Wrapped with Love

A few weeks ago, I dragged the boy out in the cold so that we could knit for charity at the ABC studios in Ultimo.

Here‘s a link to the ABC site with pictures.  And there is a pic of Inigo and I here.  Which I found out about today, Lyndal from R+L told me!

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Inigo inspects the specifications before embarking on the project.

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Bex and Miss Fe workshop the finer details

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Excitement reaches fever pitch

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Cecilia is voted “Girl Most Likely”

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It was early – it really was that blurry!



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And then Miss Fe took us down to the dungeon where she works



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Bex meets Big Ted

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Cecilia meets Little Ted

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Emily is concerned that Aussie Humpty is a poor copy of the English original



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Big Ted thrills yet another generation (I think he was around when I was a little tacker!)



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Inigo tells Henny Penny about her cousins in the wilds of Granville

A Poultry Place

Here is a link to an ABC clip about Bede Carmody, who runs a sanctuary for poultry. It was Bede that took our three roosters after we were left with them by animal liberation a few years ago.

You can read more about Bede’s work here and here.

As far as I can tell, there is no way to make online donations, but there is a mailing address at the bottom of the last link.

Not for the weak of stomach

Now, I used to be a goth. And I appreciate the black nail polish and corsetry better than most people. I even owned some black lipstick in my time. So I am hardly one to start chucking rocks at transparent houses. Or something.

But this. This is wrong.

In case you’re wondering who the flat chested tramp with the semi naked muscle is – that would be Paris Hilton.

Congratulations Emma and Roger

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We spent last week travelling, and on friday (08.08.08), Emma and Roger got hitched. I did my second wedding, and despite a hiccup (or two), the wedding went off swimmingly, and a whale of a time was had by all.

Here Inigo sports wedding outfit number two, the formal one. Jacket courtesy of Miriam, pants, bib and ribbon trimmed shoes by me.

I’m a bit wobbly at the moment, not posting much because I don’t really know what to say.

Interview with a Nerd

Interview with the Nerdy Husband:

Lara: What is your favourite thing about my knitting?

Nerd: It makes you happy.

Lara: What is your least favourite thing about my knitting?

Nerd: Sometimes it takes you away from me.

Lara: What is something I have knitted, that you recall as good?

Nerd: The shawl that you knitted for my mother (Swallowtail).

Lara: Do you think knitters have an expensive hobby?

Nerd: Not excessively, no. There are plenty of more expensive hobbies.

Lara: You don’t spend much money on gaming, do you?

Nerd: Not since I cancelled my WoW subscription.

Lara: Do you have a gaming stash?

Nerd: Yes, a shelf full of gaming books.

Lara: Have I ever embarrassed you, knitting in public.

Nerd: No.

Lara: Do you know my favourite kind of yarn?

Nerd: No, it changes.

Lara: Can you name another blog?

Nerd: Yes I can. Web Goddess, Subversive Lesbian Knitter. Several.

Lara: Now, do you mind my wanting to stop at knit shops wherever we go?

Nerd: Mmmm. No.

Lara: Do you understand the importance of a swatch?

Nerd: (Laughs) Yes. From bitter experience. (He knits, but isn’t big on swatches, or patterns for that matter)

Lara: Do you read DiscoKnitter?

Nerd: Yes. What a silly question.

Lara: Have you ever left a comment?

Nerd: Yes. (in fact, he can comment without being moderated – it feels a bit intimate really!)

Lara: Do you the house would be cleaner if I didn’t knit?

Nerd: Only that there wouldn’t be a huge pile of yarn in the study, but you’d probably just collect something else!

Lara: Thank you for this insightful interview. Would you like to add anything in closure?

Nerd: Knitting is fun. Sometimes.

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Idea stolen from several places – but I think IrishEyes was first!