Knits for Nerds from Amazon.com
A Google + friend, Rilana is a pattern contributor to this awesome book: Knits for Nerds. As a Nerdy Knitter myself, I can’t wait for this book to release!
I mean, look at the cover, it just screams, buy me and knit me!!! (Okay, well at least it does to me!)
I am really excited about this book, because I have been working on a lot of nerdy knitted items for people and I am really glad to see a insurgence of nerdy knitting patterns, because there just aren’t enough out there!
This book releases on February 21, 2012, but knitting nerds like me, that’s going to be hard to wait for! Make sure to preorder your copy and give us nerdy knitters and especially pattern creators like Rilanna some nerd love!
Dr. Zoidberg hat. (Not me in photo)
So, I have been a knitter for 25+ years and I love it. However, sometimes I get frustrated by the lack of fun and nerdy patterns out there and the lack of people who want them! So when I was recently asked to create a partially reconstructed Death Star baby blanket, I jumped at the chance! I am halfway through it and it’s looking amazing (don’t worry, I will post photos after)! Next up, I have a Cthulhu baby blanket, a Boba Fett hat, and lastly a Zoidberg hat! In fact, I am so buried in nerd knitting projects, that I couldn’t be happier!
The best thing about knitting nerdy projects is that I get to create my own patterns and have fun with it! I feel challenged when I work on stuff like this! It forces me to be more bold and risky when I knit stuff like this.
So knitting nerdy stuff is not only more fun, but more challenging too! If you need some nerdy knitting inspiration, ask me!
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Lately, I have been on a kick about going back in time to doing things the old way. We no longer have a microwave, which I have to say, I really don’t miss. I’m baking bread from scratch (no bread machine use) and I’ve been doing more knitting projects.
I think this might be due to the fact that our family has been watching a lot of the Love Comes Softly movie series, Little House on the Prairie and the Anne of Green Gables series as well. While some people might call this place in time archaic, I find it comforting. I love how simple and uncluttered with stuff their lives were. Not to say that they didn’t have their problems, but they were simpler back then. Now, it’s a lot more complicated!
What I love most about this time period is that you reaped what you sowed. I love knowing that the bread on my table is the bread I made with my own hands, a machine didn’t make it for me. Or the sweater that Sophia wears is made by my time and effort. I find comfort in this, that this is not only from my work, but that my daughters can see this as well and benefit. One day they will teach their daughters, just as my mom, Grandma and Nana taught me.
In the world that can seem crazy, busy and cluttered, there is still time to make bread, knit a sweater and provide with manual labor for my family.
My Comfy Homemade Socks!
I decided that even though it was the middle of July, I needed to get started on my sock making! Because let’s face it, Autumn is just around the corner! So I bought so great variegated yarn and used one of my favorite patterns and went to town! Sophia liked them so much that she wants a matching pair! These socks are cute and comfy too! I’m not much of a shoe wearer around the house, but I love warm comfy socks, so this was perfect! So, now off to knit Sophia a pair and if I have leftover yarn, then Sarah gets some too!
If you are interested in a pair of these great socks, contact me!
