November 7th, 2007
Yawning Lion is here!
Bearing evidence of creeping misogyny from a supposedly feminist magazine.
Yes, the one on the left does say “Knitters have balls.”
Not this knitter.
May 15th, 2007
books and randomness
Some books in a pile on the floor next to my desk which I keep stubbing my toe on (way to remind myself of white privilege, eh?):
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide by Andrea Smith
color of violence: the incite! anthology
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (Incite! […]
Filed under: blogging, cats, knitting, racism, white privilege by Amy's Brain Today
April 29th, 2007
wip
Whaddya think Michelle? Just for the record, the lighter color is a bright limey green and not gold as it appears here. I’m thinking about a nice knotted fringe when I’m done.
Also for the record, in blogular news, I am in the process of switching over to Wordpress. I’ve learned a lot […]
Filed under: blogging, conflict, feminism as politics, knitting by Amy's Brain Today
February 27th, 2007
Another Hat
Ain’t that purty? This is made out of the yarn that Yawning Lion brought to me as a gift back in September. The colors are just lovely, a really rich medium blue and purple, and the color that looks white in the picture is actually a very very pale seafoam green. Very […]
Filed under: knitting by Amy's Brain Today
February 18th, 2007
Feet cold? Put on a hat.
spotted elephant recently nudged me with the comment that I hadn’t posted about knitting in a while. Truth is, I haven’t made the time over the last few months to knit anything of substance–it’s a great hobby for WestWind, but here in the city I tend to spend a lot more time glued to […]
Filed under: knitting by Amy's Brain Today
November 8th, 2006
Some days, dogs and knitting are all I got
August 4th, 2006
Mosaic Madness
Here’s the output of my latest class–mosaic knitting. I’m crazy in love with the cleverness of these beautiful geometric patterns. It turns out that Barbara G. Walker, author of books like The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets and The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects wrote the book on mosaic knitting; […]
Filed under: knitting by Amy's Brain Today
July 5th, 2006
Aran Frenzy
Remember Elsebeth Lavold’s lattice repeat?
Haha! Take a look at it now!
Give me a relatively quiet weekend, I’ll give you the beginnings of a charming scarf!
Filed under: knitting by Amy's Brain Today
May 17th, 2006
The Latest Rag
Golly how I love it when other people agree with me. This is a quote from John Stoltenberg’s talk at the Dworkin Conference, which is posted over at another radical feminist:
Andrea was so strong that even when women were being shits to her, she was in solidarity with people called women. That was harder […]
Filed under: conflict, feminism as politics, knitting, links by Amy's Brain Today
May 16th, 2006
Advanced Cabling
So here’s what I accomplished this morning in cabling class with the fabulous Nan.
This is Elsebeth Lavold’s* lattice repeat sampler. It’s obviously not finished but ultimately the cables will continue and keep crossing over each other and intertwining. It’s really cool looking. (Those purple things are markers which remind me that the […]
