Wow! What a crazy wacked week! I finished this website: musamusic.com
Our best friend, Jo passed his citizenship test so he will be an American now who speaks Portugese, hails from Angola and was raised in London.
Again with our friend, Jo, ........him and his wife announced they are having a baby! My mind immediately wandered to the knitted gift area for newborns.......hmmmmmmmmm........not until November eh? methinks...perhaps a gorgeous blanket is in order. Plenty of time.....hmmmmmmm.............
I've been meandering on the net to relieve tension and find inspiration..........totally diggin' Missa's site and her website designs are kickass! Go Missa!!!!
Going to dinner tonight with a website client.........and knitting a bunch of stuff for the book. I'm terrified folks will find the book either:
- too boring
- too weird
- too strange
- not strange enough
- all of the above!
and yes, i realize there is a conflict in there ............arrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh! the comments you all left have made a HUGE difference and really gave me the boost of confidence i needed. wow. again...........thank you thank you thank you!
WILDFLOWERS
For anyone like me who doesn't have time to drive to death valley.......... here is a link to a news story with a slideshow of the wildflowers this year!
Personally, I love weird/strange knitting books/patterns - the weirder the better, in my opinion! Ha ha! I find many of today's books seem to be stylish, minimalist homewares like beige cushions etc. and, well, they're no fun to knit! ;)
Posted by: Sophia | April 01, 2005 at 05:02 AM
Just be you, doll. Start designing patterns for others, instead of what you'd desire, and you'll end up with the pre-fab manufactured Ashlee Simpson of knitting books. Frankly, we're full up on those puppies and that's why we're jazzed that you've been given a shot a this. Have at it!
Posted by: rock chick | April 01, 2005 at 10:08 AM
Sounds fabulous! Just do what you do - better to do things for the love of them than to try to make total strangers love you. I'm looking forward to seeing the book - lemme know if there's anything I can do to help!
Posted by: mk | April 02, 2005 at 01:13 AM
I don't think anyone is going to buy a book called Punk Knits and say, "Oh, this is TOO WEIRD FOR ME!" Unless of course they've been living under a rock for the last however many years. But I agree with MK, just do what you like and have fun with it. I'm sure you'll do a fabu job!!
Posted by: Rebecca | April 02, 2005 at 05:18 PM
Oh, I don't know...it would be nice to see a knitting book for those of us who *don't* follow the happy herd. I'm looking forward to what you come up with!
I'm a new reader and I really enjoy everything I've seen here so far.
Posted by: Karen M | April 03, 2005 at 09:07 AM
Share, you have absolutely nothing to worry about as you're putting together your knitting book...in fact, I love it that your patterns and projects are so nonconforming to what everyone else is knitting. Just be yourself and you have nothing to be nervous about. I agree with both MK and Rebecca, just be yourself and have a blast doing it!
I'll be the first to admit, I'm not a knitter and never have even tried. But I'm willing to start to learn just from reading and seeing all the fab creations you've made. I'm looking forward to learning---and your new book!
Jennifer
Posted by: Jennifer | April 05, 2005 at 04:28 PM