Do you dare to try my QR Code?

I quite liked trying out the QR Code, the whole of Cataloguing had a go at the same time and if staff didn't have a smart phone they used mine. It was quite easy to learn and use, so with the use of the QR Code and word clouds I can make a smart poster for... hmm maybe my knitting group!!!

I've created a QR Code which you might not be impressed with once you find out what it leads to, but I thought it was amusing :) However the image on the background which I wanted wouldn't work which was quite disappointing. I can see why people use these, they're like a barcode to anywhere in the web I guess! Enjoy and no bad comments on where this will lead you...

Tagxedo - not easy for me to spell...

This is a fab tool, I took my blog URL and put it into Tagxedo and had a go using that first which was fine, but it brought up words like "really" or "time" which I didn't really want to have in my word cloud, but this is what it looked like. I liked the fact that I could make it into any shape I like and change the colours and font to suit what I wanted it for.

I then decided I wanted to do a cloud which I thought represented who I am, so I put in words into the "Enter Text" box like "Emma, knitting, cycling" and then I played around with the colour and font until I came up with something which represented me. Not sure why I was going with it representing me, but I thought it was a good way to start learning. I then decided to make mine into the shape of an apple, my family laugh at me as one day I came out and said "I love apples" so this seemed to be a really good shape to play with! I like Tagxedo as you only have to put a word in once but it repeats the word many times within the cloud, which if you look at Wordle it doesn't do that. This is what my Emma cloud looks like...

I want to now explore how I make the shape of my cloud into a shape I supply - such as my face - would that work? I'll soon find out and I'll have fun whilst finding out! On another note, I really enjoyed playing with this, but I'm not sure what I would use it for, I can see for work they're probably really good and very eye catching in poster form. I think it might be just something I play with rather than use for work!

Knitting - Jumpers and Bright Wool

I really need to get some picture of my knitting, I've finally finished my friends baby owl jumper - no that isn't a jumper for a baby owl, it's a jumper with owls on for my friends baby!!! Here's what it looks like from the site I got the pattern from http://katedaviesdesigns.com/designs/o-w-l-s/.

I'm in the process of knitting something which is extremely bright for my friends birthday - and I might have to ask Verna at work for some help as it says to crochet around the edges!! Crochet!!!!!!!!!!! Blimey I just taught myself this morning how to purl into the front and back of the stitch let alone crochet!! I must also take a picture of it before I sew it up as it's a very odd shape and I'm not sure how it'll look in the end! Once completed I will add some pictures here. After that I will be finishing off a very basic blanket also for my friends baby, but I'm off to see her in a couple of weeks and so I want it all finished by then... then maybe time to make myself something...

A Delicious Thing 14

I'm not sure how delicious, Delicious actually was. I think for me I can't understand how I would use this, or why I would use it. However I have always wanted to find out what it was, as I sometimes see it on websites - so at least I can now say I know about it. I'm just not sure I will use it...