the Village Knittiot

I have begun to feel the need to rearrange furniture. Since we are (hopefully) moving soon, it doesn’t seem to be the best idea. So I am tinkering a bit with the furniture of my blog instead. I am in the process of rearranging links. My blog perusal habits have changed lately thanks to a job that keeps me extrememly busy during the day and a much limited time for link hopping in the evening. I apologize, because I do truly miss being a regular reader. I think changing, not to mention eliminating, links is always scary because you don’t want to hurt people’s feelings. It is impossible to know who is actually reading your blog and doing away with the link of a faithful reader can hurt. So this is my small plea — please, please, please do not be hurt. You will notice that even the Yarn Harlot was a casualty of my need to get a little more sparse and reflective of my true current reading habits. It’s just honesty, not cruelty.

Also, Franklin, since the Blog of Note has remained faithful to you for so long, I have retired it and given you your very own spot cause you are still that good — case in point, The Midwest Stitches Diaries.

There is a new category called “Lately Inspired By” and it features the two that keep, well, inspiring me lately. Do the things is by Amber Dorko Stopper, of Knitting Tarot fame. Her ideas about the craft and art of knitting and fiber are second only to her ideas and philosophies about art and creativity in general. She is fucking amazing. Plus, she knitted (or is it knit?) a zombie “Bub” doll and you just have to love a girl who painstakingly knits a zombie doll (and secretly hopes George Romero will notice). Furthermore, her ongoing Sims saga about the Tudors is more than a little entertaining. And her continuing reflections on “The Pottery Barn Culture” are brilliant. Okay, enough gushing. The second is the Jabberwock a journalist and writer out of New Delhi who writes excellent book reviews, talks about the biz — and lately his forays into freelancing — and opens up the exciting world of Indian cinema and the mysterious universe of cricket (I know, I know, I’m such an American, but I still don’t understand it. Someday, I fully intend to and then I’ll have to get cable so I can actually watch the game.) He also loves Kazuo Ishiguro and I found him thanks to a brilliant review of The Unconsoled. I don’t find many people who have read or care to discuss it, so that was thrilling in and of itself.

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