Philosophy of Yarn

Part crafting blog, part studyblr. Join me as I explore the puzzles of working with yarn, creating art, and studying philosophy!

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Notes by the fire on a rainy Spring evening ❤️

Tonight I’m reading Gila Sher’s book, Epistemic Friction: An Essay on Knowledge, Truth, and Logic.

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Just picked up some great yarns from my local yarn shop for LYSday! Shoutout to Colorful Yarns for an amazing morning with yarn, snacks, patterns, puppies, and creative people.

Update — here’s my start on the LYS exclusive pattern kit for Jen Lucas’ Circumstellar pattern:

Local Yarn Store Shop Day 2019 Kits — Anzula

Local Yarn Store Shop Day 2019 Kits — Anzula

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Reading some philosophy by firelight. Quite a lovely way to spend an evening!

Tonight I’m reading Karl Sigmund’s Exact Thinking in Demented Times: The Vienna Circle and the Epic Quest for the Foundations of Science and the first book of Ada Palmer’s sci-fi trilogy, Too Like the Lightning. Both are wonderful companions for a quiet evening <3

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Starting a new scarf today!

From Stitchnerd Designs pattern, “What if...?”

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Some beautiful hand-dyed yarns from KnitCircus just rolled up on top of my bookshelf. They look quite at home up there! ❤️

Such creative names too! These are called Mischief Managed, Horse of a Different Color, and The Thing with Feathers :)

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Today I put together a timeline of some prominent women philosophers from 1600-1850. I can’t wait to dive into these texts!

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Started the yellow section of my blanket project today in honor of the beginning of April!

This project is my twist on a traditional “temperature blanket.” A temperature blanket is basically a blanket where you make one row or section a day in a color which corresponds to the temperature outside that day. I’ve decided to see how much time I can set aside each month by knitting a log cabin blanket with a different color each month (so January was purple, February was blue, March was green, and now April is yellow). It’s not a traditional temperature blanket, but I really like the way it’s shaping up!

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Spent this morning reading the opening pages of Mary Astell’s A Serious Proposal to the Ladies (1694).

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“How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show and be good for nothing?”

“Your mirror will not do you half as much service as a serious reflection on your own minds; which will discover irregularities more worthy of your correction.”

Mary Astell, A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

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New yarn arrived today!

A regal blend of rich red/purple and burnished gold. Hand dyed 2-ply sock weight   85% superwash Merino, 15% NEP   100 g 438...