2017-02-23 01:19
Rob Hubbard is from Hull. He used to write music for computer games back in the 1980s. He also used to have a moustache. This self-taught musical maverick of the games industry is my newest… Read More
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2017-02-23 01:19
As we all know, I have a vintage Raleigh Commando sitting in my hallway on flat tyres - I'm ashamed to admit I haven't ridden it since I bought it last year. My cycling mojo, it would seem… Read More
2017-02-23 01:19
I love simulation games. I also have something of a soft spot for the ZX Spectrum. So imagine how late I stayed up when I discovered 'The Biz - The ultimate game for the frustrated or buddin… Read More
2017-02-23 01:19
Foolish cycle thieves! Strike me down, and I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine! That's right everyone, danger has a NEW name and that name is RALEIGH COMMANDO.The Rale… Read More
2017-02-23 01:19
It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that my beloved Raleigh Grifter and I have parted company, after it was stolen from my house on Saturday. You may or may not know that I was rat… Read More
2017-02-23 01:19
I bought this last week for £3.99 from a charity shop, after picking it up and putting it down about a hundred times. Then I suddenly imagined somebody else coming in and buying it, a… Read More
2017-02-23 01:19
As far as I'm concerned, the 1980's was truly the golden age of home computing. No need to worry about your computer getting in with the wrong crowd and going off the rails, or hooking up wi… Read More
2017-02-23 01:19
The Flumps, along with Fingerbobs and Bagpuss, was one of those programmes that made me feel a bit peculiar when I was a kid. Of course I now realise that was probably because they were desi… Read More
2017-02-23 01:12
I have an announcement. I am in the club. The Kathie Webber's All-Star Cookery Card Club, that is! Hahaha. You see, my latest charity shop acquisition is this monster box of 1970's recipe c… Read More
2017-02-23 01:12
It was while I was doing my Xmas shopping that I stumbled across this book featuring the photography of Harry W Frees.There seems to have been something of a resurgence of dressing animals i… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
gordon freeman, a photo by cakeyvoice on Flickr.Where was I? Oh yes. Gordon Freeman is hot, because he has a beard and he looks serious and he could open a tin of beans for you with that cro… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
What better day to announce a new addition to the Cakeyvoice knitted horror tribute family than Halloween? It's a rhetorical question, so stop typing.I can't wait until my boys are old enoug… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
spacebaby, a photo by cakeyvoice on Flickr.Spacebaby is appearing from 12.30 - 2pm on stand M19 at the Knitting and Stitching Show this Friday at Alexandra Palace.I will also be there - come… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Woah! I have written a book. Evil Knits truly has something for everyone, providing your interests run to horror films and knitting, and maybe electronics. Because HELLO that Nosferatu has L… Read More
2012-08-20 21:24
Untitled, a photo by cakeyvoice on Flickr.This paper crane mobile is old news if you have visited my house in the last 2 years, but I am only just getting round to taking pictures because HE… Read More
2012-05-18 17:41
I've got WORLD CUP FEVER! Not really, silly. Football is reaaaallllly boring and I shan't be watching any, not ever. But I knitted these footballers anyway:And now they are on the telly! In… Read More
2012-04-25 20:49
Hello! I now have another baby. I was getting too much sleep and not doing enough washing with just the one. My worry now is that when people see I have two babies, they will think I collect… Read More
2011-02-13 23:12
Hello! I have a baby. Having a baby takes ages, which is where I have been.The baby is 5 months old today. He likes the words 'woof' and 'zip' and his favourite song is Skip to My Lou. He en… Read More
2009-12-19 04:02
OK, I'm sorry for not bragging about this earlier, but TADA!10 Wonderful Knitted Movie Characters.Thanks Total Film! You're way better than Empire magazine.It took me 15 minutes to log into… Read More
2009-11-10 02:47
I went to the dentist today. Upon entering the treatment room I discovered that my nice lady dentist had been mysteriously replaced by a hulking great Russian who promptly set about my mouth… Read More
2009-10-20 01:39
Get a load of this! I am in Simply Knitting magazine. The back page, no less. That's the magazine equivalent of the back seat of the bus, where the driver can't see you messing about and stu… Read More
2009-04-30 00:21
2009-03-18 04:17
I had to make labels for it, because otherwise it just looks like cheese. Hey, maybe I should make cheese? I went to a cheese factory once, there was a man behind a big window who made chees… Read More
2009-02-03 20:20
Let's get something straight. Zombies do not want to eat your brains. 'What?' you say, 'but zombies LOVE brains, whenever I pretend to be a zombie, I'm always like "ughghghhhhhh braaaaaiiins… Read More
2008-12-30 17:44
Praise the lord! I am back in my own house. The problem with visiting parents is that a) their food is always much more expensive & luxurious, not to mention abundant, and b) their house… Read More
2008-12-02 12:57
Let's play Star Wars! I'll be Han Solo because my name is Han and also because I am a sassy nerf-herding rogue who will eventually come good and set up the entire rebel alliance for a coloss… Read More
2008-11-18 01:28
"One, two freddys coming for you 3, 4 better lock the door 5, 6 better something something 7,8 dont stay up late 9, 10 lets sing it again i dont know something like that..."That's a direct q… Read More
2008-11-17 21:09
The Joker is such an indisputable badass. Like many before him, he skipped his way right up to the top of my list, overtaking the diorama I keep meaning to make of Siegfried and Roy being at… Read More
2008-11-13 12:06
Although Christmas doesn't really start until I pop open a bottle of sherry, we all know it is already Christmas because it says on the TV and also in Tesco. Christmas is great. If you don't… Read More
2008-10-31 18:09
hail to the king, baby Read More
2008-09-25 01:13
Hello world. A veritable tsunami of hits, due to my deluxe hot chai recipe making an appearance on the CRAFT: blog, has shamed me into throwing my blog a fricken bone.Excitingly/worryingly… Read More
2008-07-01 11:15
CLEAR!I have just got back from holiday. It was fun. I drank a lot of rum and generally loafed about. The sea was bloody freezing and a swarm of jellyfish washed up on the beach the day afte… Read More
2008-04-14 01:28
I'd never seen Life on Mars before I received a request to make these guys. So I watched the first episode. Then the second one. Then suddenly it was 16 hours later and I'd watched the whole… Read More
2008-03-30 01:44
Our Matt (my brother) recently made a pilgrimage to the now woefully dilapidated Sleddale Hall in Cumbria, better known as Uncle Monty's country retreat from Withnail & I. It looks as if… Read More
2008-03-13 03:17
Hey everyone - sewing is the new knitting! Not really, of course, sewing is still just the old sewing. Had you there for a minute though, didn't I? It's annoying when people say things like… Read More
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