48 Things

It's been a while I know, but things have been mad. I wil be away from the computer for the next week, working at the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival and will fill in the gaps when I get back!

be well


1. FIRST NAME? Joanna.
2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? I was meant to be Kate (Katherine) after my paternal grandmother, but one of my cousins got in 4 months earlier. The next inspiration was a Bob Dylan song (Visions of Johnanna) and a beach in southern Victoria, Australia.
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? October 2oth
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? If I take my time with it. Otherwise is is usually only legible to moi.
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHMEAT? salami
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? probably
7. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? have tried many times over the years. Even now I struggle to be regular with this blog. I tend to write ramdomly, when I feel I really need to get something down.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Nope, lost them some time in 1980.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Museli and weetbix. together.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? sometimes, depends on the shoe.
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I have been told that I am, I feel sometimes that I am not and I think it is important to be both!
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? At the moment I have been going through a(nother) cookies and cream phase. But I want my local icecream shop to bring back the coconut ice flavour!!!.
14. SHOE SIZE? 7.5 to 8
15. RED OR PINK? can't choose
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I can be very hard on myself.
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? The MOST?? pass.
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? no thanks.
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS, SHIRT AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Jeans, coral t-shirt, beige birks.
20. LAST THING YOU ATE? stewed apple and rhubarb with yohgurt, last night. Will have more soon for a late breakfast.
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? the sounds of my fingers tapping on the keyboard...no music at my work, not even soundcards in the computers!!
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? scarlett
23. FAVORITE SMELL? freshly cut grass on a warm summers morning. Sleeping babies.
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Bron and Rory.
25. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE ATTRACTED TO? smile or voice.
26. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON YOU STOLE THIS FROM? she seems lovely, but have never met her.
27. FAVORITE DRINK? a good strong soy chai, nikken water, good bubbles.
28. FAVORITE SPORT? netball, walking on my beach, swimming in my beach, s*x.
29. EYE COLOR? it depends on what I wear and if it is sunny or cloudy, but ususally a greyish blue.
30. HAT SIZE? medium, maybe??
31. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? no.
32. FAVORITE FOOD? asian.
33. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings.
35. SUMMER OR WINTER? inbetween.
36. HUGS OR KISSES? hugs.
37. FAVORITE DESSERT? a good chocolate pudding.
38. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? who knows.
39. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? who knows.
40. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? The Odessey by Homer, The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery, With No one as Witness by Elizabeth George, lots of journal articles for my PhD.
41. WHAT’S ON YOUR MOUSE Pad? a drug company logo.
42. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? The Food Lover's Guide to Australia.
43. FAVORITE SOUNDS? Babies giggling, waves crashing on the sand (heard from my bed).
44. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? I think I have to go the Beatles.
45. THE FURTHEST YOU’VE BEEN FROM HOME? probably somewhere in Europe.
46. WHAT’S YOUR SPECIAL TALENT? making babies laugh.
47. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Melbourne, Australia.
48. WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Nobody.

Eye Candy Friday

Picture Time

For years while I travelled I took many, many photos but I seem to have fallen out of the habit since I have settled a bit. Even photographing my FO's doesn't seem to happen that often, and I have to explain to people who ask to see my work (most of which gets given away) that I have no record of it.

I am determined to change this and present some of my latest snaps.

Firstly, as promised, photos of my Mum's finished lacy socks.

In Lorna's Sock yarn from Linda in Blackberry,

Bamboo DPN's, 2.75mm
Started Fri 6th Oct, finished Sunday 8th October

My next WIP:

Orangina in Millefili by Filatura Di Crosa

Stay tuned for more!

Socktoberfest update

It's not even the middle of October and I have already finished a pair of socks!!

I wanted to do something quickly for my Mum's birthday this week and seized the opportunity this past weekend. I think I knew that this would probably be the last quiet weekend I will have until Christmas so I made sure that I completely indulged...this meant a lot of knitting, lazy breakfasts overlooking the ocean, long walks and lots of movies (all the Matrix movies, My own Private Idaho, Like Water for Chocolate..I think that was it). Absolute perfection.

I will hopefully post a picture tomorrow but I wanted a quick cablesque pattern and googled these sweet mock cable/lacey numbers from Scarlett. Super easy pattern to remember. Only problem was that my 2 skeins of Lorna's in Blackberry do not match, despite stating they are from the same dyelot!!!! I'm not quite sure what I am going to do about this. I think I will present them to her on Sunday then reclaim them and try again with a pattern from my latest purchase Knitting on the Road .

Sock Wars update: have fired my second weapon and have been contacted by my assasin to say that my death is imminent. At least I made it through the second wave!!

Finally, I got some sad news this weekend - Jack, a beautiful border collie that I lived with for over 2 years, until only a couple of months ago was killed on Sunday. RIP Jacky Boy

Sock Wars are still raging

Well I have completed 2 sets of socks and posted both to their targets. Now I am awaiting the unfinished weapons from my second victims victim....confused yet?? Luckily they live in the same state as I do so hopefully I wont be waiting for too long.

And I'm still waiting to be killed....have not received any information from my assasin....so who knows. I'm just going to keep on knitting.

And then there is the Socktoberfest. I have several other pairs of socks that have been put on hold during the war that I would love to finish, a pair of Badcaul in Lorna's Laces Powder Blue form my 94 year old Nan, my pair of Jaywalkers, and I want to find a nice cabled pattern for a pair of birthday socks for my Mum, in yummy Lorna's Blackberry.

Will keep you posted.