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Archive for July, 2007

Cables, vitamins and a shameless plug.

Posted in New Zealand, WIP, blogging, books, food, gifts, jerseys, knitting, malaysia, shopping, vegetarianism on July 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »

It’s been a while since I wrote regularly here so I thought I’d post a (slightly random) update. Things have been happening. Slowly, but nonetheless steadily. The cable vest is taking up much of my time. I’m still (still!) on the first side, up to the armhole shaping. I’m hoping that the second side will [...]

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Stormy Sunday afternoon

Posted in WIP, gifts, jerseys, knitting, malaysia, nature, travel, weather on July 22, 2007 | 6 Comments »

Although it seems to have been unusually dry here lately, KL is known for it’s tropical torrential downpours. We were witness to one this afternoon, which provided a brilliant excuse to stay in and get some knitting done!

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Sunlight and greener pastures

Posted in knitting, malaysia, yarn on July 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Thanks to Sooz for the hot tip on stash airing. I’ve read a few lamentable accounts over recent months of fellow bloggers and Stitch n’ Bitch-ers who have lost their yarn to all sorts of nasties. It seems a pro-active approach is neccessary, and although we live in an entirely airconditioned building that has temperatures [...]

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Yarn: found, ghee: eaten, vest: begun.

Posted in WIP, food, gifts, jerseys, knitting, malaysia, shopping, vegetarianism, yarn on July 10, 2007 | 5 Comments »

All is not lost!
Thanks to Ravelry and a certain Malaysian blogger who goes by the name of Prettyknits I have managed to ascertain the existence of actual yarn suppliers here in KL (!).
I now have the option of perusing Jet Sun Handicraft, Lily Handicraft, Golden Hands or Maycraft. Although I haven’t physically been [...]

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Ravelry, grammar and rust.

Posted in Japan, knitting, malaysia, travel on July 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I’m not sure there’s anyone out there who reads knitting blogs and hasn’t heard of Jess & Casey’s Ravelry project yet, but if by chance you haven’t – get over there and sign up! I think they still have a lot of people on the waiting list, but it really is worth it.
I just [...]

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Settling the stash

Posted in WIP, baby knits, gifts, knitting, yarn on July 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »

It’s strange here in KL, with my knitting needles tucked away in a drawer and my stash in a space saver bag in the closet. It’s not vacuum sealed, just sitting there out of the way. Feels like it hasn’t really moved in and made itself at home yet. Not really conducive to rummaging around [...]

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