When we last left our tragic protagonist, she had cowardly booted Ninja slightly northward to be finished off (actually, restarted and completed in its entirety) by the real heroine. Look: photographic evidence (dated August 22) of its completion. Have I … Continue reading
Why, yes, I did vanish from the face of the earth. Technically, I wasn’t gone; it’s just that the demands of the day jobTM overwhelmed all extracurricular activities. (I did manage to make it to a couple of Drunken Knitter’s … Continue reading
I had been waiting for Carol to post about why she hates the new yarn weight standards, and I see she has done it. I had started writing a verbose diatribe on the subject (was that redundant?) last year, but … Continue reading
Knitgrrl 2 is due out in April, and wouldn’t you know it, there’s errata already. Cropped Tank, page 80: see the schematics? No, the tank top is not five inches long from shoulder to hem. Five inches barely reaches your … Continue reading
“Sewer” is such an funny noun to be applied to those who sew. After all, most of them don’t inhabit the gutter, although they might occasionally stitch in the ditch. (Yes, in case you didn’t know, stitching in the ditch … Continue reading
How many times can you use the word “crotch” in a single post? Continue reading
Hmm. It seems that within the two weeks after Hurricane Katrina (I’m not saying there’s a connection, I’m just speculating because I haven’t any other explanation) a number of sites that were on the imprint webring were bumped off due … Continue reading
… of the widget variety. Yeah, I’m no graphic designer, and good heavens, I was surprised to see that I could zip a file with no effort (um, did every version of OS X have that built in? because I … Continue reading
Dear Diamond Yarn (or Westminster Fibers, Nova Yarn, Alchemy Yarn, and any other distributor or producer of hand knitting yarn that sells to retailers), I’ve got a marvellous idea for a yarn shop. I really love knitting, and I know … Continue reading
After a wash with Eucalan, it seems that the sheeplot problem has diminished (click the thumbnail for the full size picture). It might still be a teensy bit noticeable, but not enough to mandate an immediate dyeing. Besides, I sewed … Continue reading