I have . . . er . . . a few knitting needles. Specifically, I have circulars. I can count on one hand the number of sets of straights and double-pointed needles in my possession; I use them very rarely. Because I’m frankly rotten at picking up dropped stitches and tend to take my knitting [...]
Well, so much for updating the blog during the trip! Seriously, I had forgotten how much longer dial-up takes than broadband. Whoof! In any event, we got back last night, safe and sound, and the house is the usual disastrous “day after” chaotic mix of unpacked, unplaced, and unwashed. I’ve reduced the thousand+ e-mails to [...]
–which isn’t mine! But I’m posting it anyway just to prove that I’m not entirely neglecting my needles in favor of the Rose and spindles. A friend has been working on this sweater for her daughter for a little while now, and said daughter is in danger of outgrowing the sucker before she ever has [...]
According to the Craft Yarn Council of America, 53 million women in the U.S. alone knit or crochet, and the numbers are growing—particularly in the younger age groups. That’s not including the men. Fifty-three million.
Yesterday, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (aka Yarn Harlot) posted a small rant about public perception of knitters and knitterly writers. If you’ve not seen it, you should. It’s here: http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2007/02/16/represent.html. I remember the universal shock waves that went ’round the ‘net in January when Blue Moon‘s old bank decided that the Sock Club must have been a [...]