I had just started to announce that the Moderne Baby Blanket was ticking along nicely, as projects tend to do in the early stages, but two-thirds of the way through block #4 I have realized that I have managed to knit it on the wrong end. I proclaim this my Random Act of Stupidity for week ending 11/17/2007. The garter stitch curse continues.
I think I need to cast on a simple sock today because this blankie is getting too unwieldy to knit in the car while waiting for kids to get out of school. Couldn't they have found another place to put that darned steering wheel?
I would like at this juncture to announce the end of my brief career as a podcast reviewer. A while ago I dismissed Stitch Stud and His Bride as being a little too rambly for my taste (it reminded me of some university lectures I had dozed through many years ago) and this morning was horrified to see that the Stud himself had read it. Now I'm feeling like a big bad meanypants and am tempted to retract everything and send Charles some flowers.
The conclusion that I have reached is that my taste in podcasts tends to run toward the more scripted, structured shows like Knitpicks, Cast On and Yarncraft. I am not as fond of the more chatty formats like Stitch Stud and Lime & Violet, though I must say I lightened up on L&V after listening to a second episode. Of course there will be scads of knitters who feel differently, so my opinion ain't worth squat if yours differs.
Back to blanket frogging. Big sigh.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Oh jeez, is it Friday yet?
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Hi Kathryn!
No need to retract or for flowers, and you're not mean. I actually appreciated your frankness. As a teacher, I'm used to criticism on a daily basis and I'm used to taking it, evaluating it, and gleaning something from it if I can. When it comes to something like situation where it's a matter of personal taste, it's totally understandable that there will be a good segment of readers who like structure vs. those who like free rambling. I started out with a pre-written script and I interspersed it with more off the cuff thoughts. I really wanted to go totally scripted, but got some i-tunes reviews that said that scripted sounded boring and unhuman. I think I gave a knee-jerk reaction and then moved to practically totally unscripted. KnitPicks is obviously read from a written scripts, Brenda is a little better at making her reading sound natural. David's essays are, well, essays, and I really appreciate them, but if he is reading the stuff he says before and after the essay he's good a masking that, isnt' he?
Thanks for the feedback. I may go to a format more like David's with a written bit and an off the cuff bit, and I just need more practice, I think. My students often ask questions to throw me off into tangents, they like to see how far off topic they can make me go...I'be been called the absent-minded professor lots of times. I guess it's my style and after teaching for 20 years, I'm not going to be able to change that aspect too much. Then again, I'm teaching, not entertaining. Happy knitting and stay honest! It's good for the rest of us.
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