The problem with taking a break from weekly postings is that well, as you can see, you can end up just not posting at all. Lots of stuff has happened since February, firstly some very sad news. My cat Emma died just after midnight on September 19th. She was about a month shy of [...]
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New blog – The Perils of Christmas Knitting
There’s only one word to describe this past weekend. Frantic. I’ve been knitting Christmas presents and cursing my slow knitting pace. Sadly, I’m not a knitting speedster. Things that take other people three hours seem to take me three times as long. So next weekend may see me taking a little break from knitting for [...]
Copyright and this Blog
There seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the internet and the question of whether if something is online if that means it’s automatically in the public domain. There are also some horrific tales of people’s work being used without their consent, and to make matters even worse, sometimes being used inappropriately. So although, [...]
PHOTO: Cake!
Another charity bake sale at work Another charity bake sale at work
Happy Batman Day to Me
In the past I’ve been lucky enough to have Batman films open on my birthday. Today, sadly, that’s not the case. Instead Green Lantern is out from tomorrow. Whether it will be an appropriate substitute remains to be seen! In the past I’ve been lucky enough to have Batman films open on my birthday. Today, [...]
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Bake sale at work Bake sale at work
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New shoes! Red glitter leopard print ones! New shoes! Red glitter leopard print ones!
A OK
Went to the hospital today and my results were good. The weird black thing was just breast tissue so huge relief all around. Now I can get back to the rest of my life Edited to add – Thank you so much for the lovely comments! Really appreciated them Went to the hospital today and [...]
New KnitCast plus tidying and updating
Earlier today I recorded the first new KnitCast for nearly three years. It’ll go live next week and just needs a little editing. I’m quite excited about it Had a few technical hitches but my interviewee was delightful and didn’t seem to mind too much. For recording I’m using Pamela which records Skype conversations. I [...]
Eight Years of SpaceCraft
Never have I been so grateful for drafts! I wrote this post last week while I had the idea in my head. And, today while I lay here recovering from a pretty nasty bout of gastroenteritis, although I’m not sure that there’s a good kind of it!, I’m very glad that all I have to [...]