continue reading
Shall I Compare Thee to the Great Pele?
After the years of Andrew Motion being poet laureate, him whining about it and his “official” poems going “Better stand back / Here’s an age attack, / But the second in line / Is dealing with it fine”, it is … Continue reading
Careful with Words
I’m not a huge gadget fan, but I love my green iPod, Darth Kermit. It’s an old model, but it does the job every morning as I’m going to and fro work. However, I am yet to figure a way … Continue reading
The Other Things In Life
First of all, a huge thank you to Fineskylark and Paula. Ms Fineskylark sent me these gorgeous oak buttons (made in her part of Canada) and Paula has given me the official (and very cute) Ravelympics 2010 pin starring Ravelry’s … Continue reading
The Little Things In Life
First, the obligatory “It is Spring!” photo. Of course I am convinced we will soon see a return to snowy gloom and doom, but I do enjoy being able to walk outside wearing less than five layers. Secondly, a sock. … Continue reading
