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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Starting the year

I only made a couple of resolutions for 2009 and I believe both are do-able goals: * Spin on my new wheel at least twice a week. * Get my karate orange belt. My first ever karate lesson was on November 17th, on December 11th I signed up for five months of

FO: Spiraluscious

I was warned that cowls were addictive. Phoe warned me, and I didn't listen. My plans to make Poinsettia failed, it looked very untidy at the join, so I downloaded another Anne Hanson pattern, Spiraluscious. Started 29th December, finished 31st December. The colour is a dark burnt orange,

My Majacraft Rose

Hubby had threatened to wrap each piece of my Christmas present but he settled for just wrapping the box. It took a whole roll of paper to do it. Assembly was fairly painless, though I did need help with a few screws. The treadle hinges got doused in oil before

Signing off for 2008

I hope you have a relaxing and fun holiday. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I'll be off work for a week, and I have plans. My Christmas present is a Majacraft Rose spinning wheel, which has been waiting in the basement since our trip to The Fold

The Lace Bug

Winter Knitty is out! The Poinsettia neck warmer looks perfect for me, I hate the gap between coat and neck. Ordered a skein of Opulence yarn from The Woolen Rabbit in Burning Embers, a warm orange that's perfect for dispelling winter greyness. The greyer the days, the more

Technoslang

BBC News: Don't be 404, know the tech slang. A study of new slang terms entering English finds that technology is driving and perpetuating them. For instance, "404" - the error message given when a browser cannot find a webpage - has come to mean "

Go play on the highway

How many times do you get the chance to go play on the highway? Actually ON the highway, walking down the centre lane snapping photos and dodging bikes and basset hounds? A five mile stretch of Highway 40/Interstate 64 in St Louis has been closed all year. This was

Recipe: Roast Potatoes

We made 2 batches of these over Thanksgiving, and both were very well received. I don't think this is a familiar recipe to Americans, but it's a standard part of the British Christmas Dinner menu. * Enough potatoes to feed everyone * Vegetable oil Peel the potatoes and

Just rewards

I ordered some fibre from Susan's Spinning Bunny as my reward for completing my NaNoWriMo novel this year, and it has arrived: (I'm having a hard time taking good photos because the sun is setting earlier, so the colours you see are not necessarily accurate.) I&

Keeping the clocks on time

BBC News: Meet the world's director of time. As 2008 turns to 2009 at the end of this month, an extra second will be added to every clock. But who decides exactly what time it is? Professor Brian Cox meets the man in charge of all our timekeeping

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