Ann Shayne's Blog, page 4
May 15, 2013
Peony Season
Dear Kay, They're late this year, but as fat and dreamy as ever. Love, Ann...
May 13, 2013
Finished Object: Citron Grande
Dear Kay, Never underestimate the ability of a cat to do absolutely nothing. Kermit spends tremendous amounts of time doing stuff like this, staring off into the middle distance, zorked out in the bathroom not asleep but in some...
May 8, 2013
Lopapeysas are the New Honey Cowl
Dear Ann, 15 minute midnight blog! OK, so you know how I like to make multiples. I can never figure out whether this urge comes from a place of deep artistic searching or plain simplemindedness. When I like a pattern,...
May 7, 2013
Black Koigu? World's Most Ridiculous Yarn
Dear Kay, Had to give my psyche a break from knitting my life. That hem is weighing heavy on me! Clif lured me in to watch the Bulls-Heat playoff game last night, which is a great way to get...
May 6, 2013
Knit Your Life: Midlife Assessment
Dear Kay, Not to be pretentious or anything, but I keep thinking about that Kierkegaard quote, “It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be...
May 3, 2013
George Jones, Off to the Mountain
Dear Kay, Oh lordy what a send-off yesterday for George Jones. People camped out all night to get into the Opry House. The interviews with the fans in line were not exactly hard-hitting news. Reporter: "Why are you here today?"...
May 1, 2013
Knit Your Life: Progress Report
Dear Kay, Well, it's proving to be hard to knit your life while simultaneously trying to LIVE your life. I don't even know what year I'm up to, at this point: maybe sixth grade? I'm definitely going to skip seventh...
April 29, 2013
Knit Your Life: The Sweater of Unintended Consequences
Dear Kay, This fifteen-minute blog limit is going to kill me, what with all the knitting I'm doing. So many moments of deep and profound insight regarding knitting and life and creativity and the breathtaking and exquisite metaphor that...
April 26, 2013
Rest in Peace, George Jones
Dear Kay, Huge news in Nashville this morning: George Jones has died. He's been in out of the hospital in recent years, but you never think George Jones would ever actually go. Many consider "He Stopped Loving Her Today"...
April 22, 2013
The Commuter Queue
Dear Ann, Working. What a concept. When I post Instagrams of my latest Icelandic sweater, people express amazement at my speed. It's not speed, it's a daily half-hour in each direction on the A/C or sometimes the B/D to the...
