The Hook and I

Urban legend? Wishful thinking? or “true, like in the news”…

(Via the Minneapollis Star Tribune)

Off the hook: “LACE AND RED LIGHTSEver wonder how the term ‘hooker’ originated as a synonym for prostitute? It seems that during the 1800s, a lace manufacturer admitted that he expected his workers to turn a few tricks on the side to . . . → Read More: The first "Hookers" were really hookers?"

Selma, her friend Elise and I did an experiment today with Kool-aid dyeing. Using some Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool and red (Fruit Punch) yellow (pineapple and mango) and blue (blue raspberry lemonade). We wanted to compare dyeing in the microwave to the “sun tea” method.

Following the general guidlines of Kristi’s Knitty article, we used ziploc . . . → Read More: Cool Kool-aid

My feather and fan knitting students finished up tonight with great results, and then we walked over to knitting at the Savory Cafe. I worked a little on my April Project Spectrum submission, (look–even my needles are yellow!) and a little on my May one–the Alien washcloth from Purple Duckie.

Technorati Tags:knitting, . . . → Read More: Project Spectrum April (and May!)

My Middle School Knitters kicked off a new session by making a slew of preemie caps to donate… (um, I don’t know why honey is so fascinated with the hat, but she clearly has some sort of obsession with knitwear–last night when I was up waaay to late knitting, she was howling like she had . . . → Read More: A Bevy of Baby Hats

…with my alpaca cardi a–couple more rows, weaving in ends, blocking–and then it’s on too other deadlines, but here’s what I’d like to be knitting right now…

Technorati Tags:knitting, . . . → Read More: I’m almost done…

Historian Anthony Grayling has a new book that puts forth the notion that perhaps the Allied forces also committed war crimes during WWII. What in the world does this have to do with crochet, you ask?

Well, I heard him on the radio the other day, and he quoted Mao Tse Tung as saying “War is Not . . . → Read More: Did Chairman Mao Crochet?

Kat posted a contest recently: list 5 places other than your house and a yarn shop where you’ve knit:

1) An airplane2) The National Mall in D.C. (O.K., yes, it was knitout so I wasn’t knitting alone.)3) Deep in Wisconsin’s North Woods, by a lake, on a screened in porch, during a early-morning rainshower–perhaps my all-time favorite . . . → Read More: A Knitting Meme

Many know already that my favorite fashion magazine is Teen Vogue. I’m not ashamed. Really. I like it because the designs are fresh, and often seem more wearable than those in “adult” fashion magazines. I often find inspiration for crochet designs from ready-to-wear fashions I see in the mag. Also, the format is small and portable–it’s . . . → Read More: Ok, I admit it…

My kids knitting class begins tomorrow and I just spent the evening winding small balls of yarn (I never knew how useful the winder was until I had it!) and casting on 8 or 10 little swatches for the kids to work with. (They’ll learn the cast on next week.) Some of these girls took . . . → Read More: Casting on, and on, and on…

I met Ann and Kay back in January in San Diego (we won’t mention how before that, I was the last person to know about their super famous blog.) At any rate, I’ve loved their book ever since I cracked it open on the plane-ride home in January, (especially the dishcloths!) and I was looking . . . → Read More: Missing Ann and Kay