Don’t Bear Abuse

The greatest tragedy in the world (to me anyway - you all, as free thinking individuals may disagree) is that there are children whose lives are shattered by those who they should be able to trust.
Newspapers show their parents being led away in handcuffs, fathers who have imprisoned daughters, the list is endless and there [...]

Sock! Horror!

Socks.
Everyone who is doing yarny things, at present, seems to be doing socks.
Or - if you’re like me - hoarding sock yarn
The yarngoddess herself (yes, I mean YOU, Yarnharlot!) has been at the forefront of the sockiness of the YarnWorld.
Sock Monkeys.
Vine Socks (and they were lovely! ).
Socksocksocksocks.
Socks.
And Crochet has it’s share of socks [...]

Sloppy design causes a Fug Factor

This is a serious lesson on design principles.
This is how to avoid making an otherwise quite sweet poncho (I say otherwise because I detest the Single-large-flower-done-in-the-same-yarn-lumped-on-the-shoulder thing thats happening here.) into something that isn’t quite right.
The lesson in designing garments, ponchos in this case, is
Unless you can do immaculate work in the “join with slst [...]

Oh yes… Looks like SO much fun!

The thing I should like to know from this pattern (and yes… it’s from Lionbrand!) is not HOW to do it, but at least (AT LEAST!) ONE good reason WHY.
Why on earth would anyone, ANYONE, want to mutilate a pair of jeans, make themselves look like a Sesame Street Monster has them by the neck AND [...]

Would somebody take Gaultier’s hooks AWAY??

Please???