Month: August 2007
-
City 2 Surf 2007Old American Guy: Excuse me. I just flew into Sydney today. Is there a race on or something?Me: Yep. The City 2 Surf. Largest fun run in the world.Him: Where does it go?Me: From in the city here all the way out to Bondi Beach. It’s like more than 8 miles. And…
-
Root Beer Float Cupcakes. YUM.
-
Strawberry Tea CosyMa Snook called up the other night to confirm that Rodd’s Auntie is indeed having a booth at this year’s Fifties Fair, and would I mind making some knitted pieces for it? I decided to turn it into a challenge: Just how many tea cosies can one woman knit in two weeks? I…
-
Finished Objects Report!As I mentioned before, my friend Brigita had a baby (named Violet!) and I wanted to make her something. So last week I cracked open Debbie Bliss’s Baby Cashmerino 2 and cast on for the “Cardigan with Moss Stitch Edging.” It’s a very quick little knit, especially when you modify it to the…
-
Comic strip + Harry Potter + knitting = my kind of humour. (Thanks, Bex!)
-
Ooh, neat! My friend Kel has this ASCII Magic Eye movie linked as her Google Chat away message. Can you see the bouncing ball? I can, but seeing Magic Eye pictures is my superpower.
-
Kudos to the 17-year-old student who managed to corner Alexander Downer on climate change. I wish I’d been that politically-aware at that age.
-
Claudine has a lovely little new online shop selling her totes. I just ordered number 3 from her!
-
How to feel like a grown-up: Meet with a mortgage broker. (Thanks to Miss Fee for the recommendation!)
-
I’m already dreading that hill.It’s five days til the 2007 City2Surf, and the Snook and I are once again taking part. We’d hoped to better our times from last year, but the combination of my hamstring injury and his laziness have meant that we haven’t done much training. We’ll do our best on the day,…