Knittymandias
I met a Raveller from an antique land
Who said: ‘Two vast and trunkless* legs of bronze
Stand in the town square. Above them, on the man,
Half shrunk, a soggy sweater clings, whose size,
And gathered hip, and fitted wrist band
Tell that its knitter well those contours read.
Which yet survive, draped about these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them while the town was in bed.
And on its breast these intarsia’d words appear –
“My name is Knittymandias, king of kings:
Look on these crafty works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal turtleneck, littered everywhere
The scattered strands of yarn stretch far away.’
*Not wearing pants A shameless rip-off of Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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All She Wants To Do Is Knit 
I love it. If you ever feel like knitting a cozy sweater for the Bascom Hill Lincoln Statue, let me know. I know you have a lot of spare yarn lying around…
If I do, I’m not going to bother trying it nice or stylish. That statue is old and…erm…set in its ways. Probably will think anything I knit is too modern.
My grandmother kintted. She died of cancer in 2009 and I didn’t ever get to learn from her. I have set a goal for myself to learn how to knit. Once I learn, I doubt I’ll be making the same things Grandma did, but I think she’d be happy to know that someone is carrying on the family’s yarn love. Amazing yarn and amazing photography, by the way.
You know, it might be a small shawl. I have found some shawl patterns, same shape as the btukas, but a little harder to keep my brain on it’s toes. Plus it uses a circular needle which is nice for ttc rides, keeps me from accidentally stabbing people with needles. Accidentally. Heh.
I have yarn bombing on my mind….I’m going to Paris next month and seriously thinking about leaving a statuary with a hat….
Seems like something I should plan to do on my trips from now on. A fun tradition.
Hmmm…Liberty fabric soduns like a good idea to me…but honestly I’d hold onto the gift certificate for a couple of days and give it a good thinking (maybe you’ve already done that, though) because some cashmere yarn soduns delicious too.
Yarn-bombing is the b… I can’t finish that, but it’s cool. I love that somethign so domestic and unthreatening could be used in such an public and assertive way.
Thank you so much for the great podcast (as usual) & for the YouTube link, I went to Uni in Newport many moons ago and it just crkeacd me up, made me feel quite nostalgic, I can’t stop humming the tune now though!
Haha I love these pictures! I may have to do this one day.
Southern California Handweavers’ Guild Weaving & Fiber Festival with some of my lovely ktiintng group. This is such a great little festival, I have been the last 2 years and I love it more every
Molly–spot saved for you in my next class. No promises that D won’t steal your yarn ball. Or try to eat your neledes. But I won’t let her touch your coffee. Some things are sacred.
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Yarn bombing is such a whimsical expression of the art. Check this out