Updates from January - October 2005

Added in November -

11.29.05: New areas are in development. The introduction to the Documentation Class is below, I hope it will help folks new and veteran, understand the value of documenting our research. Also planned is my Hoods class... which keeps being snuffed out by modern life. I still need to figure out how to handle the images for that one - I may run out of space. But until then here is something new to chew on...

Teaching the future

Once, not so long ago, two women were visiting Scotland. They had just finished a lovely tour of one property but still had a long time to wait until their transportation home for the night arrived. So they asked to see some of the other buildings. The caretaker knowing their interest in weaving directed them to a small cottage near the back of the property, .... (more)

Added in October -

10.07.05: WOW... you do some weird things at work when your staying late. Working on my webpage while waiting for a phone call, ok, not that weird. Added today a new section on the Lace Commission. So if you've ever thought - gee I wonder how you make Punto Tagliato lace... here's one place to start.

Added in May -

05.12.05: You find some weird little things when you go looking. I'll admit I was curious so I typed "Scogger" into a Google search. Out of 355 returns, that there were 355 returns is amazing, my page on knitting medieval scoggers came up at the top. Nice. Unexpected, but nice. On a more generic "medieval knitting" search, this site came up third. Again... wow.

05.12.05: Tidied up the Poodle pages... working on the image Gallery. And set the Arming Coat of the Albigensian Crusade into its own area.

05.01.05: A Primer of Medieval Knitting. Still in development. Actually I have an offer to get this published - so I'm holding off for a bit... See what happens.

And a very hearty CONGRATULATIONS to Ynez Garcia (mka Lisa Fogelman) for winning the Atlantian Gauge competition. I knew you could!

Post Ice-Dragon - whatever

Well that was an experience.
I judged this year because of the problems with broken bones earlier. Wow, all the pressure I placed on myself to be fair, and honest and open minded. And I didn't need a drop of it. You see there was not a single piece of knitting entered. Not a stitch, not a knit, not a purl. Nada.

Added in March - actually only started, not added, my bad.

  - A Primer of Medieval Knitting.

What do you do with broken ribs and a sprained thumb?

Well you don't go to Mexico to go SCUBA diving. You don't go snowboarding, again, until you're healed up that is. You don't knit, well at least not on the 6X0 needles. And you try not to just sit around watching your bum spread, even if that is all you feel well enough to do.

In the search for something productive to do I discovered that it was time to update this website, indeed it is overdue. So for the next few days I'll be trying to add some of the more interesting items that I have been working on for the past months.

Added in February

  - Pudels the Perfect Period Pooch   - The Worst Question Ever

Tweaked or updated

  - Fowling Methods - A Bird in the Hand