Yet another timesink » knitting

Ready for the playoffs!

Cynthia — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 06:45:26 +0000

My local yarn pushers, Purlescence Yarns, had Claudia of Claudia Handpainted Yarns custom-dye yarn to match the San Jose Sharks team colors. They borrowed a jersey from a fellow Sharks-obsessed knitter, ran off to the nearest paint store, matched the colors with paint chips, and then sent the paint chips off to Claudia for her to work her magic.

Right before Stitches West, they got lots of Sharks yarn in, and I had to snag four skeins for socks for Bill and I to wear during the playoff run. I just finished both sets of socks, and here they are.

A very happy sock knitter…

Cynthia — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:48:04 +0000

My first installment of the 2007 Rockin’ Sock Club came and, as expected, it’s fabulous. The little emergency stash keychain is too damn cute; I’ll put it on my scissors to make them easier to find. I was afraid that my brutal handling of my car keys would be too harsh for the fibery goodness.

Bankers frak small women-owned yarn company over

Cynthia — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:11:48 +0000

The Yarn Harlot has a righteous rant about how Blue Moon Fiber Arts had to deal with a dipshit bank that doesn’t understand that dedicated, nay obsessed, sock knitters are willing to fork out a fair bit of discretionary income for periodic shipments of awesome sock yarn that isn’t yet available to the general public. Also, here’s a link to JanuaryOne’s blog entry (go to the 1/11/07 entry) about the snafu.

Here’s the description of the Sock Club from the Blue Moon website. You get patterns and other goodies as part of the club, and this also covers shipping for six shipments.

Heck, perhaps some of those banking idiots up in Oregon ought to come down to my LYS, Purlescence Yarns, on the day when my favorite fiber pushers get their Blue Moon shipment to witness the feeding frenzy that ensues. Come to think of it, they could do some minimal googling to learn more without even leaving their desks, and this is actually the second full year for the club.

And yes, here’s some full disclosure about how I am a BMFA fangrrl. I’m currently working on a pair of Socks that Rock in the Carbon Dating colorway. Once you get a pair of socks done in this yarn, you understand why there’s such enthusiasm for it. My feet love my first pair (done in the Highway 30 colorway).

This is a small women’s owned business who is doing a good job of delighting its customer base as well as growing sensibly (they’re being careful in choosing retailers and not growing faster than they can support). Here’s hoping they find a new commercial banker who does the needed research and can be supportive. The knitblogging community is rallying around Blue Moon; the company is letting all their customers know as much as they can (I’m sure there are legal actions pending).

This gladdens my geeky knitter’s heart

Cynthia — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:55:21 +0000

Kimberly Chapman designed a knitted DNA double helix model.

Edited to fix the link 8/27/06 2240 PST, thanks Katherine!

Hm, not everything has to be knit…

Cynthia — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:38:05 +0000

Despite her nom du blog, the closest the Yarn Harlot gets to NC-17 stuff is when she comes across some wonderfully soft yarn that she just wants to wallow in and rub all over herself. I can’t blame her for that, I’ve gone all nuts over a big stash of Malabrigo, or baby alpaca, or qiviut. Most obsessed knitters have done that at least once a week.

SFGate.com’s sex blogger Violet Blue has remedied the situation with her column, “Knitting for Adults Only.”

When cats and yarn collide

Cynthia — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:05:46 +0000

Found on StuffOnMyCat.com:

Cat wriggling into yarn stash

Miss Snickers, the Queen of Frelling Everything, better not try this at home.