Keen
So a little while ago I mentioned that Webs had cemented itself in my mind as producer of my very favorite ad ever (for utterly selfish reasons I might add). It seems they now have a bit of competition. Turns out Knit Picks has similarly good taste. See that wee picture down in the corner? That's mine. I must confess, it is still deeply odd to see my wee little book in real live stores. Satisfying, but odd. I'm totally willing to get used to it though!
Good Omens
I am more or less the least superstitious person you're ever likely to meet. I don't believe in ghoulies or ghosties, signs or spirits. I am, at least most of the time, alarmingly practical and frightfully level headed (or, as some have suggested, soulless and dead inside, whichever you prefer). That said, I do rather like the instruction that came in my fortune cookie last night. Now of course I know that fortunes are written to be as broadly appealing and as generally applicable as possible. That's why they work. But I feel like expanding my horizons is exactly what [...]
Knit Along Update
If you've been meaning to post your finished pictures of Kazak or Mood over on the March knit along thread, here's a tiny reminder that you should do it soon. There's also still time to cast on Heriz or Afshari for April's knit along. There will be a new thread for May's knit along soon. So just in case you haven't committed all of the names to memory, that works out to be: Post finished pictures of these over here by the end of the month. And cast these on before the end of the month and talk about them [...]
One Of The Good Bits
Writing knitting patterns is an odd sort of undertaking. It's mostly marvelous, but it (like any other job) has its less than glorious moments. But now? Now I'm smack dab in the middle of one of the very best bits. The yarn for book two is coming in, and damn is it shiny! I feel bad for the postman. He must be getting tired of me accosting him each afternoon to see what new goodies he's brought me. There is quite a bit more to come (a few more greens, a wee bit of pink, and dash of orange), but [...]
What I Did On My Summer Vacation
Or rather, what I will be doing. Just in case you were in some sort of internet-less bubble yesterday, I feel it is my duty to remind you that there was a rather substantial update to the Sock Summit website. The teacher list, class list, and class schedule all went up. And no, registration is not open yet. But you can now spend an truly unreasonable amount of time reading over all the class descriptions and coming up with 14 different variations of your preferred class list. Not that that's what I did last night or anything. The vendor list [...]
Better Than A Life of Crime
Cooperative Press (they published my book and are just about to release Heather's book) are trying out some alternative funding sources. Hmmm...that makes it sound rather like they've taken to robbing liquor stores. That's not at all what I mean. What they're doing is much cooler (and, conveniently, totally legal). It seems that big shiny banks don't tend to believe that knitting business are real businesses that can make real money. In an impressive effort to prove them wrong, Cooperative Press set up a kickstarter campaign. It's a great way to fund creative projects, and it's going marvelously well. I [...]
Scrunch
Behold, the hat! The amount of scrunchiness in the back will be adjusted once I have the target head to hand, but this gives the general idea. Once it has been adjusted, those wee dangling strings will be removed. If you think you might like to test it, find me on ravelry and volunteer (I'm all set on this one, thanks. But feel free to join the Violently Domestic group if you want to know about future tests). More details and photos to come.
Nothing to See Here
This is more or less a filler post (sorry, but it's true). Let's just consider it proof I'm not dead and I haven't stopped knitting all together. Alas, it rather feels like I have. Most of my knitting of late has been book swatches. These, while fun, don't really result in finished objects. Well, I suppose the swatches themselves are finished objects (I'm totally keeping them in a pretty little bowl and calling them decoration when the whole lot of them are done), but they're not satisfying in the way a useful finished object is. This is the next stage [...]
Alphonse to the Rescue
This picture is a lie. I took it over the weekend. The hat is actually much taller now. I, however, am lazy (or possibly just busy) and haven't had a chance to take another picture. Imagine something much like this, but a good bit taller. The yarn is from McFarland's Llama Farm, and I got it at the Black Swamp Spinners Guild Market Day. It took a bit of experimenting to find a stitch pattern that played nicely with the yarn. It turns out that simpler is better. Lace or cables or even textured stitch patterns sort of got lost [...]
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