An Interesting Evening
I was sitting at my computer, diligently typing away, and the doorbell rang. I opened the door, and my neighbor's son and his friend were on the porch. "Here," they said, "we got you a kitten." And sure enough, they were holding a kitten. A teeny tiny kitten. A nearly microscopic kitten. I've seen citrus fruits bigger than this kitten. It made for an exciting evening, and the timing was just spot on perfect (middle of exams, check; middle of book, check; leaving shortly for a trip, check). Anyone want to reassure me that this is a kitten, not a [...]
Stacks
I have rather a lot of books. Now please don't misunderstand me. This in no way means I have enough books or that I am done buying books. Far from it. It simply means I have quite a few of them laying around. From time to time, the titles of books seem to tell their own little stories, independent of their actual content. It amuses me to stack them up and giggle at them. Once, long ago, I thought I'd make a website just for these little stacks. That never quite happened, but the tendency to cast my eye over [...]
Unsuspecting Victim
So, let's say you had the chance to ensnare an unsuspecting victim teach someone to knit. I get to do just that next weekend, and I'm totally looking forward to it. But in the interest of making the process as smooth as possible, I thought I'd poll the collective. What do you wish you had known when you were learning to knit? Or what was the best thing you learned as a beginner? I have a general plan, but I'd love some suggestions!
This is not a Sock
I totally did not cast on a sock smack dab in the middle of the giant project from hell. That would be irresponsible. This is not a sock. This is sanity. Wooly, cashmere-fortified sanity. Don't try and take it away. You may lose a finger.
Book Yarn, Part VI
School work is chugging along at a respectable clip. I'm a bit more than half way done with the project, and a bit less than half way done with the available time. As long as this proportion keeps up, I can stave off panic. I'm even managing to get the occasional bit of sleep and maintain socially acceptable levels of personal hygiene. So since I have a minute, and since I'm feeling the need to at least see yarn even if I can't currently play with yarn, I thought I'd swing by with another bit of book yarn. On the [...]
Vaunt
So I lied. The plan had been to do these tomorrow. But in the interest of being all scholarly and productive tomorrow (a girl can dream), I'm doing them today. I'm pleased to present Vaunt. These are the latest in the ongoing attempt to find patterns that are subdued enough to appeal to both guys and girls but still interesting enough to not send the knitter mad with boredom. I think they hit the spot. Well, I think this pattern in this color hits the spot. One of the testers made them in a lovely pale purple that might not [...]
Book Yarn, Part V
Look at me, all alive and more or less lucid. The giant project is still giant, but it has been divided into (ever so slightly more) reasonable pieces, and I have a plan. Having a plan is key. It helps you explain what went wrong when you find yourself in a back alley in Ecuador with a live chicken under one arm, a book of Greek philosophy under the other, and a dead flashlight clutched between your teeth. If you hadn't had a plan that would just be confusing. If you'd had a plan at one point, you've at least [...]
Silent Running
Tomorrow I fall off the face of the earth for two weeks. Well, it's not quite that dramatic. Tomorrow I start a project for school, the mere thought of which fills me with dread and fear. That's more like it. I may die. At the very least, I won't have much time for knitting. I will still be posting. I've got the rest of the book yarn to go through and the lovely blue socks to release. But don't be surprised if there's not much new to see. And this lovely streak of posting every day for weeks on end? [...]
Yarn Report
Perhaps not surprisingly, we somehow managed to slip into a few yarn stores on our trip this past weekend. Imagine that. Shocking I know. Our first stop was the Cultured Purl in Erie, PA (what, it was on the way...more or less). It was the first time I had seen Sweet Georgia yarns in a store. Luckily, I have quite a bit of SG sitting around here, so I was able to grab something new. I picked up two skeins of Filigran by Zitron in what seems to be collor 1603 (such an evocative name). This is a single ply [...]
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