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Entries Tagged as 'Ravelry'

I have stuff to blog about…

September 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments

… but first, I want to point out that some people make me sick.
Nothing to see here. Either they realised how fucking offensive putting Hitler in an avatar is, or they got their arse kicked. But worth remembering who thought it was a good idea.

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Tags: Ravelry · What I learnt on Ravelry today

Safe sailing

August 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Gawd I’ve had knitting diarrhoea lately, what with unemployment and the rain and stuff. Unfortunately the weather hasn’t been good enough to take pictures of my ULTIMATE project, which I will show off in all it’s glory soon. In the meantime, that thing up there is what I call my Tiller Condom. [...]

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Tags: Ravelry · boat life · hat · noro · socks · toe up · yarn

YARRR!!! BOOTY!

August 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Well, my epic journey is nearly over. Approximately 150 miles and over 100 locks all navigated single handedly - and a large proportion single-footedly because I sprained my foot somewhere south of Stoke-on-Trent and had to hop through a lot of locks.
So I treated myself to some Ravelry swag, and it came in [...]

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Tags: Monoprix · Ravelry · boat life · geekery · hat · socks · yarn

Why don’t the French have a word for ‘fun’?

June 19th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I spent the most awesome weekend in Paris, catching up with my old au pair friends. I introduced them to the joys* of the VĂ©lib, and spent every night pedalling around Le Marais, the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, along the Seine, Bastille, Republique until about 5am… we covered a helluva lot of ground. I can still [...]

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Tags: France · Ravelry · knitting · phildar · socks · tricoteuses

Nothing to do with knitting…

February 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Except that someone posted it in the chuffing splendid Lazy, Stupid and Godless group…

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Tags: Ravelry

Election Fever!

January 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments

No, not those silly Americans. I’ve been nominated in two categories (ok, I nominated myself in one) for a Bobby - Ravelry’s inaugural awards ceremony. No, it’s not real. No, I won’t win anything. But I’m chuffed to bits.
My first ever sock is nominated in the Funniest Ugh! Picture category. [...]

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Tags: Ravelry · socks