I discovered that my real-world Not-So Local Yarn Store (NSLYS) had been ‘crashed’ by the Yarn Harlot. There is a phenomenon online, where someone with a relatively low bandwidth (pipe to the internet) is happily posting away and their blog/article/story gets noticed and posted about on a geek site called Slashdot. Bazillions of geeks come… Continue reading Harlotted IRL
Category: Yarn Harlot
Discipleship
Gauge/Tension Square Pre-felting Originally uploaded by jwordsmith. Because I am a dedicated disciple of the Yarn Harlot (and because the Heathen Housewife had already planted the seed) I have ordered the pattern for the Fiber Trends felted clogs. Since I ordered it online, I was lured into Michael’s by Husband (who is, whoo-hoo, going through… Continue reading Discipleship
Addicted Again
I had a little reaction to the Knitting Olympics. It was similar to my reaction to anything that becomes an obligation. I didn’t want to knit anymore. Oh, and my hands were sore. Now that a couple of weeks have passed I’m back to squeezing my knitting in around other jobs like looking after my… Continue reading Addicted Again
Harlotry
I can’t tell you how much I want, this afternoon, to go to see the Yarn Harlot. She’s coming to a bookstore not quite near me. I want to go and buy a Tricoteuses Sans Frontiers badge; hear her talk “aboot” her adventures so far; and knit in her audience. It’s quite odd, this fangirl… Continue reading Harlotry
Bleurgh
A week of being sneezed and coughed on by snotty little boys has finally caught up with me and I have a stinker of a cold. Everything hurts. Added to which I think the tiny needles are creating hand problems. Whine, whine, whine. I know. In sock news, I got fed up with untangling the… Continue reading Bleurgh
Slacking For Snowmen
I confess I have made very little progress on my project today, but there were snowmen to be built. Since I have an almost-three year old and this has been only our second big snow this winter, I feel that Snowmom has to be my other event. So I’m a biathlete (now, why does that… Continue reading Slacking For Snowmen
Snow For The Winter Olympics
WinterOlympics Originally uploaded by jwordsmith. Look, it’s obligingly snowing here, just to make it feel extra-winter-Olympicky. I tried to get my 11-month old to model the socks-in-progress, but the window frame was much more cooperative (and showed off our lovely snowscape, to boot). I’m making good progress on the Husband Socks. Assuming they fit him…Will… Continue reading Snow For The Winter Olympics
The Knitsanity Begins
Due to some confusion about when I was supposed to start (and the fact that NBC presented their coverage as if they Olympics were starting at 8pm EST, which was odd, really, since I KNOW that’s 2AM in Turin) I lost a whole five hours and the feeling of solidarity of starting with thousands of… Continue reading The Knitsanity Begins
Knitting Olympics
Oh no! Not another blog. Oh yes. I’m afraid so. This one is begun in honour of the first Knitting Olympics and the insanity that is my joining it. I’m sparing the spare readership of my writing blog the tedium of hearing me rant about knitting. Instead I’m sharing my obsession here, perhaps with other… Continue reading Knitting Olympics