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January 19, 2013
Small Shawl on a Wall
Dear Ann, I'm going to try to make this a 5 minute post. Earlier today I Instagrammed a picture of a small shawl on a wall in somebody's booth at Vogue Knitting Live, after one of my companions pointed it...
January 18, 2013
When Worlds Collide
Dear Ann, So, in the Small World Department, this is not like having THERESA REBECK IN MY HOUSE or anything, but it's all I got. (By the way, that "having people in my house" thing is something you do with...
January 17, 2013
A Golden Globes Knitter Inside My Home
Dear Kay, Tuesday night's fun was a reception here at the Knitting Palace for the Tennessee Repertory Theatre playwright in residence. The looming ice storm (which did not materialize, at all) (of course) gave the evening that cheerful we're-surviving-a-blizzard-together vibe....
January 16, 2013
Afternoon Delight
Dear Ann, OK, the title of this post sent me into Salacious Seventies Snickers from my high school days, when this song was on the radio. There was a period when Afternoon Delight (the top selling single of 1976--you see...
January 15, 2013
You Want Lightning? I'll Show you Lightning!
Dear Ann: Having just posted 20 minutes ago, I am refreshed and energized and ready to post again! BLOGGING MAKE HULK STRONG! HULK HAVE OPINIONS! HULK SMASH HONEY COWL HERESIES! Really, it's just that somebody just asked a question in...
How Green was my Knitting
Dear Ann, We are both on a green journey. This is the latest output of my Honey Cowl cottage industry. I used two skeins of Hiwassee Creek DK Weight which I scored at the Arkansas Fiber Arts Extravaganza in December....
January 14, 2013
Golden Globes Tidbits
Dear Kay, My favorite local clotheshorse Taylor Swift was wearing a shade of Donna Karan eggplant that shall live on forever in my memory. Aubergine! Yes! Cathy Horyn at the NYT (google this!) was complaining that the women looked vulnerable...
January 12, 2013
The Second Skein, or, High Drama
Dear Kay, Things are very, very scary around here. Late last night I wound the second skein of yarn for my Thorn shawl, and I have to tell you, it was a moment of shocking revelation: See that? The small...
January 11, 2013
MDK Mailbag
Dear Ann, A few treats landed in my inbox this morning. My first thought: 15 minute blog fodder! FANCY DOG COAT ALERT Emma sent me a link to the kit for this dog coat, based on Kate Davies' wonderful Rams...
January 10, 2013
Thursday Pensées
Dear Kay, One of the many hazards of 15-minute blogging is that you can get hung up on stuff like DOCUMENTING EVERY GODDANG STITCH of the thing you're knitting. HUGE letting go of that. Here's the Thorn wrap by...
