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.

Spread the word.

Normally, I’m posting relatively uplifting, personally informative posts about knitting/design, and I stay away from political activism, or just activism in general. However, I feel that as a blogger connected to a network of other bloggers, it’s my duty to … Continue reading

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100th Post!

See? I made it! 200, here I come. Ha. (I told Dawn this, and she said that she’d hit 100 months ago, and it took the wind out of my sails a little, but I’m still excited) In the 99th … Continue reading

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Wait – what?

In the continued theme of weird things people use to search my blog, I have a new one (though “tiny monkeys” reigns supreme): buy jun takashi brain bag What? What does that even mean? Later on, I’ll google it to … Continue reading

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Lovely Thursday

Or whatever acronym I decided on. I forget. First off, I love the searches people do that lead them to my blog. The most popular is “lenny kilmister” (okay, people – his name is “lemmy” and not “lenny”, and we’ll … Continue reading

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I has

A Ravelry friend in Germany! Wow! She goes by Inkwool, and we’ve knit the same shawl, which is neat. Also also, I did my first creepy “I’m friending you randomly” friending, and I claimed that we were secret twins, and … Continue reading

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So…

Everything I’m working on currently has official “secret” status, or at least all of the time-sensitive things do, so it’s pretty much everything. So I won’t talk about it. Last night I took work home with me for the first … Continue reading

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I can has Advil?

The migraine from yesterday has returned today, with a vengeance. I have a feeling it’s making up for being thwarted yesterday by me and my previous Advil. It’s that kind that’s called an “ice pick” migraine, which I think is … Continue reading

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Monumental!

Stupendous! And stuff! I just bought a flickr pro account, because suddenly I don’t have enough space for all my stuff. And then I get 10 free Moo cards, which I’ve ordered, and that made me realize that I need … Continue reading

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Some things I really Like

STIRL. It’s a good new acronym for KTILT (especially since I’m plagiarizing from Gala Darling’s blog if I use the latter, and I feel bad about that). 1. Tiny little monkeys. I don’t know why, but I do. Like this … Continue reading

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This is one of those days

I know everyone in bloglandia has one of those. You know, the kind where you don’t really have anything of substance to talk about, but at the same time, you know that the more consistently you post, the more consistently … Continue reading

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