One of my sources of knitting-related amusement (besides certain blogs which occasionally fascinate me, in rubber-necking or I-can’t-believe-you’d-actually-post-something-about-this-aspect-of-your-private-life or you’ve-got-to-be-lying or you-knit-way-better-than-me sorts of ways) is to read the Knitty guestbook. For example, after the Sex and the Knitty issue … Continue reading
… a special advertising supplement for Lion Brand. Oops, I meant Vogue Knitting. If you compare the cover of the mag featured on the VK website to the cover on the newsstand, you’ll realize… that the newsstand version is a … Continue reading
No, I don’t view every new business or publication as an evil scheme. Really, I don’t. It’s just that I’m becoming more sensitized to privacy issues. Outed this week was the affiliation between Yarndex and
You’ve probably seen enough of it outside, and if you haven’t, you’ve seen enough of it on everybody else’s blogs. Further ponderables… Someone somewhere or other mentioned that the media announced (this is television somewhere in the U.S., which means … Continue reading
Why does Wool Needlework Discounter use the CBC logo in the browser address bar? How did elann know that I was setting up stash for cash again, and trying to remember how much those clear Regia sock boots had cost … Continue reading
There appears to be a new service like abebooks, etc., but for yarn. This enterprising business promises to offer a dye lot search, too, and to represent individuals as well as small businesses (although individuals probably couldn’t take credit cards). … Continue reading
Found via LJ Knitting, thanks to someone with too much taste to actually post a direct link: Someone’s eBaying a collection of links to free patterns and software tools. Item 8161487624, “Links to 100′s FREE Knitting Machine Patterns & Program”. … Continue reading
Does this Anthropologie “getaway” cardigan not look like it was designed by Delphine Wilson? Look at the arm detailing, and the centre back cable. Was it?
While searching for ideas on what to do with a massive concrete pillar (don’t bother asking), I wound up on a feng shui site. Now, while I’m certain that a person’s outlook, performance, and health can be affected by the … Continue reading
A couple of days ago, a reader commented on the first post I wrote about knit.1, saying that he picked it up because it was the only knit mag that had anything relating to men in it. And he asked … Continue reading