Knit Misadventures: Episode 34 – Grannies Ahoy, Cap’m Hook!
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Howdy, everyone! It’s blazing hot, and I’m covered in yarn. Good thing I’ve got a lemonade recipe for you this week!
Projects Mentioned:
Ridiculously long crochet scarf
Lemongrass II
“Get your granny on” bag
AV bag
Pot pinchers
Bandito scarf
Dragon hunter Shawl
Mishaps and Lessons Learned:
Don’t use large metal needles with skinny yarns.
Balcony Farming:
The heat claims many, and I contemplate bonsai for the umpteenth time
Rambling:
Gramma’s 94th birthday event!
Gushing:
The Taste of Porter County
Nifty Thrifty:
When life gives you lemons, make Lemon Shake-ups!
2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1 cup fresh lemon juice
Combine water and sugar in saucepan.
Boil for 5 minutes.
Cool, then add lemon juice.
To make a lemon shake-up, add 1/4 c. of syrup to 1 glass of water with ice.
Shake or stir to mix. Add a lemon wedge.
Store syrup in the refrigerator. It should last for at least 2 months.
Question:
What is your favorite limited-space craft?
Promo:
The Knitting Librarian podcast
Music:
Intro/Outro – “Linus & Lucy”, from the album Guinevere by Jeff Wahl
“Gastric Case” by Troy Bond
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August 22, 2010
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Uh-oh, My Blog is Broken! – UPDATE!
Well, I tried to add a contact form to my blog, but now my main page is gone! If anyone of my lovely subscribers knows enough about WordPress and/or the Clean-Contact plugin to offer any advice, please drop me a line!
In the meantime, know that I have not abandoned the site, I’m just trying to make it visible again 
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Huzzah! Thanks to a lead from @blankenflowers on Twitter, I found the problem in a completely different plugin, which got affected by Clean-Contact and set up a couple of redirects without telling me.
On a tangent, check out her site Blankenship’s Greenhouses and Garden Center, especially if you are in the Michiana area. I checked it out when she tweeted me, and methinks I need to take a field trip next time I’m in the South Bend area…
August 10, 2010
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Knit Misadventures: Episode 33 – Zombie granny squares
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A hearty hello to you all! It’s a mishap-filled show today, and stay tuned for the new Discovery SAL!
Projects Mentioned:
Lemongrass bolero
Horus
Bandito scarf
Dragon of Happiness
Library Book:
“I can’t believe I’m crocheting – In motion”, ©2006 from Leisure Arts
Other Reading:
The Scarlet Pimpernel from The Classic Tales Podcast
Mishaps and Lessons Learned:
Trim your fingernails very well before working with lace weight yarn!
Balcony Farming:
I’ve already started planning next years pots, and how did that pigweed get there?!
Rambling:
It’s just been an ADD week for me.
Gushing/Nifty Thrifty:
DIYplanner.com
Question:
How do you respond to people who ask if you ever finish anything?
Promo:
Space Casey
Music:
Intro/Outro – “Linus & Lucy”, from the album Guinevere by Jeff Wahl
“It Had to be Ewe” by Wren Ross
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August 1, 2010
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Knit Misadventures: Episode 32 – Bathtub knitting FTW!
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It’s my post-birthday show! Not that it has much to do with the price of tea in China on a Saturday night, but it’s another jam-packed show, nonetheless!
Projects Mentioned:
Lemongrass bolero
Wings of Horus
Bandito Scarf
Bathtub knitting
Other Reading:
Podiobooks.com
Shadowmagic
Space Casey
Dunkin the Vampire Slayer
Gearheart
How to Disappear Completely
Wrighttales
Mishaps and Lessons Learned:
Yarn and electrical cords don’t mix!
Balcony Farming:
An update on the goodies on the balcony and my compost system.
Rambling:
Birthday adventures!
Gushing:
Genealogy!
Rootsweb.com
Geni.com
Nifty Thrifty:
Herb vinegar bath soak follow-up.
Question:
Which comes first, the pattern or the yarn?
Other Links:
The Crooked Row Podcast
Promo:
Shadowmagic
Music:
Intro/Outro – “Linus & Lucy”, from the album Guinevere by Jeff Wahl
“Holly Ann” by Wren Ross
Outtakes
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July 18, 2010
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Is Mah Birfday. A’gin.
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July 15, 2010
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Knit Misadventures: Episode 31 – Get out’ da funk
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Did you miss me? I’m back, and more skitter-skattered than ever! This episode is longer than normal, but we’ve got a lot to catch up on!
Projects/patterns Mentioned:
Kimono Top
Lazy day lace shawl
Radiant circle throw
Alisa tank
Bandito scarf
No Name scarf
Library Book:
Ready Set Knit by Sasha Kagen, ©2004 from Creative Publishing Int’l
Mishaps and Lessons Learned:
Don’t trust your memory on patterns you’ve never knit before.
Balcony Farming:
New segment! Take a tour of my micro farm.
Rambling:
A little bit of what has NOT been going on.
Gushing:
Farmer’s market, FTW!
Nifty Thrifty:
No ‘Poo!
Question:
Do you save ball bands? What do you save them for, and how do you store them?
Promo:
Strategic Serendipity
The Sick Chick Chats
Music:
Intro/Outro – “Linus & Lucy”, from the album Guinevere by Jeff Wahl
I’m Having a Party” by Jonathan Coulton
Other links:
The Arts at Eagles Find Etsy shop
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July 4, 2010
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Haiku Book Review: Neverland
More frightening than most people
Want to remember
June 11, 2010
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Vintage Base Ball – Huzzah!
Last weekend, I attended a vintage base ball game. If you’ve never been to one, you’re missing out on a lot of fun. Our local team, the Deep River Grinders, plays by the rules of 1858, and the balls are hand stitched, the bats are hand turned, everyone is dressed in period attire (the umpire wears top hat and tails!), and you feel like you are walking through the pages of a classic old book.
Even the some of the fans (called Cranks) get into the swing of things (pun fully intended) and act the part. Since cigarettes as we know them didn’t exist in 1858, those players and fans who are smokers switch to cigars or pipes. Since I’m allergic to cigarette smoke, this is great for me. Cigars are just smelly but don’t bother me otherwise, and I actually find pipe smoke pleasant.
From the gameplay angle, I find these games much more interesting to watch than modern baseball. A striker is out if the ball is caught on the fly or caught on one bound. There is no stealing bases or leading off, and people cheer for any good strike, hurl, or catch, no matter which team is at bat. If any player makes any violations, the umpire charges them a twenty-five cent fine, to be paid on the spot. This is one of the most fun parts of the game to watch. I have reason to believe that every member of our team keeps a roll of quarters in his pocket every game.
In history, there were ladies’ teams as well as mens’. I don’t know of any local ladies’ teams around here, but if I had the means, I’d love to start one. I even have a name picked out: The Valpo Vixens! Ah, that’s just a fantasy, though. Assuredly, though, I’d join a ladies’ team in a heartbeat if I found one close by.
June 11, 2010
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Happy Towel Day
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels…
“A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value – you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to- hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you – daft as a bush, but very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.
More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitch hiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have “lost”. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.”
–from “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
May 25, 2010
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Haiku Book Review: What’s a Disorganized Person To Do?
Quite helpful and perfect for
My ADD brain
May 24, 2010
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Tags: ADD, books, haiku, Haiku Book Review, organization, recommendations, review · Posted in: Haiku Book Reviews
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