Comments on: I Apologise In Advance

By: Karie

Karie — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:50:04 +0000

@Amy: super-inspirational!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:41:41 +0000

Hey – it’s your blog – no need to apologize for what you put on it!

(Glad you liked the Martha Stewart post I wrote last week!)

By: Karie

Karie — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:18:48 +0000

@Mooncalf: You have no idea how grateful I am for those two links. I confess I hadn’t thought about it in Martha Stweart terms. I thought about the Danish blogs in my usual “god, I am so fed up with Danish middle-class smugness” terms. You are right that they fall under the Martha syndrome rather than anything else. Thank you.

@Christina: No probs :)

@Birgitte: I’m guessing you know exactly the type of blog I was reacting against ;)

@Yoel and @Barbara: when I wrote “a bit on the creepy side” I was doing my usual understatement thing. I’m glad that I was not the only one to find it disturbing. I’m wondering whether it’s because Mr B. Tweed is male or if it’s because it’s .. hmm .. I’m wondering if it’s because the knitter is young and tried to write something “fun” and missing that her “fun” would be read very differently by others?

@DK: Yup!

@Tricia: Hey, glad to meet you!

By: mooncalf

mooncalf — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:57:16 +0000

That’s not the first post I’ve read this week about the Martha-Stuart-blog-problem: http://a-black-pepper.typepad.com/ablackpepper/2009/10/imperfect-life.html and http://www.acommonplacelife.com/a-commonplace-life/2009/10/19/the-trouble-with-martha.html

I like to think I post the rough with the smooth on my blog but I suppose I do edit out some of the crap. Well worth thinking about it so that we’re not assembling our own blog-rolls of peer pressure to bring back the 1950s housewife…

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:37:23 +0000

Thanks for the link to Regretsy. It’s brilliant! Failblog or Ugliest Tattoos only with craft.

By: Birgitte

Birgitte — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:35:57 +0000

A rather large touch on the creepy side of thing, I’d say! Made me stop in my tracks, too…
I love your blog for being the opposite of what you describe – I like the honesty and the sense of humour :)
And, oh, thanks for the link to Regretsy – it’s great! :D

By: yoel

yoel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:11:42 +0000

Ew, that is the creepiest. I mean, I get that Jared Flood is like the only man-knit-designer out there, but still, I don’t think that the commenter is his type. Maybe it’s Jared Flood in disguise, talking about his own pattern? That would make a little bit more sense, although still quite creepy.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:28:00 +0000

Ditto. Creepy and senseless.

By: Darth Ken

Darth Ken — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:53:19 +0000

I absolutely heart that costume! Brilliant!

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:56:32 +0000

Thank you so much for that quote – I needed a good laugh just now. Is it wrong that I now want to go and find out exactly who wrote it on Ravelry?! It’s a whole lot more than a touch on the creepy side.

I recently discovered your blog through Lilith and am really enjoying it – some great links and interesting observations.