Mar 21
OK, so you know I don't like to use the "m" word when it comes to knitting, because KNITTING is not actually MAGIC.
But a few weeks ago, in my "what-I-want-to-knit-this-year" list, I mentioned a yarn-usage technique that is often known as the "magic ball". Because this isn't actually a knitting technique so much as it is a clever way to use yarn, I decided I can more-or-less live with the "m" word in this case.
On about.com's knitting section, I found a poll for "What are Your Knitting Resolutions for 2009?"
OK, so it's a year out of date, but I figure things can't have changed all that much in a year.
Continue reading "Knitting Resolutions (2009 Redux Edition)"
Yesterday at the LYS, I took part in a discussion about SABLE.
What, you never heard of SABLE? You might even be a member of SABLE!
SABLE stands for "Stash Acquired Beyond Life Expectancy". A person becomes a member of this group when she owns more yarn than she can reasonably expect to knit in her years remaining on this mortal coil.*
Well, unless you’ve very recently come out of a coma, you’re aware that this past weekend heralded the Most Awesomely Amazing Knitting Event Ever in the History of the Universe, right here in PDX.
Dec 17
Here is what it looks like from my office window and my backyard these days:
And here is the yoke to my top-down raglan sweater so far.
With all this snow, and everything being cancelled, you might think I’d have gotten a bit more knitting done, wouldn’t you?
Sep 9
Ya know, it’s hard to blog when the things you are doing are (a) things that you can’t write about or (b) boring.
In the second category lately are many administrative things, like setting up fall class schedules and working on websites. The good news is, the Polar Bear Patterns site is coming along nicely — well, at least it’s functional. There are still a few things to work out — mainly I’ve been having issues figuring out just how to glom everything I do into one place. It’s harder than it sounds: patterns, classes, general knitting, etc. At least, it’s harder for me than it sounds like it ought to be. I’ve been doing everything myself up to now, but I’m thinking I may soon need some professional help. (And I’ll need someone to work on my websites too — ba-dum bump!)
Dec 21
Both my sister and a college friend recently sent me copies of this Wall Street Journal article about knitting.
More specifically, it’s about "Sock Wars", where the idea is that everyone playing the game is an "assassin" and has an assigned "target". You are supposed to "assassinate" that person by knitting them a pair of socks, and then you send them to your target before your assassin sends a pair of finished socks to you.
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