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I have to show off the first knitting project I've done since before Sara was born. It is all ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tiboribi's fault as she keeps pointing me to 1940s knitting patterns. These are out of a book called "Essentials for the Forces" which the Victoria & Albert Museum have made available on-line.
yes, they convert into mitts--perfect for sitting at my desk in our freezing house! Actually the cool thing about these is that the needles and wool I used were inherited from the cleared-out estate of our neighbor's 86-year-old mother when she died a couple of years ago.
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What else... Vintage ballpoints. I've managed to get hold of an "Eversharp Reporter" that dates to 1951 or '52. It's not particularly special but for a ballpoint it's pretty old. I am getting very clever about making old ballpoint pens work again. SO NERDY. I love writing with them.
and boy oh boy do I bestow the slanty rodent eyes on those pestilent SNIPERS on eBay who keep swiping Miles Martin Biros from me in the last 5 seconds of an auction. >_> EVIL PEOPLE
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This isn't anything to do with material obsessions I picked up while writing a novel this winter, butestara has very kindly written an article thanking me for a donation of the German edition of The Winter Prince to her school. She also talks about the way the Internet encourages a community relationship between writer and reader. I thank her for the lovely tribute! The story's here if you're a German reader.
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Remember Mark's snow caterpillar?
This is what the front garden looks like today.
tiboribi's fault as she keeps pointing me to 1940s knitting patterns. These are out of a book called "Essentials for the Forces" which the Victoria & Albert Museum have made available on-line. yes, they convert into mitts--perfect for sitting at my desk in our freezing house! Actually the cool thing about these is that the needles and wool I used were inherited from the cleared-out estate of our neighbor's 86-year-old mother when she died a couple of years ago.
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What else... Vintage ballpoints. I've managed to get hold of an "Eversharp Reporter" that dates to 1951 or '52. It's not particularly special but for a ballpoint it's pretty old. I am getting very clever about making old ballpoint pens work again. SO NERDY. I love writing with them.
and boy oh boy do I bestow the slanty rodent eyes on those pestilent SNIPERS on eBay who keep swiping Miles Martin Biros from me in the last 5 seconds of an auction. >_> EVIL PEOPLE
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This isn't anything to do with material obsessions I picked up while writing a novel this winter, but
estara has very kindly written an article thanking me for a donation of the German edition of The Winter Prince to her school. She also talks about the way the Internet encourages a community relationship between writer and reader. I thank her for the lovely tribute! The story's here if you're a German reader.-----------------
Remember Mark's snow caterpillar?
This is what the front garden looks like today.
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I am so envious of anyone with more than one creative gift.
Oh and your garden looks beautiful.
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not only is the garden beautiful, but today it is actually WARM.
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Your garden is beautiful! What are the little trees?
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in this SOE docudrama the woman agent is CONSTANTLY knitting a pair of socks or something on 4 little needles--she gets it out of her pocket whenever she's sitting in a hedge hiding from a passing patrol or anything--I like to imagine she is using this pattern
The little trees are apple and pear! we planted them last autumn.
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I will check out the SOE docudrama later, when I am not at work.
Apples and pears! I haven't had fruit trees since I was 6 years old. I loved Mark's snow caterpillar for all it's Calvin and Hobbes glory originally, and I love it now even more that it had a practical "protect the baby trees" function as well!
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Awww, spring in the UK!
Also waaah about you linking to my article ^^. Would you like me to send you a complete translation? Although you seem to have gotten the gist clearly enough :)
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I happily do extra work for you, you sent us books!
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That's pretty awesome.