Stephanie Briggs - Handmade Knitting My Way Through Chronic Pain

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To Russia With a Big Stick – My Interview about Traveling to Russia and being Disabled (“I’m Not an Alien with Tentacles – I Promise!”)

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Squee – a 2012 calendar is being put out by the School of Russian and Area Studies (SRAS) with pics of students’ travels to Russia, Ukraine and – want – so I’ve ordered one! I interviewed with Josh Wilson a few years back, about my experiences traveling in a country which is not known for […]

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Photo Shoot: New Scarves and Baby Blankets!

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Took some photos of my hand-knitted scarves and baby blankets today. I’d forgotten how many I had stashed away. They’ll hopefully be up on Shorn Lambs soon! Baby blankets are knitted with Lion Brand Homespun yarn, using US 15mm needles. Measurements: Width = 45 cm Length = 53 cm Mouse over each one to see […]

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Pink Jacquard Scarf and a Mammoth Yarn Ball

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  Like I said in an earlier post, this is called a jacquard pattern. It allows the pattern to make itself without any effort on my part, which is awesome! Here are some more photos of it, and you can see it’s a little bigger now.     Over at Starship Craftybiz, Tara has posted […]

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Composition Software and “Doctor Zhivago”

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I’ve been thinking about saving up to buy Sibelius First composition software for some time now, and was looking at the different types of musical notation software out there. I’m only doing this for my own enjoyment, but at the same time I require a fairly high level of technical oomph in the software because […]

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Product Review: Spotlight on Etsy “Baa-Baa Sheep Poke Me Nots”

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I bought these Baa-Baa Sheep Poke Me Nots from an Etsy seller named SBee last year. They’re great for keeping my new Seaspray Shawl project from sliding off the long interchangeable needle tips and 60 inch cable when I set it down. With help from friends on Facebook and the amazing Georganne from Banyan Tree Yarns, […]

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Moongazing

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Last night, there was either a full moon, or a harvest moon, and the skies were fairly clear (unusual for England!). DH and I tried setting up our tripod and Galileoscope to have a look in the back garden, but we might be missing (or probably just haven’t found) part of the tripod to slot the scope […]

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