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About HappyGoth

By day, I'm a graphic designer. By night, I'm a knitter. I'm doing my part to keep Hotlanta stylish. I imagine that if you don't already understand the title of the blog, you're probably confused and perhaps slightly annoyed, but never fear - I do have a reason (and it's a good one). Having gone to hear Stephanie Pearl McPhee, and then having been inspired to blog about knitting, I found myself wondering what to call the blog. I recalled a conversation I had with Mouse and the Chicken Goddess about why it is a Bad Idea to anger knitters - this conversation was following SPM, aka the Yarn Harlot telling the assembled throng about Those Who Do Not Understand Knitting and Therefore Belittle It Much to the Chagrin of Others, or TWDNUKTBMCO, which is not the acronym she used but is the one I'm using because I forgot hers - that is, we are numerous and we all have very pointy sticks, easily transforming into an angry mob. Therefore, knitters = angry mob.

Bad at estimating

Posted on May 29, 2012

I am terrible at estimating the time it takes to do things. Last time I bound a complex book, it took me a full day to do the tooling. And then another to do the gilding. So when I set … Continue reading →

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Dye all the things!

Posted on May 24, 2012

Last weekend was a total blur. Actually, the whole week was kind of like that. A big project popped up at work, and a friend decided that it was high time to tie the knot, and then there was the … Continue reading →

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Oh, hi.

Posted on May 9, 2012

Do you know what this is? Yeah, that’s a sock. That I knit. In two weeks. Let’s back up a hair. This is the first sock I’ve knit in almost a  year. I got a little slap-happy with the sock … Continue reading →

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Easter-y

Posted on April 13, 2012

There’s a tradition forming between the ChickenGoddess and myself, in which we spend Easter with each other and our husbands, doing something or other and overeating delicious food (isn’t that what you do on holidays anyway?). Generally the “something or … Continue reading →

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Dye all the things!

Posted on March 26, 2012

(All the thanks ever to THL Jerusha for taking the photos in this post; I am most often taking the photos, and therefore I don’t appear in many, so I am immensely grateful to friends who are shutterbugs.) I now … Continue reading →

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Back from Gulf Wars

Posted on March 20, 2012

The past two weeks have been all Gulf Wars, all the time. Between prep and travel and going there, I’ve been doing not much else. So now that I’m back I can take a breather and slow down a bit. … Continue reading →

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Wow.

Posted on January 30, 2012

Today has ended wonderfully in two ways: 1. I am composing this while sitting on a plane en route to LA, watching FX on the little screen in the seat, reading Tweets as they post. I indulged a little and … Continue reading →

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Not-so-productive weekend

Posted on January 23, 2012

This weekend I accomplished the following: Wrote an extremely long, confusing rundown/how-to on shopping for SCA purposes in Indian shops Saw Underworld: Awakening with Jennie and T. It was worth the matinee price, but I’m glad I didn’t see it … Continue reading →

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Proof that it happened.

Posted on January 20, 2012

Jennie has been chronicling the epic birthday party over on her comic. Should you miss the updates, links to the strips that have posted so far are here, here and here. And here’s the pinata, direct from YouTube: That one … Continue reading →

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Turning 30, and other events

Posted on November 18, 2011

Honestly, I didn’t expect it to go that smoothly. Okay, so I did sort of expect that, but I also expected to be depressed and totally, violently against becoming an official adult. I don’t remember where I thought I’d be … Continue reading →

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