It’s official. The time of no-more-buying-yarn is here and I am only allowed to go stash diving. Fortunately the stash has grown enough that stash diving could be exciting! I like forgetting what I have and finding it all over again. As for projects, the gray scarf is done and mailed. It looks beautiful but I was lazy and didn’t get a picture of the finished product. Oops. Oh well. As for the other projects in the last post, the red/gray socks have been ripped out. The colors were pooling and looked horrible so I’m going to start those later. The Vinnland socks are on a break as I’m trying to finish the Albion socks as soon as possible to free up the needles. They’re still pretty, but they’re a very late birthday present. Plus I have other socks that I really want to knit. Like these. I’m in love with them, and I love the character so they’re perfect theatre dork socks. hehe.
In other knitting news, the Yarn Harlot posted about a library in Canada that has cancelled the kids knitting group program because it’s not related to reading and they want their programs to be more literacy focused. I recommend checking out the Yarn Harlot and the article (she has a link to the article posted). Here’s what I posted in the comments:
I like that they made the point that if the knitting group were to have a reading related focus then they are welcome to use the space. I mean, it’s not that much to ask people to READ in a LIBRARY. Their books could even be knitting related, I’m sure you could find kids books about knitting or that have characters knitting in them (like, oh… Harry Potter?). A simple solution. I knit and read all the time. Heck, I was knitting when I read the post and the article! But the main point is that the library is in the right to say “we want all of our programs to focus on literacy”. As much as I love knitting, I do think that literacy is a slightly higher priority for young kids, but if they want to mix the two I say that’s a great idea.
The comment in the article about having video games does concern me. If they are reading related, then that’s great and fits with the libraries goals. If they are not, however, then the library may want to reconsider their point of canceling a knitting group (or other craft groups) that give little kids the opportunity to socialize and learn a valuable skills. I don’t think being able to drive a video car faster than the computer or blow up aliens will really help in the real world. Give the kid a crossword or maze. That’s better problem solving if you ask me.
To all of us who do knit, go knit somewhere fun and exercise your right to knit where you please!
and maybe take a good book with you, too.
Take a look at the other comments and see what you think, or join in if you like. It’s an interesting issue, though not the end of the world. Definitely something to keep in mind though.
Now I’m off to enjoy the pretty sunshine and read and knit to my hears content before I start school and don’t have time any more.

































