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Dec. 8th, 2006 11:52 pmI just heard a report on NPR that said more than 800 completely new species were cataloged this year in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.
That is so cool.
In other news, I had a wonderful birthday, and got a new keyboard which is much easier to use than the old one. ( A lot more background on that here if you are interested )
I have also taken up knitting again--I had laid it aside for quite some time because while I was working so hard on the canoe I was concerned about RSI or tendonitis from working too much with my hands, and after the canoe I didn't go back to it because it hurt to look down. But I'm getting back into it now, with some of the beautiful yarn![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cflute gave me for Christmas. I'm swatching a complicated lace pattern called "Oriel" from _Sensational Knitted Socks_ by Charlene Schurch. I've done lace once before, so this isn't the first time. But yeah, it's completely like me that my second attempt at it is a 12 stitch 28 row pattern. But it's so pretty!
That is so cool.
In other news, I had a wonderful birthday, and got a new keyboard which is much easier to use than the old one. ( A lot more background on that here if you are interested )
I have also taken up knitting again--I had laid it aside for quite some time because while I was working so hard on the canoe I was concerned about RSI or tendonitis from working too much with my hands, and after the canoe I didn't go back to it because it hurt to look down. But I'm getting back into it now, with some of the beautiful yarn
cflute gave me for Christmas. I'm swatching a complicated lace pattern called "Oriel" from _Sensational Knitted Socks_ by Charlene Schurch. I've done lace once before, so this isn't the first time. But yeah, it's completely like me that my second attempt at it is a 12 stitch 28 row pattern. But it's so pretty!
