tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152884412024-03-13T16:51:37.309+01:00Judith goes USA (or Scotland)Whoa!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.comBlogger288125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-39750175972517734962015-07-10T22:53:00.001+02:002015-07-10T22:53:19.032+02:00Tour de Fleece - stage 7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDJFdy0PSpG9uuNlhFlwMILuprGeSMhu4Gz78eEaIO0fzaXlGzO_gw7eyiKk0TVePiGF2yYM93JAzQdlbZqIZDVpKzwnPPKBX4WxqUEVLgdO2CWVPtrA6vZ_dEbWp_n-FcIMTsA/s1600/IMG_20150710_224734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDJFdy0PSpG9uuNlhFlwMILuprGeSMhu4Gz78eEaIO0fzaXlGzO_gw7eyiKk0TVePiGF2yYM93JAzQdlbZqIZDVpKzwnPPKBX4WxqUEVLgdO2CWVPtrA6vZ_dEbWp_n-FcIMTsA/s640/IMG_20150710_224734.jpg"> </a> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-68447474016606067482015-07-10T22:52:00.001+02:002015-07-10T22:52:33.271+02:00Tour de Fleece - stage 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGXXTkn-NXxySAsd4Za7skMxoJ0A2rAW2_oaJof4F9sdjpgxeckgYiG31CyaAEKWKhphDXwM4jb7-O5sLKxd4BgnqUYFtlMNq7w4q0j5RDtbmQsoHVrpvNlLudn7Ejxb6ubdnlg/s1600/IMG_20150709_214725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGXXTkn-NXxySAsd4Za7skMxoJ0A2rAW2_oaJof4F9sdjpgxeckgYiG31CyaAEKWKhphDXwM4jb7-O5sLKxd4BgnqUYFtlMNq7w4q0j5RDtbmQsoHVrpvNlLudn7Ejxb6ubdnlg/s640/IMG_20150709_214725.jpg"> </a> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-39230428357358993922015-07-08T21:29:00.001+02:002015-07-08T21:29:43.735+02:00Tour de Fleece - stage 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8oHvVy4HQQE1yeTknc4cLpi3mPt20UYHCrOaPSPPo1wdEWts1lxdCuRa6RCty9msx9tv8_I2FbQfK7bmRu1ItwUzGTmPB4EVIq1tTDJeDPIvljSmdwY0WHplRJ9jnztms7Jsag/s1600/IMG_20150708_212647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8oHvVy4HQQE1yeTknc4cLpi3mPt20UYHCrOaPSPPo1wdEWts1lxdCuRa6RCty9msx9tv8_I2FbQfK7bmRu1ItwUzGTmPB4EVIq1tTDJeDPIvljSmdwY0WHplRJ9jnztms7Jsag/s640/IMG_20150708_212647.jpg"> </a> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-179188613242066902015-07-07T23:04:00.001+02:002015-07-07T23:04:54.706+02:00Tour de Fleece - stage 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HjFpCci8BMyL71Zep5RyqAiYagxkWLdeq6FMDWNv5sJWrh1G1JHzL0qzBx5nZ6RUVDC2u65xt40fZLostxw7tzBL9UuxTOQfw5-qnl5IISGeMZsEcZfPckC9GZf4hZeYbq3ZGQ/s1600/IMG_20150707_230236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HjFpCci8BMyL71Zep5RyqAiYagxkWLdeq6FMDWNv5sJWrh1G1JHzL0qzBx5nZ6RUVDC2u65xt40fZLostxw7tzBL9UuxTOQfw5-qnl5IISGeMZsEcZfPckC9GZf4hZeYbq3ZGQ/s640/IMG_20150707_230236.jpg"> </a> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-82145842610127446022015-07-06T21:41:00.001+02:002015-07-06T21:42:56.378+02:00Tour de Fleece - Stage 3 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjZyBwz1A26_mA4sJUnHZfx0A95bt4KbS0_U9nHobrvW9_NJxqLN9EBrtZ34m6czrPqa3i_E0atCXRjRX1NsI6cShSx6Pj4SqbRBrn52vCLnDnK1IpQJ-jo7IQQ3pooNL1Fc7jw/s1600/IMG_20150706_213954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjZyBwz1A26_mA4sJUnHZfx0A95bt4KbS0_U9nHobrvW9_NJxqLN9EBrtZ34m6czrPqa3i_E0atCXRjRX1NsI6cShSx6Pj4SqbRBrn52vCLnDnK1IpQJ-jo7IQQ3pooNL1Fc7jw/s640/IMG_20150706_213954.jpg"> </a> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-56104744705632020532015-07-05T21:34:00.001+02:002015-07-05T21:36:22.348+02:00Tour de Fleece - stage 1<p dir="ltr">Utrecht - Utrecht </p>
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There's a second podcast for you to enjoy or cringe at, whichever, it's a thing that I did.<br />
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#<a href="http://www.knitbritish.net/hap-join/" target="_blank">Hapalong</a> by KnitBritish<br />
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<a href="http://www.theshetlandtrader.com/designs/shawlsscarves/aestlight-shawl/" target="_blank">Aestlight</a> by Gudrun Johnston<br />
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<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mama-vertebrae" target="_blank">Mama Vertebrae</a> by Kelly Brooker<br />
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And then of course I remembered, the Book Club Book!<br />
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Mayhem by Sarah Pinsborough was discussed and ended up with a score like most others. We score strategically, helping a book along if we like it. It was generally enjoyed, even if *some* had some issues with the language. I didn't and the setting appeals to me, as well as the detective story part of the storyline. More please!<br />
(Oh, it's using a number of really happened for real murders around the time of Jack the Ripper's A Bit More Than 15 Minutes of Fame. Mix in a bit of the supernatural, an unlikely love interest, a dr. Bond and a bit of opium, and there you have it, a book that I've finished reading!)<br />
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I'll keep you informed of the next one, The Godless, by Ben Peek. It has a lot of pages that one....<br />
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Love,<br />
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Hello, my name is J, I'm 36 and I carry around a lot of self-loathing, disappointment and very little hope. I keep all of this in a tightly sealed container, so you don't have to fear contamination (much). Periodically the seal breaks and if other life challenges coincide, the lid flies clean off, carrying me along in a downward spiral**. It's not a pretty sight, in fact, it does get quite ugly. On the inside, of course.*** </div>
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*don't try this at home<br />
**nothing at all like a "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE slide" whatsoever. Unfortunately.<br />
***u<span style="text-align: justify;">nless you find yourself very close, you might never notice, which is exactly how I'd like it to remain, above all, one must be liked.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">****hormones are a bitch. get out of my brain tyvm.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: justify;">*****not his actual name</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-25620724512977860502015-04-12T22:48:00.000+02:002015-04-12T22:48:17.440+02:00Love Your Blog - Beginnings<br />
This Blog has always been about Beginnings. New adventures, new hobbies, new projects. I begin stuff *all the time* of which my pile of WIP's is really all the proof you need. So for this one, I thought I'd try a new thing altogether.<br />
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Oh yes, I did it. I apologize for the questionable quality of the sound. I've just recorded on the phone and not done any editing. Life, short, etc. I do hope you enjoy it, please let me know!<br />
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With special thanks to all the ladies (and gents) who went before me, and have been such pleasures to listen to. I can only aspire to stand in your shade.<br />
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Links of interest:<br />
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Ripples Crafts (also check out her blog for stunning images of Assynt)<br />
https://www.ripplescrafts.com/<br />
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Dutch Wool Diva (who just started a vlog, Dutch only, I'm afraid. Good excuse to learn a new language?)<br />
http://www.dutchwooldiva.nl/store/<br />
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Lattes and Literature (Books, games, coffee and cake. It only needs yarn to be perfect)<br />
http://www.lattesandliterature.com/<br />
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Love, J<br />
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So thanks, APlayfulDay, for taking the spoon out of my hand, thanks a lot. Love Your Blog? That is a challenge. Can you love a thing you've been avoiding? We'll have to see. The Spoon is Down**<br />
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<b>Interactions and Community</b><br />
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Let's take that subject away from the blog. As much as I love all of you individual readers of this blog, Interaction and Community has never ever been a strong point, or even <b>a</b> point at all to this blog. Starting out as a readalong to my adventures (I went to the USA), musings on what now seems silly and insignificant***<br />
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Not sorry. I just erased a long paragraph about exactly why the blog has been so quiet. Being a soloMUM and longdistanceWIFE most of the time, struggling employee for too large a part of every week leaves little room to be wordy about being crafty. So there. I invite you to keep up by medium of Twitter and Instagram, if you so wish. Fewer words, easier postage, doable.<br />
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Coincidentally <i>(not really) </i>that's where most of my interactions take place. It even leads to a sense of community, in my own twisted way. Without once buying a thing from Helen, it was through Twitter that I ended up on her retreat, as a last solo-trip**** to Scotland before the arrival of the Bubs. If you've paid lots of attention, you'll know it was her that gave the Bubs its nickname. There's a special bond if ever you went looking for one. It was the desire to hug her in real life that took me on my first, uncomfortable outing, once again to Scotland, by my single lonely self.<br />
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By Gods, that's rough, isn't it? Pretty much all of the trip would make a good tragicomedy (from a rebooting phone not playing alarm clock by way of a middle-of-the-night false fire alarm cutting a much needed sleep in a Bubs and Husband-free environment short in its infancy to airport security insanity induced running in knitwear)***** but the worst bit was being away and not being entirely comfortable with that at all. But I did it, and boy did I get a reward!<br />
Not only did I get to give Helen an (almost but not quite awkwardly) long hug, I also got to meet her friends Lizzie and Dorothy and be known as the heavily pregnant lady who climbed up a hill only to announce having a slight fear of heights. It was delightful to re-meet Louise and newly meet her mother, and the other Louise who clearly understands the importance of a large piece of chocolate cake. I watched Shiny and spotted Sparkly, admired Devine doing her thing. I hugged Bookish, who is much further along in being smart and clever and surprised me by even knowing who I am at all to begin with. And then there was tea with Isobel and a chat with Fiona and a second with Kath and one with Stevan. I got a sock knitting tip from Mel whom I only knew from pattern pictures and found out that John loves going to Utrecht where I once went to uni. (edit: Also Suuf and her sister(s) and probably a lot more people I'm currently forgetting)<br />
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It was lovely and inclusive and for a good while I wasn't on the outside looking in. And when I wasn't I was Woolly'ing it outside looking out. Or running around awkwardly like an indecisive headless chicken spotting other people's children. It was amazing and awful and next time there will be more gin****** and photographs*******. And possibly a little more yarn-buying. Bugger that exchange rate...<br />
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Interactions and Community? Yes, I can do that for a day. The rest of the days I'm getting more comfortable with not being an actual part part of it. Outside looking out, taking it day by day and grabbing a moment or two when they pop up even if they are few and far between. It's nice to know it's out there though, waiting.<br />
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*mmmmMona toetje<br />
**it's in my tea, where it belongs, alright?<br />
***this is encouraging. They appeared big at the time, mayhaps the current struggles will turn into mouse-sized items over time, ha!<br />
****that's no longer true<br />
*****you should've been there. It was "great"<br />
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*******there are a few<br />
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It all started when Bubs had only just joined us. I wanted to knit something for me, instead of the pile of baby knits that had gone before. I had a really (really) nice skein of Ripples Crafts Assynt Storms, a circular needle, and a naptime to gather my sanity before the next round of nursing, nappies and cramps. A new mom needs a bit of pampering, and that hank of yarn was just the trick.<br />
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One thing led to another (ever so slowly) and with help from two lovely professionals (hello <a href="http://dutchwooldiva.nl/store/" target="_blank">Dutch Wool Diva</a> and <a href="http://yarnandpointysticks.com/" target="_blank">Yarn and Pointy Sticks</a>) I can now present you my first ever pattern, Kille<br />
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Kille is a cowl with lots of nice and easy stitches, not a lot of counting and lots of pretty colours if you pick your yarn carefully. The sample shown is a new colourway by Dutch Wool Diva, Strolling through the Woods, and it's perfect for matching the Autumn colours out there right now. The sturdy Sock Star is perfect for sharing the cowl with your little one, especially when they like chewing on your knitwear, and soft enough to be worn against the skin. If you don't have a little one or like to live dangerously, go wild with your yarn choices! Be careful though, changing the gauge means changing your yardage! The pattern is carefully tech edited, but if you find a problem, please let me know!<br />
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You have to knit it first, and you can do so after going right here: <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/purchase/judith-korving-designs/241846">buy now</a> (you don't have to be a member)<br />
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*definitely not twice around a little head so that pulling on it doesn't pull it tightAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-85082613306264094662014-11-03T23:02:00.000+01:002014-11-03T23:02:07.697+01:00RSVP: Otherwise EngagedYou might be confused about what I've been doing for the past two years, if all you had to go by were my most recent purchases....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello you! I'm Tomten V, fifth in line of a strong family. Over the generations, we've become bolder and I'm considered the largest of my line. Even though I'm considered to be a classic, my colourful appearance and plethora of Snoopy buttons show off my playful character. Made of the softest baby merino, I will keep you warm and cosy but I won't make a fuss if you spill something on me. I'm a practical guy and that's what washing machines are made for.<br />
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I love going for long or short walks on the beach, driving around on narrow mountain roads and playing outside. Just slip me on and we're ready to go!<br />
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I'm not a great fan of rubbing against myself or other items of clothing as that is likely to make me pill. Sharp pointy things will pull my stitches out of proportion and I'll need you to mend that. Best avoided, don't you think? I think my buttons are the cream on the cake when it comes to my looks, but boy is it stressful to button them all up when I'm keeping a Little One warm. Sometimes there are unexplained knots or breakages in my yarn. I do my best to hide them, they do so distract from my appearance. Cover me up in heavy rain or I'll never regain my shape and if you intend to bring me moths, you better think again.<br />
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I'm certain I'll be around and about next autumn. My current Little One is a slight of a thing, so I'm not worried about that. I hope to hand this Little One on to one of my descendants, and for me to keep another Little One warm some day. As long as I'm cared for properly I can last a long time so I'll be around if you're looking for me!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-52814477196637189002014-05-12T22:45:00.000+02:002014-05-12T22:45:06.866+02:005KCBWDAY1 A Day In The Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I'm her newest cast on, a bit of a comfort thing, just like when she bought me from <a href="https://www.ripplescrafts.com/" target="_blank">Helen</a> because I was the best of the lot. I've got so many lovely colours you wouldn't believe it. Caked up I'm even more impressive than in the skein! </div>
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She's getting on nicely though, for someone who's always busy thinking how busy she feels, if you get what I mean. She's even thought up a name for what I'm supposed to be so from now on you can call me <strike>All</strike> cowlkerchief. I know. I told her that's not a word, and it's quite embarrassing when I hang out with the unfinished cardigans and socks. They have a proper name and a given name, but I'm just the cowlkerchief. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-66899952548994112922013-09-18T22:05:00.000+02:002013-09-18T22:05:39.460+02:004 plus 18 equals #yarnpadcYou'll have to excuse the rather crappy pictures today. I don't get hours and hours of daylight when I get home, and there's someone more needy of my attention than these pictures when I do finally get home after work.<br />
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Speaking of needy, Bubs does need more trousers, so I made him a few. I started on these Big Butt Baby Pants while Stateside and they've remained nearly finished ever since (notice a trend?). I've been hand stitching them as that's just easier to do when traveling. I love my (mother's) sewing machine, just not enough to drag it around on a trolly across an ocean. I really just need to sit down and sew them on the machine. Just a little hemming to do, a couple of buttons to hold the elastic buttonhole waistband in place and I can strike another project off the unfinished list.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-28465487819006089422013-09-16T22:29:00.000+02:002013-09-16T22:29:18.624+02:00Day 2 and day 16, #yarnpadcThanks <a href="http://anniebeeknits.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">AnnieBeeKnits</a> for leaving a comment! The mittens in the last post are the Chawton Mittens. I think I've sufficiently shamed myself into finishing them before I need them. Seriously.<br />
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I really like my project bag. Being the person who 'can make that myself', I've never spent money on something I could so easily make myself, or something like it at least. Except that I never have because I just don't happen to have done it (yet). Until I spotted this one, with its own knitterly decor. It's holding a little cowl-on-hold while I knit socks and cardies for the little one. The yarn is by <a href="http://www.dutchwooldiva.nl/" target="_blank">Dutch Wool Diva</a> and the pattern doesn't exist. Unless you count in my head and jotted down on a piece of paper. One day... one day. It turned out to be reversible and has some linen stitch and slipped stitches. I really like the ribbing...</div>
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Today's challenge is "want". Fortunately, that's the Dutch word for mitten, which I have a lovely example of in my UFO basket. Two birds, one stone! </div>
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It's the cameo mittens from Jane Austen Knits, by @AnnieBeeKnits (sorry, not the correct name for the mittens or the designer, I'm on the phone. You can find them in my projects on Ravelry) </div>
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Thank you all for dropping by in such amazing numbers! In time, this may become my most visited post, after the one tagged Dealey Plaza, which appears to attract a lot of people wanting to visit Dallas I presume.<br />
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I think the lot of you have already bought your own copy of Hatopia, because only 4 of you left a comment below. Not enough people to roll a die, so off to find a random number generator on t'internet. That turned out quite easy, and it generated a number for me.<br />
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This means that the lovely Babylonglegs is about to receive a copy of Hatopia, or she can have it sent to someone she thinks should receive it. I started a little investigation into <a href="http://babylonglegs.blogspot.nl/2013/08/hatopia.html" target="_blank">Babylonglegs</a> and it turns out she's already donating to the fund through her shop which you can find <a href="http://babylonglegs.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">right here</a>. You should probably go there and buy some yarn for a hat</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-64472151184081143472013-08-16T23:27:00.000+02:002013-08-25T13:40:21.235+02:00Knit a Hat, Save a Community, or at least plan to knit a hat, buy the pattern book and the yarn and only remember to knit when your ears get cold on your way to workYou may do things differently.<br />
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I on the other hand, have *almost* finished a pair of mittens I started 2 years ago. I'm under no illusion that I'll knit myself a hat before next Spring, but I like to surprise myself.<br />
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Now about saving a Community, I should probably explain myself. How does one save a Community by knitting a hat? In all reality, one doesn't. I'd never stop knitting hats to save communities all around, I'd pick it as my superpower. Hat-knittingWoman. I'd like a cape with that, TYVM.<br />
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So, we're not saving a Community by knitting a hat. But we can help save a community by helping that very same Community to collect the funds to help them save their own Community from demolition. I'll tell you how, and I'll tell you why I care.<br />
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The Community we are talking about here is called Mutonia and this is what's happening to it (official statement)<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">The Mutoid Waste Company arrived in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Italy in 1990 to perform in that year's "Festival Dei Teatri", a renowned annual festival held in the town. From that time on Santarcangelo became a base for the group and it became their home. Their art, their way of life and they themselves became an accepted part of life in Santarcangelo. Over the last 23 years they have increasingly collaborated on projects with local institutions such as schools, and their ties with the local community have strengthened. In recent years some of the Mutoids have chosen the Yard as a safe place to raise their own children. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">The Yard is unique: a place that follows the rules whilst living completely outside them, a place that advocates an alternative outlook on life, a place that allows people to discover new things - and it's wonderful that such a place is considered a true part of Santarcangelo and that the locals readily accept the Yard as part of their community.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Despite these many years of mutually respectful cohabitation there is one voice that has continually spoken against the Mutoids presence; a single objector who now seriously threatens this culturally important phenomenon.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Mutonia is not a campsite (even though its inhabitants live in caravans, buses, trucks and temporary constructions that look more like works of art than houses); it's not a standard travellers site (although many of its inhabitants have a semi-nomadic lifestyle); and the group have never illegally occupied the land. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">In recent years Santarcangelo's local council has been searching for a solution to the situation, seeking help from other government bodies, with the ultimate aim of declaring the Mutoid Yard as a Site of Cultural Interest.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">Unfortunately the Yard currently finds itself under a very real and serious threat of eviction - a reality which would not only destroy this unique community but also disperse its inhabitants and their artwork</span><br />
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A few years ago I got close to burning out. I gave myself the gift of therapy and avoided going down the hole. At that time I was just finding out more about the lovely knitting community. I read a lot of blogs by knitters, from the casual multi-hobbyist to the massively impressive designers who all show us a lot of their craft and a glimpse of their lives.<br />
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One of the special ones is Woolly Wormhead. A hat constructor extra-ordinaire, who just happens to live in a bus. This bus happens to be parked on the site of Mutonia.<br />
Suddenly, whenever I thought to just start driving and keep going until I couldn't any longer, there was a destination. I never went, and I got better, but it's nice to know it's still there should I be in need of a destination ever again.<br />
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But now it might not.<br />
Woolly (may I call you Woolly?) has released a pattern book called <a href="http://www.woollywormhead.com/Hatopia/" target="_blank">Hatopia</a> which contains a whopping 10 of her popular designs for the price of £9.00 of which £7.00 goes to the SaveMutoniaFund. <br />
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Maybe you've already bought your own copy. If you haven't you totally should, or at least let me buy it for you. Well, one of you. Yes, it's a<br />
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All you have to do is leave a comment below, stating when you'll cast on and actually finish knitting a hat if you had all the time in the world. (I'll check up on you!)* </div>
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If you already own a copy, you can still enter. Just find someone you think deserves the gift of a really nice pattern book full of great hats and we'll get the book to them. </div>
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If you're inclined to help out (and gain patterns, enlarge the stash, like we need an excuse) you should check out <a href="http://www.woollywormhead.com/blog/" target="_blank">Woolly's blog</a> in which she lists a bunch of people offering to donate part of your money if you buy some of their <strike>stuff </strike> fluf. </div>
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The GiveAway will close on Sunday the 25th of August, at noon CET. A winner will be chosen by some sort of random number generation. I'll figure something out.<br />
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Oh, and sign the <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/salvate-mutonia?share_id=RjvUqYoEFr&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition" target="_blank">petition. </a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00746098227466241696noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15288441.post-40013122626086578032013-07-29T09:00:00.000+02:002013-07-29T09:00:03.662+02:00Six months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It seems like it was only last week that you looked up at me for the first time and yet I can hardly remember a time before you arrived.</div>
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Sometimes I wish you would stop rushing ahead so I can get used to your progress, but it's so much fun to watch you develop new skills that I just try to keep up with your pace. You can roll over every way you want to and scoot around on your back to get where you want to be. You're working hard to learn crawling and sitting and standing. I can tell because you get so frustrated when your little legs don't do as you want them to. You really enjoy family meals in the garden and so do the birds that get to clean up after you.</div>
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You're growing and learning and rushing ahead and I love you to bits. Happy half birthday little Bubs!</div>
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