Adventures of the Traveling Lemon

Random collection of my current interests, including knitting/spinning, cooking, gardening, geekery of all kinds, and assorted fandoms.

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My Spoonflower fabric arrived!  Little Sir now has the most fabulous of duvet covers for his new room.

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Arduino + camera shield + solar panel is a success!

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Fibre to make stars for the little wizard's Christmas stocking. I think I'm going to go with navy Briggs & Little for the stocking, then duplicate stitch his name and the decoration in this stuff. It's a merino/rayon/selling blend, very pretty and well-prepared, but feels meh in the hand when spinning.

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Nerd Girl Yarns polwarth and silk, 3-ply fractal spin, sock weight.  Colourway "Flashy Lighty Things and a Cloud Belt".  I have a LOT of this, and it's been kicking around on the bobbin forever.  Possibly a future shawl.

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Here's hoping that 我们的小男巫 takes the hint.

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First produce from my garden: beet thinnings!  Dinner tonight included steamed beetlets and beet greens sauteed in butter.

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Handspun has been transformed into a basic newborn hat!  I'm pleased with the even stripes.  Hoping to use the leftovers to make a Nordic striped ball for 男巫's first Christmas.

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The proto-newborn hat :)

75/25 organic polwarth/silk from woolgatherings

about 225 yards, 113 grams (worsted/aran weight)

n-plied

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Actually kind of amused by this.

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Golden booties for 男巫.

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I am too easily entertained.

In a document testing for compliance with the Epub3 <ruby> tag:

The <b>Grass mud horse</b> — <ruby>草泥馬<rp>(</rp><rt>Cǎo Ní Mǎ</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby> - is … characterised as “lively, intelligent and tenacious”. However, their existence is said to be threatened by the “river crabs” — <ruby class="styled">河蟹<rp>(</rp><rt>héxiè</rt><rp>) </rp></ruby> — which are invading their habitat.

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Which English do you speak?

What countries have most influenced the way you speak? Take this test designed by MIT researchers and find out.

Take this test, guys! It determines what dialect you speak (if your native language is English) and which...

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Perfect!

1) Canadian

2) American (standard)

3) Australian

1. Canadian 2. American (Standard) 3. Australian

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A Mouse Love Story — feltingdreams

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Finally finished 男巫's blanket!  Knit a cover for the colourwork to prevent him from getting his fingers caught in the floats.

Pattern: "Hagrid's Dragon Blankie" in 50/50 merino/silk from Sweet Georgia Yarns (English Ivy and Oxblood colourways).

Mods: Used a different (and slightly wider) lace pattern around the edges, knitted a cover for the colourwork, 男巫's initials knit into the cover in Harry Potter font.

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Farley Mowat’s writing and choices inspired me. Thank you for a lifetime of passion. Rest in Peace.

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Putting up the crib!  男巫's sleeping arrangements still need a bit of work, though.  Trying to decide what I should use to fill in that gap.

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Progress on 男巫's baby blanket.