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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Spinning FO: Rose Grey alpaca 2-ply

Finished my first alpaca skein in my favourite colour of undyed alpaca fleece. I have some leftover singles to demonstrate Andean plying with Laura. Fiber: Rose Grey alpaca from Prairieland Peruvian Alpacas Construction: 2 ply Amount: 290 yards, 3.5 oz Tool: Majacraft Rose spinning wheel The singles snapped a

FO: Summer Limeade socks

Finished a pair of socks with the components I like. Toe up, 2x2 ribbing, lace panels from the 365 Knitting Stitches A Day perpetual calendar, eye of partridge heel flap, and a picot cast off. I extended the slip stitch pattern up beyond the heel flap so it covers the

Recipe: English Flapjacks

English flapjacks are an oat bar made with golden syrup, not a pancake. We found Tate and Lyle's Golden Syrup in the grocery store this month (Dierbergs in Creve Coeur, with the other syrups), and set about making proper English flapjacks. It took four batches to get this

Tweets for the week of April 2nd

* SO looking forward to playing Sid Meier's Colonization again! But the new version, on the new Alienware machine. * Own up St Louis, who washed their car yesterday? This rain is on YOU! * Sorted fibre stash in search of missing spindle, horrible realisation I could spin till Doomsday and

Tweets for the week of 26th March

* Heading out for the karate tournament! * WON MY KATA DIVISION! Senior women's beginner kata, all mine. * Love Anne at Iron Age Tattoo, metal reinstalled after tournament, 12g lobe stretched to 8g, new jewellery and a chat. * Amazing how people can walk past 3ft sparkly trophy & not see

Give me Colour or Give me Death!

I wouldn't normally do this, but I cast on 2 pairs of socks at once. My knitting of late has been a lot of neutral and dark colours and I desperately need something that will POP! Pair #1: Southwest Trading Company TOFUtsies in 805 (Toeing the Line) I&

Team Tracy's Karate FTW!

My first karate tournament was on Saturday 20th March. I was performing the Long 2 kata in the Senior women's beginner division. Hubby and I got to the tournament an hour before it started. Edgar, a Tracy's Karate black belt who is awesome at kata, helped

Tweets for the week of March 19th

* USPS tracking is addictive, especially when it's cashmere/silk lace yarn in the mail. * Morning shred-fest and filing frenzy, am officially organised and tidy now. Anyone need some hamster bedding? * Falklands wool roving arrived, very soft and smelling slightly of sheep. Can't wait to spin this!

Karate Tournament on Saturday

I'm competing in my first karate tournament on Saturday March 20th, in Dupo IL. I'm performing a kata in the Senior Women's division. I've never done anything like this before. At school, I was the nerd in thick glasses who was good

FO: Handspun Clamber hat

Started a handspun hat on last Sunday and finished it on Thursday lunchtime at work. I used bamboo double point needles because Gotland wool on metal needles was far too slippery. The yarn has a big halo but the cables stand out well enough. Pattern: Clamber (Ravelry link) Yarn: Handspun

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