In the couple of weeks since the Twitter fail I wrote about, I’ve had some very interesting conversations with people in the yarn industry about business use of social media, and specifically about the role TNNA could and/or should play in educating yarn-related businesses about it. Yesterday I tweeted this: And then I figured...
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Today I had a most baffling exchange on Twitter. It was actually the most baffling exchange I’ve ever had on Twitter, and that’s saying something. I spend a lot of time on Twitter. I’ve made friends through it, I stay in touch with friends on it, I get work through it, I interact on...
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Yesterday, in a fit of bluntness, I let loose on Twitter an idea I’ve been simmering for a long time. If you’ve disabled commenting on your blog, I’m gonna go ahead and say you’re not a blogger. I had a conversation with my friend Scott about it. And a bunch of people responded on...
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I’ll let myself sum it up for you, video style: I’ll let myself sum it up for you, video style:
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Image by kpwerker via Flickr After having so much fun interviewing Sister Diane on Twitter a couple of weeks ago, I’m excited to announce a Twitter event with several of the designers who contributed to my new book, Crocheted Gifts. We’ll do sort of a live chat for a full hour on Tuesday, 25th...
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It’s a busy heatwavy week over here. As the dog alternates between sleeping and panting and I sit very slowly wishing I could do the same (everything is done very slowly during a heatwave, see), I marvel a bit about how much I’m getting done. First, here’s a link to the interview I did...
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Yesterday on Twitter, designer Vashti Braha started listing crocheters who use the service. She did so in response to Amie Hirtes‘ tweet wondering where all the crocheters are. Ah, yes. Where on earth are the crocheters? I replied: Since the earliest days of CrochetMe.com, I’ve wondered where the crochet blogs are. I don’t mean...
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I’m going to have this coming weekend to myself, and I’m feeling a knitting bender brewing. Save for going to see Coraline on Saturday, my plan is to knit my heart out all weekend long. Laundry and socializing and cooking be damned! I’ll need a serious amount of good television to keep me rooted...
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Last week I wrote about how the friendly and extremely helpful teller at our local bank branch helped me solve an ideological conflict I had with the bank. On Tuesday, too early to receive our new credit cards, I did get a card from the bank. A note card. From the teller. Saying she...
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huge granny square stool cover made with many many strands of yarn
Good tips on photographing knitwear.
Repurposing a Crib Mattress!
