http://www.fourgoodcorners.com Craft, style and adventure Tue, 13 May 2008 02:52:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been quiet over the last week not because of the weather (LA has conversely been grey and gloomy), but because I was moving house - well, moving from an ... http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/new-corners-lots-of-em/ It's been another quiet weekend on the Four Good Corners blog. And here's why - glorious sunshine, getting out of the city, walks, Pimms o'clock, barbecues and picnics in the park. I ... http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/the-great-outdoors/ Despite being pretty sure that I'd freak out and curl up in a ball under the bench until the 'flight' was over, I booked a go on the London Eye for my man's birthday a couple of weekends ago. http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/its-a-bit-eye-up/ It's been quite a flurry of activity for me in the last few weeks, and one of the developments has been that we're moving a few blocks East, to a ... http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/new-corner-new-projects/ I made socks! It was the scarier of my two NY resolutions, as I'm not that hot on DPNs, but with the Mister's birthday coming up I decided to give it a go. I used self-striping Opal 4-ply yarn (£6.50 from I Knit London or your LYS), which Simon chose, ... http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/sock-it-to-em/ It's funny how I go through a patch of not blogging much, not making much, doing mainly other things, and then pouf! all of a sudden ideas keep popping into my head and I can't help it. Here's things that are making me feel excited today: - really lovely camera case tutorial ... http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/charming/ Four Good Corners doesn't really stray into the political, but when I saw Vanessa's political pig post this morning, it reminded me of these three political animals. A clever bit of dubbing and such spot on characterisation for the three main candidates for the London Mayoral Election. For anyone without ... http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/political-hippo-bear-and-zippy/ I've been a fairly quiet corner this last week, and with good reason - I've been very busy indeed and had my lovely friend Fraser visiting. We also went to ... http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/a-political-pig/ In the middle of a raucous hen weekend in Newquay, we took some time off from drinking and wandered around the aquarium. I could spend all day in an aquarium - they're so calming and I absolutely love the sharks and rays. http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/fishy-fun/ Last week I went along to Dorkbotlondon #54, a geekout love fest full of dorks getting really excited. I felt seriously out-dorked, by the programming jokes I didn't get, and feeling like the only person who wouldn't know where to start to solder a circuit board, but still it was ... http://www.fourgoodcorners.com/dorkbot/