Knititations

Everything old is new

This link was sent by my friend Elaine, craftswoman extraordinare, who comes to knitting circle when she is able to.  It's a nifty concept, though we wondered it it was "kosher" to lift these old patterns reprint them thus. I think it's probably groovy, since they're not being sold as original patterns.  Check 'em out and knit your own vintage sweater-girl wardrobe! 

Vintage-Knitting-Patterns

Two points of light

I can't believe this is my first posting since January.  But I can explain, honest, it wasn't my fault.  You see, I was abducted by aliens and taken to their remote planet where I was held hostage until now.  While I was a captive in a land with no knitting, no internet, no blogging and no chocolate, I thought constantly about all those subjects.  Now that I'm back, I promise that I will be more consistent with these precious parts of life--some I will do more of, such as blogging and knitting, and some I can cut back on significantly, like the chocolate and the random searches for good prices on Marc Jacobs pumps. 

Actually, truth be told, I've right right here on Long Island doing a lot of stuff BUT blogging.  Since my last posting I've been to Costa Rica, to Denver, up in the Adirondacks, and furiously planning for my trip to Paris in less than a month.  I've been working, yes folks, actually working as in "for money" quite a lot of hours on a new project.  I also just wrapped up a big fund-raising event for our temple.  Which is sort of like being abducted and held captive by aliens, now that I think of it.

On to knitting. I was tickled pinkish to see this noted in the NY Times the other day: Is this nifty or what?  Knitting in the dark is something we all wish we could do (Imagine knitting in bed all night long without keeping the hubby awake from having the light on (of course there's that annoying clicking sound that is hard to eliminate, but maybe we can work on that).  Coming soon to:  laknitterieparisienne.com

It does remind me of my onetime roommate back in Mpls.  She was from a Ukranian family in Winnipeg, and a totally amazing knitter.  She would go into a movie theatre with her bag of yarn and come out with a big long scarf in some complex stitch.  She would also drink a cup of red wine vinegar with salt and pepper in it every day, which I thought was incredibly weird at the time.  It seems less weird now.