18 March 2009 · No Comments
The full phrase is “the yarn shop next to the brewery is open late on the night of the homebrewer’s meeting.” It has become our household’s way of saying serendipity. I realize that the phrase ‘the yarn shop next to the brewery’ is much longer than the word serendipity, but secret phrases needn’t be efficient.
We’ve actually encountered several yarn shops that are brewery adjacent (boy might say breweries that are yarn shop adjacent). We tend to find them on trips, one in New York and one in Bulgaria. Perhaps more importantly, there seems to be a yarn shop next to the brewery where boy’s monthly homebrew meetings are held. More impressively, he pointed it out to me as we were leaving one night (yup, he points out yarn shops). And, much to no one’s surprise, the evening of the meeting is the one night a week it’s open late. Serendipity indeed.
For a variety of reasons, I haven’t yet been able to actually visit the place. All that changes tonight. It simply has to be an auspicious event doesn’t it?
18 March 2009 · No Comments
Alrightly then, it seems you folks like your socks. I shall heed the outcry and have a pattern up promptly. I’ve got a draft written and it’s in the hands of another fantastic test knitter.
How about a sexy glamor shot to tide you over till then:
Yeah baby, who knew I’d be showing my feet to the internet with such shocking abandon.
17 March 2009 · No Comments
To everyone who has said something nice about Popped, thank you. To those who have pointed out some spots where I was unclear (or possibly even downright wrong) an even bigger thank you. I appreciate the suggestions and have changed the pattern to reflect them.
In the meantime, I just finished these:
and they are filling me with mirth and glee. More pics and info here. If they also fill you with mirth and glee, talk to me over there and let me know. I’ll write them up too.
16 March 2009 · No Comments
The ever vigilant admins at Ravelry have worked the magic needed to grant me a real live pattern page! The Ravelry page is here, and the pdf of the pattern is here.
Also, the nimble fingers and eagle eyes of my fantastic test knitter spotted a glaring error in the original pattern. It has since been fixed, but if you downloaded it before 4:00pm on March 16 2009, you might want to grab a new copy.
16 March 2009 · No Comments
Much to my surprise, quite a few people at Ravelry seem to like my Popped socks. I’m oddly thrilled. It seems some kind souls are even actually knitting them with their very own yarn and needles and hands and knitting time. It’s a rather nifty feeling. From their enthusiastic comments, it seems I may have successfully avoided writing a pattern for a llama saddle and indeed written one that results in socks!
I’m currently waiting on the Ravelry powers that be to bestow their blessing on the pattern page. Reports differ on the time involved in this process, but I’ll let you know when it happens. In the mean time, the pattern is still available here. If the Ravelry love fest continues, it may be joined by yet more patterns in the future.
13 March 2009 · 1 Comment
I made socks. I make a lot of socks, and I am inordinately pleased with these particular ones. They’re actually mine, not taken from a pattern or inspired by a stitch in a stitch dictionary. They’re kind of nifty (I’m biased though). See?
But wait, there’s more. More of my feet that is. They go on for miles.
I’m fairly smug and full of myself, but on the off chance you like them, you can make them too. Download the pattern here. Aren’t I keen? Actually, I may sort of suck. In addition to being my first solo attempt at making socks, it’s also my first attempt at writing a pattern. There are likely errors. You might accidentally knit a poncho or a hat or a llama saddle. Pay attention.
