an ent knits

comfort spinning

As I said last week, I've been doing some comfort spinning to try to deal with some of the unpleasantness of life.  Here's the wool I dyed with onion skins, all spun up:

Some of it is wound into a ball because I didn't secure the skein very well before finishing.  I'd like to think I've learned my lesson...but we'll see.  It's not especially even, but I don't really care.  It was fun to spin, and it'll still be great for the project I have in mind.

And here's a fellow spinner whom I found in my kitchen the other day. 

On a semi-related note, I think a bunch of people I know will appreciate this felted insect pattern booklet.  I found it through Ravelry.  (Such a dangerous time-suck, but such fun!)

because I like furthering research

Mama Cate and BitchPhD linked to this guy who's trying to track the progress of memes through the blogosphere.  (See a better explanation here.)  He's planning to use it for a panel at the (apparently upcoming) MLA conference.  So let's see how well this works, shall we?  To participate, write a post explaining the study, link to his post, try to get other people to do the same, and ping technorati via the original post. 

fyi

To Kirsten and any of the rest of you who like pirates and argyle:

If you haven't seen it yet, go check out Julia's latest post.

knitters in comics

I'm still unpacking, and this week's knitting has been for a secret project, but I found this link for you:

today's Six Chix

I can't see myself in quite that situation for a while, though.

not for me, but...

There are now such things as light-up knitting needles. (My reasons for not wanting them? First, they're straights. Second, they're way too bulky for their suggested purpose of theater-knitting. I'll stick to socks, or a scarf on a short circ, for the occasions when I knit in a theater.)

crocheted hyperbolic planes

Go look at these crocheted models of hyperbolic planes, designed for a geometry class.