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Category Archives: Reviews
It Must Be Good if You Dream About It
Overall, I’ve been disappointed in the knitting fiction that I have read. Heaven knows I’ve whined about it often enough. Well, my drought has ended. This weekend I finished reading Death by Cashmere: A Seaside Knitters Mystery, by Sally Goldenbaum. Izzy Chambers owns the Seaside Knitting Studio in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts. When Angie Archer, who [...]
Startitis–I’ve Had It Bad
There is a disease that knitters seem prone to developing, and I have discovered I am not immune. Yes, I haz the startitis. Most of you know about my quest to knit 100 socks in a year (check out The Evolving Sock Knitter), so I always have at least one pair of socks on the [...]
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1 O’Clock, 2 O’Clock, 3 O’Clock, Knit. Knittin’ Around the Clock Tonight
I don’t know about you, but I could knit almost 24 hours a day. Seriously. I hate waiting for anything, and having a project with me to work on can make me less likely to do or say something I might regret later. Or probably should regret, at least. If you like to have a [...]
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Knitting, Knitting Everywhere
Hello. My name is Ida, and I am obsessed with knitting. Yes, it may come as a surprise, but I am coming around to the idea that I may have an addiction–or at least obsession–with knitting. When I watch movies and television shows, I often find myself paying more attention to knitted objects than the [...]
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The Wonder of Strategically Placed Holes
I’ve been thinking about holes lately. Not the ones that annoy you; the ones that are beautiful. And what are holes? Nothing–the absence of something. So, it may be odd, but some of the most beautiful knitting patterns are about nothingness. Think about it. Lace can be incredibly beautiful. I stand in awe at some [...]
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It’s About Animals
A Baaing with a Brogue Update I love the Internet. Not long after I posted my lament about Irish yarn, I received this comment from reader Nic: Hi. I made some inquiries and phoned Donegal Yarn Kilcar in Co.Donegal and spoke to a very nice fella from the yarn factory there. He tells me that [...]
A New Knitting Read
Several posts ago, I reviewed While My Pretty One Knits. I mentioned that the author, Anne Canadeo had a sequel out, and I have now read it. The main characters are back in Knit, Purl, Die. Returning to Plum Harbor after a few years in Florida is Gloria. And middle-aged Gloria didn’t come home alone. [...]
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A Comfort Contest
I don’t know about where you are, but for the past few days, Mother Nature seems to have forgotten that we’re closer to summer than to winter. Yesterday, we didn’t even hit the 40s, and yes, there were snow flurries. At least we didn’t get the inches of snow some places in Minnesota got. It’s [...]
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Knitcroblo5 and Colorwork
Today’s question in Knit & Crochet Blog Week, Day 5: Location, Location, Location Where do you like to indulge your craft? That’s easy: on the deck of my waterfront, cliffside home. Now where do I actually practice it? In the great room of my top-floor, city apartment, in my favorite chair in front of the [...]
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