Month: June 2009
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I really need to make the Snook a Persian Love Cake. Looks like something he’d like!
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There, I Fixed It. Ha! It’s like CraftFail but for DIY and home repair.
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Sick. Ugh. I felt kind of crappy and tired last weekend, but it never turned into anything so I figured I fought it off. Turns out that wasn’t quite the case. Friday morning at work I suddenly became aware of a telltale tingling in my lip. Cold sore! Again! This is my second one this…
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New iPhoneYes, I’m a bit of a Mac fangirl, but you have to believe this wasn’t my idea. The Snook started thinking about getting an iPhone a few months ago. (It was all due to wurdle, really, which he played whenever I set my phone down.) I told him he should just get one of…
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Cranford MittsI saw Lyn’s Cranford Mitts last week and realised they were the perfect project to use up the Noro left over from my ribbed socks. The pattern is available for free (but just watch out because there’s a missing YO on row 8). I cast on last week and had most of the first…
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Button NecklaceI spotted a stall selling these necklaces when I was at the Kirribilli Art & Design Markets earlier this month. The seller had necklaces and bracelets of varying lengths, some in bright colourways and others subdued. I was drawn to the shiny discs like a toddler to candy. The buttons are strung together with…
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From Alegrya today: “@web_goddess isn’t knitting supposed to be a way to dispel stress and drama??” Ha! You’d think that. Instead last week started with a fellow Sydney knitter being harrassed by lawyers for a big craft company, and this week I copped it for an innocent email to my own guild group about Ravelry…
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Interview with the artists behind Wall-E‘s end titles. I loved the end titles; they were absolutely my favorite part of the movie. (Link courtesy of kottke.)
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Buffy vs. Edward. A couple people sent me that link, and it was FANTASTIC. “In this remixed narrative, Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer at Sunnydale High. It’s an example of transformative storytelling serving as a visual critique of Edward’s character and generally creepy behavior. Seen through Buffy’s eyes some…
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Carnivores: Keep being awesome! Okay, that made me laugh a little bit. (I still love you though, vegans.)