I finished the alpaca beanie for the Snook! This was purely to use up the extra bits I had left over from making his scarf. I casted on 132 stitches and then just made the pattern up as I went. His scalp is pretty sensitive and he doesn’t like hats that grip too tightly, so I only did a minimum amount of ribbing at the bottom. (The alpaca is nice and soft too.) I put in a band of the same slipstitch pattern I used on the scarf, and I did radial decreases at the crown. I just need to weave in the ends and give it a block!
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Beanie progress
I’m making good progress on the alpaca beanie I’m knitting for Rodd to match his scarf. No pattern; I’m just making it up as I go.
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Timpano
Trying to convince the Snook that he should make us a timpano for Christmas dinner, using Stanley Tucci’s recipe from his book Taste.
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New dining room set!
After more than 20 years of having the same timber dining room set, today we sold it and set up the new one. SCHMICK!! 😍
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Riddle Me Gifts at Moore Park Christmas Markets
My friend Kristin mentioned on Facebook yesterday that she would have a stall at the Moore Park Christmas Markets, and she asked if anyone could come cover her for a bit at lunchtime. I volunteered! So I’m helping to sell her very clever 3D-printed puzzle gift boxes.
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Don’t be a creep, Mr. Feynman.
After 10 days of tech conference, *of course* I was going to come home on Friday night and watch a 3hr documentary on why Richard Feynman’s legacy is mostly BS. Who wouldn’t?
(via Metafilter)
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YOW Sydney 2024
In the end, I managed to see almost every talk at YOW 2024. Here are the final four talks I saw today…
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Renovation update
Dirt!! This is only like 10% of the total area, but it’s a good reminder of the fact that plants will eventually be growing here.
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YOW Sydney 2024
Much like Pokemon, I’m trying to catch all the YOW speakers! Today I added 4 more to my collection in Sydney…
Pisces buddies!!