Have you seen the website comparethemeerkat.com? It is of course a fun viral marketing thingy. But it took a clever (or bored?) Raveller to find the knitting meerkat. Both cosy and fine-looking!

From a new customer, Sue, comes this pic of her Prickle worked in Silk Garden Lite. Gorgeous eh? It's her first attempt at a moebius. I love how the Noro stripes work with this pattern. She made it bigger so that she had more of a cowl than a scarf, and reports that she wishes… Continue reading Pretty Prickle!

Tweeted* by Knitgrrl Shannon Okey - this article on the political economics of knitting. I don't fully embrace the argument that knitting is an anti-consumerist protest (although of course it can be used in protest, like any other art or craft form). I think it's far too easy to forget that (a) knitters tend to… Continue reading On buying beautiful goods

On the needles, that is. I'm sure you know that Innocent are again running their Big Knit charity campaign - for every adorably little woolly hat that adorns a smoothie bottle, 50p gets donated to Age Concern, to help keep elderly people warm over the winter. We all know how energy prices are going up… Continue reading Put your hat on!

It's one of those things you didn't know you needed until you saw it: a Flying Spaghetti Monster pattern. Just in time for Chrifsmas, too. (If you want to know more about being touched by His Noodly Appendage, this should explain it.)

Not at all knitting related, but quite marvellous none the less: It's not what you think.

Please go and give a warm welcome to Extemporanea, over at Purl-handled revolver. Extemp - previously (and still) of Freckles & doubt - is a ferociously smart and funny woman, whose sudden decision to pick up the needles has made me quite indecently happy. The decision to start a knitting blog is even better. So,… Continue reading Meanwhile, elsewhere in cyberspace…

A little musical diversion for you. Enjoy!

I was a Girl Guide for about five minutes. I never actually collected any badges, though I think I was ready to go for the hairdressing one, based on the fact that I cut my own fringe. (Rather shorter than I meant to.) Now, however, is the time to make good on that missed opportunity.… Continue reading Knitting scouts!