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Running late to Guild. Nearly there…


Frocktober #10. When in doubt, wear all the colours. http://t.co/3sPbNNje


There are a lot of checked shirts and hipster glasses in here. (@ Hartsyard) http://t.co/VFpW3oyv


My hipster hypocrisy knows no bounds. I am enjoying a bacon-infused Manhattan. http://t.co/LfjMSdlM


RT @drkknits: Oh. My. God. http://t.co/cNld9fOC // So, this happened, and it was AWESOME.


Remember that Mythbusters where they made the pig’s stomach explode? Yeah, that. Right here.


Inner Westies: no one is being murdered in Chippo. That was me screaming like a maniac during ND’s overtime victory.


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@lemon_lime At Notre Dame, it meant “made out with at a party.” Caused much confusion when my Mom overheard me talking about hooking up tho.


Frocktober #9. I defy this crappy, grey, wintry weather. DEFY IT! http://t.co/apfJwVdU


@drkknits I did not! @knitterjp and I made the executive decision that it was more morally upright to buy a secondhand copy on the weekend.


RT @drkknits: @web_goddess “even if i am freezzing my hipster arse off” // Pretty much. 🙂


@mrs_sockvictim I nearly wore my hair in plaits but decided that might be a bit much. 🙂


@zephyrama Are you doing the Hazel yet? I’ve got fabric ready to go. Trying to decide if I need to make a muslin for the top.


@RoseRed_Shoes @drkknits Confession: I brought jeans to change into for tonight. Going to see Sydney Kings play with colleagues! 🙂


@drkknits Oh, whatever. I am planning something with a loose waist. 😀


@drkknits I have *some* standards. Sweat pants and flanno are only suited to dinner on the stable table at home, right @RoseRed_Shoes? 🙂


Just bought 3 prints by @robertsonart from Anna at @artbuds. Really looking forward to seeing them framed on the wall!


@Justacogitating Is that what that was? Apparently womb horror travels across the globe!


@Justacogitating I don’t see as many photos of him here. To me, he just always looks exactly like Mr. Schu. It’s frightening.


@imdominating @Justacogitating OH PUKE. He looks like someone put every douche in my college class into a blender.


Power just flickered in our office in the Rocks…


@Opheli8 Oh no! I didn’t know that.


Congrats to @kunaal84 on his Buck’s Night, which I am in no way bitter about being excluded from. http://t.co/jZwDLvJ1


Going to my first Sydney Kings game with the @Sitback crew including @trpurcell! http://t.co/6mgLmq5F


If you are watching on telly, I am four seats to the left of LARA BINGLE. No shit. She looks like a dirty Ba http://t.co/8BqsXfsW


Me and Paul and Lara Bingle. http://t.co/8IHxWqKt


Apparently this dude is a singer/dancer of some renown. http://t.co/aDaQPnAq


Who wears an AC/DC t-shirt and knee high leather boots?! This is not a rhetorical question. It’s Lara Bingle.


It’s famous @Sitback developer Fernando with Lara Bingle. http://t.co/h73hsXtk


@gilmae Sydney Kings game, corporate box, court side! We won!!


@lifeasdaddy Nah, we just happened to sit by all of them!


@goshling I’m as surprised as you are n


@tinkabel Not so catty. She looked it!


Not to be all Germaine Greer about it, but Nathan Jolliffe is seriously beautiful in person. http://t.co/cfrCVP2g


@kunaal84 @lemon_lime @drkknits Well, I feel like ASS and my voice is shot, so you’re doing better than me!


@kunaal84 @drkknits @lemon_lime Shall I tweet some of the photos Shane was sending me of you? 😉


@drkknits @kunaal84 @lemon_lime I was just teasing. There was only one, and he posed for it. 🙂


PumpkinWatch 2012 has begun! $3 a kilo at Coles Broadway. http://t.co/pOTsAUSB


@knitdra @drkknits I will be a little late myself…


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Office playlist today has gone from Vanilla Ice to Richard Marx. Coworkers are now eyeing me suspiciously.


@randomknits Very pretty!


Frocktober #8. It’s the gumboots that really pull the outfit together. http://t.co/9GB8npiR


Another relaxing lunch with the @Sitback knitters! http://t.co/UDCiL3ss


@drkknits Congratulations! And it’s nearly the weekend, YAY!


RT @DanielleWarby: OMG Kittens in the city! Best. RT @RachaelLonergan: KITTENS KITTENS KITTENS http://t.co/AeWgz4Zd


@knitterjp @drkknits Ahh, I was hoping you were going. @kunaal84 and I were thinking of trying to fight our way into Topshop/man.


@knitterjp @drkknits And then I thought I’d go to knitting and drink beer and eat pizza, aka HAVE THE BEST NIGHT EVER.


@AusVintageGrrl What’s going on? You all right?


@drkknits @knitterjp I used to have it, but I think I gave my copy to @EileenDCoE… It’s *so* good.


@drkknits @knitterjp SUCH A BOOK SNOB. But if I don’t drink too much beer tonight, I think I can manage that. 🙂


Fought my way into TopMan to have a sticky beak with @kunaal84. I think @the_snook might need a lobster shirt. http://t.co/QTmVmYYr


I just joined the Bowling Club. My first ever Aussie Club membership! (@ Bowlers Club) http://t.co/2vuULTuM


@drkknits @arwenamin @Gidgetknits You don’t know ‘clunker’ yet. Wait for the Woman King. *dry heave*


@drkknits @arwenamin @Gidgetknits Robot Threesomes never end well.


@drkknits To bastardise JFK, we do not do Frocktober because it is easy. We choose to do these things because they are hard!


@drkknits Also, my knees are wet.


@toastman Congratulations on your last day. To new adventures!


RT @likeomg: I think I’ll be wearing matte lippy today… http://t.co/7xV0KCUn


@drkknits Even of I’m the last Frocktober/Cylon in the universe, this Frocktober/Cylon is going to keep her word! (And freeze.)


@drkknits I wish. I’d totes be an Eight if I could have that hair.


@drkknits That line about what you say to seduce a woman? 100% agree.


@drkknits Hilarious, but made me miss @the_snook. He bought me a little glass pumpkin as a present. Isn’t that nice?


@drkknits @the_snook Oh, he would live in squalor without me. No question. But he is appreciative of my organising efforts.


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@randomknits Some books I read advocated that. I’ve done it a few times, but other times just tossed it in. Haven’t been screwed yet.


The forces of evil took away my ability to play music through server. So I hijacked speakers and plugged them into my laptop. BOOTY TIME.


@drkknits Slow down! It’s just a presentation. Go for a walk. Have a drink of water. You can do this!


RT @imdominating: And on John’s birthday too. GIMME http://t.co/FSzI4tZY // Paging @drkknits and @kunaal84…


RT @randomknits: Yep, and 20%…? http://t.co/STTsoa9d // Clearly, “sadness.”


@ptinutz I have seen that site before! Very beautiful patterns…


@drkknits NO. NO. It’s all about anticipation, see?


@drkknits You around on Feb 7? Booking Amanda Palmer tickets for Syd.


Just bought @amandapalmer tix for Sydney for me, @the_snook, @drkknits, and @kunaal84. W00000t!


@drkknits Hit it. There are some clunkers coming up, I warn you!


@lemon_lime @drkknits Pre-sale limited to 4 tix! Buy your own now. We got ‘front’ which means unallocated seats. You can join us!


@lemon_lime @drkknits That was my first choice, but it didn’t seem to give the option. Instead it appears we’re DANCING, BABY.


I have a zucchini bread in the oven and a warm cat on my lap. Happy.


@misswired @stufromoz Is that what that is? It’s scaring the shit out of the cats.


Fireworks were apparently part of Verge Festival? Somebody tweeted pic: http://t.co/rkItm8Fm


@venks79 @rachelbotsman Oh, I wish I could’ve heard her! A friend of mine introduced me to her work earlier this year.


@codepo8 Not only would I sign up to that service, I’d volunteer to be a moderator.


@drkknits Nice one! Doesn’t it feel subversive to wear clothes you made in public and people don’t even know or suspect? #badconsumer


@knitterjp @drkknits I’ve got both of those things!


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Frocktober #6. Mod superhero. http://t.co/ZuMNP3dF


@knitterjp @drkknits This fabric is some sort of knit though. I’m scared of sewing knits! Haven’t done it yet.


@knitterjp @drkknits I don’t actually know! I’ll have to go to the bathroom and check the label. 🙂


@knitterjp @drkknits I checked this sucker. Polyester/Elastane, baby! This thing won’t biodegrade for 1000 years. 🙂


Just ordered Gertie’s New Book for Better Sewing! http://t.co/NlOMu5o5 I am loving those patterns. Wiggle Dresses and Shirtwaists – yay!


RT @ThePunchHQ: Gillard wins a verbal stoush, and maybe an election too: To use a modern phrase, Tony Abbott just got “owned”. H… http …


@Fiestywenchyone @zephyrama @colespitz I cheated. Snook’s in US for work so sending all kinds of shit to his hotel. Got some Colette too!


Hooray! Just spoke to @gadgetgirl70, who is going to join us at the next sewing party! (cc @drkknits @knitterjp)


@GeorgieKnits @RoseRed_Shoes I won’t get it for 2 weeks yet. Had it sent to Snook in US so have to wait for him to come home 🙂


@drkknits @gadgetgirl70 @knitterjp She’s, like, a proper sewer with lots of experience. So she can help us try-hards! 🙂


@RoseRed_Shoes @drkknits @gadgetgirl70 @knitterjp Are you coming? I thought you were sick!


@RoseRed_Shoes @drkknits @gadgetgirl70 @knitterjp Sweet! Okay, rest up and get better…


@ptinutz More sewing than knitting right now, but still knitting. How have you been? You’ve caught sewing addiction too? 🙂


RT @women_say: Congrats @JuliaGillard for standing up to sexism and misogyny. Retweet to respect what Julia fought for today. http://t.c …


@crumpet Portrait of the Artist as a Sexy Lady!


@aimee_maree When I visited Google, they had free tampons and a shared hair dryer & straightener in the bathroom. That was nice.


@ptinutz So many dresses! I am obsessed with sewing dresses right now. 🙂


Frocktober #7. This is the Washi Dress I made this past weekend! http://t.co/SDEy2lef


@drkknits I bought a bunch of “invisible” socks, which makes wearing them with dresses/shorts a lot easier!


@rachievaichie Nah, my first one was the Colette Parfait – which was even harder! http://t.co/oNMbUKXT


RT @antsimpson: Somewhere in Hollywood Meryl Streep is standing in front of a mirror practicing Julia Gillard’s accent. #auspol


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Mother-in-law SMSed to offer me her collection of 70’s-80’s Burda sewing magazines with patterns. YES, PLS.


Oh yes, I have control over the office iTunes today. Guess what, coworkers? You’re getting the entire Best of Bootie catalog.


Frocktober #5. I wore my Docs because I felt like kicking Monday’s ass. http://t.co/xJRVnYbZ


@RoseRed_Shoes @drkknits Mine are 11 years old. Got em in London, and still practically brand new! (I should wear them more…)


@VenessaHunt Hey Ness. I’m trying to remember the name of that annual report people used to send ’round with stats on mobile usage, etc…


@VenessaHunt Was it the AIMIA one? Is that what I’m thinking of? I figured you’re the best person to ask… 🙂


@VenessaHunt Awesome. Thank you!


RT @JennaPrice: I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore. #destroythejoint #iamwoman


I’ve known @JennaPrice was awesome for years. So proud that now everybody is learning it too. #destroythejoint


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Got fabric to fix existing dress… plus make one more. I have officially crossed the line into Stash territory


@stufromoz It was a good thing I didn’t. Ended up quite ill in my stomach. Something didn’t agree with me. 🙁


@drkknits @knitterjp Now have material for at least 6 dresses and a couple skirts. Eep!


If, like @drkknits, you are getting into sewing, I highly recommend the Sew Weekly http://t.co/8SErjNTs for inspiration!


@drkknits @GeorgieKnits Me too. I suspect Pinterest could be a major time suck, so I’ve avoided!


Very cute border print – I think this one will be a Hazel! (How’s yours going, @zephyrama?)


Shirring is awesome. http://t.co/clbCUREO


New dress nearly finished! Just need to hem and finish armholes. http://t.co/Q1V8s0La


@drkknits @RoseRed_Shoes Fit is better than expected. Slightly bodgy around “U”, but not too bad. How long should the skirt be, you think?


@drkknits @RoseRed_Shoes I lengthened pattern 3 inches as it said above the knee for “normal people”. 🙂


I am such a freakin’ hipster, but I think I might have to buy these wooden owl cross stitch frames and make a necklace. http://t.co/LmQ6ny3Q


Washi Dress is finished! Hemmed to above the knee, because I am a hoochie-mama. Also, POCKETS! Very happy with this. http://t.co/aZeI5dKG


@knitdra Very cute!


@drkknits How very Dear Mr. Henshaw of you.


@drkknits Yep, it’s one of my faves. Just reminded me of it, because Leigh uses letters as a prompt to work things out in his life.


@drkknits I went to this one while I was there. Very nice! http://t.co/O6wQRzgq


Just discovered that @kunaal84 “never really got into Battlestar Galactica.” o_O What say you, @drkknits?


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@drkknits That’s nice! I always think white washes me out so much.


@drkknits Remember, with a print going in one direction, you usually need more fabric than you do with an either-way design.


@randomknits @drkknits But I had no idea how forgiving sewing was when I started. I was intimidated thinking you had to do everything right.


@randomknits @drkknits Only starting to feel confident now I know what “rules” I can discard. 🙂


@drkknits I have one too. It fell out of my wallet on the street and I snatched it up embarrassed like it was contraband.


@randomknits @drkknits I think I’m going to do the Washi dress today, but my cotton voile is thin. Should I worry about “underlining” it?


Starting to see upside to single living. I feel like @imdominating. Why isn’t there a Die Hard marathon on TV RIGHT NOW?!


@stufromoz I am very tempted! You’ve got extra tickets? Or buy at the door?


@randomknits @drkknits Quilting with Liberty… The Amish side of me is AGHAST. YOU DON’T DO PATCHWORK WITH FANCY STORE FABRIC!


@stufromoz Thanks, will keep it in mind! Depends how obsessed I get with today’s sewing adventures. 🙂


@randomknits @drkknits If you’re usin’ up scraps, then it’s A-OK. AMISH THRIFT FTMFW.


@drkknits @randomknits It’s because I’ve got a splitting headache from working til 2am last night. Makes me a bit nutty.


Another upside to singledom: blaring Taylor Swift in the house. Yes, really. Suck it haters.


@drkknits Haha, that one needs to be a meme with something cute in all caps.


@drkknits I have lived here for ten years, and that still trips me up at least once a year. Nearly ruined a whole batch of cookies last yr!


@imdominating I will after. I’m heading out to get mah hair did.


@drkknits If you get bored with skirts, this was the first top I made: http://t.co/ISQFwQ7V.


@stufromoz I know, but it’s HUGE in AU IT industry. Recruiters contacting me for jobs from there all the time…


RT @drkknits: Drunk Blondie mix. Yuuuum. http://t.co/rDjh9dyX // I want to go to there.


@stufromoz Well, yeah. You have to separate wheat from chaff. I will never respond to Precision Resourcing again, f’rinstance.


“I’ll have a full head of foils and all your trashiest magazines, please.” #guiltypleasure http://t.co/JmmOBS8b


Greetings. I come in peace from Planet Alfoil. @ Travis George Hair Lounge http://t.co/tNeb4AV1


Foils are out. In the process, got the best head massage of my life. *yawn* I need a nap.


End result of the Re-Blondening. Thanks, Travis! @ Travis George Hair Lounge http://t.co/Ysixk9CP


@randomknits Is that a Peter Pan collar? How stylish!


Dear Universe: I require one of these, stat. http://t.co/vUSNXOsR


@RoseRed_Shoes Thanks! I am really tempted to chop it all off for summer, but I need it long for Halloween. 🙂


@drkknits Come on, Roslin does too! I love how she’s always advocating throwing people out airlocks. She rocks.


Late lunch. (@ Toby’s Estate w/ 2 others) [pic]: http://t.co/5bGUVgRe


I am the queen of finding cute, slightly damaged dresses at Target and wrangling a discount. 10% off for a belt loop that takes 2min to fix!


@ScottRhodie Mine did, and I’m on iOS6. Was your time zone correct?


Realisation: underlining only the front side of a dress was a stupid decision. Luckily, it’s fixable. Will need more fabric tho.


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Hey @pozible, I am trying to fund @crumpet’s project but the site is not letting me login with Facebook (which I used previously). Problem?


@crumpet If it will freakin’ let me in!


@gusseting I’d have to use another email address. It keeps telling me to use Facebook with mine since that’s what I used before.


@crumpet @pozible I got in via a different browser, so it may have been some problem specific to Chrome on my system right now.


I totally just found my prize winning entry for the Easter Show this year: http://t.co/2JxD19Gp.


I’ve got two words for you @drkknits: Bunting. Skirt. http://t.co/ffPRYagV


Frocktober #4. Day of the Dead. http://t.co/yKlDUec9


I find it easier to do chores when I’m home alone. I guess it’s because I know that if I don’t do them, they won’t get done.


Who’s still awake? Anybody? Just me then?


And that’s officially my first 14-hour day on the timesheet. Time for sleep.


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@drkknits I was waiting to hear your reaction. The next eps only get MORE TENSE. 🙂


Ooh, Easter Show Schedule is out! Let’s see if the knitting categories changed.


@drkknits Did you get to “Bitch took my ride” yet? I love Starbuck.


@drkknits Also, Anders. Beautiful Samuel T. Anders is coming your way.


STRANDED KNITTING! THICK LACE OF NON-DETERMINANT FIBER CONTENT! WE ARE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, PEOPLE!


@drkknits Hahaha, yeah, she’s really bad in those first few eps of season 2.


@drkknits I really, really want you to wait to watch the start of season 3 with me, by the way. They’re my favourites.


@drkknits @mrs_sockvictim It’s definitely frack. 🙂


It’s the kind of night where I’m missing @the_snook quite badly. Still at work, lots to do, really stressed out. He always talks me down.


@drkknits Look what just got posted: http://t.co/sBwyfSYK


Wanted to go to Stitch and Bitch. Still at work. #fml


@goldfishgeorge Nobody knows! The Guild have made “suggestions” to them in recent years, and some of them have been adopted.


Home. Wine. Kitty cat cuddles and a little cry. Back to work.


Yummy frozen dinner prepared by Past Kristy has cheered me right up. Thanks, Past Kristy!


@lemon_lime Not sure yet. Client training session from 2-5 is occupying all thoughts.


@indefensible And here I thought I was the only one who liked that movie.


RT @traceyh: October is Rett Syndrome Awarenesss Month… please watch & RT our video about Rett Syndrome & Jovie http://t.co/S6 …


RT @GGDSydney: It’s official, 18th Oct will be very first ALL GAMING themed GGD event 😀 #ggdsydney sign up: http://t.co/hLSrouhK // I’m in!