I don’t know quite what it was about this article that irritated me and compelled me to respond, but I think it boils down to the devaluation of materials used for what is still, more or less, considered a hobby for women. No one writes articles about the high costs of golf clubs or sports [...]
Shamelessly copying Kim’s post here (and seconding recommendations of her books if you like crocheting!) in saying that books make great holiday gifts, so why not buy mine?
You can see all my books, complete with clickable links, on this page. I suppose it’s kind of like saying you have a favorite child, but my three [...]
Oh, Cleveland. Only in my hometown could the forces of good (yarn) be turned so horribly awry. You know, like Emperor Palpatine or something:
A Stark County husband is facing a misdemeanor domestic violence charge. He is accused of trying to shove a ball of yarn into his wife’s mouth.
The wife also accuses her 55-year-old husband [...]
Abby explains it all, here in the new issue of Twist Collective. And trust me, she knows.
By the way, if I do not find time to knit this pattern, I will CRY. How fabulous is that? Too fabulous even for me, I think.
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One of my boyfriend’s high school friends who we recently got back in touch with had a baby a month or two ago. He sent over a photo of new baby ogling a giant pint of Guinness in the way only someone that Irish can. So I was telling him how Lou (the other owner [...]
Ok, so four-plus years ago, I quoted from the Finnish national epic (the Kalevala) on weaving. See this post. It seems so… cheerful, especially given how morose and suicidal the Finns are. (Or so say the statistics). But here’s an even better, super-grisly weaving-and-spinning-related tale from Orkney…
Read The Battle Song of the Valkyrieson this [...]
One of the best things about taking on the Yarn Forward editorship is meeting lots and lots (and lots!) of designers I didn’t know before. Liz Lovick, who lives on Orkney, does the most fantastic colorwork.
And you, lucky reader, can buy a copy of her PDF book A Fair Isle Workshop in her Etsy [...]
This photo, found in the Library of Congress’ Flickr photostream, is just. so. awesome. It shows, according to the caption information: “Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies” and is dated June 1942.
Love her dress, love her hair, love her lipstick. Although I was a total Leanne fan on this [...]
Hey look! mounds of wool!
Natural lawnmowers!
From the Presidential Pet Museum:
Tired of election stuff? Here’s one more president-related thing… with sheep!
There were sheep that grazed on the White House lawn during Wilson’s administration. To cut groundskeeping costs during World War I, President Woodrow Wilson (1913-21) brought a flock of sheep to trim the White House [...]
(photo by Kristi on Flickr here; chart by Laura of Picture Perfect Knits book fame)
The intarsia pattern is available for free on Laura’s knitblog here.
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