Copper Penny

My new design project on the needles knit in Madelinetosh Tosh DK in Copper Penny.

Isn't this colorway gorgeous?

Women To The Rescue...AGAIN!

With all the damage our conservative idiots in Congress and the Supreme Court have done, I'm hopeful women will turn out in droves to vote out some of these idiots.

Worse and Worse

I have thought for a long time that much of the backlash and the obstinance on the side of the conservatives was either just bitter partisanship, or racism.

Now it appears that it's probably both.

But I'm hopeful, that the recent Hobby Lobby anti-woman decision will be just what November needs to get out a huge voter turnout for ousting the idiots in Congress.

We shall see.

Current Knitting

I finished the stranded knit hat (or finished sewing in the knitted lining) and Thaddeus tells me I make it look ridiculous.

I think he's right.  But it will look good on him...or at least better.

I also started another Bright Lizard Scarf using some of my leftover remnants of Koigu.

I knew that Koigu would work perfectly with this pattern.  Can't wait to show it to you when it's finished.

Videoverload

I'm coining a new term for how I feel about the fact that every possible activity seems to need to be documented via video lately.

Now that's a minute of your life that you'll never get back.

Good or Bad?

Videos can be great.  Tutorials for crocheting a scarf, catching Romney talking about the 47%, providing evidence and protection against police brutality, etc.

But there comes a time when you realized you don't need to see a video of some stranger's co-rider drinking water, or the perfect golf swing of a co-worker.  Add pets into the fray, and videos can get downright tiresome (even my own pets and videos thereof).

Current Spinning
I started a new spinning project.  Not because of the Tour de Fleece (which I'm not really even sure what it is), but because I saw this incredible roving in my stash....

...and I just had to start spinning it.

It's 50/50 Superwash Merino and Tencel and has a silky sheen to it, that I just love.  I'm trying to spin this a bit thicker than I usually do, so we'll see how it turns out.

NeverNotKnitting Podcast : Episode 53 : Interview With Ysolda Teague

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Big news!

Ava's dolly is expecting a baby!

Don't ask me how it happened....

It has all happened so fast but she is already in her third trimester and is due to give birth any day!

Ava is very very excited about this...

NeverNotKnitting Podcast Announcement

Hello podcast listeners: I just wanted to let you know that Episode 39 will be postponed to

July 15, 2010.

I've been dealing with some difficult medical situations lately, and I am using this time to recover.

Thanks for all of your support!

I Never Know What to Believe

I'm pretty cynical about much of what I read...especially when it's about celebrities. But this article sent to me by reader Jeanette seems to have all the hallmarks of being true:

Celebrity Hidden Talents

Within Reasonable Doubt
I remember a while ago on the GLBT knitlist, someone's alleged cousin notified the group that the member had died in a fiery car crash. I remember thinking immediately that it was a lie...I guess it just sounded odd that a cousin would happen on to a deceased member's account so quickly and then go on to describe the car crash as "fiery."

Turns out the member hadn't died, but the excuse for the post was an even bigger lie.

And when it comes to publicists, they'll say practically anything to get their clients in a magazine, so I often view articles about celebs with a cynical eye as well.

However, it appears that David's name has shown up in other fiber-related articles, so I would have to believe that he really is a knitter.

Plus I like him, so I'd like to believe this is true!

Current Knitting
I completed a few inches on the front of the Malabrigo Silky Merino pullover, and I think I have the best photo yet of the color and stitch pattern combined.

At least the color shows up pretty true to life on my laptop screen.

Current Spinning
I also did a bit more work on Mindy's (Puff The Magic Rabbit) roving, and I am liking it more and more...both the color and the fiber-feel (btw, Mindy has an Autumn leaf colored roving out there that is just stunning!).

I don't have another photo, but Nico really does fight me for access to this fiber...he either claws into it like he's hoping it will start to spray milk, or he pushes it out into the most comfortable little kitty nest.

I also wound on a few more micrometers of singles from a roving from Carol (Black Bunny Farms...Carol is doing amazing things with her Dipped Infinity Scarf yarn packs that are flying off the shelves...if she has shelves).

It's very different, but I really like these colors as well.

Readers' Comments/Questions
Regarding the Spin-Off scarf, a different Carol writes, "The scarf looks great - you seem to have figured out the little mistake that crept in on the final edit of the magazine concerning the central increase within 1 stitch."

Thanks...I'm enjoying it...but I didn't notice the error at all...once I get the feel of the stitch pattern and the rhythm, I just kind of refer to the pattern only when I'm not sure what to do next...I'm certain I just completely overlooked the extra increase instructions.

Seanna Lea writes, "The scarf reminds me of a sock pattern in Vogue Knitting a couple of years ago. It's a little hard to see in the pattern, but is it twisted stitches?"

No, it's all 1x1 ribbing with patterned increases and decreases...no twisted stitches at all...only twisted knitters.