I will never do this. Or if I do, I will choose a sewing machine, cotton interlock, and machine embroidery using plain ol’ satin stitch, and spend the rest of my time working on variations of Jae’s flax-maple cookies in … Continue reading
I think this new online crafting zine will be interesting if it fulfills the mandate of being offensive, esoteric, and intelligent, as long as the editrices and the authors don’t try too hard. Things get silly when people try too … Continue reading
No one told me about this! Googling once in a while also helps nip little copyright issues in the bud. Like the time I discovered that someone had copied my TOU page, edited out the bits that didn’t apply to … Continue reading
Today, apparently, more people would like to “hack someones computer and open their cd drive and scare them” than to learn to knit. I had no idea such a website existed. I was searching for… I can’t remember what I … Continue reading
As follow-up to Beryl’s hot pink Tit-Bits (and here’s the Knitty surprise), I was just thinking how heartening it is that there are people who come up with handmade and humorous devices to help cope with cancer. Like cheerful fake … Continue reading
KnitNet. the online magazine that launched as a free (advertiser-supported) publication in 1998 then switched to advertising+subscription basis (with a few free patterns and articles) some time before Knitty was launched, has made their October issue free to read for … Continue reading
Another scoop from LJ because I’m not on the KnitPixie mailing list… (by the way, if you read all the comments there, I feel compelled to point out that we have empirical evidence that teaching a lawyer to knit would … Continue reading
Today’s Globe and Mail has an article about Beryl Tsang and her Tit-Bits, knitted breast protheses in designer colours and yarns. I met her once when she was leaving Lettuce Knit and I was going in, although she probably has … Continue reading
(or, deep thoughts at 5 am.) Having built or worn their wares, IKEA is to furniture what Hennes & Mauritz is to clothing. Both their products are cheap, and they all come flat-packed. (Really. It looks like H&M staff just … Continue reading
This is the footnote to a discussion about the knitting boom, which I had deleted from a previous post. Basically, I made a reference to “knitting-related businesses being treated as investment opportunities rather than an amusing project to keep the … Continue reading