Tag Archives: Knitting

Proud to be a FictionKNITsta

By monnibo | Published: December 10, 2012

Earlier this autumn I heard about the FICTIONista project which is a collaborative of independent Canadian publishers to bring together female authors for meaningful book events. With the recently launched CWILA (Canadian Women in Literary Arts) drawing more and more attention to female writers and reviewers, I was happy to find out that FICTIONistas had been going since 2006. Then I learned that for the 2013 edition, the project would have a theme known as FictionKNITstas and incorporate textile arts into the mix. I applied when I heard the call for knitters (PDF)—they wanted to pair each knitter with an Continue Reading »

Posted in Books, Knitting | Also tagged author tour, book tour, books, fictionKNITstas, nicolai's daughters, stella harvey | 2 Responses

Bite the Bullet and Block It

By monnibo | Published: November 5, 2012

A couple weeks ago at knitting meetup (gosh, has it been that long?) Jenn chastized me for not fixing the dropped stitch in my Multnomah and blocking it, despite having cast off the sucker more than a month earlier. She urged me to “take the five minutes” and fix the stitch. To be honest, what was stopping me was that I didn’t know how and didn’t want to screw it up. Basically it was a dropped stitch that I didn’t notice, but I must have realized a few rows later I was short one stitch, so I fudged it. I Continue Reading »

Posted in FO, Knitting | Also tagged block, finished object, FO, huckleberry knits, knit shawl, multnomah | 1 Response

The Yarn Harlot Visits Vancouver

By monnibo | Published: July 15, 2012

I managed to secure a ticket to a public lecture by The Yarn Harlot (aka Stephanie Pearl-McPhee) presented by KnitSocial. Wednesday night, after a particularly stress-induced day, with some much-needed frozen yogurt, I met up with some friends at the Vancouver Public Library downtown for the talk. Stephanie is a self-identified ‘knitting humourist’ with very little competition in her niche market, so it made for an entertaining and informative talk. This Is Your Brain on Knitting: In this funny and interesting lecture, we’ll take a look at what science can tell us about the way knitting has an impact on Continue Reading »

Posted in Knitting, Out & About | Also tagged brain waves, knitsocial, lecture, stephanie pearl-mcphee, this is your brain on knitting, vancouver public library, yarn harlot | 3 Responses

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