tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post3593384963775848214..comments2024-03-19T08:07:56.418+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-5587097631943741302012-03-14T16:32:20.044+00:002012-03-14T16:32:20.044+00:00Catdownunder - I agree with you. I tend to go to t...Catdownunder - I agree with you. I tend to go to the BBC website first because they cover US news better than the US media sites. As for international news - it is rarely covered (and never in any depth) by US news.stash haushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244605573080920528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-49046548942708590082012-03-12T20:38:59.953+00:002012-03-12T20:38:59.953+00:00Because of my work I have access to a more profess...Because of my work I have access to a more professional "news feed" than most people. It is clear from that the main news services in the US (from their ABC, CNN etc) tend to be pretty much "sanitised" and even more local than ours in Australia. The UK tends to have (and give)a much better coverage of world affairs. There are some things which are only reported if they cannot cover them up.<br />The other problem with toe-up for me is the heel. The plaintive, "Can't you just make them the way you have always made them because they fit that way" is enough to keep experiments off the radar.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-54021126577451999432012-03-12T19:14:17.290+00:002012-03-12T19:14:17.290+00:00My husband saw the horrible news about Afghanistan...My husband saw the horrible news about Afghanistan last evening (Sun. evening). <br /><br />According to the story on CNN website, "This was not just a rogue soldier," said Jorge Gonzalez, executive director of G.I. Voice, a veteran-run nonprofit organization that operates a soldiers' resource center near the base called Coffee Strong. The base is "a rogue base, with a severe leadership problem," he said.<br /><br />"If Fort Lewis was a college campus, it would have been closed down years ago," Gonzalez said. <br /><br />And back to knitting - Joyce's book is Latvian Dreamsstash haushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244605573080920528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-40154631504570651452012-03-12T12:35:30.421+00:002012-03-12T12:35:30.421+00:00Check out Joyce Williams toe-up heel cast on. It ...Check out Joyce Williams toe-up heel cast on. It is easy and NEVER needs adjusting. It is in her book Latvian Dreams - or Latvian Knits. Can't remember. She taught me to do it through email in response to a note many years ago on the KL. She was brillaint!<br />Leslieknitting08816https://www.blogger.com/profile/18308073464529879017noreply@blogger.com