https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2011/10/yoked.html?showComment=1319416749951
The Panopticon: Yoked
For knitters, one of the staggering things about the streets of Reykjavik is that they are so full of people wearing handknits that you almo...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/01/friday-cartoon.html?showComment=1168132980000
The Panopticon: Friday Cartoon
I realized we haven't had a new cartoon in here since the now-infamous " p2tog ," so here's a little in-progress something from the sketchbo...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/07/bulldozer-wanted.html?showComment=1214925180000
The Panopticon: Bulldozer Wanted
Remember a while back when I put up pictures of my workspace ? I'm not going to do that today. I can't, because at this moment I can't see m...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2012/04/i-sew-like-girl.html?showComment=1335347979928
The Panopticon: I Sew Like a Girl
Longtime readers of this blog may remember the joy with which I discovered Jane Eayre Fryer's The Mary Frances Knitting and Crochet Book , a...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/06/toronto-packing-list.html?showComment=1213315140000
The Panopticon: Toronto Packing List
Camera. Would be difficult to photograph 120 knitters for 1000 Knitters Project without camera. Scarf. Would be difficult to photograph 1...
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https://leaflessca.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/welcome-to-the-panopticon/
Welcome to the Panopticon – This Blog has No Leaves
When reading a discussion of an unrelated philosophical issue, I realized that we’re living in a contraption proposed by Jeremy Bentham, the author of...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/12/too-much-of-good-thing-is-wonderful.html?showComment=1379663797267
The Panopticon: Too Much of a Good Thing Is Wonderful
I'm the one on the left. When I taught Susan to knit , during the last 30 minutes of her visit to Chicago in July, I wrote the following in ...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/01/each-one-teach-one-part-two.html?showComment=1169140200000
The Panopticon: Each One, Teach One, Part Two
If you missed the first part of the saga, it's here . In Which We Grapple with Continental Purl As you might expect of one who has cut peopl...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/08/glorious-technicolor.html?showComment=1422909322234
The Panopticon: Glorious Technicolor
I'm knitting again, an indication that systems are returning to normal. For the most part, I'm able to live by Elizabeth Zimmermann's wonder...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/06/keepin-it-weird.html?showComment=1213124640000
The Panopticon: Keepin' It Weird
First, I must offer my thanks to all of you who left comments or sent e-mails asking whether I was sick, dead or perhaps trapped beneath a f...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/12/off-wagon-and-onto-sleigh.html?showComment=1229466720000
The Panopticon: Off the Wagon and Onto the Sleigh
Listen, I have something to tell you and I don't want any grief about it or I'm packing up my dollies and going home. Remember when I wrote...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2009/02/process.html?showComment=1234540980000
The Panopticon: Process
A reader in South Carolina writes: I like your blog, but why don't you talk more about your process? This sets me to wondering whether I can...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-do-you-call-gathering-of-michigan.html?showComment=1201546260000
The Panopticon: What Do You Call a Gathering of Michigan Knitters?
After Saturday's 1,000 Knitters shoot at Threadbear , the word that springs to mind is "avalanche." Ladies and gentlemen, we broke the reco...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2009/06/ruts-and-how-to-avoid-them.html?showComment=1243901921692
The Panopticon: Ruts and How to Avoid Them
I don't know about you, but I can't knit all the time. Not that the idea isn't attractive in theory, but in practice it doesn't work. Sore ...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2011/07/whew.html
The Panopticon: Whew.
Hi. I'm sitting at Logan Airport, in Boston, waiting for my flight to London for KnitNation. I saw on Facebook that Clara Parkes is getting ...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2011/09/such-language-and-in-front-of-dolls.html?showComment=1316653767037
The Panopticon: Such Language, and In Front of the Dolls
Knitty's Deep Fall 2011 issue is out today, which brings with it the second (and blessedly final) installment of the Weldon's Practical Kni...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/08/geeking-out.html?showComment=1187628480000
The Panopticon: Geeking Out
I don't know what's wrong with me. Maybe I'm going through a compulsive phase. Maybe I'm getting too much sleep. Maybe the Moon is in the Se...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/12/san-francisco-notebook-part-two.html?showComment=1198028460000
The Panopticon: San Francisco Notebook, Part Two
Needless to say I wasn't just staring at bridges and statuary during the trip to San Francisco. There are knitters and yarn sprinkled libera...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/06/vivat-victoria-regina-imperatrix.html
The Panopticon: Vivat Victoria Regina Imperatrix Cuniculorum
Imperialist Bunny Hat, Completed. Originally uploaded by panopticon . The Imperialist Bunny Hat is finished. I somehow feel as though Elgar...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/03/book-tag.html
The Panopticon: Book Tag
To distract myself from my hideous mood (sleep is not happening right now) I'm going to answer Felicia's tag questions. Thinking about books...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/06/moist-with-pride.html?showComment=1151361120000
The Panopticon: Moist with Pride
Hi. It's Dolores. What's new with you? Yesterday was Chicago's Pride March, and the Boss had his annual two sips of Heineken. As usual, this...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2013/07/fiber-factory-of-one.html?showComment=1374429936100
The Panopticon: Fiber Factory of One
It's a good week when I look at current projects and there's been some progress on most of them. The Tour de Fleece continues, and to my g...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/03/aristocracy-fixation.html?showComment=1143606360000
The Panopticon: Aristocracy Fixation
It's been so long since I posted any project photographs, I decided I'd better show you something in order to preserve my meagre allotment o...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/01/each-one-teach-one-finale_116961103068018478.html?showComment=1169650080000
The Panopticon: Each One, Teach One, Finale
In Which Willibald Leaves the Chrysalis and Takes Flight When last we saw him , my student Willibald was sitting on my couch trying to kill ...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/03/i-used-to-knit.html?showComment=1143152040000
The Panopticon: I Used to Knit
I was searching my archives for a particular photograph tonight when I ran across the shots I took during a trip to the English Lake Distric...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/06/scenes-from-tnna.html
The Panopticon: Scenes from TNNA
I've been back home from TNNA for two days, and already my memories of the weekend have taken on the candy-colored hyperreality of an especi...
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https://mjps.ssmu.ca/the-panopticon-and-the-laboratory-palestinians-under-the-gaze-of-a-surveillance-based-military-industrial-complex/
The Panopticon and the Laboratory: Palestinians Under the Gaze of a Surveillance-Based Military...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/01/hippie-feet.html?showComment=1417882888732
The Panopticon: Hippie Feet
Sometimes knitting turns out to be more than just knitting. The lime green socks I started on the Los Angeles trip are complete. So complet...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/01/1000-knitters-at-purl-diva.html?showComment=1199229060000
The Panopticon: 1000 Knitters at Purl Diva
Deep breath. 2008. Hold hands and leap! I was going to begin the new year with a de rigeur post about resolutions or 2007-in-review. But n...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2013/07/i-am-ply-curious.html?showComment=1375315359509
The Panopticon: I Am Ply-Curious
It tells you something about the circles I run in that when I mentioned I was about to try making a three-ply yarn for the first time, someb...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/12/viva-ruana.html?showComment=1549223694004
The Panopticon: Viva Ruana
The ruana , now that it is finished, is officially a favorite. A favorite of mine, and a favorite of the person for whom it was knit. Patt...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2011/02/and-so-we-begin.html?showComment=1298667379975
The Panopticon: And So We Begin
I flew to Tacoma, Washington yesterday morning* to teach at the Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat , which kicks off in just an hour. I'm so ...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/02/xoxo.html?showComment=1203009300001
The Panopticon: XOXO
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/05/after-stool-boom.html?showComment=1116207480000
The Panopticon: After the Stool Boom
In the Church of Our Lady, Bruges Originally uploaded by panopticon . I seem, knock on wood, to be well again. On the debit side, I missed ...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2010/09/quickie.html?showComment=1285611706044
The Panopticon: Quickie
I am typing this from the airport in San Francisco, waiting for the plane to Eureka for the Northcoast Knittery events. I whispered a fond g...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/07/weekend-part-i-chocolate-bore.html
The Panopticon: Weekend Part I: Chocolate Bore
I know that for a lot of people (Americans, anyhow) the 4th of July is over and summer is downhill from there. For me, though, it's just cra...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/05/man-in-crisis.html
The Panopticon: Man in Crisis
No, not me. Not this time. My friend Jonathan, the boy half of the Two Sock Knitters , has misplaced his copy of Simply Shetland 2 during a...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/05/apples-for-everybody.html?showComment=1178711280000
The Panopticon: Apples for Everybody!
In honor of National Teacher Day , I salute those who stand up in classrooms every week in a valiant attempt to stem the rising tide of medi...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2011/02/and-so-we-begin.html?showComment=1298007234345
The Panopticon: And So We Begin
I flew to Tacoma, Washington yesterday morning* to teach at the Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat , which kicks off in just an hour. I'm so ...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2014/03/loretta.html?showComment=1763544658988
The Panopticon: Loretta
You may not know that the chief residents of our little household are all on Twitter. I am @franklinhabit. Dolores is @doloresvanh. Harry is...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/02/her-best-friend-is-fairy.html?showComment=1204143720000
The Panopticon: Her Best Friend Is a Fairy
Gather 'round, children, because do I have a book to share with you. It's called The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book, or Adventure...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2013/12/as-i-was-saying.html?showComment=1752132505398
The Panopticon: As I Was Saying
Seventeen weeks in a row on the road, kids. Seventeen weeks. It all went well, I am pleased to report. But I confess to being a smidge tir...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-knitting-is-full-of-holes.html?showComment=1147312620000
The Panopticon: My Knitting is Full of Holes
Meet Glencora The Glencora Baby Shawl is finished. There was a question in the comments awhile back about what exactly a "baby shawl" is. Go...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2009/01/lurching-toward-epiphany-day-ten.html?showComment=1231075320000
The Panopticon: Lurching Toward Epiphany: Day Ten
On the tenth day of Christmas, Dolores gave to me ten words of warning, nine neighbors ringing , eight shameless encores , seven kegs a-bri...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/08/sequel.html?showComment=1156196640000
The Panopticon: The Sequel?
[Addendum: Your wish is my command. I've added a slightly more colorful version to the shop on shirts and a bag.]
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/12/and-quietly-gets-swallowed-by-wave.html?showComment=1229015100000
The Panopticon: And Quietly Gets Swallowed By a Wave
I mentioned knitting on the trip home, but I neglected to specify what I was knitting: Eunny Jang's Print o' the Wave stole . I wanted somet...
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https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-panopticon-advances-in-australia.html
No Right Turn: The panopticon advances in Australia
While we've been having an election, the Australian government has been turning itself into a panopticon : Australian spies will soon have...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/02/pushover.html?showComment=1427268545407
The Panopticon: Pushover
After a long stretch of working chiefly on widdle-bitty baby things, it has made a nice change to get some manly stuff onto the needles. My ...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/07/man-aboot-hoose.html?showComment=1152144840000
The Panopticon: A Man Aboot the Hoose
Ted is safely home in Canada, after an all-too-brief visit. He is a model houseguest: polite, considerate, neat, and brings wool with him. C...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/05/inked.html?showComment=1148322240000
The Panopticon: Inked
I detest doing posts solely about the shop . It's like inviting guests in for cocoa and then trying to sell them insurance. Please consider ...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/06/moist-with-pride.html?showComment=1151373060000
The Panopticon: Moist with Pride
Hi. It's Dolores. What's new with you? Yesterday was Chicago's Pride March, and the Boss had his annual two sips of Heineken. As usual, this...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/10/scenes-from-rhinebeck-apologia-and.html
The Panopticon: Scenes from Rhinebeck: Apologia and Preface
Author's Apologia Let's just get this out in the open right now and be done with it. My photos of the New York Sheep and Wool Festival, kn...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/10/fleece-to-face-with-shannon-okey.html?showComment=1160091840000
The Panopticon: Fleece to Face with Shannon Okey
special to The Panopticon by Dolores Van Hoofen Knitter, spinner and author Shannon Okey , also known to the blog world as knitgrrl , is pr...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/10/hot-date.html?showComment=1428290606040
The Panopticon: Hot Date
Chicagoland Knitters: Mark your calendars. Why? We're going to have us a Dulaan Project Knit-In Potluck on November 4, 2006 from noon to 6...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2011/02/compare-and-contrast.html?showComment=1297872204805
The Panopticon: Compare and Contrast
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/03/i-used-to-knit.html?showComment=1143155880000
The Panopticon: I Used to Knit
I was searching my archives for a particular photograph tonight when I ran across the shots I took during a trip to the English Lake Distric...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2010/03/franklin-in-wonderland.html?showComment=1268907870186
The Panopticon: Franklin in Wonderland
The last time I changed apartments, the moving crew was deeply amused to find that I had five smallish pieces of furniture, eight huge bookc...
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https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/09/man-vs-sweater.html?showComment=1127252700000
The Panopticon: Man vs. Sweater
On Monday night I was sitting in my favorite chair, placidly knitting away on the Rhinebeck Sweater and watching an episode of To the Manor ...
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