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Knitting book!

November 21st, 2005 No comments

I was in Barnes and Noble today picking up a copy of Analog (I’m all about the science fiction, baby!) and saw this: Handknit Holidays by Melanie Falick.

Now THAT’s a knitting book I want. Good projects, good imagination, wearable but still interesting.

AlterKnits by Leigh Radford looks good too, if more avant garde. Unfortunately, I have only seen it online, so it’s harder to get a feel for whether it’s worthwhile without leafing through it.

Oh, well. I’m sure I’ll have time to knit for just myself after I hit Jayne hat 3000. Right? Right?

Darn.

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Best. Jayne hat knitter. Ever.

November 21st, 2005 4 comments

Jayne’s mom called me on the phone on Friday.

She was a little old lady who had never heard of Firefly or Serenity, but she saw a picture of the hat in the newspaper and thought it would be just darling for her grandson. She wanted to order a kit so she could make one for him. We talked for a while, and she said she thought she’d rather do it in blues and purples…

… which I happen to have on hand, so that works right out.

I gave her a discount because she’s in town and I wouldn’t have to ship. It turns out I’ll be shipping anyway, but I don’t mind. I’m also going to size the pattern down for her, because her grandson is still a child.

I swear, it was just like talking to Jayne’s mom. She just wanted something fun and nice to keep her baby warm in space.

Well, the “in space” part might have been implied.

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