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Since my last post I was at a bit of a loss as to how to continue. I had a few days of...well, awful after my last chemo and then I was so excited when I finally felt better and so desperate to get out of the house I hardly had time to check my mail, let alone blog. But I'm determined to get in the habit of writing again, so here are at least a few pictures of my weekend....I was at the Slow

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Wow. Some weekend. It was quite full of beauty for both the eye and ear, and I for one am a happy camper. As you can imagine, there were loads of people at the Virgin Festival, but in spite of the many lines we had to go through we had a grand ol' time! That's me enjoying a tasty Bud (all they had was that and Old Milwaukee - yuck!) with my darling Pete, who has come up from Rochester to come

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Growing up in Toronto, September means only one thing - the Toronto International Film Festival. The stars, the buzz, that certain excitement in the air....I spent most of my teenage years bemoaning my inability to attend due to lack of money and time. But last night I got to attend my very first festival film! Woohoo! It was great. It was one of the movies I was not able to pre-buy tickets for,

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I have a wee little confession to make. Remember a while ago when I was hankering for a dress form and I said that I kinda maybe intended to make one of my own. Yeah, well, as you all probably figured, I didn't. Granted, there's been a whole lot going on lately, and making a dress form is not exactly a small project. Also, in my former doldrums I did a bit of eBay snooping and happened to

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As Helen mentioned in her comment, I was lucky enough to get my mug in one of the pics taken by the Yarn Harlot at the Stitch n' Pitch last week. My first thought was Woohoo! I'm famous ;D lol But then I realised I'm not even knitting in the picture....she caught me when I was getting my camera out, so I look more like a sneaky, knitting-infiltrating peeping tom. So, just to show you I really

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Well, last night was Stitch n' Pitch night here Toronto. It was a blast!! They gave us knitters and other stitchy crafters a great deal - for 20 bucks we got to see a ball game with our fellow crafters and even got a great gift bag filled with lovely goodies, like yarn, coupons and patterns. Woohoo! I had a lot of fun meeting some more knitters and I can't even remember the last time I went to a

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It's just occured to me that last time I told y'all why I was doing better, but I totally forgot to explain why I was confused (ie from the post title). Suffice it to say, this confusion of mine has made me a bit absent minded *sheepish grin*. So here's the deal: before I left Germany, we were working on this really big proposal. It was for a project for the EU Commission, to make recommendations

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So, slowly but surely, things are looking up. Just to give you all an idea of what I've been dealing with over the past few weeks, here it is in a nutshell, after which I get to gush about my knitting and my new shoes :) (You're also free to skip to the knitting, just look below!) I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned it, but both my parents are essentially disabled, as in neither are well enough

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So, some a few may have been wondering what the hell I've been up to. Well, it would be nice anyway ;) Unfortunately there hasn't been a lot of fun to share since I got back and I really just didn't have the heart to have to put it all down here on top of all the other people in my life who are constantly popping up and asking how I'm doing and what I'm up to these days. It just seems terribly

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Phew. What a week. Or maybe I should say what a month? I am finally back in my hometown, Toronto, Canada. I arrived at my parents a week ago and I've been running around like a headless chicken since. Between friends, relatives, unpacking, job hunting and doing all those millions of little things for getting settled, I've been busy. But happily, I just got highspeed internet set up at my parents

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I really hope that all my lovely blogerinas will forgive me for being so neglectful, but the little spare time I have had lately has been spent enjoying the lovely weather and the company of my soon-to-be-left-behind friends. I had actually planned a relaxed evening at home on Wednesday, with some knitting and playing blog catch up with you all, but somehow I got kidnapped and taken for beers

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Wait a sec, I've got to catch my breath. Ok, more busy-ness, more work, more tired tired me. But in between my during the week work for old job and weekend and evening work for new job, I have happily just found time to upload some lovely pictures we took last weekend on our day trip to Bruchsal. Another of them small towns in our neck of the woods, this time with a baroque palace that was

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my feet are still cold ok? (BTW, for you Fahrenheit folks, that means 64 dgrees) But not with these cute little slippers! I really love them, I'm already planning on making about a billion pairs of them for christmas for every woman I know, and having a little wicker basket by the door filled with them for when people come over. Pay no attention to the fact that they look slightly assymetrical

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Ok, I think we can all agree that looking for work is just no darn fun. I mean, all the uncertainty and insecurity, the possibility of rejection, plus all the work involved in preparing a good resume, maybe even different versions, and letters for each potential employer. Since I'm not even in the country yet, I have mostly just been scoping out various NGOs and checking the not-for-profit want

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The last two weeks....do you know? It's amazing the way life can just whiz past sometimes. Ever ask yourself (or someone else ask you) what you've been doing this week and not have any idea? That's pretty much what the past two weeks have been - huh? what was I doing? I just can't seem to keep track of all the things I have to do, and then on top of that, I keep getting urges to make things. Lots

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Wow. I haven't added to my was-supposed-to-be-added-to-regularly-and-get-super-long-list. Since I am busy doing a lot of not terribly intresting things, I'll share a couple things with you that make me really happy to speak the German language. If any of you have never considered learning a second language, I highly recommend learning a few words of something just for the fun of it. Words that

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For those of you ladies using Bloglines, I was fiddling with Labels for my blog posts today and seemed to have somehow gotten a bunch of old posts to pop up again. So don't be frightened if there are suddenly a bazillion posts of mine on your Bloglines list - and don't feel you have to read them either, especially since at least a few of you already have ;)

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You are all just the bestest ever! I swear, just as I had clicked the publish button, there was this little rush of panic as I though - Oh my god, did I really just post a picture of myself in pink fishnets on the internet!?! Not that I'm the type to get easily embarassed - if y'all knew have the stupid things I do on a regular basis, you would be hard pressed to believe I wasn't doing it on

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We all know that women are known for certain weaknesses....shoes, chocolate, designer handbags...I'm sure many a husband or boyfriend could adds scores to such a list. I, of course, am just a girl like any other - I too often get my thrills from a shoe or clothing rack. And as I mentioned in my post about Ireland, I am not above shopping my blues away ;) It must be said, however, that since I've

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He he. Excuse you me while I flash you my knits ;D Sorry to be so lazy about posting, but in between my swing dance classes which finally started up, working late and trying out wall climbing, I've hardly been on the net at all. Or home, for that matter. But I'm trying to keep my knitting going on the train to and from everywhere. I'm curious to see what this sweater is going to finally look like

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After all of your kind thoughts bidding me adieu last week, I really hope you're not going to turn on me when I tell you how horribly slothful I was in Ireland this past week ;) Being February, the weather was not exactly cooperative - we had a fair bit of rain most of the week - but I still couldn't help losing myself in the romantic landscape of southern Ireland. Although not as dramatic as the

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I really want to thank all of you for your support. Being so far from my friends and family, and not having many close friends here in Germany can make things especially difficult, so it's nice to know I'm not alone :) I should probably say that, although I was already planning to go back to Canada sometime this year, what is creating so much uncertainty is that whereas before I was planning to

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I could make some excuses here about how I've been sick, or had a million and one things to do for work, or didn't want to post til I found my camera again, but I won't. I'm going to be perfectly honest and say my life is falling apart. Don't be alarmed now! It's done this before, and with a few knocks and scrapes, I got out just fine. I'm a trooper that way.But I don't have much of a reason left

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We are working on a new research proposal, so I have been a busy bee this week. It is just amazing how much time and work goes into the process just to apply for research funding. This is for a medium sized project, with 6 partner organizations (besides us) in 5 different countries. I am off to Munich with my boss and a couple co-workers this afternoon so we can meet with some of the partners for

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Just a quick post with another great swing video, since you all seemed to like the first one so much. Although her partner is younger, the woman dancing here is in her sixties - just goes to show that swing is both a lifelong source of fun and keep your tailfeather in good working order ;) Oh, and I also fiddled with my blog a bit. It looks ok in my browser, but if anyone notices any overlapping

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Well, although on the weekend the fates were not exactly in my favour, it looks like they've swung back my way. I woke up to this view out my front door this morning (but a bit darker) and didn't really think much of it. Getting this much snow at once does not happen often here in southern Germany, but having grown up in Canada, it never occurs to me that it's anything but normal. The bus I take

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Don't you just hate it when you're really looking forward to something and then for whatever reason you just can't do whatever that was? I woke up feeling all awful and flu-y yesterday - after only managing to stay semi-healthy for only a month! I was really hoping it would maybe get better over the course of the day, that it was only a weak, fleeting little thing, and that I would still be able

tatjanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027018087879008708noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317233.post-1169212618707727622007-01-19T13:55:00.000+01:002007-03-18T16:54:36.664+01:00

I know I've already told you about this, but showing you is more fun :) Now you can actually see how cute it turned out! I sorta made up this sweater as I went along, only deciding in the beginning that I wanted some sort of wrap. I finally decided to fasten it with the two buttons you see in the picture, and a ribbon to tie it on the inside. The yarn is a cotton boucle which I've had lying

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Not too long ago, I was at a market with a couple friends of mine who were admiring some fingerless gloves. It occurred to me that these were the perfect project for some of the handspun I've got lying around and cast on for a pair as soon as I got home. The first pair was in various shades of blue and has already been giving to my friend Alissa who says their perfect for bike riding and this

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I must say I'm pretty pleased with myself. I've never made an animated gif before, and to be honest the idea didn't even occur to me until I looked at the pictures that Matthias took of me and my little tea cup (and in my pretty German Tracht blouse). Being all very similar, but in slightly different positions, it reminded me of those cartoon flip books you make in school. Remember those? They

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I'm meme-ing today! I'm at work and don't have any pictures here (the ones I want to post haven't been posted to Flickr yet), so I get to meme it up til I get home :) Can you tell we don't get a whole lot done around here on Fridays? ;DThank you so much for your comments on yesterday's post. It's such a relief to know that I'm not the only one who compares themselves to the 'greats' in blogland

tatjanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027018087879008708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317233.post-1168519092720336012007-01-11T13:10:00.000+01:002007-03-18T16:54:10.227+01:00

First, a very happy new year to all of you. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and is coping with all the wacky weather, whether too warm or too snowy, that seems to be occuring everywhere. I had a bit more than a week off altogether, and spent it alternately frantically repainting or applying stucco in our apartment and lazing around with my honey.In spite of bits of knittery here

tatjanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027018087879008708noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317233.post-1166533813678412012006-12-19T13:32:00.000+01:002007-03-18T16:54:10.227+01:00

Things have been busy busy busy, and I've been up to all sorts of things, some crafty, and mostly otherwise, to the point where when I think of blogging I just don't know where to begin. So I'll just take the few minutes I have right now to give an idea of what I've been up to and hopefully I'll find a bit more time soon for pictures and details.71. I was in bed, dying slowly, with not the

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Most of the time, I would say being sick sucks, as would most people, I think. It's not a lot of fun to be oozing icky stuffs or making strange hacking noises, or best of all, feel so weak someone could knock you over with a feather. But right now, for this hour or two in between lying in bed trying to restore my strength and putting that strength to work on a report I should have been at the

tatjanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027018087879008708noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317233.post-1163502502218547522006-11-14T11:43:00.000+01:002007-03-18T17:00:47.396+01:00

I actually still craft too. As I mentioned, things have been busy, leaving little time or energy for craftiness, but as I'm sure all of you know, it's still damn hard to just go cold turkey. We always find just a little time somewhere, don't we? So here is my latest hanspun, a single ply that can be knit up on 4.5mm needles, I think, which should be a heavy worsted. It's a little overspun,

tatjanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027018087879008708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317233.post-1163447389392587992006-11-13T20:30:00.000+01:002007-03-18T17:02:11.660+01:00

Grrr. Just a quick post to vent, this time in defense of Germany. I was more than a little surprised and rather dismayed to see that while answering a comment containing the word 'Germany' the ads that popped up on my Google sidebar were for Nazi films! Nazi propaganda! (who I wonder, will google me now??) I find that really sad. I may have my issues with living here sometimes, but one of the

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There's been so much to do at work the past couple of weeks, my days have pretty much been a blur and I've been almost always exhausted. I don't think it's because of the work though, or lack of sleep even, but rather the monotony of it all. Having had to work on things on the weekend as well, we haven't really gone anywhere apart from the usual necessary errands and a couple walks in the woods.

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Since my last addition to the list was very doom and gloom, I thought it would do me good to think of things that have made me happy lately.61. My new sweater dress! I'm not as much of a clothes horse as I used to be, but occasionally I really get a kick out of buying myself something pretty and girly. This dress is definitely that. Also, I think it's the shortest thing I've worn since I went to

tatjanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027018087879008708noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317233.post-1161781495217875572006-10-25T15:01:00.000+02:002007-03-18T17:03:35.340+01:00

Why is it that the most mundane things can become absolutely irresistable if they're old? I always used to think that table linens were just the dullest thing going. After all, the darn things have to be ironed, who wants to do that? Spruce up the table? That's what placemats are for. Of course, even being an avid thrifter, I almost never came across such things in their vintage form in Canada -

tatjanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027018087879008708noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317233.post-1161449002011504002006-10-21T18:06:00.000+02:002007-03-18T17:04:55.503+01:00

Ok, I'm a bit behind on crafting and even more behind on picture taking, but rest assured I am working on things! I finally decided to put my sweaters on hold in favour of some quicker knits using my accumulating handspun. Look, here's another skein now....I love how this one turned out, I'm a total sucker for warm tones. I haven't decided whether or not I want to put up some of my yarn for sale

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I've been wanting to post this for a few days now, but have been putting it off (along with a lot of things) because it's really difficult for me to talk/write about. But I think it's important that I do, for my sake and maybe also so that those of you who visit regularly know where I wander off to sometimes when my blog goes dead for a week. I hope it doesn't come across as wierd that I'm adding

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I had so much fun at the stained glass workshop! I think this is totally something I could enjoy doing a lot. A lot of people who work with stained glass (from what I've seen here, at least) tend to cut specific shapes and put glass pictures together using patterns. Things like flowers, butterflies. Since this class is part of a publicly run night school type programme, they were on a bit of a

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Sorry for being a non-blog the last few days...things have been hectic at work with a long article that needed translating ASAP. Spending so many hours with full concentration in front of the screen, I've not been up to blogging once I get home. But I have started a new project craftwise. I heard about the Dulaan 10,000 or Bust (scroll down) at Mossy Cottage Knits and just had to join. She's

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Oh yes. Yes I am. I got lovely new wool to spin with on Friday and I just haven't been able to keep my hands off it. I had been neglecting my poor wheel for a while and as I tried to get back in the spin mode I realized I really didn't have much to work with and decided to treat myself to some new woolies. I bought some space dyed wool for the first time, something I didn't do before because I

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***Oops! I thought I had my email addy set to available...you can now find it on my profile. Sorry for the confustion :( ***I really want to thank everyone who entered, I had a lot of fun seeing people's pictures :) I think next time I will think of something a bit more knitting related and less embrassing, because I get the impression a few were scared off. Sorry! I guess now I know for next

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Today's the last day for the contest, so whoever is looking to get some free yarn has to enter by tonight. I've had a lot of fun looking at the entries so far. Don't be shy ladies!

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It's been a few days since my last post...I came down with a cold on the weekend and have been just exhausted all week as my body crawls its way back to health. So there has been no crafting of any kind going on, in spite of a burning desire to make something really awesome. But alas, in addition to my poor physical condition, I have not been of good crafting mind lately, my pencil and sketchbook

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First off, thanks to Arleta for getting us started. You rock! I thought I'd offer some inspiration (and show I likely have much more to be embarassed about) by showing a couple of my crushes. First, the obvious:That's right. To hell with Joanie! I love Chachi! He was so much better than the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonzie. But sadly, just not the same when he became Charles in Charge (Wow!

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Hi all! I'm all kinds of excited about givin stuff away! I should have done this ages ago :) Ok, like I said yesterday, I had forgotten about my blogiversary but still wanted to have a contest to celebrate. I did some thinking yesterday about what you could do to enter and I think I came up with something fun. At first I thought I'd do something about forgetting things, like birthdays,

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Wow! I really must thank you all for the lovely comments on my yarn...I was almost as red ;) Honestly, I feel really bad sometimes about being such a crafting butterfly, flitting from one thing to another, because I don't always dedicate the time and effort to things they deserve. That has especially been the case with spinning, but I'm planning on fixing that :) And thanks to all of you, I'm

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We spent a lovely, laid back weekend tidying up around the house in between taking little trips to check out events in nearby towns. Stuttgart is by far the biggest city in all of southern Germany, except for Munich, but it's hard to see it that way. It doesn't have much of a 'downtown' and for the most part is a whole bunch of smaller towns all squished together. Because of this, there are

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31. Fall is definitely my favourite season. I think of the colours, the joy of charging through a pile of leaves, that crisp feeling in the air, the new beginning of another school year. 32. I miss Canada the most in the fall. The thought of a grove of red maples, their leaves blazing, really tugs on the heartstrings.33. I find things still feel off schedule here. There is no Labour Day weekend

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Do ever feel just a little bit guilty for cheating on the sweater you're knitting to go sew yourself a quick skirt? For putting aside that mile long scarf for Aunt Flo, because you just couldn't keep your itchy fingers from casting on for that cute little top in the latest issue of IK? For tossing your quilting pieces to the wind so you can be up to your elbows in a bucket of yarn and purple dye?

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As promised, here are some pictures of our trip last weekend to the monastery in Maulbronn! Founded in 1147, it is said to be the best preserved medieval monastery north of the Alps. There are many fascinating architextural details to be seen, from the Romanic main church building (see a panorama of the carved choir stalls here) to the early Gothic architecture of the dining hall. I was

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First, thank you for the lovely comments from Arleta, Courtney and Gaby (Muchisimas gracias!) on my collages. Since it's something I'm just starting with, the encouragement is greatly appreciated! And both Arleta and Marji have asked about the 999 things...can I really think of that many? I may not manage to complete them, but so far I find thinking of 10 at a time is a breeze. Also, I really

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21. I make a fish face sometimes when I'm bored and not really thinking...kinda like this, but I don't usually cross my eyes unless I'm doing it to show someone else.22. I sigh alot when I'm feeling kinda melancholy. Really deep, wistful kinda sighs. I don't even realize I'm doing it til Bunny asks me what's wrong.23. I call my boyfriend Bunny, because I think it's funny. He didn't like it until

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Although I initially revived this blog mostly to talk about my knitting, and really, it's been quite a while since I worked on much else, over time I find it harder and harder to resist all the millions of craft possibilites out there. On the one hand, it's terrible, becuase knitting-wise I have so far to go. I really want to work on designing more and better patterns, and I won't be satisfied

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So, in addition to all my pending sewing projects I actually am getting some knitting done too. I can't say it's terribly impressive, and maybe because I've spent most of the last couple of weeks doped up on antibiotics I even managed to mess up a simple rib pattern. But at least I knew how to fix it :) I always feel like a bit of a rebel letting the stitches just drop like that. Almost like

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The amazing, running Zarah asked in the comments yesterday if I'm still a biologist. It's kinda complicated but for now the answer is no :( (Sniff!) This is partly for personal experiences I've had the not so wonderful worlds of academia and rural development research (ie helping feed people type work) and partly because getting and most importantly keeping yourself employed in these fields is a

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Wow, I haven't been tagged in forever! Maybe I should leave more comments for people. Bad Fox!Anyway, I was tagged for this jim-dandy meme by the lovelyArleta. She's much better at leaving comments than I am ;)1. One book that changed your life: Oh I'm gonna be a big fat geek here and say the textbook (No! I can't even remeber the name!) for my Morphology of Plants course in university. Or any

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11. I am a cat person.12. I sing when I'm happy, sometimes even in tune. Mostly old jazz songs and showtunes.13. I bake a mean double chocolate chip cookie.14. I learned to knit from my boyfriend's mother a few months after I came to Germany. I'd wanted to learn for a long time.15. I taught myself to sew things by hand when I was about 10 or so, but I didn't get a machine til I was 15.16. My last

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This week I bought some yarn on ebay. I buy a lot of yarn on ebay. Or did. Ok, about 95% of the yarn currently in my possession was purchased on what for me is like a giant German garage sale. So what can't I believe? Well, I happen to look at my list of online payments (such things are a very important pillar of the German banking system) and lo and behold, aside from my little stash

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A lot of blogs have a link somewhere to an 'About Me' page or a list of personal facts. Somehow I never got around to doing that, so just to make it a little different, and make use of my brand new categories (woohoo! I've been trying to find out how to do this with blogger for forever, I'm such a geek, I'm going to come up with a whopping 999 things about me! (Hmmm, narcissistic much?) But not

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I seem to have a nasty habit of mentioning a knit I'm working on and then, if I lose interest in it, just don't mention it again. I really have to stop doing that. So for those who saw that post, and wanted to know how my makeshift baby aran turned out, here it is:The yarn is a bulky cotton-acrylic mix in navy which doesn't look washed out as it does in the pictures. The joining of the sleeves to

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One of my lovely kitties, (Tiger)Lily, loves to bring us treasures that she deftly catches when out adventuring. Earlier in the summer we got alot of unripe cherries and these funny green nutlike things that come off of trees in the neighbourhood. When she's feeling extra warlike we get a bug, and one day we had a small stuffed bunny mysteriously stranded in the garden. But today she finally got

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That pretty much sums up the last week or so. I haven't had the strength for much else. Having the wonderfully unpredictable weather we do here in Stuttgart, we went from our in-the-30s heat wave to in-the-teens with yucky rain and overall greyness. Blech! I actually don't mind rain, I find it kinda soothing, but unlike back home, rain here always brings a kind of creeping dampness that seeps

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Seaberry Shell Originally uploaded by happy go lovely. As I mentioned before, in my search for finished Seaberries on the web, all I could find was one frogged and another that ended up being completely different, only preserving the leaf lace pattern, not even the bobbles. For the most part I kept to the pattern, sorta. I was working with my own yarn, and didn't attempt to make it as

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I forgot to mention it then, but a couple weeks ago the boy and I drove to Bavaria to attend the Kaltenberger Ritterturnier, a medieval festival complete with jousting tournament. It was a lot of fun. They set up an entire village around the Kaltenberg castle and recruit a bunch of people to camp out in garb for the whole month. We decided on this only about a week beforehand, so we didn't have

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Wow! Has it really been almost a week since I posted last? For shame! Things have been kinda hectic lately with work and other stuff, and I hardly noticed last week go by. And my brain has just been all over the place. On the one side, I've been trying to get focused on the proposal for my PhD, and on the other I'm having all sorts of fantasies of becoming a world famous knit designer. haha!

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I'm really sorry I don't have time to figure out the whole pattern for different sizes, but since it is a free pattern I hope y'all will forgive me :) That said, here are a couple tips for changing the fit a bit if you're a larger or smaller girl.The proportions of the top are pretty simple, so if you need the top to be wider or narrower, just cast on the number of stitches you need according to

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Phew. It's amazing how long it takes to explain simple things. This pattern looks a bit long, but is actually simple to make. The only tricky bit is that there is usually shaping on the front and side at the same time, which is why I exlained it row by row, which takes a lot of space. I hope it makes sense to most people, and that a few actually knit it and have a nice bosomy tank that makes the

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I can't stop giggling. It's terrible. Embarassing really. I am responsible for looking over the abstracts for an upcoming conference here at the university, and I just recieved another one. And guess what's so funny? The author's name....Assman. Hahaha! Ok, it's not that funny, but it amused me.

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I think the time has finally come for me to seriously consider blocking the hell out of one of my knits. I've never bothered to really do it before...maybe a couple times I laid it flat to dry and tugged on it a bit, but not real blocking. I know, I know, I'm a shamefully lazy knitter. A disgrace to my kind! Really tho, I think it's the only thing I can do to get the curling out of the hem of

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Well, actually there's one seam. But that's still pretty darn impressive. A dress with one seam. That's like making a full course dinner with only one pot or one pan. Since it's been a while since I've done much sewing, I thought this would be a nice warm up. The super-wikkid-awesome tutorial can be found here. As many wonderful things are, this was all inspired by a discussion on Craftster and

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I guess it's pretty obvious that since I signed up for Sew Retro and committed to sewing my very own vintage masterpiece, I'd better do a bit more than just put the button on my sidebar ;) I remember having a few nice retro patterns in my collection, back in my hardcore sewing day, but what's left of my beloved patterns has been left with my mum back in Canada and has apparently moved to a more

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ARRRGGHH!! That's so irritating. I was looking at a tank top not too long ago, and thought I liked the shape of it, but not the stitch pattern. So I started making something similar, and the top boob-holding part is turning out great, but then i started on the body, which is a separate piece, and I didn't knit enough rows of garter stitch before continuing with the rest, which is predominantly

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Birkenstocks + socks = SEXY! Originally uploaded by happy go lovely. Yeah Baby! You just can't resist can you? That lovely, delicate pink lace, paired with good German practicality! It's what every man dreams of ;) So here they are, my very first pair of socks! The Simply Lovely Lace Socks from Interweave Spring 2006. What the heck took me so long? I put it off for a long time, because

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Cheers to all you lucky people celebrating this glorious day back home, and to the greatest place on earth! :D Here's a really funny cartoon that I shouldn't be posting without permission, so click here!

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I did it! I ran! Yay me! And I didn't die or throw up or anything! (Don't laugh, one of my co-workers took off like a wild man last year, without having practiced his stretch to see how long it was, and had to give up when he hurled) :D Although I wasn't as fast as I would have liked, I managed my stretch better than I thought I would based on how my training went. With no experience running, I

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I have to make a confession. I am not the fittest person in the world. When I was younger (in Germany this is usually only used by really old people, so i get laughed at for saying it) I was not so much sporty as really more of a bad girl. I tried not only every colour of hair but every colour of lsd to match and spent a fair amount of my high school years drinking way too much vodka or coffee

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Can you tell I'm excited? ;) I opened up the mailbox today to find none other than my Knit the Classics prize. Four gorgeous skeins of Comfort Cotton from Green Mountain Spinnery. The colours are just gorgeous. From top to bottom, they're Weathered Green, Denim, Maize and Peony. The names are lovely too, aren't they? And who can resist organic cotton? I also just happen to have a fascination for

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I've seen talk about alpaca shearing on a couple of the blogs...at farms or at fibre festivals and such. Somehow though, everytime I see one of those shorn little alpacas, I can't help but think of Anthony Michael Hall, back in the 80s when he was in movies like the Breakfast Club or Pretty in Pink. What do you think?

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First, a warning. I didn't take very detailed notes while making this, and has to write up the pattern from what I remembered and what I could see from the cardigan itself, so the pattern may be a little off. But I'm perfectly happy to help those having trouble if there's an error - leave a comment and I'll get back to you as soon as I can! Also, I'm still knitting this up again with a lighter

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Sometimes, when you design your own project things don't turn out quite as planned. Like buttons. I had a vision of a row of cute little loops, and another of neat little buttons, keeping my Lizzie cardi snugly shut. This vision did not involve gaping. Oh but gaping there is, between every treacherous pair of them! Matthias swears it looks fine that way, but I'm not so sure. I will put it on and

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She stills needs some buttons, and I haven't decided if I want to add a bit of a crochet edge, or maybe just some ribbon facing, but other than that she's done. I've always been a fan of gathered sleeves and empire waisted things, and thought I could try and incorporate that into a cardi. Of all the things I've just made up, I like this one by far the best. It's not so much a cardi like I planned

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I found this fun quiz just after deciding to finally join up for Knit the Classics. For those who haven't heard about it, it's a combination of online reading and knitting group. This month's book is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, which I've read at least half a dozen times. I'm a bit of a sucker for old fashioned British romance. And it just so happens that the lace cardi I'm working on has

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Just in case anyone is still checking in, I thought I'd post to make clear that I'm not leaving my blog for dead, but it'll be another week or two before I have time to really post again. Things have been busy catching up on everything since getting back from Canada, and the trip itself was pretty hectic, so I didn't manage to get any of the rest I needed. To make matters worse, instead of being

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Wow! It's really nice to be home. The last 3 weeks in Canada were great, I got to introduce Matthias to my family, and show him some of Canada, his one day home-to-be, and see some places that I hadn't been able to go to before. In spite of all the family visits, and me running like a nut around every thrift or yarn shop I could find, I think Matthias had a good time too :) My only problem now

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Spin - take two (in colour) Originally uploaded by happy go lovely. and here is some spinning in colour! i've really been wanting to dye some of the white roving i have, because the colours just make me so happy!! it really gives you the feeling of a having a finished product. this is a merino/silk blend that my boy ordered for me, a whole whopping kilo! and it's such a lovely colour, and

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Spinning - take one Originally uploaded by happy go lovely. just to show that i'm not the most neglectful wheel owner in the world, and that i really have tried to find time to at least spin a wee bit on my newly acquired wheel, here is a pic of my second try. I didn't exactly make loads of progress with my spindle before the wheel, so i'm not spinning thin little plies yet, but I'm happy

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then it's probably my knitting. as you can probably tell by the new entries on the sidebar, i have been suffering a bout of startitis. Being the free-for-all knitter that i am, this can get ugly. Really ugly. Admittedly, now is not one of the super ugly times, I've had much worse...frogging of whole sweaters, or a bag that needed to be (gasp!) cut apart. Compared to that, this is not so bad.

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click here to buy one!i can't decide if i madly, desperately want one, or if it just freaks me the hell out. what do you think?

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the weather was nice and mild on Saturday when I went into town with my friend Clara, who'll be going back to Paraguay soon :( we wandered around the Trödelmarkt (flea/antique market), the Wochenmarkt ('Weekend' market - mostly fruit, veggies n flowers) and walked up and down the Königstrasse (King St), our city's main shopping strip.i didn't remember i had my camera until after the antique

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Bubble Wrap Sketch Originally uploaded by happy go lovely. ok. here's a sketch i whipped up of the boucle wrap cardi i'm knitting, and writing up a pattern for. it's a *really* simple knit, because it's just garter stitch, and requires very little shaping. each piece is knit fromthe botom up, starting with 1 strand of the boucle, with one strand of the mohair. after knitting a few rows

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hehehe. i said hump. heh. i'm a little tired today, it's been a super duper hectic week so far, so i'm happy as all heck that more than half of it is over. My beautiful, wonderful, gorgeous sexpot of a spinning wheel arrived on Monday! Talk about lightning fast! I didn't think it'd get here til at least Tuesday. BUT, the killer was that because of the big project proposal being due this week, I

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i've been thinking lately, i'm a little short when it comes to my knitting. i'm not a big producer, and haven't really been knitting for that long, so i can still be a little self conscious about my knit blogging. but it's occurred to me that i have some other experience that other knitters might not have, like the fact that i've been sewing since i was a kid (though seldom these days) and i even

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BubbleWrap Originally uploaded by happy go lovely. Yay! knitting progress. the number one reason i am not ticked off as hell at being sick AGAIN ;) and i haven't even been working on this on the train on the way to work, because i did that on Monday, and the mo-hair decided to get a little too friendly with the cuffs of my coat, and i had to spend the last 10 minutes of the train ride

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doesn't she look pleased? Abby and Lily got spayed on Thursday, and I've been keeping a careful eye on them to make sure they don't mess with the stitches. i can't watch them 24/7 though, and i have had to stop them from licking the wound a couple of times, so when we go to bed, it's lick-guard time. i know there must be a special word for this, but i can't remember what it is in english, only

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