I’m About to Start My Ph.D. and I’m Pretty Sure I Don’t Know What I’m Doing
Suddenly everything is changing. I’m not exaggerating there. My life is about to flip-turn and shoot off the wall in a brand new direction. After five years staying with my parents, I finally just moved in with a roommate. In early September I’ll begin working on a Ph.D., suddenly thrust from unemployment (I was laid off in March) to full-time …
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Kohlrabi: WTF Do I Do With This?
I’m in a CSA, and that means I have no control over what vegetables come to my house every week. For some reason, perhaps climate and soil conditions, the farm likes to send us the weird little alien plant known as kohlrabi.
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Knit Like a Boss: The End
My heart is a little heavy as I write this, but I have decided it’s time to end my Knit Like a Boss series. I feel like it’s the right decision, that the column has reached a conclusion, and that it’s time for me to focus on some of the other things in my life.
Read MoreKnit Like a Boss: Riot Gear
A few weeks ago I wrote a piece about the Russian feminist punks Pussy Riot, who have been arrested on charges of “hooliganism” for their “punk prayer” protest in Moscow. With their trial date approaching, more and more protests and benefits are being planned around the world (like this one).
Read MoreKnit Like a Boss: Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
It’s Memorial Day weekend here in the States, and I’m sure a lot of us are heading out of town. As you’re reading this, I’m high-tailing it across the country to Las Vegas for the Punk Rock Bowling festival, so travel has been on my mind a lot this week.
Read MoreKnit Like a Boss: Showing Off
I’m sure by now you’ve all knit up some truly fabulous items that you want to share with the world. The only problem is that it can be tricky to make these handmade goodies look nice in photos. That’s where I come in.
Read MoreKnit Like a Boss: Knitting for Good
Last week, we talked about being completely selfish and not knitting for anyone. This week, let’s take a different approach and talk about charity.
Read MoreKnit Like a Boss: No, I Can’t Make You a Sweater by Tomorrow
It’s inevitable: as soon as word gets out amongst your friends and family, people are going to start asking you to knit things for them.
Read MoreKnit Like A Boss: Therapy on Two Needles
This week’s column isn’t so much about instruction as reflection. After all these weeks of how-to, I think it’s time to talk about why.
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Pussy Riot: A Timeline
Just last week, three alleged members of the Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot were denied bail when a judge extended their incarceration until June.
Read MoreKnit Like a Boss: Short Rows
Ah, short rows. They can take a little getting used to, but if you have a decent-sized pair of knockers and ever want to make a sweater that fits, you must make your relationship work.
Read MoreKnit Like a Boss: Dirty Things for Naughty Knitters
[Note: The images in this post will be NSFW.] Knitters aren’t all nerds and baby gifts, sometimes we want to get a little raunchy. So here are a few things to make that are sexy, saucy or just plain dirty. Behold.
Read MoreKnit Like a Boss: Crafts for Whovians
Fortunately, crafty Whovians are a creative bunch, because there are lots of patterns out there for Doctor Who-inspired projects.
Read MoreKnit Like a Boss: You’re in Good Company
Sometimes you have to deal with annoying comments about having a dozen cats or being a grandma when people learn that you knit. Not that there’s anything wrong with either of those things, but the teasing can get old really, really fast. So if you’d like a list of famous people (of varying ages! And even some dudes!) who also …
Read MoreKnit Like a Boss: A Dose of Fiber
Way back when we were learning the basics of knitting, I briefly mentioned fiber content. Now we’re going to get more into it, because it’s kind of important.
Read MoreKnit Like a Boss: Basic Cables
Last week, we took a break from learning new techniques to talk about fun gifts to make for the babies in your life. Well, the rest is over. It’s back to the grinde stone. This week I’m going to teach you about cables.
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