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 household really should remain private.) Me: "Yes my love?" The Boy: "Did you know there is a large piece of driftwood on the table?" Me: "Yes indeed." The Boy: "I see. Um. Why is there a large piece of driftwood on the table?" Me: "To prop up a sock for [...]
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. They are not restful socks. You can't knit them in a dark movie theater (or at least I can't, you may be more clever than I and quite capable of such a feat). They are lovely socks though, and I find them well worth the effort. Or at least I [...]
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 sort of assembly line with hundreds of them hanging from belts and getting dipped in vats of molten rubber. I have no idea if this is at all accurate, but it's an interesting visual. Don't spoil it for me if I'm wrong. I intend to put Percival to work modeling [...]
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 knew was going, no matter what classes I got (or didn't get). Somehow this did not make me want my chosen classes any less. Thanks to the impressive efforts of the masterminds behind Sock Summit, the registration went smoothly. Impressively smoothly. Thousands of rabid knitters, more than a hundred classes [...]
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 print magazine, but transitioned to an online format last Spring). They do a fabulous job of taking advantage of the opportunities of an online format (links, videos, easy searching) while still maintaining the feel of a traditional print magazine by providing lots of articles and interviews. If they're not already [...]
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 knit along. Use whatever yarn you want, make whatever mods you want (some people are doing them toe up and it's awesome for me, the top down die hard, to watch). Some clever folks are even taking the sock designs and putting them on sweaters. I'm totally impressed! And you've [...]
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 awesome. If you're looking for some insanely peppy new music, check them out. They've got quite a few free songs floating around on their website, and they're well worth a listen. They are a sure fire cure for even the crappiest of moods. They tour constantly, and are well worth [...]
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 idea. I am, in fact, fairly sure it is not a good idea. But it was entertaining. And cold. The photos were for Heather's charming new book What Would Madame Defarge Knit?, which came out this weekend. It's a collection of patterns based on characters from classic literature. You can [...]
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!
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