Things you should know

23 February 2006

1. John has posted some great photos to Flickr. He had a fancy new lens to play with, but then his photography job was cancelled, so he went to play in the station instead. I feel he should be punished for being able to come up with much better photo titles than I can. Bastard.

2. Looking at all the bescarfed people in his photos only makes me want to make even more Dulaan scarves.

3. I’m already making two at the same time. They both have exceedingly clever names, for I, their maker, am exceedingly clever.

Heimat

This red and white stripey affair is my Heimat scarf. Heimat being German for homeland, and rot-weiss-rot being the colours of the Austrian flag.

Noah scarf

This purple delight Noah scarf. Why? I’m glad you asked. Having now mastered purl, this is a ribbed scarf: 2 knit, 2 purl. Oh come on, surely I don’t need to spell it out any further?

4. According to www.myheritage.com I look like a young Angela Lansbury. Great.

5. The removal of my stent is now set for 8th March. I received a leaflet explaining the procedure. It contains such delightful phrases as:

… the urethra needs to be prepared with anaesthetic jelly, this being squeezed ~~violently~~ gently into it from a tube or syringe.

.. men may be asked to stop the jelly escaping after it goes in by ~~putting their dick in a vice~~ gently squeezing the tip of the penis for a minute or so.

Can’t wait!