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Karen's Craft Odyssey

Karen's Craft Odyssey

Spinning, Weaving and Knitting (and whatever else I want to play with)

Archive for July, 2006

Mon
31
Jul '06

Books

Thought it might be useful to briefly discuss the books I’ve been reading/listening to. I’m writing this on my pda, so there won’t be any links. Post a comment if you want links and I’ll add them later.
During the long flight to/from Hawaii I read Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. It’s a fantasy about [...]

Mon
31
Jul '06

Before and After…

[thumb:432:l]Just had to post these pictures. Here’s the bag before felting — 37cm from band to bottom (that’s a 30cm ruler).[newline] [thumb:431:l][thumb:433:r]And after — just 20cm. Isn’t it cute![newline]

Mon
31
Jul '06

Bits and Pieces

Been doing lots of little things today. Had to take the car in for a service — 3.5 hours of sitting at the dealership reading and knitting. Just about ready to put the heel into the second in a pair of toe-up socks. Pictures to come. While knitting I listened to [...]

Sun
30
Jul '06

Yes, I still exist…

And I promise to post more regularly in August (and beyond).
At Mapleton last weekend I promised Joey and Jenny that I’d post a link to one of my favorite political blogs: 101 Uses for a John Howard.
So, what have I been up to this week? Well, we got a HDD video recorder on Thursday, [...]

Fri
14
Jul '06

Pictures!

Here’s what we’ve been doing:[thumb:419:l][thumb:420:l][thumb:421:l][newline] [thumb:422:l][thumb:423:l][thumb:424:l][newline] [thumb:425:l][thumb:428:l][thumb:429:l][newline] [thumb:430:l][thumb:427:l][thumb:426:l]