Eee! Knitting blogs! I have a few of them in Google reader. Sort of in order by how often they update. Or something like that.
Yarn Harlot - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, one of the organizers of Sock Summit (oh, man, I wish I could have gone) and author of several books has a wonderful (wonderfully funny) blog.
Wendy Knits - Wendy Johnson (and her cat Lucy), her blog posts have great information, she almost always has a sock going and has a great free pattern section.
Queer Joe's Knitting Blog - Like the blog title says, a gay guy who knits (and spins and weaves). I'm in love with the scarf he's been working on.
Brooklyn Tweed - Jared, aka the mastermind behind the Hemlock Ring Blanket. He just had a book come out and recently showcased all the patterns, so his recent page is filled with those instead of his usual blog posts (don't let the scare you off if you aren't interested in buying a book).
SixOneSeven - Knitting, sewing, cooking, crafting blog. It's a lot of baby stuff right now since she has a little one on the way. I love her photography. And her knitting projects. And her cooking posts.
Fig and Plum - It looks like it's been long enough since she updated (July) that her front page doesn't have any posts. But you'll see her past entries once you put her in Reader and she has some lovely projects that she's posted about.
The Blue Blog - short posts, mostly about what she's knitting for her kids, but really nice stuff. She also does book reviews, quilts, and is generally just interesting.
Too Much Wool - again, nice pictures, she knits things I'd actually want to make myself, and a very relaxed writing style.
Mine, haha. I share it with my friend aya; I post in green, she posts in black. We're sporadic, but we get our knitting mojo on in the cooler months. We're not so much for the gorgeous pictures, but we do try.
Knitters Anonymous, online home of Cookie A. of sock fame, and her friends. Gorgeous knitting, good pictures, very nice.
And adding my votes for the Yarn Harlot (there's a reason why she's so famous) and Brooklyn Tweed. I had to stop reading Wendyknits, but many people love her, so definitely try her out.
Finally, TECHknitting has taught me SO MUCH. She's been on a bit of a break, recovering from a broken ankle, but her archives are worth a read.
It's total personality incompatibility, to be honest. I think she's incredibly smug. It's nothing against her *design ability or her knitting, just lots of little things that rankle. Like the daily pictures of her cat which lead to her releasing a calendar of her cat, and people buying it (wtf, why would I want a calendar of someone else's pet). Or the way that her patterns seemed to immediately sell out at Loopy Ewe - she knows they're going to, she knows she's a popular designer, why limit the supply of a .pdf pattern? But there was a period where it was "pattern released on Monday!" "Oh my, it's tuesday and my pattern is already sold out. how humbling." mm-hm. (This isn't a personal gripe, in that I didn't get a pattern - I don't knit toe-up socks, so I'm not in her customer base.)
Personality conflict, pure and simple. I just don't like her, and things that would be charming in someone I do like are irritating when she does them. ::hands::
* although the mitred square sweater she knit from sock yarn is about the ugliest thing I've ever seen.
My absolute favorites in this bunch are Froggie Meanie, Knitting on Impulse, and Jean's Knitting. Still, they are all worth a click.
(Also, a word about Socks Street: It's completely in German. I've been told Ute doesn't mind comments in English, but make sure you follow the German protocol/format. I read for the pictures--which are copious!--and rarely comment. But she's very kind and a very good knitter.)
I read several of those recommended above, and second Yarn Harlot for the funny and Brooklyn Tweed for the amazing projects, but also:
Yarn-A-Go-Go The blogger is Rachel Herron, a writer and lifelong knitter. She hasn't been blogging as much knitting lately, but it's all good stuff, in my book.
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Yarn Harlot - Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, one of the organizers of Sock Summit (oh, man, I wish I could have gone) and author of several books has a wonderful (wonderfully funny) blog.
Wendy Knits - Wendy Johnson (and her cat Lucy), her blog posts have great information, she almost always has a sock going and has a great free pattern section.
Queer Joe's Knitting Blog - Like the blog title says, a gay guy who knits (and spins and weaves). I'm in love with the scarf he's been working on.
Brooklyn Tweed - Jared, aka the mastermind behind the Hemlock Ring Blanket. He just had a book come out and recently showcased all the patterns, so his recent page is filled with those instead of his usual blog posts (don't let the scare you off if you aren't interested in buying a book).
SixOneSeven - Knitting, sewing, cooking, crafting blog. It's a lot of baby stuff right now since she has a little one on the way. I love her photography. And her knitting projects. And her cooking posts.
Flint Knits - Home of the February Lady Sweater (Elizabeth Zimmerman's February Baby Sweater pattern written for adults).
dogged - Great projects, beautiful photography.
Fig and Plum - It looks like it's been long enough since she updated (July) that her front page doesn't have any posts. But you'll see her past entries once you put her in Reader and she has some lovely projects that she's posted about.
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Too Much Wool - again, nice pictures, she knits things I'd actually want to make myself, and a very relaxed writing style.
Mine, haha. I share it with my friend aya; I post in green, she posts in black. We're sporadic, but we get our knitting mojo on in the cooler months. We're not so much for the gorgeous pictures, but we do try.
Knitters Anonymous, online home of Cookie A. of sock fame, and her friends. Gorgeous knitting, good pictures, very nice.
And adding my votes for the Yarn Harlot (there's a reason why she's so famous) and Brooklyn Tweed. I had to stop reading Wendyknits, but many people love her, so definitely try her out.
Finally, TECHknitting has taught me SO MUCH. She's been on a bit of a break, recovering from a broken ankle, but her archives are worth a read.
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Personality conflict, pure and simple. I just don't like her, and things that would be charming in someone I do like are irritating when she does them. ::hands::
* although the mitred square sweater she knit from sock yarn is about the ugliest thing I've ever seen.
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My absolute favorites in this bunch are Froggie Meanie, Knitting on Impulse, and Jean's Knitting. Still, they are all worth a click.
(Also, a word about Socks Street: It's completely in German. I've been told Ute doesn't mind comments in English, but make sure you follow the German protocol/format. I read for the pictures--which are copious!--and rarely comment. But she's very kind and a very good knitter.)
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This Boy Knits: thisboyknits.blogspot.com
He knits beautiful lace.
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Yarn-A-Go-Go The blogger is Rachel Herron, a writer and lifelong knitter. She hasn't been blogging as much knitting lately, but it's all good stuff, in my book.
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mooncalf. Her productivity is amazing.