Knitting humor

So this blog pretty much sums up much of what is wrong in ugly craft pattern books out there. (Pardon the language in said linked blog.) Thankfully there are more and more "cool" knitting books coming out, including some that ACTUALLY are fashionable and not just someone's old-fashioned idea of what is "cool." Like, ones that speak to current trends of frugality, vintage, recycling, etc.

Ah, the knitting culture. I am relatively new to this one, but it's fun to be a small part of it in my own private way.

I have a "knitting mystery" book that I read once. It involves alpacas and an alpaca farm and an alpaca farm farmer who is murdered. And the detective loves to knit (hence her connection with the wool-harvesting alpaca farm farmer) and had a knitting group with her friends, that meets in the knitting / weaving store / studio that happens to be right next to her house - actually, a place which reminds me of that fabulous Pennsylvanian entity, the Mannings. Many of her friends work on patterns that sound not quite my style, to put it mildly. And there's a pattern at the end of the book.

Am I a pattern snob? Probably. Should I have an inflated opinion of my own fashion sense? No, I shouldn't. And heck, I fully admit that I have never designed anything as complicated as a garment. But still I find many designs in the craft world pretty frumpy and unexciting. Which is why fresh developments in the art / design / eco / lifestyle worlds excite me. Particularly ones that inspire creativity without needing to dictate every last detail. Yay.