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 [...]
Hy has been worried about this one, because it took a while to get here. I’ve encouraged swappers shipping from the States to send their mail by slow boat and avoid the huge mail costs, and I’ve yet (knock on wood) to see a package go astray. But this one did take a little longer [...]
. . . is now open for registrations. I’m sooooooooo tempted, but the reality is that between the current yarn stash and the spinning plans, I don’t need incentive to buy more yarn. However . . . I’ve gotta tell ya that I’d be the first in line for a fiber swap! (And yes, I’ve [...]
the Wooly Designs spindle . . . It arrived. It arrived, it arrived, it arrived. (Imagine that with the “white gal can’t dance” jig and you’ll get the idea. Black and white text just doesn’t carry the same emotion here.) It’s beautiful. It’s got a 4.25-inch whorl: and a wonderful 20-inch stem which can handle [...]
(NB! Norsk på bunnen av posten. Til dere som har norsk som morsmål . . . unnskyld! Jeg har fortsatt ganske mange småfeil men ville gjerne at informasjonen om Spinnvilt kunne leses av både engelsk- og norsk-talende selv om norsken min er langt fra feil-fri.) During moments when I was resting my hands or trying [...]