are you a fan of knitting AND dr who?

well then have i got a project for you

daleks / extermikit

hat tip to boing boing

it's cool stuff day here at the reformed pirate

so check out the cool stuff from the sarut group

(jump rope, tweezers, cake server, garden rake, toaster)

beautiful bead of the day

iris (coincidentially named after my favorite flower)

lollipop

urban fairies

build urban fairy doors

knitter (well, ARTISTE) of the day

agano-machiko

or if you prefer

Machiko Agano

happy halloween

googhoul.com

web site of the day

TONS AND TONS o' STUFF. look around

flat rock

Far Away from Home

Welcome!
Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.
- Kurt Vonnegut
This site grew (and grew!) out of an investigation into a disastrous investment in New Zealand forests. It has morphed into a reference site covering a variety of topics.
Sympathy would be appreciated for the difficulty in categorising the hundreds of articles this site contains - at least until I can migrate off FrontPage and start using something flexible enough to allow more real-time operations.
For example, when students visit prisons, take drugs, or have their values tested, where would these stories be filed? Where do I put animals found in Wellington? Information and technology professionals given preferential immigration status? Does an article about patriarchy belong in Politics, Society/Culture or Men?
You get the idea.
Below is a computer rendering of the "shape" of this website followed by a few words on the navigation structure. I add new items almost daily. Usually I stuff them in where they seem to relate best, which may make them difficult to find. (If they're important, I'll put a link to it from the home page "News" column.) Suggestions for a better way to organise things would be gratefully received.........

the boop

image: liketelevision.wordpress.com/2005/03/

cool

a felted candy corn bag. original crochet instructions found at lion brand

converted (for knitting and loom knitting) at purling sprite

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmochi


and more mochi

the mother bear project

the reformed pirate will now and again mention some volunteer activities you can get involved in.

this one is

The Mother Bear Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing comfort and hope to children, primarily those affected by HIV/AIDS in emerging nations, by giving them a gift of love in the form of hand-knit and crocheted bears.

The response has been overwhelming, with people wanting to help from all over the world. Thousands of patterns have been distributed, and wonderful bears have been received from people of all ages, backgrounds and knitting abilities. It has brought people together to do something kind in the face of a horrible problem......

.........To date, 21,330 bears have been sent to South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland, Lesotho, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Burundi, Malawi, Botswana, Rwanda, Uganda, Namibia, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and other countries as we find out more about children in need.........

all of the info needed is on the website. c'mon now, let's start knitting bears (or even crocheting them). you can make a donation too if you want

artists of the day

walter martin and paloma munoz

1994 gt9

is NOW 7307 takei

cool huh!

Group Renames Asteroid for George Takei

By SAMANTHA GROSS
NEW YORK (AP) — George Takei already had a place among the stars in the minds of millions of "Star Trek" fans. Now he's taking up permanent residence as the namesake of the asteroid formerly known as the 1994 GT9.
The asteroid, located between Mars and Jupiter, has been renamed 7307 Takei in honor of the actor, who is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the original "Star Trek" series.
"I am now a heavenly body," Takei said Tuesday, laughing. "I found out about it yesterday. ... I was blown away. It came out of the clear, blue sky — just like an asteroid."
The celestial rock, discovered by two Japanese astronomers in 1994, joins the 4659 Roddenberry (named for the show's creator, Gene Roddenberry) and the 68410 Nichols (for co-star Nichelle Nichols, who played Lt. Uhura). Other main-belt asteroids are already named for science fiction luminaries Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.............

cool tree of the day

Strange tree at the Byzantine monastery
picture: bullard.esc.cam.ac.uk/.../Greece_Trip_12_04.htm

if you could do ANYTHING

in the whole wide world, what would it be? i'll bet you're JUST like me AND would immediately enroll in an online yodeling course

a list of

knitting podcasts

from

knitting neels

west hartford cow parade 2007

2:00 am friday september 28th. (hey it was EARLY and RAINY. not my best work, but it's the thought that counts) if you click on the pictures, they'll enlarge

for more cows please see: the nutmeg grater

i have NO idea

what this is. i took some west hartford cow pictures this morning. i'm looking at them now but i found this:

what is it?

that's right! it's a knitted digestive system!!!

(if you click the link, there is even ANOTHER link to get the pattern)