http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/ Copyright 2008 Wed, 07 May 2008 21:14:26 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.11 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I had a pretty wonderful bank holiday weekend! Adam arrived on Friday night and presented me with roses: Balloons: And a very sparkly diamond ring! I have been wanting to marry Adam pretty much since I met him and realised... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/05/best_friends_fo.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/05/best_friends_fo.html Wedding Wed, 07 May 2008 21:14:26 +0000 My Nectar book arrived today! My favourite project is still the Dapple dress, but I also like a lot of the cardigans and the Flicker hat. I should probably start with the hat, since if I tried to make a... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/04/its_here.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/04/its_here.html Knitting Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:16:55 +0000 The new Kim Hargreaves book is here! Check it out here. Kim Hargreaves never fails to make me want to knit everything she designs - I still look through the last book lustfully even though I've already knitted 2 things... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/04/kim_hargreaves.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/04/kim_hargreaves.html Knitting Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:43:51 +0000 Well! I know if you haven't got anything nice to say, you shouldn't say anything at all, but I find it hard! I was VERY ANNOYED when I realised Magknits had been deleted forever. No, that's not true, because it... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/04/magknits_patter.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/04/magknits_patter.html Knitting Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:59:18 +0000 Suddenly the urge stuck me to update my neglected website, and I thought I'd better so it right away in case I didn't want to again for another month! I just got back from 2 weeks in Mexico. I will... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/04/slacker.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/04/slacker.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:38:04 +0000 In a staggeringly irritating move, my website host has transferred everything to a new platform, which apparently means I can't check my emails, and all my website stats have been deleted. Also their customer service is diabolical, so it's been... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/03/cornwall.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/03/cornwall.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:09:42 +0000 OK, another extended break, but I've finally forced myself to write up my cashmere scarf. I need to use this blog or I'm going to get rid of it in May before I have to renew. I haven't really knitted... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/03/cashmere_scarf.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/03/cashmere_scarf.html Knitting Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:26:48 +0000 Here's my "review" of Rowan magazine 43! I always buy the Rowan magazines no matter what, I think I started on 28 and have all of them up from there onwards. My least favourite ever was definitely 39 (wack pirate... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/02/rowan_43.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/02/rowan_43.html Knitting Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:09:28 +0000 Well! I finished that cashmere scarf from the last post - I am pleased with how it's looking, but it needs a good blocking to make it hang properly - perhaps I'll do that this coming weekend. Last weekend I... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/02/kimono_style_wa.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/02/kimono_style_wa.html Kimono Style Waistcoat Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:26:13 +0000 Hello again, strangers! I don't know what I can say about that extended break... I think that the thing I always liked about this blog was sharing my hobby with other people, and for that to be fun you have... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/01/hello_1.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2008/01/hello_1.html Knitting Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:36:54 +0000 Firstly - hooray for exams being over. They were actually pretty horrid, but for now I've got my life back! Although at the same time I was taking my exams, Adam moved to Southampton for a job, which is pretty... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2007/11/some_nice_thing.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2007/11/some_nice_thing.html Storm Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:56:47 +0000 Hello! I am right in the middle of my final accountancy exams at the moment - it's been a total world of pain! I have forgotten what free time is, and when I finally get some, tomorrow afternoon (after the... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2007/11/hello_internet.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2007/11/hello_internet.html Knitting Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:02:17 +0000 Wow, it's been so long since I posted to this website that I almost forgot how to do it! I've been so busy - running a half marathon, going to Spain, studying for exams (still doing that one) that I... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2007/09/im_back_kind_of.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2007/09/im_back_kind_of.html Snowflake Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:41:16 +0000 I think that just whinging about how I don't want to knit made me feel a lot better, and now I have started knitting again. Unfortunately I can't actually talk about what I'm making, because I rather optimistically want to... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2007/08/in_which_some_k.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2007/08/in_which_some_k.html Knitting Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:41:09 +0000 At the moment, I literally don't want to knit AT ALL. In fact, I haven't knitted anything in 3 entire weeks! This is definitely the worst it's been ever since I started knitting, I've never been so demotivated. I thought... http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2007/08/bored_bored_bor.html http://www.xtreme-knitting.com/blog/archives/2007/08/bored_bored_bor.html Knitting Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:45:49 +0000