A sneak preview of my current project. I am test-knitting a pattern for Old Maiden Aunt and I’m quite excited about a new technique I’ve just picked up.
The Six Weeks of Silence idea seemed particularly attractive this morning after waking up abruptly at 5am because of a neighbour getting ready for work and then [...]
Saturday’s Guardian Magazine had a short, but fascinating, article on the joys of silence. The author of the article, Sara Maitland, rented an isolated cottage on the Isle of Skye for six weeks and attempted to live in complete solitude and silence. She had brought enough food to last her six weeks, a few books [...]
Where on earth do you guys come from?
Fourth Edition was started last year after a six-month-ish blog hiatus. Earlier the same year my then blog, Bookish, had been deleted by my then web host (others had similar problems with the company and were far more vocal than me - good on ya, Ras). [...]
We went to the 3D/2D Craft Fair today. Having recently visited survived the Crafts For Scotland/Hobbycrafts, I was wary of visiting today’s fair but came away quite impressed. Not only does this craft fair have superior quality control, they are also far more diverse whilst remaining local. Unlike Hobbycrafts you don’t have navigate around [...]
How did I miss this? New Tim Finn album, woah. And, potentially even more intriguingly, an album filled with rarities available to buy online via the link above.
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Posted 07 November 2008
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Finn
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Having had very little sleep the night before, I was a bit of a mess yesterday. I was sobbing my way through post-election coverage on the TV and my sobs turned into full-blown chest-wrecking wails when I heard the Obamas were getting a pound puppy. Oh, dear internet, I was a sight to behold. My [...]
Yesterday I knitted this hat whilst I was waiting for the election results to come in from the US. I was sewing on the flower when Obama was declared president elect. I have no idea what to do with the finished hat, though. I will probably never wear it.
I have been binging on a [...]
Two neo-conservative faces from the BBC coverage of the US election.
John R. Bolton
David Frum.
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Faces in the crowd in Chicago:
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Posted 05 November 2008
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News
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Dear world,
How will the world look tomorrow? I think it will look pretty much like today, although today is particularly sunny for a November day in Glasgow, Scotland. The sun will shine again tomorrow and I will once again wage a (losing) battle with my fridge and its tendency to freeze my milk. It [...]
World, meet my red cardigan. It’s a simple raglan cardigan with garter stitch ridges on the yoke and a stockinette stitch body. It’s very warm (which is why I finished as quickly as I could because the temperature’s dipping below zero every night) and the colour itself keeps me happy in the midst of [...]
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Posted 03 November 2008
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Purls
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