Winter Knitting

Hats, wraps, and Stephen West

Hi, I’m Edith, and this is a newsletter with comics and links. I’d love to know what you think; please feel free to reply to this email!

Finished hat for Tom:

Links:

• “Windschief” hat pattern [Ravelry] and “Pengweeno” sweater/jacket pattern [Ravelry], both by Stephen West [Instagram]. Here’s a link to the Stephen & Penelope yarn store newsletter (subscription field at the bottom). I interviewed West once for Apartment Therapy, which was a lot of fun.

• The Knitting Room on Instagram (and my Guernsey Wrap!). Pattern by Jared Flood [Ravelry]

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Elsewhere:

• “... often underneath that thing you can’t seem to stop doing there’s a belief, and then a set of behavioral codes that stem from that belief. And even when the behaviors are totally messing up your life, you’re so fused with the rules [and the belief] that you can’t see contingencies…” I loved this line from Jessica Dore’s monthly tarot newsletter.  

• I just discovered Carla Shen on Instagram (via the excellent Jenny Kroik). She dresses like art, and it is awesome.

• “Giphy’s Most-Viewed GIFs of 2020.” [Medium, via TMN] 

• “I was the kind of child who would slip a Haw Flake disc in my mouth and then make the sign of the cross because it reminded me of taking communion in church.” I loved this from Mike Dang: “I don’t have a sweet tooth, but during the pandemic, sweets from my childhood helped combat loneliness.” [The Counter]