Archives » January 2008

  • Sneak peek at FO

    What is that weird lumpy thing? Why it’s the Moldy Little Alien Bu*ts shawl. (I looked at my stats, and I was getting regular hits from people looking for “lit*tle bu*ts” and I was extrememly disturbed and hence my new censored name for the shawl.)
    You’ll have to wait a few days for a shot of [...]

    Wednesday 30th January 2008 - 10:27:48 PM | Comment (1)

  • Flickr group of Beautiful Photos of Knitters and Yarn

    Kevin Lam, of Kevin Lam Photography, gave me permission to use his photo on this blog. Miao [an ethnic minority in China] villagers, in Longde village, Guizhou province, China, 2006.
    I was so inspired by the photos I found for my last blog post (including the one above) that I created a new Flickr group: Beautiful [...]

    Sunday 13th January 2008 - 6:45:42 PM | Comment

  • My origin story as a knitter

    I started feeling bad after I published my last post. I thought, “Oh no, now all my readers think I am a conceited first-world visitor, looking down all snobbily at the village people in China.” I hope I didn’t come across that way. The small town where I lived was actually relatively prosperous. We were [...]

    Saturday 5th January 2008 - 6:41:14 PM | Comments (5)

  • A look back…

    KnitLit came up with a great end of the year / beginning of the year meme, Best of 2007 (that’s her logo below in the first square).

    These photos are not the best of my finished objects in 2007, they’re ALL of my finished objects in 2007. Apparently, I am a very slow knitter and someone [...]

    Thursday 3rd January 2008 - 12:05:39 AM | Comments (4)