I was at Shoppers Drug Mart today, trying to use up our Shoppers points (Americans, do you have Shoppers Drug Mart?) and so got to treat myself to some magazines. And I spied this: Threads magazine Fitting issue. JACKPOT.

I'm as much a seamstress as a knitter. Or at least I used to be, before it got harder and harder to find really good fabric. I love the logic of making patterns and usually make or customize my own. Any craft that involves special rulers, geometry, and fabric stores is a good fit for my personality. A good fit, get it? erf erf.

A little corner of a recent pic...

Another little peek at something in the works. Warning: may contain whimsical tassels.

Yesterday I posted a link to the Shetland Museum Archives. And found this image right after I posted. 

Do you remember the world without the internet? Isn't it strange the kinds of things we have access to? Historical facts, esoteric tidbits, music, art, photographs... 

I'm usually a late-comer to resources (late joiner to Ravelry, for example) so I often assume that my discoveries are generally known facts for everyone else. But of course, that's not true. I often meet avid knitters who haven't heard of Ravelry. I always feel a little guilty writing down the url, it's sort of like giving someone their first hit of an addictive drug. 

Actually, some might argue that titbit is correct but that would make the children giggle, so...

The blogging has been a little sparse, I know. But that's only because I'm working feverishly on a very large, 100% knitting related, mystery project. It's consuming most of my waking minutes (and some of the non-waking ones too) but it's also a stupid amount of fun.

I feel like I've been revealing too much about my book addiction...

Here's another good one if you like learning about traditional stitch patterns: Traditional Knitting Patterns: from Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Italy and Other European Countries. A little bit of everything, from all over the place, it's a great reference.

Yes, that is a big box of yarn.

No, I can't tell you what I'm doing with it. Yet. But's it's pretty awesome.

Happy 2013!

A little more knitting book love. Read More >>

No, it isn't really Part 37, but I have a lot of knitting books and Part 1 didn't sound right.

Have had the most amazing service from Amazon recently. Ordered 3 knitting books for some research I'm doing on stitch patterns, and the first one came about 12 hours later. On a Saturday. Free shipping. I guess they ship extra quick around Christmas.