Monthly Archives: January, 2010
Responding to the Knit-Signal
The Yarn Harlot has thrown up her version of the bat signal: the knit-signal. She’s asking for knitters to come together and help out Haiti.
She asked for knitters to come together and donate money to Doctors Without Borders under the umbrella of Knitters Without Borders.
I wanted to donate some money to the Haiti relief [...]
Goodbye and Hello
There’s lots of knitting going on here, but unfortunately not a lot of pictures to prove it. Blogs are better with pictures, so I’ll try to keep this short.
My good friend Hoang is moving from Los Angeles to Denver this week, so he had a going-away party on Saturday night. He’s been asking me [...]
A Little Yarn Porn*
*Don’t worry – this is SFW.
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hitting up La Knitterie Parisienne in Studio City for the first time. I went with a single purpose: to buy yarn for a baby sweater pattern I’m drafting.
Of course, the moment I walked into the place I felt the urge to splurge. Though it’s [...]
Christmas Knitting
To preserve my sanity and my wrists, I decided to only knit one Christmas present this year. I wanted to make something for my stepmom. She’s hard to buy for, but I know she values craftsmanship and beauty, so I thought making something delicate and pretty would be appropriate.
I decided to make Ysolda [...]
Don’t Look Back
I don’t know about you, but I’m altogether sick of all the retrospectives floating around right now. Sure, it’s a natural inclination to look back on the past year (or decade) and reflect on all that has transpired. And don’t get me wrong, I’ve done my own personal musing about how much difference a [...]
