How to Write a Book
I must start by saying that you have totally made my day. I have a tendency to second guess myself, and I get the occasional 'helpful' email or ravelry message explaining that my pattern names are hard or ugly or just plain weird and suggesting that I fix them. I [...]
Nomenclature and the Vagaries Thereof
I can never quite decide if this sort of thing is helpful, or dreadfully immodest. The most recent episodes of two charming podcasts had some nice things to say about the book. The first is The Knit Girllls (at about 20 minutes in) and the second is Stash and Burn [...]
In This House
The Scene: Evening. Dinner bubbling on the stove just about ready to go on plates. I'm finishing up the food, The Boy is setting the table. The Boy: "Darling?" (Except he didn't really say darling, but I'm not telling anyone what he did say, as the pet names of a [...]
Not Abandoned
Lest you think I've abandoned sock knitting entirely, allow me to provide proof to the contrary. These are unabashedly complicated. The cables are tiny and intricate. The side cable carries on down the foot. The gusset is shifted around a bit. The heel is ribbed and so is the toe. [...]
New Friend
You all know Alphonse by now. He has proven himself an exceptionally helpful house guest. Since things worked out so well with him, I have decided to take on another boarder. Please meet Percival. According to the seller, Percival is a vintage unglazed porcelain rubber glove form. I'm imagining some [...]
Bingo
On 2:59 pm EDT on Wednesday May 4, I became part of an impressive crowd. I was one of thousands of knitters, all poised -- fingers hovering over our refresh buttons, waiting to register for Sock Summit 2011. I had booked my air fare and hotel room months before. I [...]
Blushing!
The lovely folks over at Knit Circus were kind enough to say charming things about Silk Road Socks in their most recent issue. I'm totally blushing. I love what Knit Circus is doing (I released Scatterling through them last summer). This is their seventh online issue (they started as a [...]
April Knit Along
In April we're doing Serab and Nain in the knit along. If you've been meaning to get either of those on your needles, come over and join us. I promise we're nice! And we all have excellent taste in socks. This is definitely the low stress, low drama sort of [...]
Shameless Plug
There is absolutely no knitting content here. None at all. If you're only in it for the knitting, you'll want to wander away and come back tomorrow. Saturday night, we went to see our very favorite band ever. Their name is Jukebox The Ghost, and they are made entirely of [...]
WWMDFK
As you may perhaps recall, a few months ago The Boy and I took a stroll to a little stream in the woods for a bit of a photo shoot. Just as a public service announcement, I'm still not sure splashing around in freezing water with pneumonia is a good [...]
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