Peer preshur, I haz it

I loathe knitting the same things everyone else does. I want something original. But every so often, I give into the pressure. When I saw the striped Noro scarf on Brooklyn Tweed’s blog, I didn’t think anything of it. I mean, it was beautiful, but I wasn’t compelled to knit it. [...]

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Knitting pet peeve #1: Quit @#$%@ stretching out my gloves!

What is it with people?  You show them some gloves or mittens that you handknit because you’re proud and want to show them off, and the very next thing they do (WITHOUT ASKING, I might add) is to snatch them from you and try them on!
I have small hands.  Very small hands.  I wear size [...]

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Snatch the pebble from my hand, Grasshopper

I’m teaching my neighbor how to knit.  She’s the second person I’m teaching.  The first was my coworker who is progressing nicely.  She has taken to it like a duck to water.
I did try teaching another coworker to knit.  Actually, she knows how to knit, but has only ever made garter stitch scarves, so I [...]

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