Upcoming
Next up in the the ongoing (dare I say never-ending, all-consuming, perhaps even frenzied) project of rereleasing old patterns, Adumbrate. These will be going up this coming week. Folks on the mailing list will get an announcement (and usually some sort of coupon or other goody) as soon as it's [...]
Stern
You know those conversations you sometimes have with yourself as you're knitting? The ones that point out that you're using the wrong size needle, or that you really should be twisting that column, or that your cast on is a bit wobbly? The ones that you really should listen to [...]
Not a Sock in Sight
We talked the other day about sock yarns for the book after next, but as usual, the book is more than just socks. Some of the non-sock yarns have also started to arrive, and they're delightful. Up at the top there, in all of its lovely pinkness, is Manos Fino [...]
Nibble
I have a process. I have a very specific process. First I get yarn, then I swatch, then I write up a shockingly structured page of notes, then I type up the pattern. The swatch and the page of notes and the label are all stapled together (with my nifty [...]
Playing Favorites
I'm in the middle of the best part of book making. The part where I've chatted with some of my very favorite people in the yarn industry, they've graciously agreed to let me experiment with their beautiful yarns, they've mailed them to me, and I get to play with them. [...]
Crumple
Further proof that I am knitting (lest you be concerned). Alas, the things I am knitting are all fodder for the book after next. (On a side note, penultimate means the one before the last. Is there a word for the one after the next? I feel there should be, [...]
Suitable
I've spoken before about how, when I first started knitting, I thought "suitable needles" meant needles that look pretty with the yarn, rather than needles that give appropriate gauge. It made for some rather memorable early projects. But every now and then, just by chance, the needles that look lovely [...]
Muted
I'm worried a few of you may be laboring under a terrible misconception. One or two of you may have gotten the sense that there's not been much knitting around here. After all, the last thing I showed you I knit was the Trey cuff back in early June (which [...]
Timeline
Sunday evening- 8:30 The show we planned to attend officially began. 8:39 I (hair damp from a recent shower and firmly ensconced in my pajamas) recalled that we were planning to attend said show. 8:40-8:41 I expressed my frustration and exasperation at this lack of good planning and forethought in [...]
Gold Star
I have come to the conclusion that I deserve a gold star sticker for successful adult-ing over the last two weeks. In that time I put a few hundred books in the mail, went to Detroit for a show, came home, put a few hundred more books in the mail, [...]
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