My Forays into Fiber and other Geeky Things

I don't know what happened to the last two months, they just disappeared. Let's get you all caught up. First things first. I HAVE NOTHING on the needles. The knitting mojo left just about the time I got my surgery date. Let's fix this... like yesterday.. I will be down one arm for most of the summer. So, goodbye Sirius Rising, Camping, any heavy lifting and working in the garden. Even Phaedre is down for the summer minus her wheel... It's a sad time here.. Okay, the summer started off great with Clermont. Oodles of fluffy goodness. Then proceeded to Memorial Day and Mass Sheep and Wool (Cummington) Wait a minute, where's the crowd? Somethings off.... But Dave of Merlintree was there with his CPW wheels on parade. All of them beautifully restored. That's where Phaedre's Wheel is getting repaired. I ran across the new Kromski there Simple in execution, lovely in design. I know it would spin well But it does not fold . (vid) One of the simplest things that I ...

Remember America's Job Bank? Something run by public entities? America's Job Bank I have not used the site since 2006.. Fast forward.... It's no longer run by public entities In fact, AJB.ORG as we knew it shut down operations in 2007 due to cuts in the US Department of Labor of the Bush era, the services were outsourced to something that looked like a company in the US... Until I had to troubleshoot at work today... Behold.... americasjobexchange.com I called and got someone with an Indian accent. Okay, I get this, I too was outsourced in 2004 from BOFA to EDS ... Now here comes the part that should anger every tax paying American.... America's Job Exchange is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NaviSite, headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. I love the stock photo for ALL of their data-centers So I back track some more.. A coupla whois etc... and I hit gold... OrgAbuseName: NaviSite Abuse Team OrgAbusePhone: 1-978-682-8300 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@navisite.com 1-978-682-3...

I was given a late birthday gift over the weekend by a non-knitter, my friend Flame . Just what I want to do, knit in the dark. NOT Okay, good idea, but obviously she is overconfident in my knitting ability. I don't think I can knit in the dark... not yet. Speaking of which, I am still trying to come up with a pattern for that damned bulky STICKY hand spun that I mentioned here . I cast on 80 stitches on 10.5 circs in hopes of a hat. NO, bad gauge, bad gauge. Looked like a hat for an ogre, Remind me again why I knit? Out it came, all of it frogged back to much amusement of the cat. I started this blog in hopes of getting input into my creative process and maybe create a small circle of friends. Meanwhile on the tech horizon, I am reminded of what I get to deal with most days when I walk into work. It's broken, they want it fixed now. Today it's email being down. Also a pc that needed to be "rolled back" so it could boot. Ah, this is why I knit. To work with my he...