What a Great Time...

...to be a knitter!

There are so many great knitting resources on the internet--after my friend C., I would name the internet as the second entity that taught me how to knit.

(C. resists when I say that she taught me how to knit. Don't listen to her. She's just being modest. There are many afternoons and evenings in my memory, with the history channel yapping in the background, us sitting on the world's most interesting-looking couch, and me screaming as loud as i can, with some brutalized piece of knitting in my hands, "F***. F***." And C. calmly saying, "It's okay. I can help you fix it." Check out her blog here.)

First, I must mention Knitty, Knittinghelp.com, and Ravelry. Wow.

And now, Knotions just went live, as did Popknits. Knotions has a pretty and clean site, and I look forward to many great designs and articles. Popknits is especially interesting to me and Jordynn, because a lot of our designs are vintage-inspired (see Nella and Plath, for example). Popknits has vintage-inspiration as its theme.

Go forth! Read online knitting magazines!

Knitty Friends

I used to have the world's best knitty friend. Her name is C. and she and I were housemates for a little while, while I was finishing my dissertation, and we would spend hours knitting--either at the bar, or on the front porch with Coronas. She taught me everything I know, really. Then, disaster struck, and she moved to Japan.

Knitting has become a solitary endeavor.

Then, last Sunday, after pulling myself from the shadowy wasteland of my bachelorette party hangover, I met a departmental colleague and another academic for a knitty time at our local over-sized bookshop's cafe. It was great. I found myself in the odd position of the person to whom questions were asked, but I didn't mind that, and we all know how the teacher can become the student.

I hope this becomes a regular thing. Wish our new fragile group luck against the forces of social inertia.