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Eunny Jang made me a liar.
There was a time (this summer) that I swore up and down that I would definitely not ever make fingerless gloves. I decided that they belonged firmly in the realm of less-than-useful things knitters make just because they can. I mean, the palms of my hands never get cold! It’s the fingertips that freeze! I…
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It is an entry, because my finals are over.
Oh thank god the December Knitty finally came out. I was so ready to be rid of that Suss Cousins thingy on the cover. I’m pretty well convinced that it can’t stay up on a regular person’s shoulders. Which is to say, a regular person who does not invest in much wardrobe tape. On first…
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Sweet!
My friend Leesh, who accounts for one third of this blog’s readership, has this adorable yarn up for sale on Etsy. I only sort-of knew she’d taken up spinning, and now I’m mad-jealous. For reasons I can’t explain, I see this yarn being made into an adorable and slightly amorphous stuffed animal rather than a…
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AS SEEN ON TV!
We bought a Magicloth. To be specific, the store was running a special so we ended up owning a bundle of approximately 20 square feet of Magicloth plus the Magicloth mop. We have all sorts of reasons for needing ‘em– for example, it is raining inside our bedroom thanks to some shoddy drywall maintenance. But…
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Cotton-Ease
There are whispers in the blogosphere that Cotton-Ease is coming back. Why yarn snobs everywhere should take note: Cotton Ease is pretty much the same thing as a worsted Rowan All Seasons Cotton, at maybe 1/3 the price per skein. And rumor has it that the resurrected Cotton Ease line will feature better (less popsicle-y)…
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Branding takes all of the punk out of knitting.
I have a little bit of disgust for the way knitting’s new market is shaping up, and I’m sure I’ll discuss this in excruciating detail on some horrible day. One of my pet peeves is the way that branding is becoming more prevalent, at the consumer’s ultimate loss. So it was with great interest that…
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Oh, Glee.
For all intents and purposes, Glee is finished. It’s cute. It doesn’t actually make me look like an extremely uncomfortable person going to an 80?s theme party. This little adventure has proved to me that I really need to get better at self-photography (or at least, setting up a good photo for someone else to…
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How many skeins for an adult size?
Since this baby kimono has already been gifted to my friends’ tiny brand-new son, I can share a few pictures: Pattern: Easily faked by anyone with a basic understanding of the rectangle. Yarn: Meilenweit sock yarn. Required nearly all of one 400+ yard skein. Needles: US3 Inox Circulars. Generally, I’m not a fan of the…
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Tonight I put the Fug in Glee.
I’ve talked a lot of trash about how unethical it is to post only unmodeled knitting photos, and Megan‘s comment to my last post inadvertently called me on that hypocrisy. Here are the goods, in less-than-edifying detail. A. I really did try to take a photo of myself in the damn thing this afternoon. This…
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Hot Buttered Manly Mitts
Let’s take a break from the Terrorsocks. I finished some mittens! The Stuff Manly Mitts by Elizabeth Morrison, on Knitty. (I followed the smaller instructions with smaller needles to make ‘em lady-sized.) Yarn: Misti International Alpaca Suri DK: half a skein of orange, 1.5 of raspberry Size 2 needles I really like this pattern. It…