Dana Didn't Knit This

Dana Didn't Knit Herself....

2007-06-04T19:34:00.001-04:00

a new apartment.

Maybe it's just because I'm moving, but I was thinking this afternoon that it's too bad that Dana can't knit herself a new apartment. Because then she could cook anything that she wanted in there.

[Really I'm going to hell for this post, right?]

dana didn't birth this

2007-05-31T08:51:00.001-04:00

The second of seven things not about Dana...

2. This is not Dana's baby.

Seven Things Not About Dana

2007-05-25T17:25:00.000-04:00

Dana's not been tagged for a meme. So.....

1. Did you all know Dana is NOT going to be on Dancing With the Stars, but that she yearns to? Maybe by next season, if the right dress comes along.

what if you had a book signing and no one came

2007-05-20T14:04:00.001-04:00

I wouldn't know, because Dana came to my book signing! Thanks, Dana.

Go to a good yarn for signed copies of my book,
Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter.

dana didn't ask wil wheaton to sign our table

2006-07-02T19:51:00.000-04:00

But Shireen did and Dana helped hold the table! Get all the details on the Knitsmiths' blog!

(Don't know who Wil Wheaton is? Oh yeah, you do! Check out his blog and his book.)

Sorry, Dana

2006-06-01T15:53:00.000-04:00

Gosh darn, it, Dana, why'd you have to go and finish those Jaywalkers? Clearly, now that you've actually finished a project, the rest of us are at a loss for new bloggable fodder. How about starting another pair?

Anyway, my apologies for the poem that's not about you, or about Jaywalkers. But, you see, it is about a Knitsmith, and the time was right . . .

Oh Dani girl, the sheep, the sheep are baa-ing
In Irish glens, and down the mountain side.
But summer's here, and knitters all are ahh-ing
At all the colorways you’ve ever dyed.
Please, come ye back to Boston, don’t you know
Our stash is getting dangerously low.
Whether Knitting Sunshine or in shadow
Oh Dani girl, oh Dani girl, we miss you so.

When you come home, your yarn you’ll be a dye-ing
Don’t take a break for soda or iced tea.
For don’t you know, the knitters will be lying
In wait for Sunshine Yarns back on Etsy.

Dana Didn't Eat This on Sunday

2006-05-24T20:59:00.000-04:00

But I did.
And it was yummy! Dana, keep not knitting something else, and bring us more treats.

It's the "Dana Didn't Knit This" Caption Contest!

2006-05-24T00:04:00.000-04:00

Write your best caption to this picture in the comments! (The winner gets something Dana didn't knit.)

Sonnet--To Dana's Beloved (and Finished!) Jaywalkers

2006-05-22T14:46:00.000-04:00

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more woolly--and thou I did create.
Rain, winds, and hail do ruin Boston’s May,
And leave us soggy, grumpy, and irate.
Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines,
But this year is his gold complexion dimmed;
And all our hopes of springtime joy decline,
Leaving tulips drooping, trees bare-limbed.
But thy warm purpleness shall never fade
Thy lovely zigzag stripe I will extol;
Although, I must admit, I am afraid
You may one day develop—gasp—a hole!
But, darn it, you will have my guarantee
This blog forever will give life to thee.

Dana has been busy!

2006-05-21T22:14:00.000-04:00

Dana has been spending a lot of time not knitting lately, which is how she didn't knit this:

Yes, this beautiful doily took Dana nearly a month of not knitting.

Dana Didn't Write a New Poem Today

2006-05-19T11:54:00.000-04:00

Nor did she knit this nasty hedgehog. But some fool did.
And they bought the ugliest fun fur ever made to do it with.

But maybe Dana should knit herself a hedgehog.
Landlords love them. Not a lot of wear and tear on the apartment.

Maybe when she's finished with that Jaywalker.....

it's the hard knit life....

2006-05-17T20:08:00.000-04:00

it's the hard-knit life for us!
it's the hard-knit life for us!

no one cares for you a smidge
when you're ne'er knit nor finished
it's the hard-knit life!

steada' knitted, we get ripped
steada' finished, we get quipped
it's the hard-knit life!

dana's toes we never see
dana's toes, what's that?
who's she?

no one cares for you a smidge
when you're ne'er knit nor finished
it's the hard-knit life!

Don't Cry for Me, Grumperina

2006-05-13T13:00:00.000-04:00

(Everybody sing!)

It won't be easy, you'll think it strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I’d still like more patterns after all that you've done.

You won't believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Who preferred to knit mostly with nines
Although sixes and sevens would do.

I had to let it happen, I had to change.
I had never learned how to turn heels
I just knitted scarves—I had done thirty-one!

So I knit Odessa.
That wasn’t so bad—I knit Tivoli, too
But Jaywalkers—they made me bawl--
Though I knitted them using Koigu!

Don't cry for me, Grumperina
The truth is I did not doubt you
Throughout my frogging days
I had persistence
Because of Knitsmiths
And their assistance.

Blogging out of control

2006-05-12T08:29:00.000-04:00

There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going!
There's no knowing where we're rowing,
Or which way the river's flowing!
Is it raining? Is it snowing?
Is a hurricane a-blowing?
Bah! Not a speck of light is showing,
So the danger must be growing,
Are the fires of hell a-blowing?
Is the grizzly reaper mowing?
Yes! The danger must be growing,
For the rowers keep on rowing,
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing...

extra, extra read all about it

2006-05-10T19:15:00.000-04:00

Dana Didn't Write This (and Neither did Poe)

2006-05-08T09:21:00.000-04:00

Once upon a midnight dreary, while Dana knitted weak and weary,
On this quaint and curious pattern she had started to abhor,
While she nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at her chamber door.
"'Tis just one more boy," she muttered, "tapping at my chamber door -
Only this, and nothing more.'"

Curious, Dana opened the shutter, and, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a lass whose blog was stocked with free patterns galore.
Not the least commotion made she; not a minute stopped or stayed she;
But this sometimes grumpy lady walked in through the chamber door -
Stepped upon the finished sock there blocking by the chamber door -
Perched, and sat, and said no more.

Then this knitter so delighted Dana’s fancy, so excited
By the balls and skeins and cones of lovely sock yarn that she bore.
“Oh you famous knitting maven, I have on this pattern slaven!”
Dana cried, “Please, I beg you, your wise counsel I implore,
Tell me, should I knit Jaywalkers, in abundance, score on score?”
Quoth the knitter, “Nevermore.”

Stopping By Knitsmiths on a Sunday Afternoon

2006-05-02T14:20:00.000-04:00

(with abject apologies to Robert Frost)

Whose sock this is I think I know.
Her chair, I see, is empty though;
She will not see me sitting here
To gauge her progress; it’s been slow.
My fellow Knitsmiths think it’s queer
To steal her spot when she’s not here
But from where I sit I can partake
Of Lisa’s wit and Thea’s cheer.
And look! This week someone’s brought cake!
It can’t be me—I do not bake.
The loudest sound I hear is Gail,
“Shush”ing us to no avail.
This Koigu’s lovely, dark, and sweet.
But, look, here’s Dana, back from Peet’s!
Back to my own chair I creep,
For I have promises to keep
And miles to knit before I sleep,
And miles to knit before I sleep.

dana didn't spit this...

2006-04-30T21:58:00.000-04:00

...she couldn't enter the watermelon spitting competition because she was too busy with log rolling...alas, victory did not elude this fierce competitor...that's our girl dana

Dana didn't monologue this

2006-04-26T20:34:00.000-04:00

To blog or not to blog, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of Dana's blog
Or to take arms against a sea of blogs
And by joining them, create one. To blog, to knit --
No more -- and by knit to say . . .

aw heck, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Check out the latest Knitsmith blog.

Evicted!

2006-04-24T09:43:00.000-04:00

There was a young lady named Dana
Who considered a move to Botswana
When her apartment lacked heat
And she was kicked out on the street,
But, "Leave the Knitsmiths?" she cried, "I don't wanna!"

dana didn't quit this

2006-04-23T10:37:00.000-04:00

...but i did...now what am i going to do? knit of course

This Can't Be the Knitsmiths

2006-04-18T21:01:00.000-04:00

because dana's not there knitting a jaywalker

dana didn't rip this out!

2006-04-17T10:39:00.000-04:00

Dana was spotted at Knitsmiths, knitting the heel of her "second" Koigu jaywalker! There was some minor ripping while turning the heel, but she left with sock leg in tact. Will she make it?

Knit me if you can...

2006-04-16T20:53:00.000-04:00

When dana knits me, at Knitsmiths there's cheers.
I don't really understand it, but it brings me to tears.
It thrills these girls silly, to toss me about.
And make me go flying, like a piece of smoked trout.
What have I done to deserve this cruel fate?
I've gone from just mad to completely irate!
I'm battered by doublepoints, just to make the crowd shout,
I am sick of this knitting group, it's not safe, I want out!

WHO AM I?

dana didn't sit for this...

2006-04-10T08:13:00.000-04:00

...she assures us she didn't but the resemblance is uncanny!!

dana didn't have any heat yesterday...

2006-04-10T07:30:00.000-04:00

but not to worry as her jaywalker sock kept her foot warm...not!

dana didn't split this....

2006-04-07T10:20:00.000-04:00

she ate the entire thing by herself and didn't share with her fellow knitsmiths

dana didn't buy this yarn at a certain newbury street yarn store

2006-04-06T12:11:00.000-04:00

dana didn't buy this yarn at a certain newbury street yarn store...she would have...she really wanted to...but the yarn store owner was too busy booking a "salon-type" appointment for her daugher and wouldn't get off the phone to greet me and answer questions. In the spirit of full disclosore, she graciously bid adieu upon exiting the store, but it was too late. Let this be a lesson to yarn store owners....at least "pretend" to want our business.

dana didn't post this...she wouldn't have known what to do with the yarn.

dana didn't pit this

2006-04-06T09:23:00.000-04:00

or did she??

Betraywalker

2006-04-04T10:03:00.000-04:00

Why does this pattern betray me so? What's all the fuss about these damn socks? Stumperina's pattern really has me in a bind and I think I should knit it because everyone else in the knitting world has. Should I do the larger size with the smaller needles or vice versa? I've knit it so many times my koigu yarn has been discontinued. Some people say it knits up small and others say it knits up large. Should it really take 5 minutes to take a sock off your foot? Should you be that scared to wash your socks? I'm just askin'.

By the way...Dana didn't write this...don't shoot the namesake!

dana didn't hit this

2006-04-02T20:39:00.000-04:00

dana didn't knit this, she ripped it out

2006-03-30T17:08:00.000-05:00

This was a jaywalker sock. There was some, let's call it "uncertainty," about the pattern and after a few inches, it was clear that it was not going to be leg-sized. So I ripped it out. I can't remember all the things I've tried to knit with this yarn. Then I ripped them all out.

I love this Koigu. I will never knit with another skein of yarn.

Ode to Dana

2006-03-28T08:36:00.000-05:00

There once was a lass from the Knitsmiths,
Who was determined to not be a Quit-smith,
She picked up her sock yarn,
And yelled "The 8th time's a charm!"
And the rest declared her a Nitwit-smith.

You get no commercials!

2006-03-13T16:35:00.000-05:00

Wait, I know, no update for WEEKS and I just come back here like nothing is wrong expecting you to be all like "sweetie, darling, we missed you so, where HAVE you been?"

But yeah, you should be, because I've got a HAT. Oh yeah, a hat. Made out of Ambers homespun.

Just what do you think of that?

Do you have the oompa loompa song stuck in your head now, because man, I do!

I'm so putting this on my knitblog!

2006-02-21T13:18:00.000-05:00

So this weekend after I had a few medicine cups of wine with the WONDERFUL Amber, who gave me yarn, see why she's wonderful?!

I knit some stuff. But you can't see it. Because I won't show it to you. Hah.

Instead you can look at something I didn't knit.

Those aren't even my feet!

HAHAHAHAH!

I think I need more wine.