Blogcoven » News http://www.blogcoven.com/wp Back once again with the renegade master. Sun, 15 May 2011 21:47:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Big news week http://www.blogcoven.com/wp/2008/05/15/big-news-week/ http://www.blogcoven.com/wp/2008/05/15/big-news-week/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 21:24:16 +0000 dixie http://www.blogcoven.com/wp/?p=736 California says same-sex couples are allowed to pursue happiness. I’m still waiting for those evil married gay people to come to the door and try break up my marriage with their married happiness and love and fidelity.

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Yep, still married.

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There has also been quite a stir in my two primary extracurricular activities (knitting and Doctor Who — gaming, sadly, has taken a back seat since everyone I gamed with has moved away or the games have dissolved). I’ve been collecting links for a Ravelry newsletter article, and will cross-post here once that’s done. (The Rav links won’t do most of you any good, but there’s a good handful of external links as well.)

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I strenuously object to the tired cliche “it’s not your grandmother’s [insert reference to knitting here]“, partially because if I had some of the knitting chops your grandmother has I’d be pretty pleased with myself, partially because it seems self-evident. I also object to dubbing Lucy Neatby “the Michael Jordan of knitting” because although Ms. Neatby is undeniably brilliant, Cat Bordhi immediately comes to mind when deciding who deserves that appellation. (Though I might be biased. I reserve Cat Bordhi’s new book for reward reading, when I manage to finish a piece of something I’m required to finish knitting.) I understand the oversight, however, as Lucy Neatby is an excellent person to help make the point that knitting is not necessarily about granny lace. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that. See above.)

The tone of the news segment seems to be “How cute, knitting has gone mainstream,” which is ignorant and has missed the trend by a few years. (Knitting in LA actually seems to be on the downswing, as evidenced by many yarn shops closing or moving or otherwise becoming unable to sustain their business.) But it does show y’all what the heck I was doing the weekend before last, and for that I post it for your viewing pleasure.

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