tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53271717023631753972011-04-21T22:59:36.951-06:00In which Firefairy holds forth on knitting, designing, crafts, and life in general.Firefairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03236560025414481858noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327171702363175397.post-86627338505344366292008-11-04T11:30:00.002-07:002008-11-04T12:39:13.097-07:00

Once again, I apologize for the delay in blogging- Real Life Issues getting hot and heavy recently, and I have been using all my social capabilities to keep up with Hat Attack responsibilities. I can't swear it's over, but at least it finally struck me that it had been a lot more than a week since I promised an update. I haven't had the mental wherewithal to work on the increases and decreases,

Firefairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03236560025414481858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327171702363175397.post-89350112155654709262008-10-14T15:44:00.007-06:002008-10-15T16:12:02.361-06:00

Sorry for the break in blogging, some real-world issues came up that derailed the rather time-intensive compilation of stitch instructions, and I just realized that I missed an update entirely. I was thinking about subjecting you to some of my ideas about how a libertarian society would distribute responsibilities between the government and society itself, but I think that might be a bit far

Firefairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03236560025414481858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327171702363175397.post-86986695463582944702008-10-03T03:06:00.013-06:002008-10-03T04:01:01.813-06:00

As I embarked on the quest to create a nice, style-neutral listing of increases and decreases, it came to my attention that I can’t quite manage it. I can make one that is considerably more style-neutral than the majority I have seen, which assume a great deal about how stitches are laying on the needles, for example, but there are a few differences in styles that don’t go away just because I

Firefairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03236560025414481858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327171702363175397.post-56776098160765337392008-09-25T08:08:00.005-06:002008-09-25T11:21:13.167-06:00

We have a lot of first-time competitive knitters in HAT ATTACK! 2, and the difference between competitive and normal knitting is hitting many of them much harder than I thought. Thus, I felt it merited a blog entry.For those of you not familiar with such things, there are a slew of competitions that are one part swap, one part race, and one part knit-a-long. I believe Sock Wars was the first,

Firefairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03236560025414481858noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327171702363175397.post-76484987715399595712008-09-20T18:38:00.003-06:002008-09-20T19:04:19.238-06:00

Okay, short rant courtesy of recent Hat Attack experiences.I am getting really, really sick of knitting help sites that assume things, especially when they don't state the assumptions. The entire point of these sites is to help people who don't know how to do a particular technique, and they are largely frequented by knitters who are new enough to the craft that they are unlikely to catch the

Firefairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03236560025414481858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327171702363175397.post-42775304009252086682008-09-15T13:30:00.001-06:002008-10-15T16:16:48.495-06:00

Most knitters have been through "Swatching 101", but many still don't see the point of swatching on most projects, as their swatches are rarely accurate enough to be useful. "Swatching 201" aims to remedy that by explaining some of the whys and wherefores of various aspects of swatching. But first, the refresher course and intro for new knitters:Swatching 101- The BasicsSwatch: A small piece

Firefairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03236560025414481858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327171702363175397.post-62354293239814005302008-09-15T12:37:00.000-06:002008-09-15T12:45:39.094-06:00

I am a member of the wonderful yarny site known as Ravelry, and I have discovered that certain concepts which I find very important to my chosen yarny craft of knitting seem to be missing from the reference blogosphere. Thus, I enter the realm of Knitting Bloggers {imposing music here}.I will attempt to post at least once a week, but I am not certain that I will come up with knitting concepts

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