Of books to read and choices to make…

There’s nothing like curling up in your lovely futon, listening to one of your favourite albums (The Crane Wife, fyi – although I’m dipping into all the albums at the moment. This one is just lovely), and soldiering on through the long final rounds of the second blanket. The second always takes longer than the … Continue reading »

Tuesday’s child is full of grace…

Thanks for the suggestions. I’ve discovered that if I tell myself I need to wake up at 7, I am naturally awake at 6.30. I have also discovered if I just lie in bed until 7 then, I get very tired. If I get up when I wake up, I’m not. Will investigate this again … Continue reading »

First FO’s of 2010!

Now that 2010 is truly under way and the first of the FO’s has been gifted, I can show off some of my knitting so far. Firstly, Thank You Fetchings (rav link). I made these out of Utiku Possum Merino 8 ply which was a joy to knit with. I made a few mods too … Continue reading »

Lost…

…phd mojo. Ran screaming from piles of notes, articles, medieval Latin and books. Last seen heading in the direction of the ocean. If found, please return immediately to the frazzled PhD student who is quite aimless without it. In other news, the knitting goes slowly. And I’m now on the lookout for a nice, circular … Continue reading »

Kia Ora i Aotearoa!

Well, we’re in the Bay where it’s freezing cold, but settling in nicely. The snow on the mountains, you see, is dipping the temperature with a biting wind, but the sun is quite lovely. Mom’s garden is looking lovely – the Jacaranda tree hasn’t even thought about flowering yet (odd), and a number of roses … Continue reading »

What a week!

Weeks like this just push the point home to me – I’m doing the right thing. I gave a lecture to two sets of undergrads this week, and sat in on a couple of tuts – and it was great! Fun! Marvellous! And at the same time a little depressing. I know how much work … Continue reading »

In which there is knitting…

Travelling aside, it was Mother’s Day last weekend. A bittersweet day for some, and a lovely one for others. Because I don’t see my mother that often, I am acutely aware of just how frail she becomes everytime I go home to visit, and I am terrified of the day when she will not be … Continue reading »

A week survived!

It has been a long few weeks, but I pdf’s and sent off the handouts for three full-day workshops today. I now have a few days of pensky file and knitting, and then I need to write a workshop for a 2 day in-house workshop at the end of the month. At least I learnt … Continue reading »

Fibonacci beanie (in three colours)

The Fibonacci sequence is the basis for the golden ratio – a pattern of numbers that occurs naturally in nature and is aesthetically pleasing to the eye. This beanie uses the sequence three times, in a recursion, as colours 2 and 3 are summed together in colour one, all while still in sequence. I wanted … Continue reading »