Saturday I've seen the finish of an ultra-marathon: 100 km from Trapani to Sferracavallo! The first to arrive has been a norvegian athlete, who has run in 8 h 35 min. Wow! But the most incredible has been the first of women, Monica Casiraghi! She didn't look tired at all... She said that she loved to run besides the sea... and she's preparing to run for 230 km! I've registered in the site of ASICS, where I've been scheduled for a program to run for 10 km without stopping... if I just have the time to train. Well, I'll go to have some fitness at lunch, that's all for today....
Sicilia in 100 km (Sicily in 100 km)
In maratonalunedì 31 marzo 2008
Yarn standards
In yarnstandardsgiovedì 27 marzo 2008
Ecco la soluzione:
- grossezza dei filati
- numerazione dei ferri
- misure taglie per donna
e molto altro nel sito degli yarnstandards.
Avete fame? (Are you hungry?)
In mangiarevenerdì 21 marzo 2008
La mia pausa pranzo (My lunch break)
In knit at lunchvenerdì 21 marzo 2008
Roasted chicken salad and top down raglan for my baby, in cotton yarn Grignasco Marina.
Urge un caffè. Buona Pasqua a tutti!
Now I need a strong coffee. Happy Easter to all of you!
Corso di patchwork
In patchworkvenerdì 21 marzo 2008
Scienza e maglia (science and knitting)
giovedì 20 marzo 2008
- L'universo è fatto a maglia. Infatti si espande.
- All'inizio era il vuoto, poi ci fu l'avvio (delle maglie) e tutta la lana si trasformò nell'universo.
- I buchi neri devono essere delle maglie cadute.
- I gomitoli occupano sempre più spazio di ciò in cui si trasformano una volta lavorati. La massa che scompare si trasforma in energia (il calore bruciato per lavorare a maglia...).
E soprattutto la considerazione più preoccupante: poichè l'universo è fatto a maglia, potrebbe infeltrire.
only for Ravellers: read this, and laugh (if you know a bit of physics - login to Ravelry before clicking the link).
Il poncho (A baby poncho)
In ponchogiovedì 20 marzo 2008
After 30 seconds he is like this:
Così ho chiesto alla zia Rita, che è bravissima all'uncinetto, di fargli un poncho bello largo, tutto aperto ai lati, per tenerlo caldo di notte. Ecco cosa ha fatto:
I asked Aunt Rita, who is a good crocheter, to realize a wide poncho opened in the sides to keep him warm. Here is what she has done:
Contestazione su ebay (a dispute on ebay)
In ebaymartedì 18 marzo 2008
I've bought on ebay 200 gr of natural roving from Ewe-Phoria Yarns, from Leslie Petri, paying immediately with my credit card. The parcel has arrived two months later, it never happened with my past purchases on ebay. I left a negative feedback on ebay for the seller, specifying that the product was good but the delivery has not been satisfactory, and she has started a procedure for feedback dispute, after leaving a negative feedback to me (?I payied immediately!), saying that I leave unfair feedbacks... The procedure ends with the withdrawal of feedback, with the agreement of the parts, or not. My feedback has been removed.
knit at lunch
In knit at lunchvenerdì 14 marzo 2008
I haven't much spare time to knit: I returned to work full time, and I have a lunch break from 13.30 to 14.30. I've found a nice café nearby my office where I can eat something and knit!
Vertigo hat
In vertigomercoledì 12 marzo 2008
I really love this hat. Yesterday I have bought two balls of Mondial Oggi Beige shaded, to work with needles n. 6. And this is the problem: the directions are written for needles n.5, and they say to cast on 45 sts. I've casted on 35 sts, but it looked so huge, so I tried again with only 25 sts, but now it seems too small! I'll finish it as it is, and we'll see.