I haven’t forgotten about the sock…here it is post-heel turning. The stockinette is real purty and smooth, albeit somewhat painful to knit on the size 1 needles. I think I have early-onset SSS (Second Sock Syndrome), hence my itch to start something new with that other yarn.

Here’s the sock so far. Posting will probably be limited this week until I can figure out what’s messing up my Internet! 

So, I decided to check out Knit-A-Way in Brooklyn, after we passed it on the bus a couple of weeks ago.
Knit-A-Way is on a stretch of Atlantic Avenue that is bordered by rapidly gentrifying and/or gentrified neighborhoods. If you’ve read any Jonathan Lethem novels (I only read Fortress of Solitude, but apparently, they’re all the [...]

I’m watching SNL, and Tina Fey just did an item on the knitta crew and she said something like “And then they were beaten up by Los Crochetos Lobos.” Adam and I laughed and he said “If I hadn’t read that article, I would have no idea what they were talking about.”

KNITTA PLEASEOriginally uploaded by garbnzgh.

I was reading Gothamist today, and I noticed they did a funny little item about people who “tag” with knitting, instead of graffiti. (see photo above.) And I thought it was cute, and then they were talking a little bit about knitting blogs, and then…they mentioned ‘ol New York Minknit!
Well, I’m pretty [...]

Kim says her hat is a little too short, which I suspected might be a problem. Here’s the thing — when I started making the decreases, I was worried I would run out of yarn (I also did the decreases two or three times because I was having problems) even though I also knd of [...]