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Stuck in my head – alt j

Posted on September 27, 2012September 27, 2012 by bekswhoknits

I can’t get enough of this song.

This is just magic. They’re album is magic too. Triangles are my favourite shape.

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A day at the cricket

Posted on September 20, 2012September 20, 2012 by bekswhoknits

It should be no secret that I love cricket.
Test cricket will always be my favourite, but with the twenty20 world cup on at the moment, and season tickets to the Perth Scorchers acquired, I do enjoy the shorter forms of the game.

And the Ryobi Cup kicked off WA’s first game for the season, and even though we didn’t win (and we’re not looking likely to win our Sheffield Shield game that’s in progress), it still makes me feel like summer and international tests are just around the corner. Which is always exciting.

These are photos taken with my new camera. It’s not quite a dslr but it’s a step up from my phone and the free GE point and shoot I won some time ago.

I’ve been using it for a little while now, but I still have a lot to learn. But I think these photos turned out pretty ok.
(and my camera is pink!!!)

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Stuck in my head – winter people

Posted on September 19, 2012September 19, 2012 by bekswhoknits

The whole album is streaming on spotify, or here is their first single (and it’s a cracker and I’m a little obsessed)

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Stuck in my head – cloud nothings

Posted on September 12, 2012September 12, 2012 by bekswhoknits

This song makes me feel like I’m 15, still living at home, dancing in my high school bedroom, anxiously awaiting summer holidays.

Enough with the sneezing

Posted on September 10, 2012September 10, 2012 by bekswhoknits

Three boxes of tissues, a packet of antihistamines, buckets of lemon tea, and some knitted dishcloths.

That was the weekend.

I figured dishcloths are probably the best thing to make whilst being all germy. They’re going to be washed anyway so the germs will wash out.

And everyone in the family is getting dishcloths for Christmas. They’re practical which fits in very well with my family’s gift giving ethos.
Plus my mother in law is a big environmentalist and I’m going to score mega brownie points with some home made scourers. Although I’ll probably end up with a standing order.

So I spent most of the weekend with ravelry open looking for different types of dishcloths.
There’s the
waffle cloth, ripple cloth, heart cloth, and a loin cloth.

I was planning on giving the leaf to my Mumsi until the Mister kindly pointed out its resemblance to a loin cloth.
Thanks hun.

Grandmothers favourite.

Posted on September 7, 2012September 6, 2012 by bekswhoknits

This is the sum total of my knitting this week. Between resting my elbow, and then succumbing to the common cold this is all I’ve achieved.
Trust me, it’s difficult to knit when you’ve got one hand permanently holding a tissue to your nose.

So here’s one grandmothers favourite dishcloth in a horrible colour way (Moda Vera print).
It looks so pretty in the ball but the colour changes are too close together for my liking.

Anyway, this will be going in someone’s Christmas present and they’ll never have to know that I don’t like it.

Beside i dont know what else can I do with horrible yarn.
And what else I can just churn out when my nose stops dripping for more than 4 minutes.

I’m hopelessly pathetic when I’m sick. Someone fetch me some hot lemon and honey drink.

Stuck in my head – Skipping Girl Vinegar

Posted on September 5, 2012September 5, 2012 by bekswhoknits

Nothing says ‘summer is coming’ quite like Skipping Girl Vinegar.

Their first album was chock full of rocking, sing along, folk songs which always make me smile.

As well as having the cutest band name story, giving out baked goods at their live shows, and being really awesome people to hang with after shows, they’ve done what I think is the way forward for independent bands.
Which is a way for people like me to ensure that their money actually goes to the band.
With more and more people downloading, streaming, and even buying CDs, I’m always looking to make sure that I support local Aussie bands. I always try to go to shows, buy merch, and I always subscribe to my very awesome local independent radio station. (They have a live stream so check it out. )
Skipping Girl Vinegar take it one step further by asking for pledges to fund upcoming trips, recording sessions, and basically ensure that they can keep making quality music.

I think this is the way of the future and Skipping Girl Vinegar are leading the way.

Plus their film clips are always gorgeous and they sent a monkey into space.

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Etsy love

Posted on September 3, 2012September 3, 2012 by bekswhoknits

So another knittingless weekend meant I spent a lot of time browsing etsy.

And I put together some treasury lists.

yarn in a tea cup

and this one

all things doctor who and knitting

I am totally into rings at the moment, even though they really don’t suit me.

This shiny one is my favorite

So many pretty yarns

Stuck in my head – Divine Fits

Posted on August 29, 2012September 10, 2012 by bekswhoknits

This album has gone straight to the top of my to buy list.

It almost makes up for not seeing Wolf Parade live before they broke up.

listen to divine fits

The weekend where Bek is clumsy

Posted on August 27, 2012August 27, 2012 by bekswhoknits

I’m clumsy. In my 27 years on earth I’ve broken my arm once (falling off a desk), had staples in my leg (a rogue nutella jar), and have various scars from hair lackys, baking equipment, and cereal boxes.

So I’m clumsy, my best friend is accident prone, and my Mister, well between getting old diseases like scurvy and gout, gets bitten by spiders quite a lot.
We are in Australia I guess.

So this weekend it was my turn to be clumsy.
At some point on Friday night, whilst the three of us were quietly watching a game of football with a few quiet beers I’ve fallen over pretty hard and sprained (possibly broken) my elbow.

Clumsy.

So the rest of the weekend was spent not knitting. Including a trip to the doctors which is usually prime knitting time.

I’m also discovering just how much I use my left arm (I’m right handed which is lucky), but this blog post has taken me twice as long to type as it usually would.

So I’ve tripled my favourite list on Ravelry. Ordered some yarn from etsy. Watched some football (without falling over). And am now waiting to have an X-ray this afternoon.

I’m pretty sure it’s not broken. But I am rocking a very sexy sling.

So there are no knitting pictures from the weekend.
But this is the sunset on Friday night.

And please excuse any typos. This one handed thing is hard.