Being the bigger person

Part of the reason I took up this blog again is that I'm intensely passionate about fiberarts and as a result I have some strong, probably unpopular opinions that are best kept off the Ravelry forums and the Handspinning community. I also use this as an idea notebook and I'm thrilled that people actually read it sometimes (HI PEOPLE READING!).

I say this because Kristine bought me the latest issue of Spin-Off, and I stayed up way past my bedtime last night reading it. I've never had a lot of good things to say about the magazine in the past. Some of my criticisms have been:


- The articles are oriented to absolute beginners
- The articles are oriented to arcane techniques
- The patterns/techniques are ugly (come on, you have to admit, there has been some fug)
- The articles on individual spinners are too "in-flight magazine"


However, I want to go on record and say I might be wrong about Spin-Off. I found tons of really great information in this month's issue. It's possible the magazine evolved a little since I read it last, but most likely it's that I matured a lot as a spinner.

Next quarter, I'm probably going to do a trial subscription. That's right, you heard me - TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION!

Last night I was over at at Kristine and Adrienne's and Sara, Marlowe, Krista, and a new fun person, Mike of the Yknit podcast was there. As usual, it was a scream, and as usual I stayed way, way too late. It was really great to have Mike there, a rooster in the henhouse so to speak, and I hope to see him again at some future fiber events.

I really need to start a blogroll.