It's Been Some Kind of Year

It's occured to me, about a week late, that the House of Penny has been in the blogosphere for one year. What a year it's been--I've been with the Man for a total of eight, our apartment got messier, I adopted and returned another dog, I knit a lot of stuff, bought a lot of yarn, and maybe finished a book. The book thing is still in question because now that the manuscript and photos are in, the real shit hits the fan. So, at this point I can say I have a lack of trust and confidence in those people in New York, and I really can't speculate on what the outcome will be. So, after I put out the current book-associated fire (thinking that there's more of this to come), I'm going to focus on what's next. I'm thinking some self-publishing is the way to go, and will start working on some patterns that knitters can download from the Lucky Penny site. It's funny, that three years after it came out on Knitty, the pattern that I wrote still gets me a lot of hits on the Lucky Penny page. So, I will have total control over the content and artistic vision of my designs. I'm going to knit for my wardrobe, which is sadly lacking these days. I was so excited at the chance of wearing hand knit socks again today, but found that my left foot won't fit into my shoes, one month post-injury. I'm adding to my sock stash, with some Blue Moon Fiber Arts purchased at Stitches. The specifics are Seduction in Blue Brick Wall (will become a shawlette), Socks that Rock heavyweight in Sun Stone, and medium weight in Dutch Canyon.
So, Rachel, here's some talk about Project Runway. I'm giving some thought to the Fan Favorite voting. Michael Knight is my current favorite, but I think he's going to win it all, so I think the $10,000 prize should go elsewhere. I'm going to throw some love to Malan Breton from Taiwan! I thought he was delightful, and loved his goofy laugh. He was auf'd way too soon.