View of the Klickitat River
It doesn’t feel like Summer is around the corner. I’m wearing a wool cardigan and wool socks. We broke down and actually turned the heat on today. It’s definitely hard to write or draw when you’re fingers and hands are coldy cold. But this Sunday and also earlier last week, I [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 11, 2008
Photos for Summer Knitting Inspiration
June 11, 2008
70’s TV Inspired Knitwear
All this talk about Seventies themed shows like The Sweeney and Life on Mars has gotten me hankering for some 70’s sensibility and style. Vikie Howell may look back on the 80’s with nostalgia, but not me. You know those annoyingly superficial rite-de-passage teen movies from the 80’s? My role in that movie would have [...]
June 10, 2008
Why can’t American TV Writers just write their own ‘good stuff?’
This has nothing to do with knitting though with one of my favorite programs. I got both seasons of BBC’s Life on Mars as a birthday gift from my very present-buying savvy husband.
Looks like American TV writers for ABC have really ‘cocked it up’ in their Americanized version of the popular British series. Why God, [...]
June 5, 2008
Save Knitty Gritty!!!
DIY has decided not to continue the Knitty Gritty show.
I think this is really a shame and I’m puzzled as to why because knitting seems to be forever growing in in popularity. I’m saddened because the show continued to expose many talented designers in the knitworld. I also learned some pretty cool techniques like knitting [...]
