I was slightly obsessed today and finished Clue #3. Already. Now I'm stuck with the Sheep Scarf and a pair of socks for the rest of the weekend. Hope I don't finish those too soon!
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I've been busy, but I don't have much to show for it - yet. You will be seeing a lot of finished lace in the coming days, so stay tuned! In the meantime, here are two pillows that I dyed and knit for friends who are getting married next week.
Macinnis, Peter (2004). Poisons: From Hemlock to Botox and the Killer Bean of Calabar. New York: Arcade Publishing. From the author’s web site : "As usual, I am interested in the people, their interactions and the social effects that poisons have had, as well as the science. There is an exquisite beauty in the way tetrodotoxin is made harmless to its hosts, the way a wasp moth vomits over its mate, or the way a mongoose withstands the venom of the cobra. To me, these are things worth exploring, so I do. " In his book, Macinnis endeavors to describe poisonous compounds and their science, relate which historical figures are implicated in the use of these poisons, and document how these poisons are referred to literature. He then attempts to weave all of these aspects together. Macinnis does indeed attempt to cover aspects of science, people, and all the history inbetween, but he does not seem quite able to cover everything in a consistent, coherent way. I think there is just to
And so has the casting on! March Hat: Slippers for my mom: Those weird effects you see with the lighting in these pics - that would be sunlight shining through the trees! I need to cast on some baby mitts as well - although after working with doubled yarn and size 13 needles all week, fingering weight and size 0s seems like knitting with toothpicks and dental floss. I thought that today's sunny and warm weather would bring a plethora of wildlife sightings, but evidently they know something I don't - which is, there is some cold rain/snow on the way later this week. Nothing awful, hopefully, but probably just enough for a buzz kill. This is probably a good opportunity to tell you about one of our squirrels. To me, squirrels are pretty much rats with fluffy tails and good PR, so I don't tend to get very excited about them. But there is this one squirrel who spends a lot of time in the woods just outside my window, and every time I see him, he&
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It looks so cool there by the water. I hope there are no flames nearby...
As one of the two participants in the knitting book giveaway on my blog, you have won an interesting tome from my personal collection. Please send me your mailing address via the email button on my blog, Knitting New England, and I will straightaway post the book to you.
All best, smw