I WILL CRUSH YOU

Last night I broke out the yarn for the knit-a-bear-for-a-poor-Jamaican-child project. Unfortunately,I had neglected to print out a copy of the pattern beforehand.

No matter,I thought. I remember the pattern. It said to cast on (some stitches),knit for (some rows),switch colors,knit for (some more rows),and so forth. How hard [...]

Knit a bear,make a child happy,win stuff!

Got Gauge has posted a call to knitters,and a contest!

Knit a bear for the Peace Corps to distribute to an underprivileged child in Jamaica. Then send her a picture,she’ll add it to her gallery,and enter you into a drawing for a fabulous prize of Noro Silk Garden!

Link via Wendy

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My [yarn] smells like cat food.

For sale,best offer:four skeins of Red Heart acrylic yarn and a plastic tote,all permanently infused with the smell of cat food.

Here is my (futile) attempt to “air out”the yarn and tote.

I used this plastic tote to store cat food for about a year. Then it sat empty for [...]