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Alison Hawke

Alison Hawke

Knitting funk

The Forest Canopy shawl bit the dust. The yarn is back in the box waiting for a new project. Tried to start a lace scarf with some of my handspun and ran into problems (wooden needles that cracked, two different patterns that didn't look good) so that got

The Police Live in Concert

Saw The Police in concert Monday night, they were great! They saved the stalker's anthem (Every breath you take) till last. In a crowd of over 17 thousand people, Hubby bumped into someone we know who was working on security for the concert. We had a fantastic time!

The Vikings are coming!

BBC News: The return of the Viking warship. On Sunday [July 1st], 65 men and women will embark on one of the most ambitious, dangerous and important experimental archaeology projects ever undertaken. They will attempt to sail a reconstructed Viking warship from Roskilde, Denmark, to Dublin, across some of the

"Something amazing!"

Still spinning the first 4oz bobbin of Crown Mountain Farms superwash merino, it's been two weeks now. For light relief I spindle spun some of the ounce of baby camel I got at Maryland Sheep and Wool in a coffee shop with Irene. Two engineering students at the

Modern History of Britain

Andrew Marr has filmed a series for the BBC on the political, social, and cultural changes in the UK since WWII, called "Modern History of Britain". While you can't get the video outside the UK, each decade has been summarised in a good article, with a

Writers Under The Arch

I want a t-shirt that says: "I read my story at WUTA and survived." Tuesday night was our first Writers Under The Arch (WUTA) meeting. There were three NaNoWriMo veterans besides me and Hubby, and a whole bunch of people who have had stories published. You reads your

Coinage

I like foreign coins, most of this lot were picked up at a coin place in town with a huge bucketful you can paw through. I use a US quarter as a size reference in some spinning photos, but it's not my only option. The coins on the

Discoveries

Made an astonishing discovery this week: spinning when I get a little spare time makes it go a lot faster than saving it up for bi-monthly sessions. I started the project that's been taking up all the space in my fibre box, 8oz of Crown Mountain Farms superwash

Fusion by laser

BBC News: Laser vision fuels energy future. Researchers from the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in Oxfordshire, working with partners from 14 countries, have tabled a proposal to use lasers to recreate the physical reactions at the heart of the Sun. Harnessing nuclear fusion, as the process is known, would offer

Spinning FO: Water Nymph Merino/Silk

Spunky Eclectic's merino silk is great to spin, much easier pre-drafted though. It feels more solid than either merino or silk, and I was careful when I plied it. This skein is balanced, no excess twist here, that's a first. 276 yds of beautiful yarn, I&

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