A knitting friend fell in love with this sweater the minute she saw it in yesterday’s paper. (it is Bebe Neuwirth and she was featured in Newsday) She is now on the hunt for the pattern — if any of you recognize it, or know of something similar, let us know!

Am I to assume that You, my blog reading public, are also not interested in hearing about my hair?? The lack of comments seems to suggest it. hmmm……

I was hoping that You might be more sympatico than my Friends & Relations. I was going to regale you with endless antecdotes and fascinating tidbits about Topic #2.

Perhaps not. Perhaps a simple picture and caption will suffice …..

two words …. Pressure Cooker

I hope you’re happy – now you will have to beg me to tell you about it! :)

There are three subjects that people are sick of hearing me go on and on about. The first one is my hair. yes, I realize how vain that sounds! Here is how those conversations usually go:

Me: I am thinking of growing my hair out
you: oh, yeah?
Me: I have had it short for so long and I am really ready for something different.
you: then go for it – I think it will be great!
Me: Yeah, this time I am going to do it!

weeks pass

you: what did you do today?
me: got my hair cut.

here is a hint about topic 2 it hisses!

Julia at Knitting History was kind enough to share this link today. It is an article in The Guardian written by Ms. Esther Addley. It speaks of the new trendiness of knitting as witnessed by various celebrity knitters. What I found most objectionable was the following:

“The emergence of knitting as an activity as attractive to men as to women may mark its final transition from a soporific time-killer favoured by elderly ladies to a respectable hobby like any other.

That someone named Esther would stereotype anything as the province of elderly ladies I find surprising. She says knitting is soporific (sleep inducing) and a time waster. Let’s give Ms. Addley the benefit of the doubt and assume that she has never tried knitting and doesn’t know how exciting and creative it can be.

That she then goes on to assert men taking up needles has moved knitting into the ‘respectable hobby’ category is downright insulting (and not just to knitters). Somehow, the presence of cajones makes knitting socially acceptable. The societal Gold Seal of Approval. Thank God for the social insight brought about by Ms. Addley’s keen powers of observation. All along I thought my biggest problem with knitting was my reluctance to swatch – here it has been my lack of scrotum!