Not too long ago I was sent a Nokia n900 to try out for a few weeks and review. It’s hot, I can tell you that, and I totally want one of my own. It has taken me a while to write my review though because I didn’t just want to cover a bunch of [...]
Two patterns going on the blog today – same yarn, same basic construction but one is for regular mittens and one will help you make a set of flip top mittens. These mittens are made with Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick. I have been wearing my set for the past month or so and [...]
Illusion knitting is a technique that allows you to knit hidden patterns or pictures into you knitting. When you look at a finished illusion knit project straight on you typically see stripes or a standard color pattern in contrasting colors however, when you look at it from an angle you will see the hidden design. [...]
Free knitting pattern for a tassel hat that will fit a young adult/woman. There are several patterns for knitted tassel hats already published but I had a hard time finding one for a bigger kid/woman and with yarn in the size I needed (bulky) so I wrote a pattern. This tassel hat is a big hit with my daughter and girls her age
This is a simple, mostly double crochet pattern for making arm warmers for those with small hands and tiny wrists. I am petite and typically have to modify patterns for arm warmers and hats or they bag on me so I decided to make my own arm warmer pattern. These are worked in the round. [...]
The first Android phone was officially announced today at a T-Mobile press conference and is available for preorder by existing T-Mobile customers for shipping on October 22nd, the official public launch date. Announced price is $179 so I quickly signed into T-Mobile to order my G1 that I have desperately been waiting for. Clicking through [...]
The touch screen, the keyboard, the hotness, the open source. My long wait for a hot phone may be nearly over. CrunchGear is reporting that the video below of the alleged HTC Dream running Android may be the actual phone after all. So much for the haters. Wired is reporting that according to an unofficial [...]
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