purl diving

knit the vote: part the second

Okay, so I was feeling a little as if my call to "knit the vote" in Episode 23 had been a little flat, that maybe I was the only leftover from a forgotten era when getting out to vote really did mean something.

And then I read the January 22nd entry of Mason-Dixon Knitting.  Ann has issued a call to arms -- and reading the comments, it seems others agree, that we all need to take action, get out, support a candidate, make a choice, and vote.

Knit the vote, people.  Knit the vote:

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the bucket list

Those of you who read my other blog already know I am a compulsive list maker, and that I believe in the importance of making and keeping a life list -- a list of everything and anything I might ever want to do in my life.

It's become popular lately -- witness the new movie "The Bucket List" which deals with a similar theme.

I started making a list of the knitting I wanted to accomplish this year, and then thought about making a sort of Knitter's Bucket List:  a list of the knitting I would want to accomplish before I, well, kicked the bucket.

So I started preparing an episode of the podcast to deal with that, but I realized that what I really want is to know what others would put on their list, so I'm inviting Purl Diving listeners to contribute their own bucket lists.  Or, rather, their Bucket List Top Three -- if you had only three things to knit with the rest of the time available to you, what would they be?

Here's how to contribute to the podcast:

1.  Send me an .mp3 comment that you've recorded.  If you're not sure what to say, here's an idea:

"Hi, this is Susie Q from (you can state where you are, what your blog is, what your podcast is, or just tell me you are Susie Q).  The top three things on my knitter's bucket list are:

(Then list them -- and maybe tell us why you've chosen them...)

2.  If you don't have the ability to record, but would like to send in your list, then just pop me an email, and I'll read it out on the podcast.

I'm really hoping that I'll get some contributions, as I've honestly become curious as I've started compiling my own list about what *others* would choose to put on a knitter's bucket list.

Thanks!

a wee update to Episode 24

So.  Those Maine Morning Mittens that my sister scoffed at? 

The ones she said couldn't possibly be useful, since what was the point of having mitts that didn't cover your fingers?

The ones I decided I couldn't give to her for Christmas, because what would be the point of giving her something she wouldn't enjoy having?

Well -- I made a pair for my niece for Christmas instead.  I used the MMM pattern, but substituted Noro Silk Garden Lite (DK weight), and I dropped the needle size.   I shortened the lengths suggested in the pattern, and I even did something I never, ever do -- I pulled out only those sections of the ball of yarn that would give me -- well, not *matching* mittens, because honestly, that's impossible with Noro -- but two mittens that at least had some of the same colours in them.

(If I hadn't done this, I would have had one pink and purple mitten, and one black.  I decided two pink and purple mittens would be more pleasing to the ten-year-old recipient.)

So.  Yesterday?  I'm talking with my sister, and she sheepishly asked if it might be possible for me to make her a pair of the Maine Morning Mittens, as she'd realized that on a cool but not very cold day, they would be useful for adding just a little extra warmth and still leave her fingers free to, say, give the dog a treat or somesuch.

My husband and I broke into hysterical laughter, and then told her the story, and that there were actually a pair of the MMM sitting in my knitting bag that I'd made and hadn't given to her.

Now, that's a happy ending, don't you think?

Just an FYI....

I decided in the New Year to make Purl Diving my knit blog as well as the home of my podcast -- it seemed to make sense, as PD actually was a blog, before I stripped out the blog posts and turned it over to the podcast.

But it also didn't make sense to scatter a few posts about knitting in amongst all the other stuff I blog about, so all the knitting will now find a home here.