Author Archives: HappyGoth

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.

Better later

But for now, TRON: There are days when I love being a geek.

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I know

Why I don’t save more money: I am impulsive. Like today, for example – on a whim, I went online and checked to see if there was a copy of Social Life in Medieval Rajasthan available, and lo and behold … Continue reading

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I’m a twit

In that I tweeted this, and now I’m posting it to my blog: I should remind myself in the future that if I watch these things, I will cry, and if I do so at work, I will embarrass myself … Continue reading

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Have I entered another dimension?

It sure seems like I have. You know sometimes how you go a place that you’ve been several times, and you’re used to it being a certain way, but when you go the next time it’s completely different and so … Continue reading

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*sigh* is solved

Alright. I have a plan. (1) Will be making printed fabric with robbingpeter. We shall be printing ducks. Lots and lots of ducks, maybe in gold. Not this weekend, but soon. (2) House cleaning, which is ever ongoing. I need … Continue reading

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*sigh*

Now that RUM is over, I don’t quite know what to do with myself (I imagine this is short-lived). I have done some more spinning, and am almost done with half of the 8 oz of vegetable-dyed roving. I’ve also … Continue reading

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RUM, and rum.

[NOTE: this is a very SCA-heavy post. VERY.] There was much of both to be had this past weekend, which is both an excuse for my blogging absence and not one at all. That is, I blog when I’m much … Continue reading

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Hand. Spun.

Take that, people. I have plied yarn, and I have documented its plying (or the aftermath, at least). But first, cats cannot be trusted with sealed bags of loose ends, apparently. This one had a cat-induced hernia: Leftover yarn, yes, … Continue reading

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Milk Toof

Aaaugh. This is so cute that I may have an aneurism: My Milk Toof

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The choli vexes me

First, though, I got a lot done this weekend. I finished one of the Rivendell socks (it’s a little short, but not wholly uncomfortable), plied my first singles (woohoo!) and then sewed up the ghagra and patka for my garb. … Continue reading

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