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.

Yay, Wondermark.

You know just how to cheer me up… In which Wendy is prepared. (Knitters! Go! Read! You will identify with this!) Also, I have worked until the wee hours of the morning these past two days. I am going out … Continue reading

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Bear with me…

Dang it. I posted this, then WordPress deleted the post. Curse you! Anyway, there’s a blog by New Yorkers in Delhi, and you should go read it, and I was going to be more articulate about it but I don’t … Continue reading

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Today is a good day.

And here’s why: 1. My client presentation went swimmingly. Score! 2. I have finished the Circulatory socks, for a new personal record of a little over a month (this does not sound like an achievement, but it is). 3. I … Continue reading

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Jodhaa Akbar

[Linked from jadhavchetu‘s Flickr photostream] I know I said I’d talk about Dhoom 2 next, but Jodhaa Akbar so completely eclipses it in every way that I’ve got to move on. [Movie: Jodhaa Akbar, starring Hrithik Roshan and Aishwariya Rai … Continue reading

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New thing – Wednesday Weird

(Note: This new thing will probably last as long as the usual new thing, that is, approximately three weeks. Then I will move on to something else new.] I started this blog at the insistence of other knit bloggers, who … Continue reading

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I have done it!

I have finished a sock in less than four months! A pair of socks, even! It’s a new personal record! Photos to follow. [And also, I am learning Hindi, but first Devanagari, which is really really hard. Really!]

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Why I knit, Reason #16

I knit because it keeps me from getting too far into my other obsessions, which, while pretty darn cool, do not produce anything of substance aside from intense irritation on the part of my friends and family. It is hard … Continue reading

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Oh, hat.

I recently marked something in my Ravelry project page as an FO. I did this sort of incorrectly, as it is not really finished, but it’s been so long since I’ve been able to do this, that I did it … Continue reading

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Once again,

Thank you Internets, for showing me wondrous things:

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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

[From motaleb223’s flickr photostream] Alrighty, folks. I have taken knitting photos, and they will be posted in good time, but the reason for not posting is that I have been obsessed (think of that in all caps, like I’m shouting … Continue reading

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