Things I have learned about knitting and the world.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008


  • Stoplight knitting should be done on circs. There's less chance of needles falling out.
  • If you come enough times to her book signings, the Yarn Harlot will recognize you.
  • When on meds that cause weight gain (or, I suppose, pregnant), shawls are more practical to knit than sweaters.
  • The best way to get family members to understand knitting is to get them to have a geeky craft of their own. Like woodturning.
  • Strangely, the above rule does not seem to apply to scrapbookers.
  • You can find a group on Ravelry for anything. Anything.
  • And speaking of Ravelry? Endless source of entertainment.
  • Being in the company of knitters makes me want to knit more.
  • Make that "knit every waking hour".
  • And several of the non-waking hours.
  • Being sick is a great way to get more knitting done. Assuming the meds don't knock you out.
  • If you ask the lys owner if she has more colors of that lovely and dirt-cheap laceweight, she'll pull out her entire stock to check without complaining.
  • Some new knitters are really really brave. They are examples to us all.
  • Lace knitting is the best knitting in the world.
  • Yes, you can knit lace without a lifeline, but it's better not to tempt the knitting gods.
  • Don't pull laceweight from the center of the ball. Just don't.
  • It is totally normal to have yarn piled on every available surface of your room/house. Totally.
  • It is also totally normal to knit while soaking in the tub.
  • Knitting socks in public draws out the curious inner knitter in everyone around you.
  • Having three lys's makes me really, really spoiled.
  • Some lys's have better yarn selections than others.
  • Give up looking for sock yarn at Meijer's. It ain't there.
  • Everyone can knit the same pattern and their projects will still be totally unique.
  • Before modifying a pattern, at least consider that the designer might have known what they were doing.


I will now continue to pretend that the last... *counts*... five months of blog silence never happened. Toodle-pip.

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