tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post7700795229902413850..comments2023-10-11T10:56:22.816-05:00Comments on Weeping Atlas Cedars: Dishrag (Detail)Chris Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07777927963615322589noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-17957096338345437902010-03-08T08:22:36.054-06:002010-03-08T08:22:36.054-06:00DPNs in the dark is pretty impressive, even in sto...DPNs in the dark is pretty impressive, even in stockinette.Jake Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661158372662154515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-45668791518494208602010-03-07T21:27:35.308-06:002010-03-07T21:27:35.308-06:00Stockinette on DPNs only! I'm definitely not t...Stockinette on DPNs only! I'm definitely not <em>that</em> impressive.nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816358571437309223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-90261011888986252010-03-05T18:55:35.756-06:002010-03-05T18:55:35.756-06:00@NIcole: Re: socks at the movies: are we talking s...@NIcole: Re: socks at the movies: are we talking stockinette round and round on circular needles or turning the heel in a Fair Isle pattern on dps?Jake Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661158372662154515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-47054516094937857332010-03-05T15:32:23.367-06:002010-03-05T15:32:23.367-06:00Oh yes, socks, I do love socks. I was afraid of DP...Oh yes, socks, I do love socks. I was afraid of DPNs forever but once I got over that socks became my primary activity. I've even knitted them in movie theaters! Also, agreed about the ill-fitting sweater problem. Ugh.<br /><br />Anyway, they were e-mail lists. Pretty sure it was KnitList which I guess is still around as a Yahoo Group.nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816358571437309223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-51140860164490129682010-03-04T19:04:43.293-06:002010-03-04T19:04:43.293-06:00@Nicole:
I've never made a sweater, but I rea...@Nicole:<br /><br />I've never made a sweater, but I really like making socks and baby hats.<br /><br />Neither of them requires much yarn, and you're probably better off with an affordable superwash or acrylic than anything too fancy. <br /><br />Baby hats can be totally brainless, so they're great for making while watching TV (not to mention for delighting all of your friends who are breeding) and socks can be wonderfully fussy, slow projects that provide lots of distracting (or meditative work) without taking over your life. <br /><br />I also like little projects because nobody has to feel bad if they don't get a ton of use out of the little socks that you made, whereas an unworn (or ill-fitting) handmade sweater can have a lot of bad karma.<br /><br />Were these prehistoric lists you were on e-mail or snail mail newsletters?Jake Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661158372662154515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14080323.post-5252817495769552872010-03-04T17:32:32.846-06:002010-03-04T17:32:32.846-06:00Back in the day I used to be on a lot of knitting ...Back in the day I used to be on a lot of knitting mailing lists and other such pre-social-media things where people would absolutely swear by cotton knitted dishtowels. I was horrified, because at that point I was barely willing to wear my own handknit scarves and just graduating into the sweater category...very much of the "keep it in tissue paper" mindset. But then I tried one. And it was. Awesome. Super drapey, super effective, and also super cheap (in terms of yarn).<br /><br />These days I've mostly given up knitting as I don't have the time or energy to do big projects, but your post has given me some impetus to do a few dishrags. We could use them around the house anyway!nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816358571437309223noreply@blogger.com