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Home / 2017 / October

Month: October 2017

Posted on October 28, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Night and Day

This Week in Pictures, Week 43, 2017

It’s getting darker earlier again, and I am going to have to either start taking my photos in the morning before work, or get used to nighttime photography!

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Categories: excursions, family, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, rhinebeck, sheep and wool festival
Posted on October 25, 2017November 4, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Sweater Yoke Tutorial: How to Replace one with Another

Completely substituting one patterned yoke for another in a top-down round-yoke pullover results in a fresh-looking sweater with a familiar fit. Here’s how.

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Categories: knitting, show and tell, tutorials
Tags: pdcportholepullover, pdcvernalpool, porthole pullover, sweaters, vernal pool pullover
Posted on October 23, 2017October 23, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

The Coastal Maine Blanket

This lap blanket that I crocheted for my Dad has the colors of sand, rocks, and water.

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Categories: crochet, show and tell
Tags: blankets, coastal maine blanket, pdccoastalmain
Posted on October 21, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: Octoberly

This Week in Pictures, Week 42, 2017

Taxes, pumpkin season at Trader Joe’s, road trip to the NY Sheep and Wool Festival, and sock knitting.

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Categories: excursions, knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: indie untangled, instagram, project 365, rhinebeck, shawls, socks, taryn shawl
Posted on October 18, 2017January 15, 2020 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Less Traveled Roads

A new playlist for fall. Plus, I talk a little bit about 8tracks, my process, and ask you what your favorite music streaming services are. I’m open to publishing playlists elsewhere.

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Category: Polka Dot Radio
Tags: cd mix, fall, mix tape, playlists
Posted on October 16, 2017October 8, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

A Second Hitchhiker

I started on a Saturday evening, and finished on a Monday night – and I still found time in there to go to work for 9 hours. Gotta love quick knits!

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Categories: knitting, show and tell
Tags: hitchhiker shawl, shawls
Posted on October 14, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 3 Comments

TWiP: Family, food, knitting

This Week in Pictures, Week 41, 2017

Finished one project, started another, ate some food, spent time with some family, enjoyed my new camera. Good week.

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Categories: knitting, polymer clay, this week in pictures
Tags: crochet hooks, instagram, project 365, shawls, socks, taryn shawl
Posted on October 11, 2017January 15, 2020 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Quiet Time Seven!

This series is just never going to end, I think. As long as there is bedtime, daydreaming, and noises to drown out, there will be Quiet Time playlists.

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Category: Polka Dot Radio
Tags: cd mix, mix tape, playlists, quiet time
Posted on October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 by Lisa Clarke — 3 Comments

Bribery will get you everywhere, part two

Neil and I have a history of indulging in little mutual bribes now and again, usually regarding airline tickets and camera equipment, but we recently upped our game.

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Category: photography
Tags: cameras, canon eos 80d
Posted on October 7, 2017December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

TWiP: Mug Rut

This Week in Pictures, Week 40, 2017

I’m holding a coffee mug in four out of 13 images this week. I think it’s time to consider other poses…

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Categories: knitting, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365, shawls, taryn shawl

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Our 15th long weekend in Ocean City has come to an Our 15th long weekend in Ocean City has come to an end. As usual, Neil and I easily could have talked ourselves into staying for the rest of the week. One of these years, we are going to have to do it. Maybe 16th time will be the charm 😁. Today was the first non-foggy morning we had. I could even see my shadow on my morning walk! We played some games at @jillysocnj Arcade (as has become our last day tradition), and I stopped in at @mancoandmanco for a slice of pizza before we hit the road. Wow, was it ever delicious! Why did it take me so long to stop in there? 🍕We're home now, and it's back to work tomorrow. *Sigh*#iloveocnj #oceancitynj #jerseyshore
Our last full day here started off even foggier th Our last full day here started off even foggier than the previous two, if you can believe it. But then the sun pushed through, and I rented a bike from @bobsgrilloceancity and broke my own mileage record (it was awesome and I am pooped). I finished a pack of instant film and added to my collection of sub par snapshots 😜. There were falcons on the boardwalk again this year, sitting nicely still for pictures when they weren't working to deter seagull aggression. And I had a delicious ice cream sandwich (coffee ice cream between two peanut butter cookies) - it was huge and a bit much for me to finish (though I did 🙊). Maybe @famouscookiecreamery will consider selling half sandwiches sometime, lol.P.S. pictures of me by @clarkesworld 📷#iloveocnj #oceancitynj #oceancityboardwalk #jerseyshore #lisadoesinstant
So much walking today. I've broken a personal reco So much walking today. I've broken a personal record for number of steps, which is really impressive when you consider it rained all afternoon and I spent a few hours inside reading back issues of #taprootmagazine and watching #annikapbs 😁. My day has been bookended by trips down the boardwalk: alone in the morning for coffee @oceancitycoffee and with Neil in the evening for soft serve @kohrbrosocnj ☕🍦💗#iloveocnj #ocnj #oceancitynj #ocnjboardwalk #jerseyshore #oceancitycoffeecompany #kohrsbros
It's been foggy here all day long. This is the liv It's been foggy here all day long. This is the living room of the condo where we are staying. It's a nice little place, with more space than hotel room the four of us usually share when we're here 😁The next two pictures are from this morning on my walk to get coffee, and the rest are from a walk tonight with Neil. So much fog! 🌫️
We've stayed at the same hotel in #ocnj since 2008 We've stayed at the same hotel in #ocnj since 2008, but this year there is just this empty space where the hotel used to be.@oceanfrontmotel #oceanfrontmotelnj #oceancitynj
I usually start the day on my laptop, but today I I usually start the day on my laptop, but today I feel like going analog 🙂Edited to add: I forgot #memademay starts today, but I am coincidentally wearing my #pdcfancypants PJ bottoms, which I sewed two years ago in some lovely @theshopcabin fabric I picked up from @hawthornesupplyco 💗#morningcoffee #noromagazine #memademay2022
Wanna see something cool?These little polymer cl Wanna see something cool?These little polymer clay doodads are NFC-enabled. Each of them can be programmed to do a specific task when held up to an unlocked phone. They can do stuff like this:- open a website address
- open an app
- sign you into a wifi networkI have one on my keychain that is programmed to open Polka Dot Cottage, so if somebody asks me where they can buy one of those colorful rings I'm wearing, I can tap the polymer tile to their unlocked phone and it will open lisaclarke.net in their browser.I have one in the car that I use to quickly open Spotify on my phone.I have one in the family room that friends and family can use to connect to my wifi network without typing in the long password.I'm still exploring this technology, as well as playing with ways to encase it in polymer and make it pretty. These prototypes make me happy. Even the pink one where the tip of the teardrop broke off. I just sanded it down and drilled a new hole. Weird shape, but good as new.I'm thinking about making tiles like these available in my shop. What do you think? Can you see yourself using a custom polymer clay bauble that lets you easily share your website to a friend's phone? Or share your Instagram profile with that kindred spirit who noticed you snapping photos in the park? So many possibilities!What would you like to be able to do with a tap?
Tfw three minor/routine health/medical things that Tfw three minor/routine health/medical things that by themselves are nbd, converge in a single week, making you spend more lazy days feeling meh and watching TV than you really want, but then the week is over, and everything is back to normal, and you take a shower and go outside and spring has sprung spectacularly 💗💚💗
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Today in Blog History
            • TWiP: The Joy of Phonography (2016)
              I can't seem to stop taking pictures. I'm a woman possessed.
            • Sixty Thousand Steps by the Sea (2015)
              We were in Ocean City, NJ, Friday night through Tuesday afternoon, and I walked a LOT.
              • My space (2013)
                I bought a print from an old high school friend, and she featured my family room on her design blog. Fun was had by all. And also, briefly mentioned: the shore and me being at it.
                  • Reasons to be Cheerful (2010)
                    Can it really be over a year since my last RTBC post?  That just wrong - I've always got reasons
                    • Speedy Crafting (2008)
                      Really, is there any other kind? Not for me. I squeeze my crafting time in wherever it will fit,
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