The Red Sweater

I have just discovered the beauty of Phildar

I need to find a good online supplier for Phildar magazines. Hopefully someone in the US so I don’t have to pay $12 in shipping. Two of the latest magazines, Tendances and Irlandais are the reasons why. They’re just lovely, simple and unique. And best of all, none of these designs are made with big fat bulky yarn.

I’m usually pretty open-minded, and I appreciate the differences in all the people in my world, and I thought it was strange when about a year ago I heard wisps of conversations about how the HYUK crowd was taking over the knitting community and ruining it for all the seasoned knitters out there. But I do have to say that the bulky garter stitch scarf/hat/mitten/sweater trend in design is starting to get to me.

Not all knitting need be “quick”.

Anyhow, I know that there are a lot of you Phildar knitter’s out there that are saying, geez where have you been?, and I’d appreciate the scoop on where you get your patterns…

Mentioned in Publications: so cool

Voices of Lower Manhattan
Knitting in the City
By: Valerie Reiss

Fine Living
Fall Traditions

The Sydney Morning Herald
Spinning yarns
By Jenny Sinclair
October 2 2002

TICK TOCK

I’m turning 30 today.

uh.

The thing is, people age and mature at different paces, so really, the change to “30″ shouldn’t be that significant. However, as humans, I think we all need a way of tracking mile stones and today is a big one for me. A great big rock in the middle of my road.

I know they say that this period of your life is one where you finally “find” yourself and come into your own, so I concede that on that level, I’m looking forward to the sense of being “adult”. On the other hand, I had a good wild stint in my 20s and I’m having a hard time giving them up.
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