There should be a rule on Ravelry that you’re not allowed to discuss religion or politics. Just like at the dinner table at Thanksgiving. There’s always some crazy jerk on the site that has decided that something else on the internet offends them and because they are offended, they are going to get every other Ravel-zealot to jump on the person and pull their metaphoric pants down. The only time when I ever come across something really ridiculous and trollsome, it’s always the religious or conservative/liberal fanatics on the site that have decided between the 50 crazies on a particular forum that they suddenly all hate the same person, just because they used a jokey pattern title referencing socialism or made a comment about how squares are better than triangles.

By the way, guys, I’m really offended by the way [political figure] spoke of [social group] in his or her [long boring speech punctuated by vague promises and references to inexperience of opponents and/or change] and I cannot agree with [policies of political figure]. I welcome the anger from Ravelry!

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Remember Yarnival?

I decided to put it on hiatus over the summer, partly because there is usually a lull in knit blogging at that time and partly because school work got in the way. Now I am getting back into it!

So send me an email or leave a comment on this post if you’d like to be an editor this year. If you’d like to submit a post of your own, you can submit your post here.

This is a great way for both big and little guys to promote their blogs! Let’s get out of our blog bubbles once again and share our passions for fibre.

Do you want to be the next Perry White of fibre newspapering? This could be you!

Welcome to a Celebratory Post-Masters Defence Saturday, Pattern Day! These patterns are pulled from the elitest of the elite patterns that I have been saving up over the summer.

If you are knitting or have already knit a pattern that I’m talking about, leave me a comment and I’ll update my post with a link to your version. If you’ve written up a pattern and you want me to link to it, send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll post it! It makes the list longer and my job easier.

• You want socks? I’ll give you socks. Check out these Bintje socks! They’re by Jatta. And check out these Duckies, too.
• Here’s another HP Love Craft: this one of Cthulhu.
• Ok seriously: I want a Crochet Muppet Glasses Holder. Someone make me one. These things are killer. Knitting pattern version, anyone? Here’s mine: Make a big ball, then make three more small balls. Squish two of the balls into the shape of any basketball you’ve ever played with in elementary school (flat and droopy). Attach together. Stuff.
• This cute little Amigurumi Pup may not give you love, but it may eventually be eaten by a pup that may or may not be guaranteed to love you. Check your breeder’s snuggle warranty. (PDF here.)
• The Coffee Tunic is brown and cabled! So obviously I will blog it. It’s available as a free Ravelry download. If you’re not a member of Ravelry, you can get it from your local fairy unicorn.
• This Modern Cabled Baby Bib is totally wicked. I recommend knitting it in a variegated brown and green, so you never have to wash it. Unless your baby vomits purple, which they will eventually. Believe me, I have like four kids. (A beautiful example is here.)
• This Bubbles & Cables Cowl looks like you’re being eaten by an incredibly fashionable Danish slug monster. PDF here.
• The pattern for this Japanese Feather & Fan Shawl seems to have disappeared, but should you find the pattern, it would be great to knit.

Love,
Evelyn Foozlewozzle, M.Sc.

I love The Beau to death, but I am finding myself falling in love with something else.

The Frost Flower Cuff Pullover is seed stitch, and cables, and colour work. And it’s brown, which is a colour I’ve been appreciating lately. Everything about this pullover is drawing me to it. I don’t think I can resist much longer. Oh, if only I weren’t knitting Bubble! I’m so fickle.

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No, I’m not a foot fetishist. This is about sock patterns.

One thing that I wish were in every sock pattern is shaping that fits your actual foot. I’m amazed that after hundreds of years, knitted sock patterns still have that same symmetrical toe shaping. So I’m really excited to see that someone has charted anatomically correct toes! Your mileage may vary, but I think it’s a great first step. Pardon the pun.

I fibbed a little bit. When I said before that I was done my Masters Thesis, I had finished all the writing but there were still a few nagging details that were bothering me. I made a change to a pretty important algorithm, which meant I had to rewrite a few conclusions I’d made that were slightly different (but better!) after the recalculation. Then lots of other stuff had to be done. And then a few more things.

But now it’s done.

I’m done my masters thesis! I sent it to my committee a few hours ago. I am, as we speak, watching The Colbert Report (*namedrop*) and eating three kinds of cheese atop three kinds of crackers. There’s some brand-name cheddar (*brand name drop*), some Brie, and a bit of Cambozola. I’m livin’ the high life over here. Television and cheese.

After the cheese high passes, I’ll be doing a little knitting. I’m going to turn this:

Into this:

(Photo above: [[Irene Dunne]], famous actress, person whose name sounds like “done”)

That’s right. Eat it, [[Dominick Dunne]], American writer and investigative journalist whose subjects frequently hinge on the ways high society interacts with the judiciary system. I chose the other Dunne to awkwardly reference for no particular reason.