Domesticated Bloggage
Domesticated Bloggage
Just Lovely
'No magic secret' to wedded bliss
I don't know if Himself and I will make it to 79 years but I won't mind if we do :)
Knitting Saves Lives
The resurgence of knitting as a hobby has increased the life expectancy of sheep in New Zealand that would otherwise be slaughtered for meat.
Save a sheep: take up knitting!
Addendum
BFG left an interesting comment about this posting so I've gone away and looked more into it. Gullible.info first posted this in 2004 I don't know how the sheep situation has changed over that period of time. However, it may have been better for me to have said "help a sheep live longer". Reading up on the whole wool process isn't pleasant and I'm beginning to wonder if I still want to knit with wool at all. Anyway, that's a whole different posting
However, in my bid to promote knitting in a favourable light I've found this article on the BBC news site. And this article mentions knitting too. So perhaps what I should really being saying is:
Excercise your brain: take up knitting!
Did You Know...
...the ratio of left-handed people to right handed people is increasing? If the present trend continues, "lefties" will outnumber "righties" in the year 2456.
Within my own family group - myself and Himself, our five children and 5 grandchildren - there are three lefties; Daughter1, Grandson2 and Grand-daughter3 (who is only 5 months old but definitely grabs and leads with her left hand). That works out to be 33%!
How many lefties in your family?
A Meme
This was great fun to do. I didn't realise just how many different techniques/items/styles I'd knitted until I did this meme. And what's even more interesting is that (from this list atleast) there's not much more I want to try.
Stolen from Fleecy
Mark with bold the things you have knit (or are knitting/crocheting), with italics the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest.
Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting (modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Baby items
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffiti knitting
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting
Knitting to make money
Buttonholes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dying with plant colors
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cosies)
Knitting socks on one or two circulars
Knitting with someone else's handspun yarn
Knitting with dpns
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dying yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Knitting two socks on two circulars simultaneously
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener stitch
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegated yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mits/armwarmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public
I Was Wondering...
...why don't we get goodbumps on our face?
Addendum
The word is *goose*bumps. You know I've been looking at this posting and kept thinking it looked funny but I couldn't figure out why!
I'm blaming the fibro. Or my advanced age. Take your pick. Either one will do.
I'm sorry Emma, no wonder you couldn't figure out what I was talking about.
*sigh*
I'm Still Knitting
...but painfully slowly.
This is the almost completed back of Moor from Rowan's Yorkshire Fable.
It's a beautiful design that I'm doing in earth tones using Rowanspun 4ply 100 percent wool. Himself loves these kinds of colours and he chose a good, well blended mixture. Here's a close up;
Knit on size 2.5mm needles to get the correct gauge (I'm a loose knitter!) it's going to take me an excruciatingly long time to knit it. However, Himself says he doesn't mind waiting. It was supposed to be for this winter but at this slow pace I can't guarantee it'll be finished for *next* winter!
Did You Know...
...that Shakespeare coined the term "jiffy" to describe a short moment of time in the play "Two Gentlemen of Verona."
So which is faster: a jiffy or two ticks?
I'm Not Surprised
 I took the "The Nine Muses" quiz on gURL.com |
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Must be the Bard in me...
I Was Wondering...
...why do people look up when they think?
Comments (7)Erm...
I know.
It's been a while.
It may yet be a while longer. There's too much going on in real space and I don't want to document it all here else I'll just sound like Mrs BadNews all the time. I've heard others say that at times like this you should blog the trivial things in life. It's easy to think about and stops the muse from deserting you. When did blogging become such hard work?
I've been blogging for a long time - 6 years in fact - and find I'm less inclined to blog about personal things these days. I don't know if that's because I don't want people to know me or because I had my 15 minutes of fame and it rather blew up in my face afterwards. It got mighty uncomfortable having people Google me using my employer's name. No one wants to get dooced and that included me. I'm not employed anymore so you'd think that would take the pressure off. Perhaps it takes time to feel comfortable enough to put your guard down again. Then I worry that by constantly writing trivia I'm trivialising who I am. Or have I got an over inflated ego by stating that.
Am I, in fact, making mountains out of molehills?
'Course I am and I shall stop it immediately.
More soon. Honest.