Knit one, dream two

Got a new Knit Picks catalog and a new Patternworks catalog recently.  Must resist temptation!  Why don't these places sell blocks of uninterrupted time to go with the yarn and patterns? Figured out why I seem to have so much yarn for Faina's scarf.  Pattern asked

Good sci-fi

Dr Who praised at TUC conference. Writers have praised BBC One hit sci-fi series Doctor Who at the TUC annual conference in Brighton, in a call for more funding for UK TV productions.  It showed there was "still an audience for quality family entertainment", the Writers'

Knit Club

I only got two rows of knitting done on my Prairie Shawl on Saturday, but I did teach Terri how to knit and purl, how to fix a dropped knit and purl stitch, how to recognise which is which, and a few different ways of holding needles and yarn.  She

Celebrating Agatha

The mystery of Agatha Christie. A campaign is under way to champion the work of British crime writer Agatha Christie. But with two billion books sold worldwide, why bother?  The best-selling fiction author of all time, named as such in the Guinness Book of Records, should need no publicity

Signs of Friday

* The song lyrics going through your head are badly wrong (Ballad of San Francisco by Caedmon's Call - "I love anonymity and I love eating carrots just the same as anybody else."). * Saturday is already planned in detail (breakfast, knitting morning, swimming with Rox and Eric). * Your

Autumn Knitty!

The new Knitty is up!  Favourite patterns so far are the Samus jacket (love the cables!), Bubby the koala bear, and the Falling Leaves socks.  Now all I need is the time and yarn to knit them all, along with the rest of the stuff in the project queue.

Born abroad

I'm always interested when immigration is in the news.  The BBC have a story (and map) of immigration to the UK in the last decade, many of them land in the Southeast.  I am a first-generation immigrant to America.  Maybe that's why the Ellis Island

Surprise!

Trip to Nashville TN: two tanks of gas. Birthday present arranged in May: two autographed Rich Nathan books. Surprising Sehlat on her birthday: Priceless! It's all about the planning.  You have to ask for the boyfriend's cell phone number well in advance of using it to

Roundup

Donate something to the Red Cross to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, even if it's only a little. Added a new section to the site for yarn reviews.  This is my opinion on yarn I've used, including fibre content, who makes it, and whether it&

Fourth time around

I started making the Prairie Shawl from Folk Shawls this week, using the Blue Sky Worsted yarn.  First attempt included the point at the bottom of the shawl, which looked odd, so I ripped it out.  Second attempt looked too tightly cast on and knit, so I ripped it out