Hello! Thanks for watching the knit.theory podcast for December 29th, 2013.
Today's episode includes Typewriter, Enabling, Plagiarism, Literary Theory, and Story Time. Please feel free to watch it here or on YouTube, iTunes, or LibSyn.
Typewriter:
I began an elfin hat using Dream in Color's Calm yarn in the Fortune (not Tempest) colorway.
I am also working on the Tyrian Loop cowl using Madelinetosh Pashmina in the Truly, Madly, Deeply colorway.
Enabling:
Berroco Vintage Chunky in a pumpkin spice-like colorway.
Cascade Heritage in an orangey goldenrod colorway.
Trekking Hand Art in the Costa Rica colorway.
Knitter's Pride Dreamz needles (US10.5/6.5mm) and Karbonz needles (US3)
Dream in Color Calm in the Bitter colorway.
Cascade Yarn Fixation in blue, teal, melon, white, and red.
Mary Triplett's Whale Beanie and Sock pattern and her Metallic Magnetism Beanie pattern.
Plagiarism:
The Knitting Samurai Plus 1's Yearly Knitting Goals
http://knittingsamuraiplus1.blogspot.com/
Literary Theory:
Today I am joined by Lincoln Cannon and Chris Bradford, two of the fourteen cofounders of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. They define transhumanism, discuss our place in this ideology, and describe transhumanism's aims (using technology ethically to enhance human life). Thanks, Chris and Lincoln, for the great interview.
http://transfigurism.org/
http://www.kurzweilai.net/
Story Time:
I finish reading Chapter 3 of Jerome K. Jerome's _Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)_.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
Episode 9: Finding Herself
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Graded:
Candie Cottontail-- bunny girl in a dotty dress-- A+
Typewriter: Vanilla socks with a Fish Lips Kiss Heel in the gorgeous Ladybug Fibers Magic Carpet colorway. This is my favorite sock yarn/colorway to date.
Tyrian Loop cowl has been frogged. My i-cord cast-on was much, much too tight. It needs to be about twice as big.
Yarn Maintenance:
Looking for moths has lead me to spend many an hour cleaning out closets & the stash. Yuck. I'd much rather be knitting.
I sewed a ribbon onto the inside of the button band on a little Baby Surprise Jacket.
I lengthened my Dorflinger Tee.
I blocked my Insulate! hat and it fits much better now, thank you very much.
Giveaway:
I temporarily lost my "Ferner" hat--the Heather Hat from Cascadia. (I found it later on in the evening. Hooray!) Please visit my Ravelry page to enter the ongoing giveaway for a copy of the easy-to-navigate collection of fabulous, beautiful, charming, well-written patterns that make up the Cascadia ebook.
Also visit the knit.theory Ravelry page to join in on the Fantabulous Festive KAL. Knit a gift of love. Comment on the thread. Enter to win a downloadable pattern up to $7 value.
Enabling:
Ashford Student Drop Spindle
True Creations Standard Drop Spindle Paduak
Hand-turned high whorl cherry lap spindle Designed by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts created by Jorn Piel
Dream In Color Everlasting DK, Shy colorway
Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo, Vaa colorway
Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo, Lotus colorway
Noro Silk Garden Sock, S356 colorway
Madeline Tosh Sock, Chocolate Amargo colorway
Misti Alpaca Hand Paint Sock Yarn Fingering, Monte Carlo colorway
Blue Heron Yarns Rayon Metallic, Chesapeake colorway
Literary Theory:
Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Elizabeth Zimmermann's A Knitter's Almanac
Sue Hubbell's A Country Year: Living the Questions
Story Time:
Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog
Graded:
Candie Cottontail-- bunny girl in a dotty dress-- A+
Typewriter: Vanilla socks with a Fish Lips Kiss Heel in the gorgeous Ladybug Fibers Magic Carpet colorway. This is my favorite sock yarn/colorway to date.
Tyrian Loop cowl has been frogged. My i-cord cast-on was much, much too tight. It needs to be about twice as big.
Yarn Maintenance:
Looking for moths has lead me to spend many an hour cleaning out closets & the stash. Yuck. I'd much rather be knitting.
I sewed a ribbon onto the inside of the button band on a little Baby Surprise Jacket.
I lengthened my Dorflinger Tee.
I blocked my Insulate! hat and it fits much better now, thank you very much.
Giveaway:
I temporarily lost my "Ferner" hat--the Heather Hat from Cascadia. (I found it later on in the evening. Hooray!) Please visit my Ravelry page to enter the ongoing giveaway for a copy of the easy-to-navigate collection of fabulous, beautiful, charming, well-written patterns that make up the Cascadia ebook.
Also visit the knit.theory Ravelry page to join in on the Fantabulous Festive KAL. Knit a gift of love. Comment on the thread. Enter to win a downloadable pattern up to $7 value.
Enabling:
Ashford Student Drop Spindle
True Creations Standard Drop Spindle Paduak
Hand-turned high whorl cherry lap spindle Designed by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts created by Jorn Piel
Dream In Color Everlasting DK, Shy colorway
Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo, Vaa colorway
Malabrigo Yarn Arroyo, Lotus colorway
Noro Silk Garden Sock, S356 colorway
Madeline Tosh Sock, Chocolate Amargo colorway
Misti Alpaca Hand Paint Sock Yarn Fingering, Monte Carlo colorway
Blue Heron Yarns Rayon Metallic, Chesapeake colorway
Literary Theory:
Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
Elizabeth Zimmermann's A Knitter's Almanac
Sue Hubbell's A Country Year: Living the Questions
Story Time:
Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Episode 6: Clueless Detectives Make Me Nervous
Does Sherlock Holmes' darkly disturbed brilliance depend on
vertigo-inducing bouts of drug abuse? Should orangutan criminals, wild
and untamable, be punished or set free? Does wit triumph over violence?
Is all the world upset when a private eye is as victimized, unreliable,
and guilty as the man he pursues?
In today's episode, the discussion of subversion at work in detective fiction continue. I have my first Jeeves or Wooster moment! I'd love it if you joined me for a holiday KAL hosted on the knit.theory Ravelry group. Enter your finished holiday gifts for a chance to win a downloadable pattern of your choice. (Details are on the Ravelry board here.) I'm knitting, among other things, a precious little bunny. I call her Candie Cottontail, and she is a delight to knit. She may even turn out cute, too. ;)
You may watch Episode 6 on this blog, on YouTube here, on iTunes, and at http://knittheory.libsyn.com/webpage. You may join the knit.theory podcast group on Ravelry, too.
Episode Links:
My Candie Cottontail, based on the bunny girl in a dotty dress pattern, is knit primarily from Cascade Eco Duo (70% alpaca, 30% merino) in the Vanilla colorway. I am using contrasting bits of fuschia and rose Fiber Charmer DK, light blue Plymouth Happy Feet DK, and String Theory DK in the Atlantis colorway.
Fantabulous Festive 2013 KAL Join the knit.theory Ravelry group to participate and have a chance to win a downloadable Ravelry pattern.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe
Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy
I show off oodles of Madelinetosh skeins. It seems to be the only thing I'm working with lately! My soon-to-be frogged Holden Shawl, the Tyrian Loop cowl, and the Rose Lace Stole each attest to this.
In today's episode, the discussion of subversion at work in detective fiction continue. I have my first Jeeves or Wooster moment! I'd love it if you joined me for a holiday KAL hosted on the knit.theory Ravelry group. Enter your finished holiday gifts for a chance to win a downloadable pattern of your choice. (Details are on the Ravelry board here.) I'm knitting, among other things, a precious little bunny. I call her Candie Cottontail, and she is a delight to knit. She may even turn out cute, too. ;)
You may watch Episode 6 on this blog, on YouTube here, on iTunes, and at http://knittheory.libsyn.com/webpage. You may join the knit.theory podcast group on Ravelry, too.
Episode Links:
My Candie Cottontail, based on the bunny girl in a dotty dress pattern, is knit primarily from Cascade Eco Duo (70% alpaca, 30% merino) in the Vanilla colorway. I am using contrasting bits of fuschia and rose Fiber Charmer DK, light blue Plymouth Happy Feet DK, and String Theory DK in the Atlantis colorway.
Fantabulous Festive 2013 KAL Join the knit.theory Ravelry group to participate and have a chance to win a downloadable Ravelry pattern.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe
Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy
I show off oodles of Madelinetosh skeins. It seems to be the only thing I'm working with lately! My soon-to-be frogged Holden Shawl, the Tyrian Loop cowl, and the Rose Lace Stole each attest to this.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Episode 5 Knitting Matters
Are you a zany knitter? After knitting over lunch, in conferences, while watching television, and in bed, are you convinced that knitting matters to the universe and to the workings of our world?
Join me today for an overview of how knitting can be at turns subversive and at turns the orthodox instrument of the Ideological and the Repressive State Apparatuses. Talk about how subversion and containment work in detective fiction and what detective fiction's main agenda is. Then question what knitting literature's significant messages might be. Brainstorm ideas for how knitting culture, knitting literature, and the act of knitting might be subversive to or used by the ruling-classes.
Finally, since none of us can get enough of knitting, I also show off my current knitting projects and knitting related acquisitions (soap!). Stay tuned near the end to find out if you won my podcast kick-off giveaway and for a little story telling.
Episode Notes:
Oops. I mentioned that sinister shares a root with the French word for left-handed. Actually, I was thinking of the Latin word for left-handed. The French word for left-handed is gauche, which in English connotes clumsiness or social awkwardness.
Jinki 'n Tae Handmade Soaps, etc.
Louis Althusser's Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses
Stephen Greenblatt's "Invisible Bullets" (published in 1988?)
Three Men in a Boat via Project Gutenberg and Librivox
New Simple Pleasures Hat: my project is here
Holden Shawlette: my project is here
Elfin Hat
Pinch Hat: my project is here
Jin Que needles (from China) on eBay
Super Summer Knitogether(SSK) 2014
Episode 5 is live on iTunes, Libsyn, and, in high-def, on YouTube. Also check out the knit.theory Ravelry group.
Join me today for an overview of how knitting can be at turns subversive and at turns the orthodox instrument of the Ideological and the Repressive State Apparatuses. Talk about how subversion and containment work in detective fiction and what detective fiction's main agenda is. Then question what knitting literature's significant messages might be. Brainstorm ideas for how knitting culture, knitting literature, and the act of knitting might be subversive to or used by the ruling-classes.
Finally, since none of us can get enough of knitting, I also show off my current knitting projects and knitting related acquisitions (soap!). Stay tuned near the end to find out if you won my podcast kick-off giveaway and for a little story telling.
Episode Notes:
Oops. I mentioned that sinister shares a root with the French word for left-handed. Actually, I was thinking of the Latin word for left-handed. The French word for left-handed is gauche, which in English connotes clumsiness or social awkwardness.
Jinki 'n Tae Handmade Soaps, etc.
Louis Althusser's Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses
Stephen Greenblatt's "Invisible Bullets" (published in 1988?)
Three Men in a Boat via Project Gutenberg and Librivox
New Simple Pleasures Hat: my project is here
Holden Shawlette: my project is here
Elfin Hat
Pinch Hat: my project is here
Jin Que needles (from China) on eBay
Super Summer Knitogether(SSK) 2014
Episode 5 is live on iTunes, Libsyn, and, in high-def, on YouTube. Also check out the knit.theory Ravelry group.
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