To The Gentleman To My Left At The Concert
Dear Sir, You sat to my left at the concert in Toronto on the 14th. I noticed you seemed to be a bit perplexed by me and my actions during the concert. Indeed, perplexed may not be a strong enough word. You appeared downright disturbed. To help allay your concerns, I thought I'd answer some of the questions that seemed to occur to you. So, without further ado: 1) Knitting. 2) Yes, really. 3) A sock. 4) Again, yes, really. 5) Because I like to. Because they are awesome. Because it's my job. Because it helps me respond with more [...]
Updates
Sorry for the radio silence. I'm going over the draft book with highlighters and a variety of colored pens and a stack of post its. So are a host of genius editors and tech editors and other noble and diligent souls. I know it's part of the process, and I'm very glad to be at this stage of the project, but it does cut into knitting time. All of which means that the orange spiky socks are coming along slowly (just past the gusset decreases on the second sock). As soon as they're done, I'll have the pattern up. It's [...]
Esmeralda
You'll have to pardon me. I've been a poor hostess. I've neglected to make the proper introductions. Miss Manners would not be pleased. Knitters, I'd like you to meet Esmeralda. She's a lovely multi-part hat form. Esmeralda, please meet the knitters. They will all appreciate your unique talent for improving the look of jaunty hats of various shapes and sizes. You guys chat amongst yourselves, I'll be over here working on something dashing for our new friend to wear.
So That’s What It Was For?
There was a period in my misguided youth and childhood when I thought I might become an engineer. Perhaps it was a function of the time, but it sort of seemed to be the default assumption for what smart girls who could hold their own in math and science class 'should' do. I had no particular objections, and I didn't have any better ideas, so I just sort of smiled and nodded and went along with it. It meant I took a lot of math classes. I took every single math class my high schools offered, and then toddled off [...]
News Flash
Yeah yeah, two posts in one day, but they're both short. Folks...guess what's printing out in my office right now. That's right, the first draft of the finished book is here from genius book designer Zoë Lonergan. I know it's immodest, but I'm totally smitten. Now pardon me while I go admire the new pretty!
Loot, Part 2
Apparently I also got an extra and unexpected goodie when I bought my yarn. The bag I got at Romni has proven to be the most coveted cat toy in the land. All three kittens have been in, on, and under it at various points since I've been home. Right now Douglas seems to have conquered it and declared it his personal fort. He has absolutely no intention of vacating this seat of power. Move it at your own peril.
Loot
A bit of careful planning (taking into account geography, lunch plans, your recommendations, and other scheduled events) led to the conclusion that there was time to visit two yarn stores. I knew I wanted to revisit Romni. I'd been there back in 2007 when I was a very new knitter, and to be frank I'd found the whole thing more than a little overwhelming. I wanted to go back and see if it felt different now that I had a bit better grounding. I had been to Lettuce Knit before, but hadn't visited Purple Purl, so I decided I'd [...]
Just What the Doctor Ordered
From about 3pm on Friday, until about 9am today, I didn't use a computer. I didn't check my email, I didn't check ravelry, I didn't check the blog. None of it. And it was wonderful. I have a feeling I'm going to have to do this more often. I may even have to declare the weekends as a no-computer time. Of course this particular internet hiatus was because we were headed off to Toronto. We probably can't quite manage to do that every weekend, but I think I could just pop the batteries out of my mouse and keyboard and [...]
Multi-task
Upon hearing of a planned trip to the Slaughter Innocent Woodland Creatures store, I asked The Boy to look for something for me. It's not a store I generally frequent myself (gee, could you guess), but I knew they were likely the best place to find a wee little gizmo I wanted. It's something called a line counter. These things are marketed as 'Fishing Accessories,' but they are clearly 'Yarn Accessories.' The theory is that you thread your fishing line yarn through that little slot on the left and pull it through and the little counter on the right spools [...]
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