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I will leave the moderation on so no spam gets sent from my account – that was deeply embarrassing.
Posts tagged ‘blogs’
Ravelry has slurped up my photos, so both the projects in the previous post have been updated, and both are finished.
There was a story written on Twitter by Myke Bartlett, now finished, and available at his website. An interesting concept, and it worked well. “The Lost Fortnight” is a part of the Salmon and Dusk series, and apparently the penultimate one, as “Bury My Past in London Fields” is billed as the “three episode conclusion to the Salmon & Dusk series.” Myke writes best under pressure – the first episode was due out a week ago! Most fans argue against ending the series, but Myke has some sort of timeline in his head, and now, finally, we must bow to the inevitable. We’ll miss Kilbey, Nero and Theo, but look forward to whatever comes next.
I am working on a pattern for a scarf or shawl (so I can compare these two lace yarns), but have no mojo at all for actually knitting such a thing. Creating a pattern is enjoyable. Using stitch patterns from several books as building blocks, I am building, and it is good. Starting with “Traditional Knitted Lace Shawls” by Martha Waterman, I progressed to Barbara Walker’s “A Treasury of Knitting Patterns” (#1), and from there to “Heirloom Knitting” by Sharon Miller. I found similar patterns in each book, so that made transition easy, but “Heirloom Knitting” has the most lace patterns. The charts have made it easier to transfer my choices into Excel. I am trying at present to knit a swatch to help me get some idea of how long and wide this thing might be. It is heavy going, I don’t know why, but could it be the psychological effect of the temperature outside being above 90° F, with the heat index above 100?
Laura Snider at BigGreenBoulder (Colorado) posted a story a few days ago about how the oil might spread from the Gulf of Mexico to the entire Atlantic seaboard. It’s only a computer simulation, but it is not pretty.
Link to BigGreenBoulder, a news website; separate link to the larger article, also by Laura Snider; link to YouTube video of the Spread of the Oil Spill.
North Carolina beaches have been busier this season, with tourists wanting a beach NOT overlooking the spill. That won’t continue, if the oil gets this far. Or should I say when?
Dear Laura: This is really bad news, but we needed to know, so thanks. Love, Aunty Gail
Over on Ravelry I help mod a Sleep Disorder group, Knitting in our Sleep. (I know nothing about most sleep disorders, but I live with sleep apnea.)
janknitz from the Ravelry group has started a blog of her own, MASK ARRAYED, in order, she says, to have space to rant. (I won’t tell you how long it took me to ‘get’ the name.)
Personally, I find Mask Arrayed funny, entertaining, and most of all, informative. As I said in my last comment, janknitz has a way with words. Mask Arrayed is a blog I wanted to write but knew I lacked skillz for research and entertainment.
In the post titled “What if Fish Designed Beds,” there’s a link to a talk given by a prominent sleep apnea doctor and researcher, and he describes the first CPAP machine – made from a vacuum cleaner and a mask that was glued to the face of the subject. It worked so well the subject refused to leave the clinic without getting a machine and mask of his own. Manufacturers did not believe anyone would be willing to hook themselves up to a mask and machine every night, but they were wrong. (The alternative was a permanent hole in your trachea so you could breathe while asleep.)
Those of us with sleep apnea do better when we know and discuss issues with our peers.
Jon Armstrong has a blog, called “If You’re Just Joining Us.” He has addressed all sorts of things, from unschooling to fashion design. In his latest release, he includes two short selections from his upcoming novel, “Yarn,” published by Night Shade Books.
Jon’s novel, “Grey,” was published by Night Shade in 2007. It is also at Podiobooks, if you’d like a listen to his writing. The first paragraph of the description at Podiobooks is this:
“High fashion, corporate malfeasance, celebrity culture, and an obsessed media collide with exuberant violence and volatile intensity in Grey, the explosive debut novel by Jon Armstrong.”
I thought it rather defied description. Violence is not what I thought of first, possibly because Jon’s voice is like velvet as he reads.