Sweater Grrrl
Well, I did it.
I went to my fave LYS (Local Yarn Store) yesterday, and the fabulous owner (Meg) suggested that someone needed to start an official Stitch N’Bitch for the Fresno area. I have already joined a local knitting circle, but I figure I could use more than one excuse per month to get out and knit.
Her take on it was that the younger knitters were really rallying around the books, and that there were definitely people she knew who would be interested. And I know I have enough buddies to at least keep me from being lonely if it doesn’t catch on right away.
So I said, well, what do I have to lose? And I made some flyers. As well as a very, very, rudimentary webpage (which will be undergoing upgrades as soon as I can manage it) So if you’d like more information, head on over to http://snbfresno.freewebpage.org/
Also, since I seem to have found a decent freebie web hosting site, I may set up a home page of my own…
Aside from my random epiphany, I also brought home some cool cotton string for my sister’s yoga mat bag. And a few new pairs of size 8 & 9 aluminum needles, and a pair of bamboo 8’s as well.
Now before anyone sits up and howls- I love love love my aluminum needles. They are the most retro things in the world. I know it’s mostly nostalgia on my part that makes me cling to them so. I know they’re somewhat unnatural and make a scratchy sound when you rub them together, and that people have been known to sharpen them for use them as weapons in the ‘hood. But I don’t care, I still want to collect the whole gleaming variegated rainbow range of colors in a fabulous display of futuristic 1950’s chutzpah.
I know there are bamboo advocates, and I truly appreciate the innate beauty of the gorgeous hardwood needles that are coming out now. (There are some gorgeous 2-tone ebony ones in Meg’s shop that I definitely would not say no to- I may put a little bug in Santa’s ear about that!) But I can’t seem to be able to justify buying them for myself. I am still learning, and I wouldn’t want to put them through the abuse I heap upon my old-school aluminum soldiers. Plastic needles- I think some of them look really cool- then I pick them up, and - EW. I just can’t get behind them. Too insubstantial and well- plastic-y. And what’s up with the ones that are made out of milk? I can’t even remember what they’re called, but I have never seen them for sale here locally- I suspect that they’re more in vogue in England and Australia. I’d like to get my hands on a pair though, just to test ‘em out.
I made a bit more progress on the scarf for sis, but most of the evening was spent designing the webpage & flyers, and catching up with my husband. Sigh- only 16 knitting days ‘til Christmas!
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