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What am I selling on Ebay today? Let the Revolution begin... *You can be any age to join the knitting revolution. It's not just grannies any more. *To join, just grab the nearest pointy things, and tie them to the nearest string-like substance. Wave them enthusiastically in the air, yelling passionate cries such as "och aye the noo!" *The revolution requires that you supply your own weapons. Er, needles. *Knitting can be sexy. Sure, it can. Go to knitty and be inspired! *Knit in public, and if anyone looks at you funny, you've always got a sharp metal thing handy with which to poke their soft bits. *Get all knitting-zen on people. Then when you really let your hair down, you can get away with it, because you're "that nice person, who knits". *insert evil laugh here* *Oh, yeah, almost forgot. The revolution will not be televised. Or... something like that. I moved to Canberra last November, and am now involved in the best Canberra knitting group! ... so any locals or visitors interested, go on over to Canberra Stich N Bitch yahoo group and join us in our dark endeavours! I mean, creative meeting of minds... er, yeah. Something like that. We meet at Starbucks in Civic on the first Thursday evening of every month, and the third Sunday of the month at 2pm. Come along! If you feel shy, feel free to post online first, or email someone to ask a few questions. :):):) If you want, use the contact button and I'll give you my details so we can get in touch. Always happy to get the interesting people of Canberra out of the woodwork... I know you're there, ya just hard to find sometimes *chuckle* Sydney Knitting Adventures continue at "my" previous knitting group in Newtown: Meet up for coffee, cake, and knitting adventures galore at Barmuda Cafe, Australia Street Newtown. It's opposite the police station, and across the intersection from Newtown Train Station. See the SSK Website for details :D You, and this many other people with a cramp in their forefinger: Interesting in knitting, and what other knitters are doing? Or are you just bored, or farting off at work while the boss ain't watching? Well then, I have just the thing to keep you busy for hours on end... go exploring the wonderful world of knitting blogs. Can you believe there's so many of us? I have my favourite blog-days, and these are some of them: A hairy tale Horn-y knitter Musical tongs God on the brain Blogging from behind a mask Creativity and productivity I am SUCH a nerd Deliver me from Swedish furniture Feminist backlash Modern beauty is a myth Instant karma’s gonna getcha Go feminism Harris the Well Clad Fish The love is in the food Embarrassment, Humiliation and Joy Booty The birth of a grammar avenger Beetles Traffic Lights, part 1 Spawn of Satan Traffic Lights, part 2 A long time ago, in a knitting bag far, far away... And my other blog, complete with a few little patterns: http://miscsqueak.blogdrive.com  
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Blue and pink stripes galore... In the fine tradition of day-time soaps, where you can check in every month or so and still not miss anything crucial, the knitting blog blogs on... OK, I know I'm not *really* a very revolutionary knitter, more just a little bit exploratory. I got to scan in some yarn that I spun up a couple of weeks ago, and dyed in stripes of pink and blue (see entry for Sunday August 17th) and here it is:  So. What I was actually aiming at with the dying was stripes. Not little pissy stripes (like what I actually GOT... grr) but nice big long ones, a la Regia's Miniringel sockyarn. What I ended up with was something probably a lot more like Tapestry's variegated colour (see Jan 28th entry at the very bottom of the page... and thanks to the "Simplicitly Stitched" blog for a top pic of what it looks like knitted up). Which is nice, but not quite what I was after. So. My idea on self-made miniringel dyed yarn??? (just an aside here, I'd like to point out Aussies' obsession with the sockyarn thing. You can't get the stuff in Australia very easily, and when you do it costs a PACKET. So. If one can make one's own... in a word, YAY!) So. I microwave dye, which is great for nice dyes like Landscapes, and easy for a person who lives in a tiny little unit (American translation: apartment *snicker*) like mine. You know those nifty chip 'n' dip plates with say three or four sections which the plate is divided into? What you could do is to put one stripes worth of yarn (maybe a couple of metres) in the first section, then a stripes worth of yarn into the next one, etc, etc and keep going around until your yarn is used up, then fill each section with a different colour dye. Cover with cling wrap or a lid, and zap until dyed... Et voila darlinks! Home made true blue Aussie ringel! Ooh. I like it. The only problem I have yet to sort out is the fact that yarn arranged like this whilst wet is likely to have some serious tangling issues some time in its very near future. We're working on that. :-) Today's card? Bloody well forgot, in the rush to get to uni on time (I usually don't go in on Mondays, but today is special - essay due). However, I did remember to take my multivitamin, so it's all good. *snort* Meanwhile, back to the research for my psych essay. Ta ta! PS... pulled a card for today. Of course it's a knight, when I'm rushing about in such a hurry. *grin*
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