Archive for 2008

• Went to a knitting group thing and they were so nice to me!! One of those angels got me out of my sock mess. Oh I was so mad at those socks. #

• Messed up my toddler socks something awful. Misunderstood the heel flap idea, knit on BOTH sides, now it looks like a big ol’ pair of lips. #

• You know that foot-measurer thingy at the shoe store? That’s a Brannock Device fyi. http://www.brannock.com And I’m the Countess of Measuropotamia. #

• p.s. to self: knuckle-to-tip of thumb is an inch, dumbass!! cuticle-to-tip is half an inch. also, don’t listen to anything I say. #

• Note to self: From cuticle to the tip of my thumb, that’s an inch. And from cuticle to tip of any finger but pinky: one centimeter. “Handy”! #

• Earthquake!! Just a little bitty one I guess. Quick little jolt. #

• Made a good cuff w/ 2 circular needles, so now I’m gonna go ahead and learn to knit 2 socks at once with one long circ. I don’t fuck around. #

• SO excited to be able to post this Chic-A-Go-Go clip. Maybe the most joyous, fun thing I’ve ever done. http://edithfrost.com/chic-a-go-go/ #

Lip-syncing “Cars and Parties” on the awesome Chicago cable-access show Chic-A-Go-Go… this episode first aired on 9/4/01, and was taped a week or two before that. My bandmates “playing” here (who might have, but didn’t necessarily play on the actual recording) are: Ryan Hembrey on bass; Rick Rizzo of Eleventh Dream Day on guitar; Mark Greenberg of the Coctails on vibraphonette; Bill Lowman of Bosco & Jorge on guitar; Adam Vida of U.S. Maple on drums; and Jim Becker of Califone on fiddle. Posted here with the kind permission of Jake and Mia from Roctober / Chic-A-Go-Go. The song is from my third album Wonder Wonder.

• @rozsavage: Congratulations Roz!! You’re my hero, I’ve been rooting for you & following your progress all the way. I knew you’d make it! #

• Totally in the groove of Continental knitting. Looser results but already WAY faster. Check my Flickr (photos/edith), I’m neglecting blog. #

• Crochet is HARD!! Watching those ladies makes me dizzy. How do they do that? How do they even find their frickin’ stitches on the 1st chain? #

• I just crocheted myself a chain necklace so I can hang my stitch counter around my neck! DORK. #

• Forcing myself to knit Continental stylee. Results are a little uneven right now but it’ll really pay off later. http://twitpic.com/9gny #

• ¡Sí se puede! Fixed my cable twist. It was a little dicey, there might be a couple twisted stitches in there now, but it looks pretty okay. #