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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.

Light day.

I don’t have much to offer today, except for some wonderful, awful, beautiful machine-knitted sweaters: German design company produces 3-D sweater. Yep. On the way back to work from running errands, I was delighted to be behind a fellow who … Continue reading

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Awwww yeah.

Science is so awesome. I heart it. This is also incredibly creepy, in an inanimate blob sort of way.

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New craft!

Rather, an old one, revisited, which is more an art than a craft, being paintings on canvas. At any rate, my long-missing painting muse (I have not seen it since September of 2004) has returned, and I have a couple … Continue reading

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And that extra-terrestrial navel-gazing?

Well, it’s fueled by stuff like this: The Migration of Anatomically Modern Humans See? 195,000 years. Which gets us as far as maybe, oh, somewhere on the other side of the galaxy from where we are, since the center of … Continue reading

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Hello, Monday

Oh, you are such a Monday. But I have a working laptop, so that’s good. The new hard drive is in, and I only appear to have lost all my fonts (this is a bigger deal than it sounds) and … Continue reading

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Not much.

Which is what I got done last night. So. I came home Wednesday and the husband said, “Your computer won’t turn on.” Well, crap. I tried it and lo and behold, he was right (not that I doubted him at … Continue reading

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Navel-Gazing, Part 2.

2. I have a general problem with the way most people treat celebrities. This is not to say that I don’t clam up and turn into a blithering idiot in the presence of a famous-type person (hello – hiding behing … Continue reading

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Navel-Gazing, part 1.

So here’s my latest round of navel-gazing, which is deeper than usual (for reasons undiscovered by me): 1. I have been thinking a lot lately about life on other planets. That is, whether or not it’s useful to us to … Continue reading

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More fiber? No, thanks.

I have accomplished much by spinning, plying, and washing my first handspun. It is lovely. However, this bit of accomplishment is dwarfed by the sheer amount of roving I have left over (which compared to some is not a lot, … Continue reading

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Real fiber news!

So. I did much fiber stuff this weekend, although I had planned to do more. Yesterday was blissfully unproductive. I sort of sat around all day in my pajamas, and got nothing real accomplished. But Saturday? Saturday was quite productive. … Continue reading

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