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A challenge for me

freakapotimus — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:06:16 +0000

For a while I debated entering a project or two into the knitting Olympics, but Jenn encouraging us to join up with teamunwhined on Ravelry pushed my month-long “meh” into an enthusiastic ” all right!” And, earlier this evening while the Olympic torch was lit in Vancouver BC, I was at a friend’s apartment knitting a pair of gloves for Matt.

My first project is Pele (link to pattern), a Berroco pattern for a pair of convertible mittens. Flip back the mitt, and viola!! Fingerless gloves. I’ve never knit gloves before—oh sure, I’ve knit mittens and wristers and fingerless mitts, but never anything where fingers were involved. Since I’ve been telling Matt for at least a month now that I would knit him gloves, I figure this would be the perfect challenge.

I am also a meticulously slow knitter, and projects tend to sit on my needles for quite some time. I mean, how long have I been working on Aquaphobia? While someone else may be able to whip up these gloves in a few hours of watching Law & Order on one of the many cable channels, I know I will need a deadline to turn the yarn into something wearable.

I’ve got at least two other patterns on my must-knit list for the Olympics, and a few more in the queue if I really feel up to it, but the point is to be realistic while still being challenging. I think three projects in 17 days is challenging enough for me. But who knows? Maybe I’ll catch the Olympic spirit and push myself to try knitting even more awesome stuff.

Drunken Bacon Podcast Brunch

freakapotimus — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:03:00 +0000

When Z. at Hipster, Please! announced that September would be Drunken Podcasting Month, we at Social Knitworking immediately cancelled our original monthly theme and heartily accepted his challenge. Then we heard that September 5th is International Bacon Day and… well, the next part was just too obvious!

Make your way down to National Mechanics and join the ladies of Social Knitworking this coming Saturday (9/5/09) at 11am as we taste our way through several brunch beverage options, including Make-Your-Own Bloody Mary Bar featuring the National Mechanics signature bacon vodka.

Post your RSVP in the comment section, or head over to the official Facebook event page.

Episode 0.1: Voicemail from Epic Adventure Weekend

freakapotimus — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:09:19 +0000

Oh look, it’s our test episode for the podcast!

This past weekend found two of our SocialKnitworking heroines, Andrea and Joanna, in New York City for several epic adventures. Apparently, as early as Friday night, there was so much epic just at rock show with Shael Riley and Schaffer the Darklord that Joanna… well, let’s just listen to her voicemail, shall we?

A full recap of this adventure weekend, including a review of the Shael/Schaffer show plus our thoughts on the Video Game Vixens burlesque, will be covered in our inaugaral podcast on Nerdy Knitting, coming at you end of August.

Remember, if you’ve got any comments or questions for the podcast, call our feedback line! We want to hear from you. The number again is 215.839.6373 (215.839.NERD), or use the handy little Google Voice widget we’ve installed on the blog.