Month: March 2007
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Little Kitty Faces…We’re in the home stretch, people! I’ve got fourteen hours until Veronica picks me up to head to the Easter Show headquarters. (Minus time for sleep, hygiene, and an hour’s worth of faffing about on the Internet tomorrow morning.) Both sleeves are now attached and super-puffy. I’ve done two of the four cat…
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Now here’s a fun question: How high would a tower have to be in order to be seen from both US coasts? I like math geeks.
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Delicious Irony April 2006: Chicago bans foie gras.March 2007: Chicago has wild goose problem. Links courtesy of the decidedly carnivorous Snook, who adds (in a Nelson voice): “Ha, ha!”
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ARGHHH. Seven staff absences in five days. This is getting ridiculous. Anybody want to work in a knitting shop? (I’m so looking forward to my vacation. Only one more week…)
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Square knitting needles and crochet hooks. That’s so weird. They claim they’re way easier on your hands and arms and that they produce extremely uniform tension. I’d be interested in testing thing. (Link courtesy of not martha.)
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How much caffeine do you consume in a day? Check out this online calculator. Just click the green arrows next to the things you drink. Two bottles of Diet Coke puts me around 180mg, which they describe as “in the zone.”
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Holy crap, Tracey and Regan are having a baby! Congratulations, guys! Let’s just hope the Sydney photobloggers aren’t invited to the birth… 🙂
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That’s ONE puffy sleeve!One sewn in, one to go. It’s a wonder I even had the energy. What a week! In three days, we’ve had FIVE staff absences in the shop. Basically, this means yours truly (aka The Go-To Girl) was on her feet and serving customers non-stop. Normally this would’ve provoked a massive rant,…
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You heard it here first: THE KNIT PICKS ARE HERE! I’m unpacking the box at this very second. We’ve also got megatons of Debbie Bliss, including the Pure Silk (which is absolutely divine) and lots of Cashmerino in multiple thicknesses.
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I just discovered that I’m quoted in this article about knitting entitled “Street art goes soft.” I think I remember giving the interview a while ago. (It gets hard to keep track of all my media appearances, dahlings.) She got one thing wrong though – we never had anyone from Quitline at the Knit &…