Giveaway Winner!
In the last podcast, I announced a giveaway from Patricia’s Yarns in Hoboken, NJ. Today I chose the winner! A big thank you for everyone who joined the ravelry group, followed me on Twitter, and espcially to Jacob Haller, jchant, and lasknit2 who all left iTunes reviews. More love to all on the next podcast! The winner of a copy of Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater, enough yarn to knit the cowl pattern in the book, as well as a tote bag is… Beth W. (yhime407 on ravelry). Stay tuned for the next podcast which features a generous giveaway from a musician and knitter who’s supplied a significant amount of music to the podcast. I plan to record over the next week assuming that cookbook that’s almost complete doesn’t take over my life...
Knitting: Complete
Giveaway: Before I talk about my own knitting, just a reminder that the giveaway of a book – Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater – yarn and a totebag from Patricia’s Yarns via the podcast ends May 5th. Check it out and enter to win! Last week got away from me; I wrote not one blog post for Knitting and Crochet Blog Week although I did read quite a few great blog posts by other participants. Chaperoning various trips and events along with the need to get my vegan e-cookbook completed left little time for daily blog posts. Trust me, if I’m not cooking, asking Caiti to take pictures of my food, or writing and rewriting recipes, I’m wondering why I thought writing a cookbook would be a simple process. One good thing came out of my...
Whitney Biennial
This week, I attended the Whitney Biennial along with 40 students, 2 art teachers, and a parent chaperone. The Biennial examines the current state of contemporary art in America which equates to a show of art by artists who go beyond traditional by taking risks in the methods they chose to convey their message. I’ve attended the Biennial many times in the last 3 decades and enjoy viewing the work of lesser known artists along with artwork I would not normally be exposed to in other venues or through printed and electronic media. The 2012 version of the Biennial contains art that may not appeal to everyone, but for me, there wasn’t one work that didn’t inspire a reaction. Here are 5 artists I found either inspiring, intriguing, astonishing,...
Drunken Knitting Criminals
Podcast #10 is up – please knit, drink and read responsibly! The new podcast image has yet to make it to iTunes but it is the thumbnail for this post. No, not me in that picture, that’s Julie-Ann Hamolko who played a zombie in the zombie romantic comedy I produced in Summer 2010. The background image is the cover photo for the vegan e-cookbook. In this episode, I announce a giveaway graciously donated by new show and blog supporter, Patricia’s Yarns in Hoboken, NJ, talk about what I have on and off the needles, review Pints and Purls: Portable Projects for the Social Knitter by Karida Collins and Libby Bruce, provide another comparison of 3 books (much less weighty than the 1Q84 literary analysis in Podcast #8), and review a TV show I’ve...
Traffic Court
I spent a few hours today in traffic court up in Hunterdon County. I won’t go into details about why I was there; we’ll just say I was there for moral support not pleading a case. After getting lost in what looked a lot like Kansas only with hills, asking a guy with a lisp for directions, getting lost again, asking a guy fixing a pizza oven for more directions, finding the court building and realizing Google Maps’ directions were dumber than dirt, I got a great self esteem boost sitting in that courtroom. Why you may ask? Here are 10 things I learned today in traffic court: 1. Camo pants are the height of fashion in traffic court. I need to get me to Walmart and buy some of them camo pants so I can avoid going to jail for driving with a...
Comments
I require that the students in my New Media class comment on at least two blog posts written by their classmates during the marking period. When I wrote that blogging unit, I thought the commenting assignment would provide students with an opportunity to receive feedback on their posts the way people who blog both professionally and personally experience this part of the blogging process. I knew I had to set guidelines: comments of “first!” and “great post” did not earn credit. Rather, I wanted to see reflection and discussion occur as students wrote, read, and responded during the 8 weeks of classes. Unfortunately, this assignment did not produce the results I expected. Instead, the teacher (me) learned that you can’t force a...
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