My predictions for your crafty 2006:
In - knitalongs / Out - knitalongs
In - wool and cotton / Out - blends
In - socks (not that it will convince me to love them) / Out - scarves
In - lace / Out - stockinette
In - writing a book / Out - blogging without having a companion book
In - book tours / Out - 3 hour tours
In - sweaters / Out - warmers of all kinds - nose, knee, leg, wrist etc.
In - Teva Durham / Out - Suss Cousins
In - yarn stores / Out - Target knitting kits
In - Handspun / Out - Machine Spun
In - Making stuff for your mother / Out - making stuff for your mother in law
In - Learning to knit, sew or otherwise be crafty / Out - complaining that you wish you knew how to do something
In - A weekly Stitch n Bitch / Out - just bitching but not stitching
In - ribbing / Out - cables
In - circulars / Out - straights
In - straights / Out - circulars
In - denyse schmidt / Out - kaffe fassett (OK, not really).
In - shrugs / Out - ponchos
In - blogging your craft exploits / Out - hoarding your craftiness all to yourself
In - crafty podcasts / Out - what is a podcast?
In - internet craft shopping / Out - michael's
In - amy butler / Out - mccall's
In - buying handmade / Out - buying retail
In - Quality / Out - Quantity
In - Felting / Out - Felting
Posted by Angela at January 1, 2006 05:09 PMYou are a total riot!
Posted by: Emily at January 2, 2006 10:29 AMI'm so out I'm in.
Luv your shrine. Please show more of it. Mine would have Eleanor Roosevelt, Grace Kelly and Fergie, but that's just me. Just kidding about Fergie.
The Gee's Bend book is like the fambly bible. Full of wisdom and moral authority. So glad you don't hoard your craftiness.
xoxo Kay
Posted by: Kay at January 3, 2006 11:47 AMAh, you have perfectly captured the ambiguity of a new year.
Posted by: Daphne at January 3, 2006 11:57 AM