Ann Shayne's Blog, page 6
April 2, 2013
Carpe Denim
Dear Ann: NO. I just can't. No. The rumor on the tweety is that Rowan is discontinuing Rowan Denim. Trying to talk myself down right now. Listen, I don't like the current version. I suspect they changed suppliers a...
March 22, 2013
London Cowling AND Laurel: Alpaca Double Whammy
Dear Kay, Rare to have two things finished at the same time. Downright unprecedented to have two ALPACA things finished at the same time. Wendy Baker and Belinda Boaden's addictive London Cowling here, worked to a long enough length that...
March 21, 2013
Why Is Everybody So Crazy for Cowls?
Dear Kay, Why is everybody so crazy for cowls? I know I am. I mean, it's just a scarf that you stitch into a loop. There's nothing special about THAT. Or maybe there is. I have a pile of...
March 19, 2013
Bookish Tuesday: Feeding the Hungry Ghost, or, My Dad Goes Vegetarian
Dear Kay, My dad announced the other day that he is going vegetarian. He saw Forks over Knives and immediately exhorted us all to abandon meat. To be clear, this is a guy who has been eating bacon since...
March 17, 2013
Backstitch Sunday
Dear Kay, Complacencies of the peignoir and moving slow on this Sunday morning. The shoulder seams on this Laurel sweater have a mighty burthen to carry, so I'm going with old-school backstitch seams for sturdiness. Deepest apologies to Berroco Ultra...
March 14, 2013
The Runaway Cable
Dear Kay, "The Runaway ____." Anything can be a children's book title if you use this recipe. The Runaway Pancake. The Runaway Pencil. The Runaway Roto-tiller. Time for exactly one moment with this Laurel pullover. Mary was asking what...
March 13, 2013
And Now for Something Completely Different
Dear Kay, Tidying up Stash Zone Number Three, I came across a tote bag. (OK there are many tote bags in there.) (Including a tote bag containing tote bags.) (As well as a knitted tote bag containing more knitting.)...
March 12, 2013
"Properly Into It": Understatement of the Week
Dear Kay, Thank you for alerting us all to this story about young Nicholas Hoult, an adorable actor who confessed his addiction to knitting. "It was a slippery slope and I was lucky to get out," he joked. "But I...
March 7, 2013
The Ditch: A Cautionary Tale, with Free Advice
Dear Kay, This one is going to be REAL QUICK, because it was not the most joyous knitting ever, but it was necessary. Back when I started this Donegal pullover, back in 2008, back in the Bush Administration, I...
March 6, 2013
Finishing a Steek: The Wimp's Method
Dear Kay, Time to deal with those pesky steek flaps at the neckline of this thing. Alice Starmore says to cut the neck steeks, then knit the neckband, THEN finish off the steeks. This means that I was manhandling...
