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Seems like BBC don’t like us knitting folks.
A knitter, known by the nick-name Mazzmatazz, posted some knitting patterns of Doctor Who aliens on her website. She did not make any money from the patterns as they were free to use.
Apparently someone used her knitting patterns and put the knitted products up for sale on eBay.
The BBC didn’t like this and wanted to cut the source off. They contacted Mazzmatazz to ask her to remove the patterns and it looks like BBC succeeded.
This case has stirred quite a bit controversy among Doctor Who fans so BBC has offered to talk with Mazzmatazz to reach some kind of settlement. We will see how this turns out.

Here is some pictures of the original animated Adipose and the knitted version:

I have never seen this TV-series myself, but after reading about Doctor Who this seems like a really cool series for a sci-fi fan like me. I guess BBC scored some publicity from this, although in my opinion a bit silly of the mighty BBC.

Photos courtesy of bbc.co.uk

As I am about to move into a new house in the southern part of Norway later this summer, I will be looking to buy some cheap rugs to have on our floors as I am not the richest person in the world. There will be several small children living in this house so it is important that we keep the children warm with some rugs in the rooms where they will be playing and are having fun.

One website that offer area rugs and other rugs is Superior Rugs which has quality rugs at good prices. They have been producing rugs for over 20 years so it seems like they have a great deal of experience in this trade.
As they are producing the rugs themselves and not use a middleman, they are able to sell the rugs at very low prices compared to other rug dealers. If you should find something wrong with rugs purchased from Superior Rugs they have a 30 day back policy and additional 60 days for manufacturer defects. Seems like a safe place to buy rugs from.

On the website you can browse through a large number of different rugs. I like the way you can search among all the rugs by size, shape (rectangular area rugs, round area rugs and runner area rugs), by color and by recommended rugs.

Superior Rugs got a section on their website where you can buy area rugs at clearance sale prices. The items on the clearance sale part are updated daily. They are also very limited and you have to buy the rugs fast to be sure that they are not sold out.

There is also a final clearance sale part on the site where you can also find rugs sold at discounted prices.
These prices really make me want to buy a few for my new home.

Steve Speirs from Run Bulldog Run sent me a tip about a free knitted Elvis wig pattern. As you can see in the picture, a wig like this would be a perfect gift for any Elvis fan. I don’t really like that kind of music, but I will keep this pattern in mind when Christmas comes.

The pattern is designed by a yarn company called Sirdar, but there should not be any problems using yarn from other companies.

Check out the free Elvis wig pattern at The Shed.

Stylish Weblog is a good looking design blog that writes about web design, programming, finance, technology, tools and other issues. It is a 2-column blog with a well arranged layout that makes it easy to browse around on the different parts of the site. I like the upper part of the second column where you can choose between links to random posts, comments, tags or featured posts.

One interesting post from the Stylish Blog is about user accounts in Windows Vista. The post explains what User Account Control is and the different kinds of accounts you can choose in Vista. It also explains how to turn User Account Control off if you would like to not use it.

Another interesting post is about what kind of membership one should choose in the spyware community from Microsoft called SpyNet. SpyNet is a community of users that determine what programs that really are spyware. In the post on the Stylish Blog you get to know about the differences between Basic and Advanced Membership, and if you should join SpyNet at all.

I really love the simple and beautiful design on this blog. I have been thinking about getting a more unique look for my own blog and the design on the Stylish Weblog is a good inspiration.

The weirdness in the “knitting-scene” continue to amaze me. This time I came across a story about a knitting tournament called “Sock Wars“.
It was started by 31 year old woman called Julie Gardner from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was inspired by a phenomenon called StreetWars where people use mock weapons to fight and assassinate each other.
Sock Wars is a bit different by that the competitors use knitting to assassinate other knitters!?! Each contestant are given an original sock pattern that they must complete as fast as possible and then mail to another contestant. The knitter who completes the pair of socks first wins while the loser lays in a pool of blood and must send the unfinished socks to the knitter who assassinated her/him.
The knitter who last stands is the winner and receive yarn worth $500 and much glory.

This is actually the third tournament of this (crazy) kind. Maybe I should sign up if there is ever a fourth Sock Wars, but I’m not a fast knitter so I would probably die in the first round 😉
The deadline for sending in your application for participating was May 3rd so I’m a bit late with this piece of news from the crazy knitting world. The tournament starts May 9th.
Good luck to all the assassinate-knitters out there!

Mother’s Day is coming up very fast and it can be hard to find a suitable gift for the special one.
What about giving her a nice piece of jewelry? I have never heard of a woman who does not like to be gifted a fine piece of jewelry.

One website that offers a wide variety of jewelry is My Jewelry Box. They are a great online resource for rings, pendants, earrings, bracelets and necklaces.
My Jewelry Box got some nice functions in their online shop such as that you can browse the jewelry stock by item price, from below $100 up to over $2500. You can also browse by what kind of stone you want or what kind of metal you are looking for in your jewelry.
Another part of the site that I find very helpful is the “My Jewelry Consultant” where you can get help to find the perfect gift. The “Consultant” find jewelry based on style, occasion, type and material. You can also just browse through all the gift ideas if you prefer that.
My Jewelry Box even have a clearance center on their site where you can find jewelry at discount prices.

Emerald earrings are one possibility of jewelry you can buy for Mother’s Day and My Jewelry Box got several emerald earrings for sale. These green stones are very pretty in my opinion.

Another option for a nice gift could be some jewelry with chocolate diamonds. My Jewelry Box has a section on their site devoted just to chocolate diamonds with a big assortment of jewelry in different price classes. I think these brown diamonds look beautiful.

A third option are emerald rings. Any mother that like the color green would probably love to wear a ring with emeralds.

I’m sure there is a perfect gift for about every mother at this online store. Hope everyone will have a happy Mother’s Day 🙂