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I've wondered several times if there was a pattern for these slippers out there... I had several pairs of these myself when I was little.

Have you seen hopkin green frog?
(link via memepool.org)

Gotta love the grocery lists.

Wendy's Liam is now available at Knit Happens. Sweet.

Do not click here if you don't have a bit of time on your hands.

Warning: Do not, I repeat do not attempt to change your mobile phone battery during a conversation while wearing nylon stockings and pumping gas.

Older guest map entries are here for want of another place to put them.



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Fuzzy Feet in ALL sizes!

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Important

I'm a happy, healthy survivor of breast cancer at age 25 thanks to early detection by breast self-exam.

It is my most profound wish that all women, everywhere, do breast self-exams every month.
Here's how.
The most important thing is that you learn to know your own body and what is normal for you so that you can tell when something has changed.

More information ::
The Breast Cancer site
National Breast Cancer Foundation
Young Survival Coalition



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Pattern books with that extra something

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Tuesday November 30, 2004

Moving today and tomorrow. Won't have internet access for about a week. Moving not quite as much fun as it seemed when only thinking about it. Lots of snow on ground and well below freezing. Have only seen inside of new place once. Eep.

Posted at 7:31 am  | 

Tuesday November 23, 2004

Fuzzy Feet in Finnish! The translation was done by Ziina and was reprinted here with her permission.

Original Fuzzy Feet pattern at Knitty. The Fuzzy Feet are also featured in Amy's new Knit Wit with the added bonus of multiple sizes from little bitty baby to really big man sizes.

Learn more about the Finnish language here. Really quite fascinating information ... the only thing I know in Finnish is "Ei saa peitää".

One more thing: here are the codes for special characters like the ä above, plus such letters as þ ÿ ð and Ð. As well as ♠ ♣ ♥ and ♦ which reminds me that I wanted to include a link to this great site for card tricks.

Word for the day ::

tangential - [adj.] meaning "of superficial relevance, if any"

Norwegian word for the day ::

tangent [noun] meaning "piano key"

Posted around 2:04 pm  | 

Saturday November 20, 2004

The results of the 20 Questions to a Better Personality
quiz... Hmm...

Wackiness: 50/100
Rationality: 56/100
Constructiveness: 62/100
Leadership: 42/100

You are a SRCF--Sober Rational Constructive Follower.

You are a tremendous asset to any employer, cool under pressure, productive, and a great communicator. You feel the need to right wrongs, take up slack, mediate disputes and keep the peace. (Truer words...) This comes from a secret fear that business can't go on without you--or worse, that it can. (But isn't that the way everyone feels?)

If you have a weakness, it is your inability to say "no." (I'm working on it, I swear!!) While your peers respect you, they find it difficult to resist taking advantage of your positive attitude and eagerness to take on work. You depend on a good manager to keep you from sinking under the weight and burning out.

Of the 58894 people who have taken this quiz since tracking began (8/17/2004), 7.8 % are this type.

Posted around 7 pm  | 

Wednesday November 17, 2004

Thirteen days until we move and it just started to snow.
Crap.

Posted at 5:50 pm  | 

Tuesday November 16, 2004
(14 days until move... yipes)

Meet Devan ::

Devan is from Knitty's spring issue made in Regia #5219.

Instead of the contrasting color roll edgings I just put a double moss stitch edging using the same yarn. Not for any profound reason, I was just impatient to start one evening and couldn't find the right contrasting color in my stash. Next time I make this sweater (and oh, yes, there will be a next time) I'll make the roll edges. Problem is, really, that it's not that easy to find Regia here. I got this yarn in Charlottenberg, Sweden. Some people cross the border to buy cheaper alcohol, I buy yarn.

The only other change was using the same yarn to do the whole of the back. The stripes on the back are about the width of the stripes on the cap and I really like the way the stripes on the front, arms and back are all just a bit different.

The cap was really simple, just a tube with the top kitchener stitched together and the two top corners pulled and whip stitched together. One of the first caps I ever made was like that - I think the pattern was from Homespun, Handknit but I can't check right now since my knitting books have been packed away - and it's a very simple cap pattern. Imagine my delight and amazement when I got through and took a look at the way the stripes come together as a squre on the top...

Norweigan word for today :: overraskelse which means surprise.

Posted at 12:26 pm  | 

Sunday November 14, 2004
(16 days until move)

I stumbled across the Think Pink knitalong today. What a marvelous idea! My plan is to knit up and donate some chemo caps like the one I mentioned in Knitty's special issue.

And now a nice long list... (via Robin)

(The things I've done are in bold.)

1. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
2. Swam with wild dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain.
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula.
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said 'I love you' and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease.
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Visited Paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise
15. Seen the Northern Lights
16. Gone to a huge sports game
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
19. Touched an iceberg
20. Slept under the stars
21. Changed a baby's diaper
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
23. Watched a meteor shower
24. Gotten drunk on champagne
25. Given more than you can afford to charity
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
28. Had a food fight
29. Bet on a winning horse
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill
31. Asked out a stranger
32. Had a snowball fight
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
35. Held a lamb
36. Enacted a favourite fantasy
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip
38. Taken an ice cold bath
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar
40. Seen a total eclipse
41. Ridden a roller coaster
42. Hit a home run
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
48. Had two hard drives for your computer
49. Visited all 50 states
50. Loved your job for all accounts
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
53. Had amazing friends
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
55. Watched wild whales
56. Stolen a sign
57. Backpacked in Europe
58. Taken a road-trip
59. Rock climbing
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice
61. There is no #61.
62. Sky diving
63. Visited Ireland
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
66. Visited Japan
67. Benchpressed your own weight
68. Milked a cow
69. Alphabetised your records
70. Pretended to be a superhero
71. Sung karaoke
72. Lounged around in bed all day
73. Posed nude in front of strangers
74. Scuba diving
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
76. Kissed in the rain
77. Played in the mud
78. Played in the rain
79. Gone to a drive-in theater
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it
81. Visited the Great Wall of China
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better
84. Started a business
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
86. Toured ancient sites
87. Taken a martial arts class
88. Swordfought for the honor of a woman
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
90. Gotten married
91. Been in a movie
92. Crashed a party
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made them dizzy
95. Gotten divorced
96. Gone without food for 5 days
97. Made cookies from scratch
98. Won first prize in a costume contest
99. Ridden a gondola in Venice
100. Gotten a tattoo
101. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on
102. Rafted the Snake River
103. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
104. Got flowers for no reason
105. Got so drunk you don't remember anything
106. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug
107. Performed on stage
108. Been to Las Vegas
109. Recorded music
110. Eaten shark
111. Had a one-night stand
112. Gone to Thailand
113. Seen Siouxsie live
114. Bought a house
115. Been in a combat zone
116. Buried one/both of your parents
117. Been on a cruise ship
118. Spoken more than one language fluently
119. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone
120. Bounced a cheque
121. Performed in Rocky Horror
122. Read - and understood - your credit report
123. Raised children
124. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy
125. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
126. Created and named your own constellation of stars
127. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
128. Found out something significant that your ancestors did
129. Called or written your Congress person Member of Parliament
130. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
131. ...more than once? - More than thrice?
132. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
133. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
134. Had plastic surgery
135. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
136. Wrote articles for a large publication
137. Lost over 100 pounds
138. Held someone while they were having a flashback
139. Piloted an airplane
140. Petted a stingray
141. Broken someone's heart
142. Helped an animal give birth
143. Been fired or laid off from a job
144. Won money on a T.V. game show
145. Broken a bone
146. Gone on an African photo safari
147. Ridden a motorcycle
148. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of greater than 100mph
149. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
150. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
151. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
152. Ridden a horse
153. Had major surgery
154. Had a snake as a pet
155. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
156. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing
157. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
158. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
159. Visited all 7 continents
160. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
161. Eaten kangaroo meat
162. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground
163. Been a sperm or egg donor
164. Eaten sushi
165. Had your picture in the newspaper
166. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime (well, I think healthy is pushing it a bit)
167. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
168. Gotten someone fired for their actions
169. Gone back to school
170. Parasailed
171. Changed your name
172. Petted a cockroach
173. Eaten fried green tomatoes
174. Read The Iliad
175. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
176. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them.
177. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you
178. Taught yourself an art from scratch
179. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
180. Apologised to someone years after inflicting the hurt
181. Skipped all your school reunions
182. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
183. Been elected to public office
184. Written your own computer language
185. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
186. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
187. Built your own PC from parts
188. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
189. Had a booth at a street fair
190. Dyed your hair
191. Been a DJ
192. Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal
193. Written your own role playing game
194. Been arrested

Posted at 4:56 pm  | 

Wednesday November 10, 2004

Thank heavens for a man in the house that knows how to do things like find where my favorites went, thus enabling me to upload some pictures ...

Here's the Dale baby sweater (from #135, available at Bea Ellis knitwear) that I finished up just in time to get it to a friend while we were in the US. I love the way the hemmed cuffs came out...

The ribbon, which came from Waechter's Silk Shop in Asheville, NC was sheer and a lovely shade of blue. I will definitely be making a special trip back there next time we're in the area. I did make special trips to both Earth Guild and Yarn Paradise, buying a little of this and that... Unfortunately I didn't get to meet Jenanne. (Next time, Jen!) The time flies while we're there and we don't get to do 1/2 the things we plan to do done.

We did get to do something I've been wanting to do for a while now, walking to the Wasilik Memorial Poplar on Standing Indian in the Nantahala National Forest .

It was a lovely walk, only about 1 1/2 miles roundtrip, but the tree is dying and it's top was blown off in a storm at some point in the recent past. But hey, even the trunk makes an impression and I'm very glad we went.

I find it hard to imagine how amazing these forests looked before we showed up and started chopping them all down.

Posted at 2:19 pm  | 

Tuesday November 9, 2004

Uhm... yes... well. Hi.

I think I'll just have to admit that I'm not a summer blogger. Not that I'm claiming it's been summer all this time.

So here's a short list of what's happening in my world:

When we got back from vacation my authorisation to work as a nurse in Norway had finally come. And I started working about a month ago. It's a full time position (which I'm so not used to) - mostly day shift and every third weekend. Plus we're moving house in 3 weeks and I've been trying to pre-pack and get things ready. I've been knitting very very little, but I did write an article on my experience with breast cancer for Knitty's fall surprise. Now, I seriously doubt anyone's reading this since I've been missing so long so I think I'd really better go check out what's going on in the rest of the knitting world rather than babbling on here...

I'd leave some pictures here but I can't remember exactly how to upload them...

Posted at 2:23 pm  |