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.

Why I knit, #9

#9? Is that right? I hope so. I knit because I gave up smoking and I needed another addiction. No, really. Let me ‘splain: Smoking is an addiction. Knitting is an addiction. I can only go so long without it … Continue reading

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I have knitting!

Like, new stuff. See? I gave up on using the Marrakesh to make the Rivendell socks. Instead, I’m using Lotus Yarns Aura (it’s the one with the sparkly bits) in the Walking With the Ghost colorway. It’s perfect (thanks to … Continue reading

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Oh, Method

How I love thee. Most specifically, your shower scrub, which is not only friendly to the environment but also my hands, and smells pleasantly of eucalyptus (not the ammonia that other scrubs smell like). Take that, Scrubbing Bubbles. You are … Continue reading

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I’m a bad blogger.

But! I’ve been busy! With stuff! And things! My husband and I recently moved (which makes this at least once a year since I was 18) into an awesome new house and I’ve been unpacking (like you do). Though the … Continue reading

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Yarr.

It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, me hearties. Do lots o’ natterin’, in sea-dog speak (ye swarthy sea dogs).

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Why I Knit, #8

Because with knitting, you can be a grandmother and be a knitter. You can be pierced and be a knitter. You can be a man, or in middle school, or German, or Pagan, or Catholic, or a chicken farmer, or … Continue reading

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I like smart people.

Normally, I don’t touch on politics because it opens big cans of very slimy worms, but this needs to be shared all over the internet: John McCain is an elitist. (Thanks to Rafe for showing me this in the first … Continue reading

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It’s about knitting! For real!

I am constantly trolling the interwebs via a few blogs I read (okay, more than a few, but who’s counting). And very often, it brings me things like this: RSS knitting No, really. It’s RSS news feed info in a … Continue reading

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DragonCon, Day, Erm… 3?

Or as much of it as I remember. So. Got up at OHGODTHIRTY (not too early, by normal people standards, but I had gin the night before) and met husband and brother-in-law for the parade. I kick myself beforehand every … Continue reading

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DragonCon, Day 2

[Hotel room view] And then the stuff started, and it was crazy, and continued throughout the entire weekend. However, let’s see if I remember it, first. Okie. We slept in again, and the husband finished his sweet Sandman costume, and … Continue reading

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