Category: Knitting In Public
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Behold The Blanket
Happy Thursday, people. WordPress tells me that yesterday’s post was my 400th. I feel like that is the sort of milestone that should have been celebrated with trumpets and fanfare. But the world didn’t end because I only fussed about a UFO, so stay with me and we’ll pull out the party hats for 500.…
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Romper Comments
One of the biggest perks of knitting a romper are the comments I get on it. The conversations will go one of two ways: 1. Standard Romper Conversation “What are you making?” “A romper.” “Oh! For a baby?” “No, for me.” “Oh.” 2. Light Rail Romper Conversation. “Excuse me, ma’am, do you mind me…
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Happy Thoughts
I’ve got my happy thoughts: 1. The new Knitty is up. Yes, it’s been up for like a week now. Humor me. 2. I have a cool bag to carry my knitting out and about in. Technically, it hasn’t been out and about yet, but it will be. Right now, I’m using it to keep…
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Inexplicable
Back at the end of March, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee sent out a call to knitters, asking them to engage in one day of inexplicable knitter behavior. Her readers responded exuberantly, and I can only imagine how perplexed the non-knitting denizens of their respective cities were. The day for inexplicable knitting fell on a Tuesday, a school…
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Little Things
The minute, the curtailed, the packable seem to be taking over my life. Lunch fits in a box. My working memory is about the same capacity as a floppy. And any knitting larger than a washcloth seems an insurmountable task of Hurculean proportions. Why? Because it’s back-to-school time. Not the rejuvenated-by-summer, won’t-this-be-fun, brand-new-clothes fall back…
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Hazards of Combining Knitting and School
Size 0 double pointed needles aside, knitting is considered a relatively benign hobby. Yet to be explored, however, are the hazards of Knitting In Public, KIPping for short. In my experience, KIPping is a perilous enterprise at the best of times. KIPping at a University? Doubly so. Hazard #1Students. The ones who stare are easily…
Anti-Quotidian 