As you know,
this year I did the Armchair Travelling Club with Miss Babs, which I
loved. Last year I did the Cookie A Sock Club, which was also a
wonderful, fun experience. Now we are coming up to the time of year
when club memberships open, for both
these and a host of other clubs. I've decided not to join any yarn clubs
for 2013. I'm intent on knitting the stash down, on ending 2014 with a
half empty box. I was a little bit sad about not being part of the fun that is yarn clubs, knitting along with others, but then I realised I
have joined not one, but two Romi Hill pattern
subscriptions, so I'll still get that fun, particularly because Romi Hill's Ravelry group is incredibly active and enthusiastic.
Stephen West released the first MKAL clue on Thursday night. I started knitting it without looking at spoilers. When I got up on Friday he had sent through an "alternative" clue one. I then went and had a look at the spoiler thread to try to work out what was going on. Which was that some people thought the pattern looked like a "German hate symbol". I knit on anyway, since I was half-way through. Then he took down the original clue, replacing it with a mitred square in garter stitch. The Ravelry forums and Instagram are a complete shit-show, even though Rav is being moderated. It's been a bit disheartening, having something that is usually quite light and fun weighed down with all this. I admire Stephen's quick and sensitive response to this drama. I also feel that anything can look like anything if you squint. To me this looks like a Celtic knot. I think mine is pretty, and I'll knit on through all crises.
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