Month: August 2007
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I finally feel like a real designer.DUDE! I was just googling for a particular knitting book online, and I found a UK shop called HCS Crafts. Um, notice anything familiar about that site? They completely ripped us off. (I saved a screenshot for posterity.) As you might imagine, I immediately fired off a rather terse…
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Mary-Helen asks: “How hard is knitting, really?” I agree with a lot of what she says, even as someone who teaches the occasional knitting class. When I teach, one of the biggest messages I try to get across to my students is This is easy. You can do this. It seems that a lot of…
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Just to keep you posted (and so people don’t keep asking me): Things are progressing on the job front. As you might guess, this company puts prospective hires through a pretty rigorous vetting process. So far I’ve cleared three hurdles and I’m still in the running. Hopefully I’ll have news next week!
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Is it real or Photoshop? I scored 6 out of 10, but I have an issue with one of the questions. (Link courtesy of Eileen.)See, I think the Oprah Winfrey question is problematic. I answered that it was Real, simply because I sorta remembered that that had been an actual cover. And it was an…
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Deathly Hollows Wristband. Pretty neat! (Link courtesy of miftik.)
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By Popular Demand: More Tales from Retail HellLook, I like to help people. And I get that some people need a little hand-holding with their knitting. But jeez, it drives me up the wall when someone wastes fifteen minutes of my time simply because they cannot be BOTHERED reading the pattern that’s in front of…
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A woman got hit by a bus at the corner of Druitt and Sussex last night. I crossed that intersection four times yesterday on my way to and from my interviews. I even went through during rush hour last night. I must’ve just missed it.
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Christmas Robin Tea CosyNumber five is done, folks! This one took less than a day from start to finish. The pattern is free online and I think it’s just about the funniest thing I’ve ever knit. I used scraps of 8ply yarn (held double throughout) on 5.5mm needles. It fits a fairly small teapot, so…
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Thanks!Thanks to everyone for their interview help yesterday. It went really well. I’m not at liberty to discuss it right now – as I’m sure you’ll understand! – but things are looking really good. Please keep your fingers crossed for me!
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Mmm, bacon-wrapped pancakes on a stick. I predict the Snook will be ALL OVER THIS. (Link courtesy of Bex, who apparently finds our American foods strange and exciting.)