tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-189604142024-03-08T02:11:27.910+00:00Random thoughts from another dilettanteA blog: an on-line diary of sorts...Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.comBlogger381125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-65223961467592690912012-11-14T20:11:00.000+00:002012-11-14T20:11:06.266+00:00Reflections on the PathwayIt's seven years today since I started this blog.<br />
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When I first started it, my thoughts hovered round plans for posts and ideas of what I was going to say.
I liked blogging here, it gave me a chance to indulge in one of my life-long passions: writing.<br />
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Meanwhile, I did the Woman Returners to Science Engineering and Technology course with the OU. It helped me identify what work I wanted to do - researching and writing, perhaps a technical author role or something like that - and I developed an action plan.<br />
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But stuff happened, and instead of putting my Action Plan into action, I took a different OU course in the History of Maths. I loved it and decided to undertake further study - but not just then.<br />
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Meanwhile, I blogged on, and crafted on, and wrote essays, and <a href="http://anotherdilettante.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/that-was-fun.html">met bloggers</a>, and <a href="http://anotherdilettante.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/festival-of-quilts-quick-review.html">helped Ferret</a> at the Festival of Quilts.<br />
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And then more Stuff happened, and I found myself writing a Proper Blog on a Technical Subject. It was not just writing, but a whole other set of happenings, like being quoted in the national press, and getting mentioned in the House of Commons. And I started a <a href="http://www.penspot.co.uk/about/" title="links to where I tweet and follow my Pinterest boards">SideBlog</a>, so that the people who liked Me on the Technical Blog could see some of the other things I wrote as well.<br />
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This blog got overlooked: my words were being used up by the Proper Blog.
Crafting turned into my break from net stuff, so I don't want to have net obligations for writing about it. I sometimes put pictures on ravelry. I am knitting some Phlangees gloves at the moment, and the summertime top still.<br />
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Life has changed since I started this blog: the Proper Blog is the kind of work that the OU course said I wanted to do.<br />
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This blog was a necessary part of the route. The journey is not over, but I may have left this part behindPennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-10579424735416605952012-06-05T13:25:00.000+00:002012-06-05T13:25:20.911+00:00'Summertime'What have they done to the compose window, since I was last here? Shows how long it is since I last posted!<br />
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In essence, I've been doing a lot of other writing, so I use up all my blog words before I get to this blog.
I have been mainly knitting on 'Summertime', by Hanne Falkenberg
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<img alt="summertime" border="0" src="http://images4.ravelrycache.com/uploads/pennyuk/106656495/DSCF0093_medium2.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" />Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-83725763188376630092012-03-31T14:21:00.001+00:002012-04-01T21:03:21.734+00:00Twas a wrench...Twas a wrench to let my pansies go!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.penspot.co.uk/piccies/Oct2007/CIMG2506.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px;" src="http://www.penspot.co.uk/piccies/Oct2007/CIMG2506-lo.jpg" alt="pansy material" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There's a lot of fabric sitting unused in my stash. I like all of it, but there's more then I want to own. So I ummed and ahhed and pondered and finally decided....<br /><br />Quite a few of the people who go to my knitting group also sew. Quilts and clothes, ornaments and posies, they like fabric as much as yarn. I knew my fabric was lovely, I thought they'd like it too.<br /><br />So I sent out an email, saying I'd bring it along and was there anything in particular they'd like?<br /><br />And I pulled it out of lurking places and categorised and organised and generally tidied up. I even found the hideous leftovers from the home economics blouse at school (and realised that if it wasn't for the uggh school memories, it was a pretty brown and orange flower pattern that is perfectly up-to-date).<br /><br />I wondered about my pansy fabric collection. It hasn't even got a plan in mind, but it will become something one day. I thought about not taking any of the range in the picture, and then I thought maybe I'll tuck them behind some other things, and then I decided I'd add them to the rest of the fat quarter collection, because if anyone did want them, they'd only want one or two.<br /><br />Anyway, lots of people looked and some chose some things and others chose others, and C picked up the pansy fabrics and sorted and ordered and re-arranged them and then said how much would all seven fat quarters be! Seven of my best pansy quarters! So I smiled and added up the prices on the fat quarter band, and named an amount and she seemed happy and handed over the money, and I told myself even if my best pansy FQs are gone, I still had other pansy FQs.<br /><br />But 'twas a wrench to let my pansies go!<br /><br />Since now I'm OK about it.<br /><br />Firstly, I found that I still had three FQs from the range - the bottom two in the picture and the matching bigger pansy print for the bottom right cappuchno colour. Secondly I have the picture above: it was on my blog from the <a href="http://anotherdilettante.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/ally-pally-what-i-got.html">Ally Pally</a> post of 2007. Which shows two things to me. Firstly, they've been lurking in my stash for four and a half years, and were no nearer being made into anything then the day I got them. Secondly, looking in the picture gives me as much pleasure as looking at them in real life - without the guilt and pressure of ougth-ing to make something.<br /><br />And I can happily think about them in Carol's stash, and her pleasure in owning these beautiful fabrics.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:48%;">£55.90</span>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-88724926495107317272012-02-29T23:24:00.002+00:002012-02-29T23:27:11.602+00:00February RoundupDone a good chunk of Lily Pond.<br /><br />Did a bit of Travellors's Tales Bookmark.<br /><br />Made a Heart Card.<br /><br />Started a Celtic Knot kit.<br /><br />Finished sewing on Lovelace Poppas.<br /><br />Sure there is something missing!Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-79200006538179421192012-01-30T19:43:00.002+00:002012-01-30T20:16:58.508+00:00Your taste is still killer...<p>Found this on a <a href="http://www.folk-n-fancy.blogspot.com/2011/10/so-inspiring.html">new-to-me</a> blog and had to share.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdH2ipXS2PunQfJ4LwyrvyPkRO4EdiOw3dN8oSFIwqIgR4Bik-JR87WK98iRQTKz1fqJqULrEPzZqesJKPJkEbXs2RTxtDsMN-yaAzxv7A445Q5mdnSaahi-QusWB29093KWi9w/s1600/293156_10150290719459626_795709625_7387707_7099296_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659307852911835970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdH2ipXS2PunQfJ4LwyrvyPkRO4EdiOw3dN8oSFIwqIgR4Bik-JR87WK98iRQTKz1fqJqULrEPzZqesJKPJkEbXs2RTxtDsMN-yaAzxv7A445Q5mdnSaahi-QusWB29093KWi9w/s400/293156_10150290719459626_795709625_7387707_7099296_n.jpg" /></a><br /><br />It reminds me of something <a href="http://ferfab.blogspot.com/">Ferret</a> said to me ages ago, which was along the lines of do what you <span style="font-style:italic;">can now</span> do so that you learn to do the more adventurous bits.</p>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-68212115384155600512012-01-06T23:21:00.002+00:002012-01-07T06:41:08.311+00:00TAST - started, sort ofThe <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2012/1/3/take-a-stitch-tuesday-week-1.html">TAST stitch this week</a> is the Fly Stitch, and so I have been practising the Fly stitch. I even managed to write "Fly" in Fly stitch.<br /><br />But what with one thing and another - including doing a live TV interview, on a national TV channel - last week was a very busy week, and a photo remains untaken. This weekend we are away, so it won't get posted very soon.Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-72448610804964984622011-12-20T19:49:00.002+00:002011-12-20T19:51:22.550+00:00Aiming for a chart hit - the Old Oak LamentAbsolutely great song, please buy it. Details <a href="http://stophs2.org/news/4055-oak-tree-lament-buy-now">here</a>. <br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hdruOY7clX0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-8103159629155048212011-12-07T13:17:00.002+00:002011-12-07T13:22:41.263+00:00Take a Stitch TuesdayOne of the few craft blogs I get time to read these days is <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/">Pintangle</a>.<br /><br />A while ago, the author, Sharon B, ran a weekly study, called "Take a Stitch Tuesday". She's show a stitch on the website, and people would work a sample, and post a picture of the results. She's <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/community-challenges/2011/12/1/take-a-stitch-tuesday-2012-challenge-information-page.html">running it again</a> next year. So, I'm signing up.<br /><br />I think I'll probably do a band sampler type thing, although that means finding the right fabric. But I've got a month, surely that's long enough...Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-52902507562221705122011-11-29T21:27:00.002+00:002011-11-29T21:33:38.940+00:00Knitting: the next genThere has been knitting going on. There has been <span style="font-style:italic;">lots</span> of knitting going on. There has been much buying of wool and even the odd bit of buying of knitting needles.<br /><br />For Dear Daughter has discovered knitting.<br /><br />It started with a scarf. She knitted it for herself, and discovered the joy of knitting. Then she decided to knit Christmas presents, scarves and fingerless mittens. This all involved her mother taking her to John Lewis, and letting her choose some nice yarn, Rowan even, and buying ball after ball.<br /><br />Tricky thing for DD was her mother's Christmas present. But I gather that is in hand, and will involve beautiful wool.<br /><br />After the Christmas knitting, DD has plans. They might involve a jumper. A hand knitted jumper. They may involve a handknitted blanket. Or they may involve crochet. <br /><br />Who knows?<br /><br />Watch this space....Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-37610492407291652642011-11-08T22:08:00.003+00:002011-11-08T22:22:27.779+00:00My hand dyed scarf on TVI wore a scarf I hand-dyed to do a TV interview today. <br /><br />The scarf was dyed perhaps twelve years ago, at a craft open day at a hall near where I lived at the time. The organisers changed a nominal fee for doing it. We started with a white silk scarf. The dyes - in this case pink and blue - were dripped onto the scarf, and then it was microwaved to set the dye. I did two, one with lighter colours, the other darker ones.<br /><br />The interview went incredibly badly - luckily it was pre-recorded, but I got asked the same question about five times, before it had a passable take. In the end, they used a very short section, about two or three sentences, but I made the important points. (It was about <a href="http://stophs2.org/news/3688-tsc-report-properly-not-quickly">this</a>. I was <s>scarfing</s>, <s>scafthing</s>, critical.)<br /><br />Not at all relevant to the scarf, I thought <a href="http://faso.com/fineartviews/18233/leaving-the-tribe">this article about creative tribes</a> was interesting. In particular the part where the writer says that her quilt guild was subtly influencing her fabric choices, being lukewarm about the ones she choose. Nobody was to blame, but it still had effects she didn't like.Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-88025347676815949562011-10-06T21:49:00.002+00:002011-10-06T21:59:58.564+00:00A dearth of creativityCan you write a craft blog if you aren't doing anything crafty?<br /><br />Weeks have passed with almost no activity on the craft front: unless you count packing an ambroidery kit when I went away for a week (I was so busy I didn't even take the kit out of my suitcase).<br /><br />Luckily, I have now done something creative, a "Dyeing for Shibori" course at Threads and Patches, in Milton Keynes. It was the second part of the course, I <a href="http://anotherdilettante.blogspot.com/2011/03/dying-died.html">failed</a> to get to back in March.<br /><br />I'm really pleased with some of the pieces, but until I install the software for my new camera, they will remain for viewing in real life only.Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-15134674211368696042011-09-08T21:45:00.002+00:002011-09-08T21:48:27.567+00:00Supernova, seenWith respect to yesterday's <a href="http://anotherdilettante.blogspot.com/2011/09/supernova-brightens-up-7-8-september.html">post,</a> I've now looked at the right star in the right place with binoculars. Of course, I might be deluding myself, when I say I saw it....Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-91462490579181349282011-09-07T21:47:00.000+00:002011-09-07T21:47:14.669+00:00Supernova 'brightens up' 7-8 September - University of OxfordIt's a once in a lifetime chance to see a supernova. If it was earlier, and I was less tired, and had less writing to do, I'd tell you some examples of other supernova which change the course of history. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2011/110907.html">Supernova 'brightens up' 7-8 September - University of Oxford</a>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-71853270039687970242011-09-05T22:53:00.001+00:002011-09-05T22:53:00.132+00:00Even Yarnstorm has comment problems....I don't have problems on this blog with malicious comments (although another site I run does). But you'd never expect that Yarnstorm, of the pretty pictures and domesticality would?
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<br />From her post, <a href="http://yarnstorm.blogs.com/jane_brocket/2011/08/loose-ends.html">loose ends</a>:
<br /><blockquote>:: Yesterday, I put up then took down a post about discovering that someone who had been leaving long, long comments which have caused a kerfuffle (as they say on Little Britain) had done so under three different anonymous/pseudonymous names. The penny dropped when I looked up an IP number and I decided that I was going to play host no longer. I have deleted all his/her comments, and will now be less willing to leave suspect contributions where they can be read. Multiple-identity commenters make a mockery of blog discussions and keeping on top of the incoming comments could turn into a game of Splat the Rat - not something I want to play.</blockquote>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-10493746475679712222011-08-29T19:28:00.000+00:002011-08-29T18:27:38.016+00:00Lost in FranceWe spent the first two weeks of August staying in a recently converted watermill (with working wheel), overlooking a local beauty spot. It was lovely: but a bit like living in a fishbowl, with large number of locals coming to the beauty spot and looking at the working waterwheel etc. If we'd set up a tea and cakes stall, we could have made a fortune.
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<br />Then there was the day I opened the door in my nightie, to see people in a tent on the other side of the river. After quickly slamming the door shut, I realised I might be in my nightie, but they were still in bed…
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<br />There was a little bit of going to the beach (cloudless blue skies, and fierce Atlantic ocean), going to chateaux (Tiffauges, and Saumir and Puy de Fuy), good food, meandering through little towns, and some big ones, plenty of good food and wine.
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<br />We saw several little embroidery and yarn shops, but they were all closed for lunch/early closing day/while their owners went on holiday.
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<br />Instead, my French supermarket scarf:
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<br />and my reduced to €5 scarf:
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<br />Just saying...Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-73640654698936911482011-07-17T13:27:00.002+00:002011-07-17T13:46:20.192+00:00A new kitI really hadn't meant to buy a new embroidery kit yesterday, but it was so pretty I couldn't resist. <br /><br />The price - £1.50, reduced from £2.25 - suggested it had been in the shop for some years, especially is it also has the slightly gritty feeling which secondhand books sometimes have. I haven't been able to find any reference to the kit on line, or even the range, which confirms my suspicion that is pretty old. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.penspot.co.uk/piccies/2011/June%202011/CIMG6964.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://www.penspot.co.uk/piccies/2011/June%202011/CIMG6964-lo.JPG" alt="embroidery kit" border="0" /></a><br />A bit of progress last night.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.penspot.co.uk/piccies/2011/June%202011/CIMG6966.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://www.penspot.co.uk/piccies/2011/June%202011/CIMG6966-lo.JPG" alt="embroidery" border="0" /></a>Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-22327722199891768852011-06-15T21:13:00.002+00:002011-06-15T21:17:12.529+00:00Wordless Wednesday - 15th June<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.penspot.co.uk/piccies/2011/June%202011/CIMG6936.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px;" src="http://www.penspot.co.uk/piccies/2011/June%202011/CIMG6936-lo.JPG" alt="embroidery" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Nearly finished - just some crosses to put in round the centre.Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-38258942092217564102011-05-13T22:36:00.003+00:002011-05-13T22:42:51.169+00:00That DressI wasn't overly impressed with that dress when I saw it on television. <br /><br />But then I saw some pictures in Hello (in the dentist waiting room): close up seeing the details of the lace it is stunning.<br /><br />Fascinating article about it on the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13249018">BBC</a>. They had to wash their hands every 30 minutes (I suppose it made sure they had a break to move around), and changed needles every three hours.<br /><br />Altough I do find <a href="http://twitpic.com/4x0fvf">this</a> commentary rather amusing...Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-6587716415471538502011-04-24T10:19:00.002+00:002011-04-24T10:30:08.383+00:00Happy Easter!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.penspot.co.uk/piccies/2009/April2009/CIMG4388.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px;" src="http://www.penspot.co.uk/piccies/2009/April2009/CIMG4388-lo.jpg" border="0" alt="square of" /></a><br /><br />Happy Easter: enjoy your Easter eggs, church services, local festivals, craft fairs, picnics or lounging in the garden (delete as appropriate).Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-81511868933940215972011-03-18T21:38:00.002+00:002011-03-18T21:50:50.633+00:00Dying diedI was really looking forward to this afternoon: the second part of the <a href="http://www.threadsandpatches.co.uk/acatalog/Nicole_Reynolds.html">shibori</a> course I hadn't blogged about.<br /><br />I'd attended the first part of the course, I'd done the sewing and now I was ready for the new experience bit, the part where I dyed the things I had sewn. Because I have never ever, not even at school, dyed anything ever.<br /><br />I'd got the material, and the rubber gloves, and the dye, and the jug, and the teaspoon, and the string, and all the other bits and pieces. And carried the bags to the car, and my eye was drawn to the wheel.<br /><br />Or rather the tyre. And the tyre was flat: there was no way I was going out to do some dying (my first dying ever, I was so looking forward to it).<br /><br />So I came inside, and I rang up the AA, and was a bit surprised to be told the mechanic would be with me sometime between now and 45 minutes time. And then he turned up and he changed the wheel. And he showed me the cause: a pointy bit of gravel that had got stuck in the nearly new tyre and punctured it. But he also said he thought it could be repaired, so after he went, I rang up the nearest tyre place and they thought they could repair it, so I drove it slowly in on the temporary spare, and they said yes they could repair it.<br /><br />So the nasty sharp bit of gravel (which for some reason I want to keep) cost me 'only' £14.20, when a new tyre would have been lots more.<br /><br />But I still didn't go dying.Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-43040860207280506822011-03-05T21:48:00.002+00:002011-03-05T21:50:29.291+00:00Very lovelorn LovelaceAnd having <a href="http://anotherdilettante.blogspot.com/2011/02/lovelorn-lovelace.html">frogged</a> sleeve one of Lovelace and reknitted it, I discovered that I'd missed an increase in sleeve two, and had to frog that back as well.Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-43467392184525586492011-02-24T21:29:00.002+00:002011-02-24T21:45:18.465+00:00Lovelorn LovelaceI think the problem with my <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEw11/PATTlovelace.php">Lovelace</a> sleeve is self evident...<br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px;" src="http://www.penspot.co.uk/piccies/2011/Feb2011/LovelornLovelace.jpg" border="0" alt="knitting, with error" /><br /><br />Next time, use stitchmarkers as suggested by the pattern...Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-37133146414184777592011-02-10T22:00:00.002+00:002011-02-10T22:12:56.909+00:00LovelaceImagine <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEw11/PATTlovelace.php">Lovelace</a> knitted with Rowan felted Tweed Chunky, in a colour which is probably described as cranberry. With 14 rows to 10cm it is not surprising that I have knitted most of the body in just over a week. (Wool bought Monday a week ago, needles bought Tuesday a week ago etc.)<br /><br />I finally got round to taking some photos of <a href="http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEw11/PATTlovelace.php">Lovelace</a>, but then today turned into a very long day and I'm too worn out to find the camera and upload them.Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18960414.post-30468646709398969142011-01-13T21:08:00.002+00:002011-01-13T22:01:30.373+00:00Cool, in a nerdy sort of wayA minor bit of excitement, that makes me feel cool in a nerdy sort of way. Or is it nerdy, in a cool sort of way<br /><br />This afternoon, I was rung up by someone from the BBC, asking me (yes, me!) about <a href="http://www.ushahidi.com/">ushahidi</a>, because I'd mentioned it <a href="http://stophs2.org/news/984-twitter-blogging">here</a>. <br /><br />That's it really. But it is a bit cool.<br /><br />(Ushahidi is a geographical data mapping tool used by some websites.)Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17220703355730854289noreply@blogger.com1