Addie Turbos! Replaceable!
Having finally broken down and installed a comment function (I blame this mostly on Sarah, but actually other people had complained, too -- oh, so genteelly, doncha know; nobody yelled at me or anything -- but she was the last in a line), I've been rewarded by a comment -- justly, from Sarah herself -- telling me something I did NOT know, which is that if indeed I mess up the Addi Turbos, I can turn them in to my local yarn shop and get new ones.
This is good news and bad news; good news cause it means that I never have to worry about my Addis; bad in that it means one less project for me to inflict on Carl Andy, and I really enjoy thinking up projects for Carl Andy.
Darn.
I'm tempted to send him some bent up needles anyway, just to see what happens, but if he's reading the blog, I guess he'll know I'm wasting his time. Which he doesn't have a lot of, on account of all those projects. (Check out his eBay sales.)
And on another front; despite being nearly blind with envy on account of Amber's museum quality hand printing press, which even if I had one of I couldn't fit it anywhere in the house, not that that helps with the envy or anything, I will continue to discuss her Knitting Tarot:
Princess of Gauge: The person you knit for who thinks about the knitting, and really notices it. A future knitter. You find yourself thinking about gifts, too, creating them because they showcase different techniques, creating them because they'll cause your recipient to desire the craft. Knitting seduction. But associated with mind, with technique, not with the sensuality of knitting.
When this person finally does pick up the needles, it's enchanting -- my favorite kind of student. This one sees how the stitches lie on the needle, notices how the fabric is constructed, and then asks, why don't we just knit backwards instead of turning the work around?
This is good news and bad news; good news cause it means that I never have to worry about my Addis; bad in that it means one less project for me to inflict on Carl Andy, and I really enjoy thinking up projects for Carl Andy.
Darn.
I'm tempted to send him some bent up needles anyway, just to see what happens, but if he's reading the blog, I guess he'll know I'm wasting his time. Which he doesn't have a lot of, on account of all those projects. (Check out his eBay sales.)
And on another front; despite being nearly blind with envy on account of Amber's museum quality hand printing press, which even if I had one of I couldn't fit it anywhere in the house, not that that helps with the envy or anything, I will continue to discuss her Knitting Tarot:
Princess of Gauge: The person you knit for who thinks about the knitting, and really notices it. A future knitter. You find yourself thinking about gifts, too, creating them because they showcase different techniques, creating them because they'll cause your recipient to desire the craft. Knitting seduction. But associated with mind, with technique, not with the sensuality of knitting.
When this person finally does pick up the needles, it's enchanting -- my favorite kind of student. This one sees how the stitches lie on the needle, notices how the fabric is constructed, and then asks, why don't we just knit backwards instead of turning the work around?
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