Month: May 2005
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Happy belated birthday to my blog and real-life buddy, Amy “gadgetgirl” Barker. She celebrated with dinner at one of the best restaurants in town, and then changed her website design to boot!
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I did it! I totally steeked that bad boy. Check it out: Okay, since most of you probably have no idea what I’m talking about, steeking is a Norwegian technique for constructing sweaters. Basically you knit the whole body as a tube with no armholes, then you physically cut the tube to…
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Lord Vader just read my mind! He insulted me, asked me seventeen questions, had a pow-wow with the Burger King, and then correctly ascertained that I was thinking of a sock. You don’t know the power of the Dark Side! (Link courtesy of Kevin.)
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Ladies and gentlemen, we are nearly ready to STEEK! I am going into the rabbit hole, people. Send positive thoughts my way.
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How have I never found this site before? Threadbared is like Go Fug Yourself, but for vintage sewing and knitting patterns. HILARIOUS. (Link courtesy of John.)
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I sound dead sexxxay!I just had a customer tell me: “You have the most amazing accent. Where’s it from?” I nearly fell over laughing. I said, “Actually that sultry, husky quality you hear is just because I’m sick and coughing my brains out. On a normal day, I have that same reedy, nasal, American voice…
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Not that I’m watching or – *cough* – voting or anything… but how awesome was it that SuperTart Gianna got evicted on Big Brother tonight? I loved that they edited together all her INSANE bragging into one hilarious montage. She’s so Mrs. Elton, all “Well, I don’t talk about myself because I’m not conceited, but…
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Ladies and gentlemen, I am the #1 Google result for “you put your weed in there” quote. My weekend is complete!
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A pretty quiet day – literally – for me today after two weeks of craziness. I went to the Knitters Guild executive committee meeting this morning to be officially confirmed as A) a member and B) their new website maintainer (“convenor,” whatever that means). They were all lovely, but I can’t imagine what they thought…
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The Tapestry Craft website is now live! It launched about an hour late (which is pretty much par for the course for any deadline around here). The first order was placed by the Snook, who was just testing for me. We’re still waiting for the first official sale. Please let me know if you find…