Category Archives: general

I thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to set up a separate knitting blog. I’ll still cross-post to my other blog, but having a knitting blog gives me more freedom for obsessive posts that would likely … Continue reading →

I finally got my Ravelry invite today. I got on the waiting list about a month ago, so it didn’t take long. I spent a few minutes poking around, though I will have to be careful as it could prove … Continue reading →

Eve’s XML and knitting analogy got me thinking. You can think of a written knitting pattern as being the schema, with a set of instructions, just like the schema’s content model. Then each knitted item you make that conforms to … Continue reading →

There was quite a lot of discussion about copyright issues in the comments to my knitted cushion piece; this is an important enough subject that it deserves its own blog posting. Obligatory disclaimer here. The issue was whether a knitting … Continue reading →

I was a few months pregnant when Tim asked when I was going to knit some bootees (aka booties) for the baby. I wondered why he hadn’t asked for the first child, he answered that he hadn’t known I could … Continue reading →