Wednesday, November 12, 2008

What's What Wednesday, premier edition


A new feature begins today @ the knittyBlog: What's What Wednesday! Our intrepid roving reporter, Melissa Gow, is collecting all the stuff a web-loving fiber fanatic could want to know, and you'll find it here on Wednesday's knittyBlog. Let's go!



The UN has declared 2009 to be "The International Year of Natural Fibers".



Weaveolution plans to be a Ravelry-type social networking site for weavers. They hope to go live by spring 2009.



A fraction of an ancient spindle whorl was found in Reykjavík, inscribed with runes. The whorl dates from roughly the 11th century and the runes have been translated roughly as "Thórunn owns me". How flipping cool is that?



Welcome back Spindlicity!



Knitting fiction author Debbie Macomber has recently opened a yarn shop.



The Royal Winter Fair is shaking up their spinning competitions this year. They have dropped the traditional sheep-to-shawl challenge and are holding two new spinning competitions instead. One is for drop spindling and the other is a three-person team with a spinning wheel.



We'll be back with more news next Wednesday! [In the meantime, the usual blogness will continue :-)]

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posted by Amy R Singer @ 11:55 AM 18 comments

Comments:
thanks so much for doing this. it is interesting and very much appreciated! i love the knitting world!
# posted by Blogger Mary Kay : 1:22 PM, November 12, 2008
 
Thanks for the news. I like it :-)
# posted by Anonymous Diane in Chico, CA : 2:57 PM, November 12, 2008
 
Great addition to the Knitty Universe.
# posted by Blogger Loren : 6:54 PM, November 12, 2008
 
WWW is a great idea! Looking forward to the next installment.
# posted by Blogger Monika : 9:06 PM, November 12, 2008
 
Amy! This is wonderful, I love the cool linky-s ...thanks.
# posted by Blogger Nell : 9:40 PM, November 12, 2008
 
This is fabulous..fun to be a fiber person...
# posted by Anonymous Patricia Dixon : 10:15 PM, November 12, 2008
 
It's very good to say the day that the blog is update.
# posted by Blogger lee : 1:43 AM, November 13, 2008
 
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# posted by Blogger Jo at Celtic Memory Yarns : 7:23 AM, November 13, 2008
 
Amy, you and the rest of the team are a wonder! THANK YOU!

I was so excited about that spindle whorl find in Reykjavik that I got the shivers. How many other treasures from our spinning history are waiting patiently out there to be found?

(And I was still so excited when I started to type my comment that I made some disgraceful typos - hence the removed comment above, and this amended one...)

Big Celtic hugs to you all.
# posted by Blogger Jo at Celtic Memory Yarns : 7:28 AM, November 13, 2008
 
This is great! Thank you :)
# posted by Blogger Max : 8:22 AM, November 13, 2008
 
excellent new initiative! Thanks a lot!
# posted by Blogger Tina : 10:05 AM, November 13, 2008
 
How crazy!!
# posted by Blogger Lauri : 11:01 AM, November 13, 2008
 
I love What's What Wednesday!

Please, oh, please - Could someone make a quilting version of Ravelry???? I need to get my mojo back to finish up some quilty UFOs, and organize all my books, patterns, stash and projects!
# posted by Blogger Penny : 1:20 PM, November 13, 2008
 
Thanks for "blogging" - this is a great addition to the knitty world!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 2:05 PM, November 13, 2008
 
Great feature Amy. On a lighter note, I love the knitting needle headers. :)
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