Monthly Archives: January 2008

ABC-Along: A

By monnibo | Published: January 19, 2008

I found this on Ruth’s Blog and got caught up in the appeal. I’ve decided to join. The ABC-Along consists of 26 letters, 52 weeks resulting in one letter every two weeks and photo-blogging what that letter may represent of importance to you. AFI This is one of my favourite bands. I’ve seen them live twice and they are absolutely amazing. They just have such a wild, upbeat sound and their lyrics are really well-thought out. [Photo: the photo I want to share is on my cell phone from Canada and I can't get the images off here in the UK.] ALPACA One of my favourite fibers to knit with. I’ve only recently discovered the difference between different fibers, as I used to only knit with whatever was cheapest (read: acrylic). [Photo: This is the Artegano Aran Alpaca that I found at IKnit London. I've enver seen Artegano before! It's lovely.] ANIMALS I do love animals, I’m actually a vegetarian. If I had it my way, I’d be an old cat lady (read: 50 cats) knitting with CSI on reruns! [Photo: This is my Henry when he first came home. Just a little baby -- born February 2006.] ANNA One of my best friends. We met before high school when we were 12, bonded over a course we were in. We ended up going to the same high school without realizing it. We became wonderful friends and hopefully that will never change. Some of our teachers used to mistake us [...]

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UK Swap Weekly Topic #1

By monnibo | Published: January 18, 2008

I know sign-ups haven’t even ended for the UK Swap, but they’ve slowed down so much and they end on Monday, so for the coming week there will be something happening! I’ve started Topics of the Week (thanks for the idea Anne & Holly – Winter Wonderland Coffee Swap) Q: With 2008 in full-swing, do you have any knit-years resolutions you are trying to keep to? Stash-busting? Knitting just for yourself? Gift-alongs or starting Christmas knitting early? Do your knit-years resolutions affect your other resolutions? Such as watching your spending, or putting yourself first, or even loosing weight (yarn weight….)? I want to be a “fearless knitter” and try lace, and big projects which I’ve not been inspired to begin before. I do want 2008 to be “me” knitting, but I know that it won’t always end up that way. I want to finish what I start without leaving it to hibernate for too long. My knitting resolutions can sort of relate to my regular resolutions — I don’t want to leave things unfinished.

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Book Reviews (Booking Through Thursday)

By monnibo | Published: January 18, 2008

I found this on Chelle’s Blog (wow I’m doing a lot of stealing lately) and thought it’d be great fun to join in. Booking Through Thursday is a little more relaxed, you are not committing to doing it every week. How much do reviews (good and bad) affect your choice of reading? If you see a bad review of a book you wanted to read, do you still read it? If you see a good review of a book you’re sure you won’t like, do you change your mind and give the book a try? Sometimes good reviews get me reading books but I have to read the back of the book to see if it gets me interested. Usually it’s a personal recommendation – from a friend, which may or may not be a “good review book”. I love just wandering around the bookstore (I could for hours) and find books I want to read. For a while I was taken by the classics – Hemingway, Steinbeck, Dickens, Shakespeare – because they were so well-renowned. If I want to read something that got bad reviews, I will still read it because for some reason or another, it must have appealed to me but maybe not to the reviewer. But I’ve never liked something just because it got good reviews, or was deemed a classic (hated Old Man and the Sea), although you can appreciate it on some level, for the writing, or character development, even if it didn’t appeal [...]

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