You can find a brief description of why here atCease n’ deBitched | MetaFilter and a more comprehensive explanation about 40 minutes into Episode 10 of Cast-On. More info here too: I watched Disney pull this crap and it’s why I left. I’m not about to stay quiet while some Insulting Little Man from a Little Company snubs the knitting community and tries to push us around with meaningless lawyerly threats.I’m going to my...
The Charge of the Yarn Harlot
It is possible that the wonderful pen of the Yarn Harlot is more than a little responsible for our insanity.GO TEAM INSANITY!
Knitting Olympics Frappr!
Lordy, we are EVERYwhere. Take a look at this beta site at Knitting Olympics Frappr! to see us pinpointed all over the globe. Go to the state level.Shocking.And wonderful.
Olympic Update–End of Day 2
Well, I managed about a foot since we started. That’s not good.But it’s sure pretty.I also used my entire ball of blue. (Note the ruler, and you can see how far a ball of blue Tahki Donnegal Tweed will go with size 3.75mm needles.) This was not a surprise, but going into the basement, to find the box with the rest of the yarn…only to find no balls of blue…THAT was a surprise.Turns out, I hadn’t wound balls out of...
Olympic Update
I am not doing NEARLY as well as the downhill USA men’s team when it comes to times. I think it’s become fairly clear as we begin the third day of the Knit Olympics that I have seriously overjudged my knitting speed–esp. cold-finger speed during a blizzard. Until and unless I can finish a panel completely in four days I won’t make it. And as you can see from the previous post pic of my starting point, and from the update...


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