the knitty professors

[update 14 Mar. 10] I've been obsessed with knitting accessories lately. Socks, handwarmers, armwarmers, mittens, scarves and shawl...

Inadvertently, this year has been the year I knit shawls. I knit them because I wear them like crazy. Here's Desdemona, keeping me dry i...

My aunt told me, with great conviction, that if you are trying to have a baby, DO NOT get a dog. Apparently, the dog will subconsciously be ...

[post by katie, by the way] I'm having trouble getting pregnant--along with all of my best friends, it seems. What a load of sh*t does A...

I knit a lot in London, because I knit a lot on public transportation, and there's a lot of public transpo in London. There are also a l...

Well, not really. The recreated Parthenon in the British Museum (a.k.a. the Elgin Marbles) was my favorite part of the whole museum (and tha...

so, you know how when you trim the ends off of a knitting project, you just throw them on the floor? well, my husband and i call these disca...