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Archive for January, 2006
uh oh
Posted in finlandia, interweb on January 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
knitting olympics
Posted in knit on January 27, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I am in.
I am a very slow knitter, mostly because I do not have much time to spend knitting. Or at least, that’s the excuse I have always come up with. Maybe I’m actually just slow!
En tout cas, I joined the Knitting Olympics, and made the cut for Team Canada. I am planning on knitting [...]
sock surgery
Posted in knit on January 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The Cable and Rib socks are finito! Finally!! Which means my Addi turbos are free and ready to cast on for a new pair of socks. Um, I was thinking something that fit me this time…
Anyway, photos of the finished sock to come. Hopefully of them on the recipient, a small-footed friend.
Tonight, some photos of [...]
I am famous – part two
Posted in toronto on January 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Walking into your local MEC store and seeing a large poster of yourself can be a bit disconcerting. The only thing that makes it better is if it is part of a display selling rocking calendars for an excellent cause. And also if the picture is part of that calendar, and was created by a [...]
A Christmas gift
Posted in craft, finlandia on January 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I got a Christmas poscard from Finland that had a built-in gift (love those crafty Finns!).
The postcard front was a thin layer of birch, dyed blue. It had perforated designs in it, and when you took off the plastic wrap, there was a piece of string and a sheet of instructions!
disassembled postcard: check
Because I am [...]
Crafty update
Posted in craft, knit on January 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I am working on two pair of socks – a pair of Jaywalkers (started over the holiday) and the cable and rib socks of previous posts. The Jaywalkers aren’t seeing a lot of play these days. The cable and rib socks need one some grafting and some ends sewn in, and they will be ready [...]
I am famous – part one
Posted in toronto on January 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Several weeks ago, I was interviewed by one of Toronto’s weekly newspapers – eye. I was interviewed about cool person extraordinaire Ali, who had just won an award for her great volunteerism. We are on the board of directors at the Community Bicycle Network together.
The article is at eye, where it unfortunately was cut from [...]
