Finally found where I belong! 😂🛫
Month: May 2017
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Shared today on Twitter
Thanks @RickGiner for inviting me to speak at the next @theWebMeetup! (I ❤️ that event space at @Zendesk.) https://t.co/mFcufE99Zm
RT @HorribleSanity: One of my favorite people in the 1880 census: 15-year-old Catharine Cudney, occupation, “Does as she pleases.” https://…
TFW you think you get an invitation to keynote, but re-read and realise they’re just asking for suggestions. 😂 https://t.co/X95VX0C67r
@randomknits I have lost a folca in the past. I’m on my second folca now. 🙁
Finished project: East Neuk Hoodie! So far my fave thing I’ve ever knitted myself. Details on the blog. 😍 #hotpink https://t.co/E6u8Z9rwj7 https://t.co/sl2kdIv7sc
RT @shannoncoulter: Please tell me more about how much an all-woman screening of #wonderwoman bothers you. https://t.co/raJLsZWnR5
@charis Huh! No. It’s just the name of the pattern. (Google thinks 👃 – is that right??)
@charis OH GOD REALLY? 😂 So odd that nobody on Ravelry commented on it! https://t.co/Es1L23bxha
@slace Chippendale Stencil Wall. 🙂
@charis Man, @marlousteh is never going to let me live that down.
@charis Oh phew. It’s meant to be Scots, not Dutch. 😀 https://t.co/cyJl6ja0cT
Excited to attend https://t.co/AqdnfxyX0w next week on behalf of @yow_conf as an official sponsor! 🎉💃 https://t.co/1D8yoAqcDp
@codepo8 Thanks! 🙂
@bemaia Thanks Bernie! 🙂
@Malarkey I saw that too and couldn’t believe it!
@venks79 I’ll be there Friday night to Tuesday night!
@venks79 Bahh. I’ll be at the conf all day, I reckon.
@kouky Wow, it’s done already?! Nice one @canva!
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Shared today on Facebook
Time to blast “Whipping Post,” I think. RIP.
Nerdvana. (Rodd’s Mom brought him another load of books from his room back home.) 🤓
This may well be my favourite thing I’ve ever knitted for myself!
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East Neuk Hoodie
This may well be my favourite thing I’ve ever knitted myself.
The pattern is East Neuk Hoodie by Kristen Orme. The yarn is KnitPicks Comfy Worsted in Fairytale, and I used about 20 balls. It has a hood, a placket neck with three buttons, a pocket, and (randomly) elbow patches. It’s soft and comfy and well-made, and the colour is beautiful. I ❤️ it!This was such a fun knit, despite the fact that my tension was way off when I started so I had to frog the whole thing and start over. Once I settled on the right size and needles (4mm), it was smooth sailing. My row gauge was still off, but that’s easy to compensate for as you go. (I did have to do some maths to make sure the sleeve cap came out the right size.) Overall it’s slightly large, but I wanted this to have the ease of a sweatshirt so I’m happy with it.
Neck placket and gansey patterns 
Front with pocket 
Hood and shoulder patterning 
Back view My one worry is that the yarn is going to pill. It shed a LOT while knitting (my couch is covered in pink fluff), and the comments on the KnitPicks site indicate that others have been disappointed with its tendency to pill. So I’m steeling myself for it now, knowing that I’m going to have to give this the occasional shave. I still love it though.
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Shared today on Twitter
Checking out the new local @the_sneaky_possum for brekkie… https://t.co/FQXzJpVV6x https://t.co/OLUC00NxSy
Cafe missed the Snook’s order, then when it finally was ready, gave it to someone else. We gave up and left. Not a great 1st experience!
RT @DDDPerth: Our Call for Content will open in just over 3 weeks! A perfectly timed reminder from @yow_conf on how to write an awesome sub…
I can’t believe I’m actually knitting elbow patches. How odd. First time for everything! 🤷♀️ https://t.co/rcUudA2KW2 https://t.co/ykJFnrArXR
@lucykbain 😂 I did actually knit a bikini a long time ago. The result was not good. Knitted underpants look good on no one.
@charis Been there, done that – many years ago. Results were Not Good. 😂 https://t.co/g8qAJkaWHV @lucykbain
Still a few spots left for @WWCSyd’s conf proposal writing workshop next week! Very handy for @yow_conf’s WiT comp. https://t.co/T6WkyE2SfH
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Checking out the new local @the_sneaky_possum for brekkie…
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Shared today on Twitter
@johnallsopp 😕 Do they not feel confident asking for training budget? Or are they not being granted it in the first place?
@johnallsopp Totally agree. I tell juniors that “What’s the training budget?” is question to ask in interviews. Not getting straight answer = RED FLAG. 🚩
@Malarkey It’s the accent.
RT @leonardo_borges: Remember it’s ok – healthy even – to revisit ur values & abandon or tweak them. Don’t feel like u r betraying yoursel…
@Malarkey Americans are kind of dumb that way. 😜
@mlle_elle My friend @LizlingC got a message from a recruiter recently written in poetry. She was not amused. Does that count? 🙂
.@ghohpe is fantastic! @yow_conf is bringing him to SG & HK later this year too. 😀 https://t.co/2Ih1kbZ7lA https://t.co/7ddTqn88pO https://t.co/hobawD4bwy
RT @TracyMuSung: Women telling me why they’re coming to #RailsGirls, and how excited they are about it, makes me all https://t.co/AjjUmfdogx
@JulieSCWilson Scientist friend tweeted as me this morning already asking for one. LEARN TO KNIT, PEOPLE. I CAN’T KNIT EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE. 😜
On FB I see that my 9yo niece won an award at school for “consideration of others.” Meanwhile the US Prez is shoving other leaders. FFS. ☹️ https://t.co/LZ3asY9lkg
RT @thejonanshow: By far the most motivated, curious and inspiring developers I’ve ever worked with have non-traditional backgrounds.
Dammit. More tech stuff using “yarn” and polluting my precious knitting search results! 😜 @thesecretlab https://t.co/RnIwOn18fz
Trying to get work done but *somebody* wants scritches. 😽 https://t.co/p3WqUiiftj
Public service for my fellow Americans – FBAR filing date was moved up two weeks to June 15 this year. DON’T FORGET THIS ONE! #taxesugh
RT @JessBelliveau: One post it note could return Tassie to its former glory. #ContainerCamp #ResistTheMainland https://t.co/w89DpuNsRz
😵 Better get in fast, folks!! https://t.co/ADkgmyAdGP
Trapping the ideas that have been fluttering around your head, pinning them down on paper, and showing them to another human is very scary.
@gilmae I’m sure you’ll be very disappointed, what with all the tropical sunsets and piña coladas and such.
@gilmae Bluster is my Imposter Syndrome Cloaking Mechanism.
Hm. “Never” is coming as a shock to my husband. 😂 https://t.co/Z63WJT8QaX
@jesslynnrose Visiting Australia!
@jesslynnrose I’m adding you to the @yow_conf list of suggested speakers right now! 😊
@chewxy Hey! Are you in Singapore?? I thought you were in Sydney. (I’m flying there on Tuesday!)
@chewxy Durrrr. You’re speaking! I didn’t realise. Nice one. 🙂
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Shared today on Facebook
I’d like to thank Aziz Ansari and “Master of None” Season 2 for my new favourite song.
