July 2009 Archives

Kind of knitting related, but nothing about what I knit. There will be a proper post coming soon to announce of some stuff. ;-)

Anyway, just a short notice to point you to a couple of blog entries that I think are very vitally important and worth reading:

- Yarn Harlot's "Dear Blog"
- Flint Knit's "Let's talk"

Now, Yarn Harlot's entry just totally gave me a blood curdling chill....because, you know, this can happen everywhere in blog land. There are some bloggers who decide that they're going to bare it all on their blogs, personal stuff as well as other things. I post personal matters on here from time to time...but not all the time, usually it's just a snippet within a post. However, it is kinda scary to know that someone can be reading it and could turn it against me. Granted though, it seems that the person in Yarn Harlot's entry has some serious mental issue. But still...it is scary.

As for Flint Knit's entry.....it just bothers me that people would feel they can snatch up whatever from the net and proclaim it as their own. I have my own experience with this. I mean, if I snatch something off the net, I always try to link back to the place I got it from, especially if I didn't ask for an outspoken permission first...and moreover, I never try to profit from it.

Start: 21st June 2009
Finish: 11th July 2009
Needles: 4 mm / 80 cm Addi Turbos
Yarn: Wollmeise "Molly"; 100% superwash Merino; colourway "Neptun"
Pattern: Joukahainen by Kristel Nyberg. Published in Finnish in the magazine Ulla 03/07. Pattern is available as an English translation as Ravelry download.
Name: The name comes from the last movement of the orchestral suite The Planets by Gustav Holst.
Modifications: Added 5 rounds of stockinette after having joined all the pieces together to give the arms some more room. Added k2 between the raglan decreases to avoid the gaping holes. Did some improvisational neck-shaping with short rows. Worked out pretty well.