Slow-solid

(the tortoise from the Just So Stories, in case you were wondering)
Yup, that’s me.
I have been working on a dressy jumper for quite a while now. It was started some time ago, at least on paper, but due to the requirements of Pub Knitting it has been rather well-and-truly stalled.
The plan is [...]

Ouch!

I was in Edinburgh on Monday (in the rain of course) trying to get my haircut fixed. I had suspected, but still wasn’t overly happy to have it confirmed, that the local sheep shearers, sorry, hairdressers had made a complete hash of it. £50 later, and with a small improvement in matters, I’m [...]

So how would you like…

a sparkle ceiling in the front hall? That was the electrician asking, and me screaming and running away.
Otherwise, the work on the hotel is proceding at a snail’s pace, with interesting disasters being found on a fairly regular basis. I’m not going to talk about it, just in case the plaster which appears [...]

Bias

or rather, the lack thereof.
Based on the fact that I’ve had no money coming in since my last payday in January 2005, I’ve decided that knitting will be from stash for the forseeable. I’ve got my eye on an old P&B pattern for a lacey dress for a toddler, not because there is any [...]

So so close.

Gretna, a tiny town with official population 3000 (that’s smaller than Jedburgh!) sent 12 000 fans to Hampden in Glasgow today. The occasion was the Scottish Cup Final, where they were due to meet the team which came second in the Scottish Premier League (that’s the second-best team in Scotland) – Hearts.
The game went [...]

Seeing double

The socks are done. Not washed yet, but done, and worn, and I’m almost completely happy with them. I’ve managed a pair of socks out of one ball of Regia miniringel sock yarn, and about half of a ball of plain black Regia – and for once I’ve just about got perfectly identical [...]

Spring Greens

I really like the effect as the new leaves on the copper beech hedges start to change to their true colour as spring moves on.

Knitting has been progressing, albeit slowly. This weekend was the Jed Sevens rugby tournament, which is our busiest night of the year, and we’ve both been trying to get caught [...]

Distractions

John is back from his trip away, and I have caught up on my sleep.
I’ve been thoroughly distracted by the lace symposium currently being held by the KBTH group, and by some truly gorgeous weather.
Pictures tomorrow, I hope – I’m off to sit outside again and soak up some UV.

On science and scepticism

This article at the BBC gives a very good summary of the thinking behind my refusal to debate the merits of any religious explanation of the universe as opposed to a scientific one.
In religion, any single positive correlation can be taken as proof that the entire story is correct. Go on, click here and [...]