Mossy Cottage Knits

well, if you don't get 'extra points' the referrals alone should be most interesting- i am trying to think of what one might be seeking to type the words 'urinal cakes' into a search but i am sure someone will! and it should be entertaining to see the reaction when a discussion of socks appears before that person-

the sock is really a beauty and i hate to think of it even approaching a frogpond- i think you are going to have to do a mass emailing when you have the finished pattern ready for use- add me to the list of 'me too, me too' please-

and such lovely products from talented tmk- i was born so utterly without the 'hammer/nail/saw/gluegun gene' that i am in awe of anyone who can create such professional-looking (or maybe even better) items- on that note, it seems that frequently the talented amateur often produces things that leave the professionals far behind-

umm, go astros!! there, i wrote it so we'll see if i am still thinking good thoughts about them come autumn!

Not to fret, Barb. If anything, the sock will ONLY be tinked to the top of the heel so I can make the one-row adjustment I figured out I need to do to continue the lace motif down the heel.

I think I'll just post the pattern to the blog so anyone who wants it can get a pattern. I'll let you know as soon as it's up!

Those Japanese knitting food items were TOOOO much. Thanks for sharing!

I think the socks are superb without the lace down the foot: (a) when one has shoes on, it won't be visible anyway; and (b) it might actually be uncomfortable to have lace along the foot with shoes on. So, I'd opt for plain knitting down the foot. (I'm also basing this on the kilt hose I knit once--there the pattern (lace) went down the leg, but the foot was just plain sockinette.)

AND, in honor of baseball season, I propose that those of us in Seattle who are Mossy Cottage fans get together and attend a Mariner's game--and introduce TMK (and others who haven't been) to the wonders of real live baseball in the sun!!! or at night under the stars!! I am in shock and disbelief that a true baseball fan such as TMK hasn't yet ventured to Safeco. Not even once?

I agree television watching is much more informative, but David and I take our portable radio with the earplugs to Safeco and often listen that way. Besides, as one reader pointed out: the AMBIANCE at a live game is not to be missed. We go in person as much as our budget allows.

And on the fair isle (or feral) note: I've started my vest, and have had to take it out only once (so far). (sigh) Picking colors was HARD, and I'm not sure my tension is the best, but I'm perservering anyway. I will have many questions for Janine and others at the next feral meeting. Jump in the feral pool, Ryan--none of us has drowned yet--or even taken in too much water, as far as I can tell!

Mary

Well, Ryan, yer beggin' the question. How is it exactly that you are so familiar with rose-scented urinal cakes that the flowers in your yard triggered that particular recollection?

OTOH, if I was of an age to be forming a band, The Urinal Cake Socks would be a top-three contender for a name.

Extra points? Abso freakin lootly. I'm oh so sorry I didn't link directly to you in today's post about ManLand (giving credit where credit is DUE is important in blog land after all...) but I am still having ISSUES with browsers recognizing TYpepad. HELLO? I'm supposed to go back to Explorer? Oh I think NOT.
Whilst in Manland, imagine my complete and total surprize, nay, make that SHOCK...at the check out register what do i spy? The Premier Issue of WOman Woodworking. Or some such title. Whoa. In the handbasket it went. To be perused (and fairly reviewed) later. Have you seen it TMK?
The new compost bins are stunning. Please be sure the nailgun is out of arm's reach if you MUST tease TMK, ryan.Goodness. I can only IMAGINE the title of THAT blog entry. ewwwwwwwwww. GO Giants. I miss the STICK. (For those of you NOT from the area by the BAY, that is what we diehards used to call CAndlestick park where we would freeze our keesters off for the privelege of old fashioned baseball ambiance.) STICKball. yeah, baby. Hey batter, batter......

Tom, in re rose-scented urinal cakes: I know you are as familiar with the underbelly of overseas living as I, my sister, and your sisters are--so where I learned about rose-scented urinal cakes should be no mystery to you...

Mary, with regard to tinking the sock, I'm getting from both you and TMK the e-equivalent of "Step AWAY From The Sock!" And, since I don't REALLY want to tink it, your point about the foot part being hidden in a shoe anyway is really "speaking" to me. I THINK I can be convinced to leave it as is, but I'm not 100% of the way there yet.

AND,with regard to going to a Real Live Baseball Game, we've actually been to a few, just not at the Safe (which reminds me--you'll have to ask TMK sometime about my "seventh inning stretch" theory). But I definitely think someone has to grab TMK firmly by the back of her shirt and trot her off to one soon. This is getting ridiculous...

Greta, thanks for the info re the women in woodworking magazine. My first reaction is that there really should be very little difference between what men need to know and what women need to know about woodworking, so why a separate magazine? Which then leads to me to think the publishers have just what I call "pinked up" the woodworking info. "Pink up" comes from the habit some manufacturers have of making everything related to women pink, like a car emergency kit I saw recently where the container and everything in it was pink. You've just had a frickin' emergency by the side of the road. Who CARES if your tools are PINK? "Pinking up" can also come across in the way some information is simplifed or "dumbed down" for women, which I fear is the case with the magazine... My ranting aside, my curiosity has been piqued. Do let us know how the magazine is, would ya'?

You know, one of the things that enticed me to begin knitting in the first place was that I went to a Mets-Mariners game at Shea Stadium with a Seattleite friend of mine, and the woman sitting in front of us was knitting during the game. So I think you Mossy Cottage Seattle denizens should get a little knit-a-long at the Stadium going. If I were in Seattle, I'd come. Heck, I may even get out there, in which case I'll declare one myself.

Well, heck, Jon, fly on over. We'll bring Rachael up from California, Greta over from Montana, everyone else from everywhere else, all the Feral Knitters and other Dear Readers from Seattle and environs, and have a baseball partay!! Woo-hoo! (Oh, wait. I don't LIKE baseball.)

Greta,

One of the things that re-piqued my interest in woodworking (besides getting a router for Christmas) was a site Ryan had sent me http://www.womeninwoodworking.com/ where I discovered that Rockler is actually run by a woman. Since there is a Rockler store here in Seattle, I started going in and it turned out the guys are nice. They treat me like the guy customers, and they actually have women you work there, too! I suspect the magazine you discovered is probably published by Rockler. My favorite woodworking magazine is Woodsmith. Some of it is over my head, but there are a lot of pictures and no ads.

Oh god! The crocheted Japanese food is too much. It certainly rivals this: http://www.patspatterns.co.uk/ which was mentioned on a blog (sorry can't remember which one) I stumbled on.

Thanks for sharing.