Randomness and Things I Think Are Important

There are a ton of things on the needles right now.  May even get that crochet scrap blanket on the hook soon too!

As I knit quite a lot of gray last year, I made the (unconscious) decision to knit more purple.  The glorious blue-green is the first of three Sweaters for Other People.  As two of those people are over six foot and all three are taller than me I feel it deserves a capitalized title.
The Sea Witch hat finally got cast on.  The Shiny, Datura, Rizzo, as well as the sparkly vanilla sock, in Endora from Blue Moon Fiber Arts, are all for me.  The first Sweater for Other People is the Hyde's Hooded Sweater  for Darling Son.  It will be hooded, long and rather a behemoth, but it's knit on largeish needles so it should go kind of quickly. I hope.

The other thing that is still consuming my personal brain space is the discussion of race in the fiber community.  No, it is not going away.  Yes, it is important.   A few weeks of discussion does not automatically fix a major societal problem in the same way a few rows of stitches do not a sweater make.  I will continue to randomly signal boost it.  This article on Vox sums things up nicely.  This is the blog the lovely humans have started, Unfinished Objects.  The Militantly Mixed podcast was recently brought to my attention, there's a Twitter too!  This kid...he is just absolutely amazing!  Please, go take a peek at Jonah's work.

I am a nerdy, over 40, white woman who rarely leaves her house and who talks more to her knitting than to other humans. I still try to practice what I preach when I do leave the house.  I am frequently awkward, but as that is the normal for me, it's all I've got to give.  This is my favored platform just because, by current standards, I am old fashioned in that I prefer my computer to my phone. 

Whatever method, you have to at least try.