March 2006 »
Donors Choose: Knitting Edition
March 29th, 2006 | 1 Comment
I first found out about Donors Choose through Tomato Nation’s contest/fundraising drive last year and have donated regularly ever since. Most of the teachers who submit proposals come from urban schools that are in serious need of resources.
Knowing that knitters are a generous bunch, I thought I’d alert you to some of the proposals that involve knitting.
Macro Hate for Microspun
March 26th, 2006 | 7 Comments
The name “Microspun” is utterly misleading, given that it starts unspinning itself the second it gets pulled out of the skein. It’s as if the four plies had a massive falling out in the skein, and now they can’t get away from each other fast enough. The yarn doesn’t even make good scrap yarn, given that its fraying tendencies can’t withstand repeated re-threading through even the most giant of tapestry needles.
In Rogue, Too!
March 21st, 2006 | 1 Comment
So I wore my Rogue sweater today for the first time. Today was supposed to be the coldest day of the week, a balmy 32 degrees, and good sweater weather. Rogue got lots of oohs and aahs from my fellow grad students, lots of “nice sweater…YOU MADE THAT?” which made me feel good.
And then something totally random but totally cool happened.
cogknition
