Karen's Craft Odyssey

But no pictures yet. Last night I finally finished my mohair stole. I started it at the Warwick Camp on 10 March. The yarn is a 12 ply mohair that I got from Marta’s Yarn in Melbourne last year. I knit it on About 12mm needles (I got some wooden needles at camp because [...]

Alan has been selected to represent Australia at the International Informatics Olympiad in August. More info on the Olympiad here.
Alan is one of four boys representing Australia. They’re given several problems and 4 hours to write computer programs that solve the problems. They score points based on how well their program [...]

It’s been so long since I posted pictures. So here we go:
[thumb:266:l][thumb:264:l] Round cotton washcloth. I sent this one to my mother.[newline]
These are from the fabric I took off my floor loom. I’ve washed it and hemmed the edges to make table mats.
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[thumb:268:r]And here’s what’s on the spinning wheel at the moment. [...]

Took me a while, but after 3 hours I finally have it working. Now I can write posts on my PDA and email them via wireless network connection from anywhere in range.
I haven’t set it up to allow email attachments. So, no pictures tonight.
Anyway – today’s holiday activity was a trip down to the Gold [...]

And glad that the Easter holidays have arrived. Yeah, I know, the holidays actually started on Friday. Well, I spent Friday finishing the work I didn’t get done on Thursday (exam writing, etc.) and we spent Saturday at Conjure. Sunday I decompressed a bit (and procrastinated), by playing computer games with Frank [...]