I’ve seen two reposts of this today, with multiple comments to the effect of, “ha ha, I make plenty of mistakes already!” And this annoys me. Not the original post, as such, but the joking about how “bad” we are at what we do. One commenter even said she thought it was arrogant if you…
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Tess’ Top Ten List of Basic Knitting Advice
1. Don’t be intimidated. OK, sometimes this is easier said than done, but in the end, it’s just yarn, and needles. It may even be expensive yarn, but it’s still just yarn. At rock bottom, the act of knitting is just pulling loops through other loops. It’s been done for centuries, so it’s not rocket…
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Knitting On Stage and Other Superstitions
I was listening to an audiobook that involves the theater, and was surprised to hear a character declare that “knitting on stage is bad luck”. Having at least 50% of the qualification, and never having heard of this one, of course, I had to look into it. And yes, I found several sites that insist…
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You Are The Chosen One — Now On Display
You may remember that earlier this summer I participated in, and posted about, a group knitting project conceived by local artist Seann McKeel. The “You Are The Chosen One” project has been completed, and will be on display in downtown Portland (on Couch St, between 6th and Broadway), through the month of September, 2011. …
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“Teach someone to knit.”
A long, long time ago — we’re talking at least a couple of decades — I started one of those lists that are now often called “bucket” lists — you know, things you want to do before you “kick the bucket”. (Only at the time I did mine, the list was titled “50 Things to…