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.

Sad news.

Posted on January 22, 2008 by HappyGoth

For me, at least. First, some back story. We have a cat currently, who is adorable and The Best Cat Ever (except when he takes my socks that I’m knitting out of the bag and wraps the yarn around the … Continue reading →

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Incidentally

Posted on January 22, 2008 by HappyGoth

I just wanted to mention that lace-patterned socks are The Perfect Travel Project. Seriously! They are! And how! Here’s why: 1. They fit into your carry-on baggage, and you can fit more than one project easily without too much bulk. … Continue reading →

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RIP Vampira

Posted on January 14, 2008 by HappyGoth

Well, she wasn’t really a vampire. But she sure was cool. Details here and more about her here.

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Strike!

Posted on January 11, 2008 by HappyGoth

I was reading one of my favorite blogs today, Go Fug Yourself, and go to thinking. The article in question was about the fact that there are no Golden Globes this year due to the writers’ strike, and therefore no … Continue reading →

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Help, please!

Posted on January 10, 2008 by HappyGoth

If any of you can find one of these for sale: Please purchase it and then I will reimburse you. Or direct me to the site where they actually have them in stock. I’ve been looking since November and I … Continue reading →

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It’s not knitting

Posted on January 9, 2008 by HappyGoth

But I couldn’t not post it. Holy crap. Remember Crazy Eddie from UHF? No? Well, here’s a refresher: Crazy Eddie Seal Commercial And here’s a guy in Orlando who is his real-life counterpart: Family Auto Mart I can’t make this … Continue reading →

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Bok

Posted on January 7, 2008 by HappyGoth

My friend Wendi, who is awesome, knit this: Bok, indeed. Holy crap. And I have started the sweater that plagues me so, and so far it’s fine (with a whole lot of help from the Chicken Goddess, who is also … Continue reading →

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Neat!

Posted on January 3, 2008 by HappyGoth

A whole portion of a conference on guerrilla knitting (the portion is on knitting, not the whole conference):  Write-up from the conference website A nice write-up from BoingBoing  And that’s all I’ve got. There will be an emergency session later … Continue reading →

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Grrr. Arrgh.

Posted on January 2, 2008 by HappyGoth

And I still have no photos. The camera hates me. I finished turning the heel of my jaywalker sock ALL BY MYSELF (yay!), and then did some more rows of the regular knitting, and then attempted to start my Little … Continue reading →

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And I’m back.

Posted on December 30, 2007 by HappyGoth

Well, mostly. Sorry for the absence, folks; see, I mostly post at lunch and the past two weeks have been woefully lunch-less (I’ve been eating it, but while working on actual work stuff), and then I was in Arkansas where … Continue reading →

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