Author: Kris

  • Shared today on Twitter

    There is no mood so foul that it cannot be improved by the first 20 seconds of “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.”


    Sydney knitters – anybody available to help teach kids to knit at lunchtime tomorrow? I’m scrambling for a few more volunteers…


    @Ezzles That is very, very likely. Man, every single time I run King Street I get spotted by at least one person I know!


    Heading to Morris & Sons for some knitting time…


    @knitness Yeah, they ran 60min late for me Wed. I just left, but others are still going…


    Non-knitter overheard the graffiti knitting drama discussion tonight and laughed and laughed. Exactly. It’s absurd. Great reality check.


    My sister @carbolicious appears to have signed up for Twitter…


    Oh man. If you need to start your day with joy and happiness, watch this: http://bit.ly/4mRn61. I couldn’t stop smiling.


    Bogans @ stop light just threw can onto street. I marched out & said: I’LL GO PUT THAT IN THE DAMN TRASH CAN FOR YOU. Grumpy old woman = me.


  • Marlborough Farmhouse

    I yearn for a Boot Room.
    We just watched the Marlborough Farmhouse episode of Grand Designs. WOW. This is absolutely my favorite house ever featured on the show. I want it. This is a house I could see myself living in out in the countryside… eventually.

  • Joe and Joey

    Yay! My stepdad and little brother got photographed in the South Bend Tribune while waiting for Lou Holtz’s arrival at a fan festival. (Joey is wearing a Lou Holtz mask, in case you’re wondering.) How fun!

  • 100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About

    100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About. The one that made me laugh was #92: “Writing a check.” Not in the NSW Knitters Guild! I swear; they’ll be the last cheque-requiring holdouts in the country. The Snook and I finally killed off our cheque account a couple months ago, since it was costing us $10/month and we wrote maybe three cheques a year. Of course, that came back to bite me in the ass when I needed to send in a new Guild member’s registration form last week. Instead I had to make a special trip to the post office to get a money order, which cost me $4.50. It’s ridiculous. We pay all our bills electronically now, and there’s still this one organisation requiring me to send in a bit of paper.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Whoa! Message from @AusVintageGrrl. Customs House evacuated for fire alarm. Not sure what that will do to the scheduled knitting workshop!


    Going to the boxing gym. Not surprisingly, I am REALLY looking forward to punching some stuff.


    Chicken Kiev, garlic beans, and sauteed parsnip and carrot with honey and rosemary glaze. Bow before my domestic goddess-ness!


    @redambition @bellsg I blogged the carrots and parsnip recipe. Very recommended!


    Now it’s time for tea, knitting, & Battlestar Galactica. Only thing marring this peaceful scene is the truly disturbing object I’m knitting.


    @Ezzles Google “Bokaclava” or look it up on Rav. And don’t say I didn’t warn you!


    @Ezzles And no, I’m not putting it on an effing tree. πŸ™‚


    @mirvettium Nah, balaclava in the style of a demon from Dr. Who. Google “bokaclava”. πŸ™‚


    Okay, but it’s not my fault none of you will be able to sleep tonight. Behold… Bokaclava: http://bit.ly/Q8VAt


    That’s the designer’s. Mine is in navy. Just sewing it up now. Still need to make nose, mouth, & horns…. http://bit.ly/1buB0O


    @Ezzles It was an Extreme Knitting Challenge by a guy at work. In exchange he’s going to design my Halloween invite this year. πŸ™‚


    Front and back of demon head have been sewn together. Did I mention this thing will be on the slopes of Perisher this weekend?


    So sore from punching yesterday. (I needed it though.) Now let’s see if I can actually manage a run…


    Just completed a 4.37 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/18jyyu #RunKeeper


    This is so weird. They’ve knocked down a couple walls in the office, and now there’s all this SPACE in my peripheral vision.


  • Shared today on Facebook

    Now it’s time for tea, knitting, & Battlestar Galactica. Only thing marring this peaceful scene is the truly disturbing object I’m knitting.


  • Sauteed Parsnips and Carrots with Honey and Rosemary

    The star of tonight’s dinner: Sauteed Parsnips and Carrots with Honey and Rosemary. YUM! We had a couple parsnips rattling around the bottom of the veggie box that I needed to use. The Snook isn’t a big fan of roasting them, so I found this recipe. It was great! I followed the advice to put crispy bacon on top too. Highly recommended.

  • New Zealand Tourism Posters

    New Zealand Tourism Posters, as seen on Murray’s office wall in Flight of the Conchords. I’ve got no idea how the whole Australian-New Zealand antagonism storyline plays in the States, but it sure cracks up me and the Snook (who found the link).

  • Box Pouches

    How to Sew a Perfect Box Pouch. Awesome! I think I might have to try that out. Looks like it would make nice little gifts.

  • Shared today on Twitter

    Any of you use Evernote? I’m trying it out to see if it can tame the beast that is my scribbly work notebook. Tips appreciated.


    Always fun to find people tweeting mean things about you, as opposed to talking/emailing like human beings. πŸ™ @bendbeanies @deadlyknitshade


    In positive news, I’ve invited AU knit graffiti artist to SnB Thurs. She seems really cool & promises lots of info/gossip from NGA exhibit.


    @Ascasewwen Ahh, but did you steal it? Of course not. You’re not a sociopath.


    @codepo8 See, “punny baby t-shirts” & “something to blog about” are far too high on my list of Reasons to Have a Baby. Hence, no baby. πŸ™‚


    Old guard of the Guild think I’m hell-bent on destroying it from within, while the “punk” knitters think I’m a stuffy Grandma! Too funny.


    Thinking srsly about starting guerilla scrapbooking movement. Will involve public use of hole punches. I DON’T EVEN CARE IF I GET ARRESTED!


    Left work an hour early for Dr appt, only to find he’s running an hour behind. On the plus side, might as well kill time with a massage!


    Hmm. Graffiti MacramΓ©? My wonky owl-shaped plant holders will speak of urban decay, Western decadence, & shocking lack of fringe in society.


    @crumpet I knew you’d like the owl reference! My grandma had one like that, and it was awesome. πŸ™‚


    I got antibiotics for bronchitis. And my massage? SHE WALKED ON MY BACK. That was new.


    @mrs_sockvictim Whatever gives us the best chance of a book deal and/or talk show appearance!


    @deadlyknitshade Thank you. I did think the phone booth showed a lot of work and creativity!


    @venks79 Um… even with your newly skinny self, I’ll still go with the 40kg tiny woman, thanks! πŸ™‚


    @witty_knitter I actually used that at the Dr tonight: “See, I caught this cold 2 wks ago that has devastated the Syd knitting community..”


    @mrs_sockvictim Ok, you have to make that for Halloween. Except evil. SO AWESOME.


    Guerilla Latchhook: turning the world into one giant shag rug, one bus stop at a time. (I can’t stop! Actually, I really like this one. Hm.)


    @redambition Dr. Chin knows not to bat an eye at my eccentricities these days. I really need to knit him some socks.


    @redambition Dr. Chin knows not to bat an eye at my eccentricities these days. I really need to knit him some socks.


    @Justacogitating You should find them and start wrapping them around stop signs. You can be the second subversive in my movement!


    @crumpet Me too! I think they must have some automated bots. Must be very quiet now. (DON’T MENTION THE HOLE PUNCHES!)


    Very happy to say that Dr Chin was thrilled with my weight loss (and inches lost around waist). No charts or lectures this time!


    @knitterjp Day 3 was the worst of it for me. (You should skip the knitting workshop and rest! They’ll survive.)


    I sold yarn to Kim and Kelley Deal last year at the craft shop I worked in. (Oh wait. That was actually really cool!) #lameclaimstofame


    @redambition Huh. When I went to Myer for a makeover, I looked like I’d been hit by Homer’s makeup gun (set to “whore”).