Mason-Dixon Knitting also blew it, though they ascribe the failure to too much drinking in Torino.If only I’d been so lucky…

Well, if anyone wants to make us a button that’s a subtle riff on the Yarn Harlot’s gold medal (her statuesque knitter being hung by her own skein, perhaps) please be my guest–and let me know.However, I thought I’d start a rolling blog entry and let those of us who bit the big tamale at least have a forum where we can post what we managed to finish.In that effort, I’m posting this, my second panel. Such as it is.I...

You can get this article yourself at Jewish World Review.Knitting, purling and scratchingBy Lloyd GarverKnitting was once an activity that grandmothers did when they got together and complained about how infrequently their grandkids called them. In recent years, there’s been an explosion in knitting’s popularity. Now, it’s not uncommon for granddaughters to feel they’re too busy knitting to call their grandmothers....

So, here’s the thing.REAL Olympians may be amateurs, but they’re getting paid to participate in their sport. Sadly, neither Lion Brand, nor Knit Picks, nor Brown Sheep decided to back me. Not even Tahki (jerks) called to sign me even though their yarn cut my fingers.So I failed. I failed so bad it’s not even worth laughing at. I completed a panel and a third. In 16 days.That’s got to be an all-time low.However, in my...

When I was a child I learned to knit from my grandmother.For so many of us that is the beginning of a long and fulfilling relationship with knitting. For me, it was a disaster.I was much better at crocheting. I stuck to the single hook for ages. I had a brief fling with knitting again in high school. I had been cast as Anne in The Diary of Anne Frank and when I read that Anne gave her father a knitted scarf for Hanukkah I realized that to be...

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