Super hero?

Well still no camera, so no pics I'm afraid, but I have started a couple of knitting projects, a Debbie bliss cabled jumper, and Lu...Mans from the summer IK. i am determined to be (somewhat) faithful to them, so you will get lots of pics as things progress...if I ever find the camera

No the camera isn't really lost, but I have been spring cleaning. I decided that it was time I turned this rented house into a home, so last weekend, I set to. The living room was first. CDs, & DVDs were put into alphabetical order, books were re-arranged by size, shelves were cleaned, furniture was rearranged, and a lot of knitting needles were found. Anything that didn't belong in the living room was put in the dining room for sorting. Same process with the kitchen, which revealed that I have a lot more cupboard space then I thought, and this weekend it's the turn of the dining room & bathroom. I promise you after pictures, but not before ones, partly due to the lack of camera, and partly because it was such a shameful state I couldn't bare to share it with the world!

No, Super hero...Hubby has just told me that he and his colleagues were discussing what sort of superhero they would be today, and he decided that I would be Knit Girl (not Nit Girl OK!) he described me going to an apocalyptic city, where people were freezing to death, and, using my magic needles, and super alpaca blend (yep his words, he really is learning about knitting now) I would clothe all of the towns people, before racing to a collapsing bridge, where I would knit a safety net for all the people who were falling!

I love this idea, not least because it would be sooooo cool to get all of those projects done so fast, if I could do that there would be a chance I could get through my entire "to knit" list within my lifetime!

FTP & Computer info

WoollyWormHead recently posted about how she would like her blog to be on her site rather then on blogspot, but didn't want to faff around with HTML and things every time she wanted to post!

It is possible to have your blog hosted on your own site, while still using the lovely easy blogger interface, so I thought I's post on how to do this! (before I do though, I need to say sorry to my sock pal gifter, I promise that as soon as my camera is working I will post about the lovely socks you sent).

OK there are 2 ways to do this.

1. If you only want to use the site for your blog, you can contact your hosting provider, and ask them to point your DNS to Bloggers hosting. Then all you need to do is give blogger your URL, and they do all of the hard work. You can also buy a domain direct from blogger and they will set it all up for you!

2. If your blog is only part of your site, here's how you do it!

• change your blog to classic template. When you go to do this, blogger will show you a box with code in, before you revert the template, copy this code and paste it in a text file (notepad on windows will do) save it for later, then click revert.
  
• go to settings > Publishing
• Select publish via FTP (not SFTP!)
• these are the fields and what you put in them;
  

FTP Server: this is your website address without the www, so; example.com
URL: your full site address; http://www.example.com
Path: in most cases this is Public_HTML
File name: This can be whatever you want, I recommend blog.html Make sure you put.html at the end of whatever name you choose. This means that with the file name I've just chosen, the address for the blog would be www.example.com/blog.html
Feed file name: Atom.xml (you can let all of your readers know beforehand that your new feed address will be www.example.com/atom.xml) - Bloglines will let you claim your own feeds, but it doesn't always work with blogger, so make sure you post the new feed address, so you don't loose anyone!
FTP User name: This is the user name that your hosting company will have given you, it is the same one that allows you to upload files to your website, or access your control panel (usually)
FTP Password:This is the user name that your hosting company will have given you, it is the same one that allows you to upload files to your website, or access your control panel (usually)
Pings: choose whatever you had it set to before (usually yes)

Then click republish!

Once your blog has republished, go to template and you will see the same box of code as before. cut the code from that box and paste it into a second text file (this is just a backup) now paste the code from your first text file back into the box, and re-publish.

when you view blog, it should look just like it always did, only it will now be on your own address. Don't forget that if there are any links on your site pointing to your blog, you will need to update them to the new address.

You can carry on using blogger just as you always did for all of your posting!

I will put a permanent link to this post on the sidebar, so you can come back to it!

ed: Val has asked how to revert to classic template, good question cos it isn't in the template list...if you go to settings > Publishing there will be 2 little blue links one that says "allow everyone to see your blog" or "edit permissions", something like that, and another that says "revert to classic template"...it's the second one :)

who killed the monkey?!? & Sockwars update

Well it turned out she killed herself. If you have been looking for sock wars, or Yarn monkey, she has re-invented herself at http://yarnivation.blogspot.com I'll let her tell you why!

On another note, I have received my sock pal socks (a week ago in fact) have been so busy I haven't had time to post, but I promise I will spill the beans later this week!

Naughty, Naughty Blogger

I am indeed! I have been so lax in my posting, and after my self pity at my lack of comments a little while ago, I have completely neglected commenting on other people's blogs! 10 lines for me young lady!

Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder,........OK that's enough of that!

Sock pal one can now be revealed! She is none other then Yarnie extraordinaire Middlearthknitter. Knitting for this lady has been absolute hell, only for the reason that it has meant I couldn't buy any of her scrummy yarns for fear of being found out. Everyone must check out her Etsy store...She has lace on sale, go on, go now, I can wait, I have more lines to do


Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, ...oh you're back, Nice isn't it!

Middlearthknitter was the recipient of the purple seven sisters cable socks. Sock pal 2 has yet to receive her socks, so I can't reveal who she is, and mine haven't arrived yet, but they are coming all the way from Germany, so Royal mail being what it is, I'm prepared for a wait (for some reason have have a sneaking suspicion that the German postal service is scarily efficient in comparison).

As if to make me feel extra guilty for my lax blogging *wink* Missmalice has given me an award. I couldn't stop grinning for hours after I saw it (I have been reading everyone, just keep forgetting to let you all know I'm still here), and here it is
How cool. After I saw it I had a mad urge to go back and find the first time me and missmallice spoke, it was only a couple of months, and it made me marvel, yet again, at how quickly we build real friendships, with people we have never met, through the combined power of knitting & blogging.......If only everyone knew, world peace in under a year!

So now it falls to me to nominate some bloggers of my own to pass this prestigious honour to!

Firstly there's Riggwelter I picked her first because she is the most lovely, supportive & reliable commentator on my blog, even though I am severely lax in returning the favour (how many of those lines do I have left to do? I have an urge...)

Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder,

Second goes to Babylonglegs, Purely because I know how much this will please and irritate her at the same time, and for being t6he queen bomber on Facebook (seriously, she bombs me, even when I have nothing to steal, that's dedication)

Third is to Fuzzarelly, or more accurately her bunny YOSHIMI! Yep I have an angora fleece, and am really hoping to get my hands on some of that fluffy yumminess, can you imagine, grown by, spun by and knit by Yoshimi...how cool!

And last but by no means least, Jen. This is an award for being so unbelievably brave, while having her arm in a pot & being completely unable to knit...I couldn't have done it!

So now, I have one more line to do, then I have to go leave comments for these people to let them know about their awards!


Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder, Must try harder,

Done!

sockapalooza

Both pairs of sock pal socks are finally on their way. Unfortunately though I couldn't take pic's as I had a bag stoled last week, with my phone (and hence my camera) in it. But their done and on their way...Let other knitting resume!