Comments for New York Minknit

Comment on FO: Patterned Watch Cap by Johnson

Johnson — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:54:27 +0000

You know when I decided that the free-lance copy editor at my former employer took her job a little too seriously? When she changed “pom-pom” to “pompon.” If you look in the dictionary, “pompon” is the proper spelling and “pom-pom” is the name of a fish or a weapon or something. But who actually spells it that way? This is the same person, by the way, who once changed “girlfriend” to “girl friend.” We looked it up, and sure enough, according to the dubious authority of Merriam-Webster, “boyfriend” is one word, but “girl friend” is two. We ignored that change too.

Comment on Traveling Project by Claire

Claire — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:55:53 +0000

Yep, math teaching seems like a safe bet. And enjoyable too!

Comment on FO: Patterned Watch Cap by Alli

Alli — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:47:40 +0000

oooh, I love the colors in your hat! It’s so cute! I especially love the pom-pom. I am pom-pom incompetent and cannot make them so I am extra jealous!

Comment on FO: Patterned Watch Cap by Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:14:50 +0000

Prince Street… I meant Prince Street…!

Comment on FO: Patterned Watch Cap by Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:14:18 +0000

That Colinette is gorgeous! I love that the stranded pattern stops where the decreases start so you can admire the yarn in its full stockinette glory… and the pompom is good for showing that off too. Beautiful job!

Also, don’t you just love the Spring Street Station and its little tile mosaics?!

Comment on Traveling Project by Alli

Alli — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:17:01 +0000

Ha! I love it! I will be graduating (with an English degree) soon and I’ve been wondering what a good career path would look like in this economy with today’s technology. I think I might become a math teacher, we always need math teachers, right?

Comment on Voting and knitting by Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:40:12 +0000

Admirable! I wish I could have done both. As you’ll see here:

http://www.adn.com/life/story/577643.html

many of my successors as First Lady were knitters. Some were even voters too . . .

Comment on Waffle House Mittens by Claire

Claire — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:17:50 +0000

Jesse Helms, I can’t believe you’re wasting your time on earth, back from the dead, by weighing in on my knitting blog. Shouldn’t you be over at The National Review Corner, rallying the conservatives for one last push before Election Day? Anyway, none of those grits live up to the glory that is Waffle House, as you, a Southerner should know.

By the way, Jesse Helms, I do not think you and I agree in much else, besides our presumed mutual love of grits, since in life, you believed in segregation, among many other policies that I strongly disagree with. This knitting blog does not support you or your policies, dead or alive. But it does allow you to comment, even though you’re dead.

Comment on Waffle House Mittens by Jesse Helms

Jesse Helms — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:11:18 +0000

Here are some places in NYC that serve grits (this is almost 3 years old, so some of these may have closed—check out the comments too):

http://gothamist.com/2006/01/11/kiss_my_grits.php

This is more recent, though it concentrates on Manhattan:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/534239

Various posters at Serious Eats have recommended Redhead, Pink Teacup, and the ‘wichcraft chain. You can also make grits at home, of course–it’s not hard.

Comment on Post revision by Grace

Grace — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:23:18 +0000

hmmm… I just went back and read that review and the comments. I think it is admirable that you took action after realizing that your review constitutes the stores primary web presence and I have to agree that the comments were a bit too negative. It’s great to have and support indie yarn suppliers and all, but if there isn’t much of a selection it’s not a store I’d be likely to visit more than once.