At an actual business meeting. Involving wine. (@ Rag and Famish Hotel) http://t.co/1xcKqwPR
@janiematts Same thing happened this time, except it was a red-headed Englishman bearing red wine. Oof.
Month: May 2012
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@laimelde Did they pop the quick releases? Just to be a jerk? Back wheel is way harder to remove than front wheel, right?
Pre-meeting caffeination. (@ The Treehouse) http://t.co/CFwO3WRP
She may have underwhelmed as Tonks, but as Osha, that actress is KILLING IT. Total BAMF.
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KRISTY frozen in CARBONITE!
Get Yourself Frozen In Carbonite At Disney “Star Wars” Weekends – Oh man. That’s so awesome. (Link courtesy of Shane.)
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Paris cyclists given right to break traffic laws
“Paris cyclists given right to break traffic laws”. Hey, that’s brilliant. Just this morning I stopped at a red light on Ultimo Road waiting to turn left onto Darling Drive. And there was no traffic coming from the other direction and no pedestrians around. I could’ve gone for it. But instead I waited for the green, thinking that I’d rather be the kind of cyclist that car drivers see and go, “Huh. There’s one following the rules!”
But it did cost me like a minute of sitting there.
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Big Price for Single Bed
“Big Price for Single Bed”
Woo, neat! I got quoted in the Daily Telegraph on the weekend. Here’s a scan. Of course, it’s me talking happily about the ridiculous price my neighbour’s apartment sold for. I am so Sydney. -
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Somewhat annoyed at getting spam in the post last night from a company that scraped our address from the @GarageSaleTrail website.
@GarageSaleTrail Sure thing. I left it at home today, but it was some ebay type site where they want you to list things that didn’t sell.
@GarageSaleTrail I know it was scraped as there was no name on envelope, just address. Also referred to our recent garage sale!
@GarageSaleTrail Sure, will send it when I get home tonight and dig out the letter.
MOTHER–. Another delay in the kitchen benchtop. Where’s Kevin McCloud so he can patronise me and make me feel worse?
@GarageSaleTrail Here it is. The company that scraped our address appears to be @ziilch. http://t.co/jgJ9ttvq
@jannism I’m sorry to hear it. My condolences. ๐
@andrewvalder I hope I wasn’t impugning @garagesaletrail! I think it’s such a great initiative. Just annoyed to see somebody piggybacking!
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Squinting on a cloudy day in my new Meringue skirt! @ Dawes Point http://t.co/LZSPtZmp
@pransellknit One of my FB friends said it looked like an AWNING, and now that’s all I can see. *sigh*
I can’t believe @the_snook is actually arguing in favour of the word “usedn’t”. I have never heard it used before, and I don’t like it.
@drkknits It appears to be quite archaic and Pommy. One of those old man expressions @the_snook uses. http://t.co/6wAm5hJH
@Yarna_ @knitterjp @drkknits @the_snook He’s the reason people think my Aus vocab is weird. Because I copy his weird archaic phrases!
@redambition Didja see? It’s on FB too. ๐
@twelveeyes Wait, what? Tahiti! Holy crap, that’s awesome! Congrats.
@Gin_ev_ra It looks weird written and it sounds weird pronounced. So both aspects. Totally not used in North America!
@merrinmez Oh, I know what it means. I just think it’s archaic and weird. And I say that as a (mostly) prescriptivist.
@Gin_ev_ra I’d just say “I didn’t [whatever]” rather than “I did not use to [whatever]” or “I used not to [whatever]”. American brevity. ๐
What is all this Melbourne business? My Masterchef feels off-kilter.
RT @randomknits: look Ma! I’m famous! โ@ColettePatterns: Today on the blog: Featured Seamstress: Donna http://t.co/AyOVwrLLโ
Any Sydney business analysts looking for some contract work? @Sitback has more projects on at the moment than I can handle!
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Meringue Skirt
Squinting on a cloudy day in my new Meringue skirt!So this is my Meringue Skirt! This was a very quick and (relatively) easy project. The fabric is ANNBETH from IKEA, and it’s a nice sturdy cotton. Despite my continued lack of an invisible zipper foot, I think this is my best zipper yet. (Of course, it took me like three tries because I kept sewing it on the wrong side of the garment.) The instructions for sandwiching the zipper in between the waist facing were brilliant. I mean, I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but I followed the instructions religiously and trusted that when it came time to flip it right-side out, it would work — and it did! The scallops around the bottom are the defining feature, of course, and they’re trickier than they look. I’m not 100% happy with how the hem facing sits, but I did my best and I know what to do better next time. The only real problem with the skirt is that it’s TOO BIG! Once again I sewed a size 16 out of fear I wouldn’t fit the 14, and now I’m swimming in it. So I’m going to have to figure out how to take it in a little bit. But overall, I feel like this is my best executed project yet!
I posted a sneak peek on Facebook a week ago and my high school geography teacher commented that it looked like an AWNING. So now that’s all I can see when I look at it. IT’S AN AWNING. THANKS, MR. SCHMIDT.
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Winter is coming.
5 Scientific Explanations for Game of Thronesรขโฌห Messed-Up Seasons – Neat! I had no idea that such a thing was actually plausible.
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Fabric-a-brac! There goes $40… (@ Petersham Town Hall w/ @ezzles) http://t.co/W2UzJtDN
@Ezzles @knitterjp Bought 3 things all for me! Two cottons for tops, and one wild vintage cotton hopefully for a dress.
My fabric haul from today. (Special thanks to @sixandahalfst for end-of-day discount on the lovely brown cotton!) http://t.co/EPmxLDk8
@lemon_lime NOWAY! Hipster.
@knitdra @sixandahalfst That was my splurge. $30 for 3m of vintage sateen-finished cotton. Couldn’t resist!
@lemon_lime I like the red rims. All the inner west hipsters have white.
Buyer for the Cursed Knitted Chair just fell through. Any other takers? Come on, @miss_reecie…!
@ClareLouise1308 From the back to the front is about 90cm. That’s the longest dimension. The depth and height are maybe 65cm each way…
@miss_reecie $30. Cover is silver, but not if you cover it with knitting! ๐
@crumpet The Snook didn’t think he wanted a cardy either. Now he wears the shit out of it. It’ll happen, you watch. ๐
@crumpet Doesn’t have a real name: http://t.co/3abma1Rv
Newly finished skirt, red tights, and new tube of Clinique Black Honey. If this doesn’t start the week off right, nothing will.
@redambition I’ll get @the_snook to do a photo shoot at lunch…
