Wendy’s Tops June 23, 2005

Here’s something that actually popped up in a non-knitting-related Google search of mine (yes, I do search for things other than yarn and yarn deals… occasionally). According to Chris McEvoy of Confusability.com, the top blogging knitter among Bloglines users is Wendy Johnson of WendyKnits (i.e. she who’s on a very big lace kick right now. Yes, I’m a subscriber too. He came to this conclusion while researching Bloglines folder names. I guess the large number of ones marked Knitting peaked his interest. Here’s the full list and the blog entry that introduces it. Strangely enough, I even spotted Hacking Netflix on the list. It looks like someone needs to sort out their folders.

First LYS Visit and the Cotton-Ease Crazies June 22, 2005

My aunt is really starting to embrace my knitting hobby – which is excellent since she has a car and I don’t. Today she took me to my first ever LYS (local yarn store).

An official HP scarf pattern on the horizon? June 3, 2005

Hmm… It looks to me like Lion Brand yarn will be releasing a Harry Potter scarf pattern next month. I know Lion Brand doesn’t have many fans, but it will be interesting to see how close the official pattern matches the popular atypically.knit patterns. Of course, it’s just a striped scarf. There aren’t that many variations possible.