Knit for Choice
Dr. B. has radical reasons behind her knitting: Doctors say Kenya’s strict abortion laws have forced thousands of women and girls to the backstreets where charlatans use all manner of sharp instruments — metal wires, knitting needles, forceps — to penetrate the womb and kill the foetus. I know that this is absolutely insane. It’s [...]
...read moreToo Much Nature
If you don’t know by now, I have a severe phobia of fish. I don’t know where it came from or why, but the mere thought of fish gives me stomach cramps. I can’t fathom why people would eat fish or, goddammit, keep them as pets. Logically, this fear would lead me where it did [...]
...read moreBasketball and a Bad, Bad Mood
I’m in a sour mood today, therefore holing myself up in the house and making some garbage soup. Fresh okra is available this time of year, and that’s one thing that makes the soup so damn good. That and the tobasco sauce. I’ll also be working on Clapotis, cleaning house, and drinking coffee even though [...]
...read moreBurnt on Outrage
When burnt out on politics and righteous outrage, blog about one’s domestic projects. The Heavenly Blue morning glories and Bloody Butcher tomatoes are coming along nicely. Anyone else sense a dichotomy amongst these seedlings?
...read moreI Gots Ears
Two sets of ears, actually. Mac sent me this lovely piece of hand-knitted kitty kitsch this weekend. Should I have saved this for Friday Cat Blogging? Thanks, chica!
...read moreKnitter’s Hands? Take Note
Since I started knitting primarily with wool, my hands have been cracking and my nails have been falling apart. My hands look like a cross between an ancient mummy’s and an alien’s. During the monthly jaunt to the health food store, I ran across Badger Body Butter. My hands actually feel human again. And who [...]
...read moreNot-So Tiny Bubbles
The house came with a rarely-used Jacuzzi tub, a bath that leaves one not so much clean as gritty. I’ve tried a million ways to clean the damn jets to keep them from spitting out flakes of soap scum and other goop. Tonight I decided to consult the internet for cleaning instructions. This is what [...]
...read moreBedroom Art
After the Great Cleaning of 2005, I realized that my bedroom was unforgivably bare. The only things in there were my bed, a dresser, a hamper, a lamp, and an alarm clock. While I’m all for living simply, I felt like I was sleeping in a jail cell. The vintage clothing store I wrote about [...]
...read moreFin: Skully Bag
I finally finished the Skully bag tonight after fighting with it for at least two months, a project undertaken to use up the masses of super-thick wool I had from a previous failed project. This is a picture of the final blocking process – very precise, as you can see. I basically made a massive [...]
...read moreSnow Day
We are under warning of a Winter Storm, but the snow is so peacefully falling that “storm” is wholly the wrong word for this bit of natural serenity. I would enjoy this view from my back window if I weren’t feeling so under the weather. Some time last night I began to feel that nasty [...]
...read moreWhere There Is Nothing Else to Say, Talk Weather and Knitting
Today’s weather was so warm I took a run in a t-shirt and pants. Something is amiss when your January weather, in the span of five days, goes from ice storm to snowman weather to 50 degrees, and then is predicted to be in the negatives by the weekend. Tonight, thunderstorms rumble over us the [...]
...read moreGuardian: Debbie Stoller Interview
Debbie Stoller is interviewed by Zoe Williams for the Guardian on the knitting wave, feminism, men, and more: In person, she elaborates: “Women’s work is never done, and it’s drudgery, and it’s tedious, and you always have to do it again the next day. But you know, here at Bust a lot of the work [...]
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