SnB Update

Well, there's two.

First- "someone" has stolen our TCSNB yahoo group saying that "you can't use Stich N Bitch in your title." This prompted me to want to change our name to Bitch stitchers, or something like that, as it is absolutely ridiculous how somepeople think they can trademark words. Like Oprah has the market on the letter "O", just 'cause it is the first letter of her name and she has enough money to create a magazine and call it that. Watch out, or pretty soon the whole dictionary will have to have trademark symbols next to all its entries for fear of copywright infringement, or worse, have to take out all the words, and letters- and thus be an empty book. Kind of like how the Mall of America's "Camp Snoopy" has now become the Park in the Mall of America, because it cost too much to "buy" the snoopy concept, leading to a purging of all peanuts/snoopy related references, rendering the park, well, a park, only it's in a mall. So that was that rant. No worries, there has begun a new yahoo group to replace the one that was so quickly stolen from its rightful owners. Ahh, knitting politics. And you thought knitting was a "nice" hobby.

The second update, not to be overshadowed by the grim darkness of the prior update is a happy update, an honorary chronicling of those special projects fortunate to grace last week's SnB, a haven for many, and an outlet for stitching, and plenty bitching.

First- the 2 best parts of the conversation part were hilarious tales of squirrels running around in fellow knitters' living rooms only to be chased out windows opened exclusively for their imminent departure, the squirrels with a penchant for green items- who banqueted on the green stripe of a tablecloth and gnawed on green towels, and a thorough discussion on an exclusive part of female anatomy. At this point I will offer a pricelss piece of advice to the non-waif female who visits Costa Rica. DO wear a sports bra while traveling on their roads. I learned this after my first rocky, and horrendous drive from Liberia, CR to our hotel near Arenal Volcano. And was I ever happy, and so much more comfortable on subsequent drives when they were encased and firmly anchored. It was shocking what a difference it made when the entire drive all a person's body parts are bumping around on the pothole packed roads.

tangential moment- retrieved for the purpose of the point of the update of knitting progress and process:

A big thanks to Sue for assisting me in remembering jsut what was going on in the knitting vein, and a smaller thanks to Lisa for "offering me the update task" in place of our faithful member's absence, Beth of Beth's Blue Blog. There's some alliteration for ya.

So, Chris, Our New Zealand-turned Minnesota member was knitting a striped pullover with some fluffy, cozy looking yarn. Sue was working on a fancy tiny-cabled sweater with lots of textured stitchwork, Lisa was making another Sophie bag, Ann was putting her project (was it a felted bag or a hat? I can't remember, only know that both are on her docket) on double pointed needles, I'm not sure either. Kelle was utilizing the resource that is this group in asking whether her scarf was long enough, or not. She was working on a fancy cabled Malabrigo scarf that had a middle of ribbing to wrap around the neck providing less bulk around the neck than other scarfs, plus it was knit in 2 pieces such that it's pattern was right side up on both the left and right side (smart thinking!!) I was working on Teva Durham's One shouler tunic in Patons fresco acrylic tape yarn in Calypso (pink, orange, and white). It is moving along pretty fast, but the stockinette stuff is getting boring- only 2 more inches and I get to do something different on the pattern.