how cute is this little guy? My friend and fellow spinner Ellen found him at the Maine Crafts Association. She came upon the craft center by surprise – it is tucked into a rest stop along route 95 and looking at the map, also route 295! The crazy things you find while waiting for a Cinnabon. Thanks Ellen – he is adorable!!

In a crazy little kitchen ‘incident’, I sliced open the knuckle of the middle finger of my left hand. The bad news is, it is very difficult to type and also knit. The good news? I can still flip the bird! I will return once the boo-boo goes bye-bye.

I have started a sweater for myself! This is Amelia from the latest Knitty. I am using Berroco Pure Merino Heather. This is a great yarn and I am enjoying working with it.

The pattern has some errors. I emailed the designer and she is going to post a correction. Until then, here’s the scoop …… the problem occurs when adding the waist detail. There must be an odd number of stitches between the front columns of twisted rib and the back column in order for the waist twisted rib to continue seamlessly in the pattern stitch. From what I can tell, the error occurs in three of the sizes; medium, 2x and 3x. Rather than rip back, I am going to decrease with some well placed p2tog’s to make this work.

This however, brings me to a larger question ……. and it is not limited to this project only and is not meant in anyway to be a criticism of the designer who was very kind to come up with a great looking project and share it for free with the rest of us!

This is meant to be a ~gentle~ criticism of the rest of us! When you come upon an error in a pattern and you know exactly how to correct it, do you nonetheless contact either the designer or the publisher to let them know? Do you even bother posting it to either your blog or your Ravelry page? Or do you just knit along and barely register the blip? In our little Internet world and with the beautiful resource that is Ravelry, doesn’t it make sense to take the time (which is not that great an amount) to raise a flag? I just thought of this possibility — do you just assume the error is yours, some kind of flaw in your knitting and don’t investigate whether there was a problem with the patterm??

Am I some kind of pattern vigilante?

when the oil delivery company screws up and doesn’t deliver the oil and when you no longer have heat or hot water in the house, and when the temperature inside is 52 degrees and you need to get clean before you go to work, simply fill four of your biggest pots with water and bring them to a boil on the stovetop. Carefully carry them into the bathroom and pour them into the tub. Add enough freezing cold water until the temperature is tolerable. This should be enough water for a bit of a quickie bath.  Move quickly and don’t linger.

***Do not remove your bathrobe until the water temperature is just right.