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Personally, I don't much like wearing socks... it was a big blow to me when it got cold enough here (in November) to put some on. Fortunately not for long... I've just come across something, though, that almost made me want to knit some: self-patterning sock yarn! You may all know about it, but to m...

Pretty cat. Ever considered a flat screen? ;) Of course she'll adore that monitor - it heats up nicely, possibly even has a fan at the top - it's Sonar's impression of Marilyn Monroe over the subway grille. Holding the cat under the faucet to keep her busy is _very_ clever. Why did I never think of ...

Clearly a case of under-exposure! :) Your cat is just not used to your reading voice - or it doesn't appreciate that you're not reading for it, hence the attention-seeking ploys. Read to it often (with the mic in place) and the cat will get bored. Cats always get bored, eventually. Or tired. Having ...

Thanks, Annie... I'm just in the process of recording two of Grimm's fairy tales, and have also signed up to record some Nietzsche (for a bit of light-hearted fun ;), so things are a-moving...

Very well read, Jon... look forward to the other sections. Speex looks like a good thing - pity it's not yet working for the Mac (or am I missing something).

atb

Gesine

Stripes! I love stripes. Oh, you mean a pattern pattern. 12 needles? Crikey. I've only knitted socks once (yes, stripy ones), 4 needles all the way as far as I remember. Didn't have a pattern, though - a friend taught me, and we knitted one in parallel. God, this site is just too addictive - must st...

It just occurred to me how odd it is to talk about knitting! I don't know anyone else who knits. I went to a girls' grammar school in Germany, and at one point virtually everyone seemed to take up knitting. We were allowed to knit during most classes - some teachers recognised that it can be easier ...

Faye - really sorry, you must feel awful.

Kara - I'll pitch in and do Faye's bit, if you like. I signed up for a Nietzsche chapter earlier, probably a good idea to try something 'easier' first, anyway...

ge

Paula - If you get holes with intarsia, you probably don't wrap the threads around each other well enough when you start a new colour - or perhaps the tension is not right? Or, you don't 'weave in' the ends of the threads well enough. I just did a quick Google, and this explains it rather well: http...

Ooh, philosophy! Go on then. I'll have a try with CHAPTER VIII: PEOPLES AND COUNTRIES. A couple of questions: 1) Are we striving for some consistency in our renditions? If so, how are we doing the sections? "255. I hold that many precautions should be taken..." Should be read how? 'Number ...

Part-time library job for a couple of years as a student.

Gesine

Hey Andy

Once you have your mic, all you'll have to do is overcome your speechlessness... ;)

ge

Hi Kara, Still pondering the Austen, but may do it, and may even persuade my partner to do a chapter, too... I wouldn't mind doing something in German. As long as it's not Schiller or Goethe... having said that, I should get over my aversion one day. How about the Zauberlehrling ? That's short. Coul...

My name is Gesine, and I'm also in the thirty-something club. Naturally, I have also worked in a library (as a student) and I like knitting, occasionally. Needless to say, I adore cats. My background: I have degrees in literature and business administration, and am currently 'getting into' philosoph...