SuperCap 9V battery - hack a day - www.hackaday.com _

Need to look at some more ultra caps. Might be a good lightweight alternative to batteries.

9V batteries are often found in devices that aren’t used very often. If you use a NiCd rechargeable battery you may find it completely discharged by the time you need it.

Linux scarf from Ulla

I’m adding this to my project list, right after I’m done with my sister’s shawl and a nordic patern hat for me.

Illusion knitting is based on repeating throughout a set of stripes alternating 2 stockinette stitch rows in the foreground colour with 2 garter stich rows in the background colour. On RS, this will create a flat fabric for 3 rows followed by a bumpy one (the bumps caused by K on WS). When you get to knit the foreground pattern, you reverse this order: the background colour will be knit flat so that the bumps knit in the foreground colour can emerge. As a result, on RS, a slanted view will reveal the full illusion since you only get to see the bumps. From a frontal view, however, you will only see stripes, albeit slightly irregular in some places.

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These would make nice stocking stuffers.

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