https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2009/03/now-where-was-i.html?showComment=1322430945166
The Panopticon: Now, Where Was I?
Listen, before you say one word about how long it’s been since the last post please rest assured that I’ve already heard it all, in the for...
where was ithe panopticon
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2013/07/finish-line.html?showComment=1788690824600
The Panopticon: Finish Line
I've set the timer for ten minutes. That's how long I have to write and post this entry. I must apologize in advance for the perfectly cru...
the panopticonfinish line
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2013/02/one-plain-one-fancy.html?showComment=1361488786624
The Panopticon: One Plain, One Fancy
Last month I wrote a piece for Lion Brand Yarns that mentioned an almost century-old pattern that I've had my eye on. This is it: Look ...
the panopticononeplainfancy
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/05/cute-animals-n-shit.html?showComment=1344588615781
The Panopticon: Cute Animals 'n' Shit
Those who know me well know that in the days immediately before I'm due to set off on a big trip, the best thing to do is keep away from me....
the panopticoncute animalsshit
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2012/01/back-on-chain-gang.html?showComment=1327933135945
The Panopticon: Back on the Chain Gang
Hi. It's Dolores. His Grace regrets he's unable to be with you tonight, but he's still recovering from having sucked down one too many choco...
the panopticonchain gangback
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-new-sleeve.html?showComment=1325512316548
The Panopticon: New Year. New Sleeve.
In case you haven't noticed, the holidays are over. Signs are everywhere. This morning, Dolores took down the Christmas tree. To be perfectl...
the panopticonnew yearsleeve
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/03/100-things-about-me-part-first_10.html
The Panopticon: 100 Things About Me, Part the First
I keep running across variations of this theme on other blogs. Seems like a fun exercise. Prepare to be fascinated. 1. I’m quite short (5’3”...
the panopticonabout methingspartfirst
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/03/technology-is-insulting-me.html?showComment=1526026915620
The Panopticon: Technology Is Insulting Me
Did you ever have one of those moments when you suddenly realized you couldn't live another minute without Asleep at the Wheel's recording o...
the panopticontechnologyinsulting
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2011/10/next-stop-reykjavik.html?showComment=1317993853241
The Panopticon: Next Stop Reykjavik
Twice in one day. It's either feast or famine around here, isn't it? Not, come to think of it, that two brief posts constitute a feast. Not ...
the panopticonnext stopreykjavik
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/03/top-o-mornin.html?showComment=1142802660000
The Panopticon: Top o' the Mornin'
No, I am not Irish, not even the littlest bit. In fact, years of living with an angry alcoholic whose antecedents hailed from County Cork ra...
the panopticontopmornin
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/09/little-comforts.html?showComment=1222820580000
The Panopticon: Little Comforts
This week, so far: the financial world is in free fall, the government of my country can't stop posturing and pontificating long enough to t...
the panopticonlittlecomforts
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/07/her-reputation-precedes-me.html?showComment=1185901320000
The Panopticon: Her Reputation Precedes Me
Now then, where were we? About three weeks ago, I started noticing occasional visits to The Panopticon via Ravelry . If you knit, and you're...
the panopticonher reputationprecedes
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/05/cute-animals-n-shit.html
The Panopticon: Cute Animals 'n' Shit
Those who know me well know that in the days immediately before I'm due to set off on a big trip, the best thing to do is keep away from me....
the panopticoncute animalsshit
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2009/02/process.html?showComment=1234547220000
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...
the panopticonprocess
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/10/finishing-hat.html?showComment=1160320920000
The Panopticon: Finishing the Hat
Until just recently there was serious gap in my fiber education. Cables. I knew what they were in theory, since somebody had the good sense ...
the panopticonfinishinghat
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/01/hippie-feet.html?showComment=1169066580000
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...
the panopticonhippiefeet
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/01/deux-ewes.html?showComment=1168563480000
The Panopticon: Deux Ewes
Yes, I know. I promised a write-up of the charting software last week. I want to do it right, is all, and there simply hasn't been time. Eve...
the panopticondeuxewes
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2011/10/yoked.html?showComment=1319591624859
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...
the panopticonyoked
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/09/elves.html?showComment=1126231980000
The Panopticon: Elves?
So yesterday, riding the train home after work, I pulled out the neverending sleeve , which had been sitting absolutely untouched in my bag ...
the panopticonelves
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2013/07/fiber-factory-of-one.html?showComment=1416369029356
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...
the panopticonfiberfactoryone
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/06/photo-developments.html?showComment=1181097180000
The Panopticon: Photo Developments
The title is a pun. Get it? Ha, ha. I'm going through the 1,000 Knitters messages in a more organized fashion, trying to figure out how we'...
the panopticonphotodevelopments
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2013/06/tour-de-fears-2013.html?showComment=1372709062942
The Panopticon: Tour de Fears 2013
I live with two spinning wheels, but I live with them in the way that I once lived with an empty-headed, perky-nippled go-go boy. He had his...
the panopticontourfears
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2012/01/back-on-chain-gang.html?showComment=1327714992724
The Panopticon: Back on the Chain Gang
Hi. It's Dolores. His Grace regrets he's unable to be with you tonight, but he's still recovering from having sucked down one too many choco...
the panopticonchain gangback
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/02/approaching-final-turn.html?showComment=1140051120000
The Panopticon: Approaching the Final Turn
Can I make a confession to you? (Like you have nothing else better to do with your day.) I've been working on my Knitting Olympics thing, bu...
the panopticonapproachingfinalturn
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2010/08/development-of-communication-in-human.html?showComment=1283127175464
The Panopticon: The Development of Communication in the Human Niece
They warn you about this day in Uncle School. They tell you there's no way to avoid it, but not to fear it. Just be prepared, they say. It c...
the panopticondevelopmentcommunicationhumanniece
https://podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2025/06/02/life-in-the-panopticon/
Life in the Panopticon - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast
Jun 2, 2025 - Tracking our faces and whereabouts is getting out of control. It’s a mass surveillance infrastructure that keeps growing in Borg-like fashion. Facial...
in thelifepanopticonfirewallsstop
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/12/lurching-toward-epiphany-day-seven.html?showComment=1230859800000
The Panopticon: Lurching Toward Epiphany: Day Seven
On the seventh day of Christmas, Dolores gave to me seven kegs a-brimming, six queens sashaying , five Highland Flings , four letter words ...
the panopticonepiphany daylurchingtowardseven
https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/problemos/en/article/view/6637
The Panopticon and the Ponopticism in the Background of Globalization | Problemos
A peer-reviewed journal of philosophy founded in 1968 that publishes research articles, book reviews and an academic chronicle. Indexed in the Scopus database...
the panopticonbackgroundglobalizationproblemos
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/09/do-you-dulaan.html?showComment=1158862620000
The Panopticon: Do You Dulaan?
I do. I'm usually not much for charity knitting. In general, I feel that the poor can use my pocket money more than my stockinette. But I fi...
the panopticondo youdulaan
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2013/07/lush-life.html?showComment=1771413153016
The Panopticon: Lush Life
Through no merit of my own, I've been sprawled in the lap of luxury for the past several days. This is one of those spa hotels where the spa...
the panopticonlush life
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2013/07/i-think-im-beginning-to-love-this.html?showComment=1373468162699
The Panopticon: I Think I'm Beginning to Love This
It is finished. Not the Tour de Fleece–that's still going on, and I have to pick the next fiber to spin–but this yarn, this yarn I didn...
the panopticonto lovethinkbeginning
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/12/lurching-toward-epiphany-day-one.html?showComment=1230221220000
The Panopticon: Lurching Toward Epiphany: Day One
On the first day of Christmas, Dolores gave to me... a party that lasted 'til three. To be continued, I fear.
the panopticonepiphany daylurchingtowardone
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/12/viva-ruana.html?showComment=1412803366374
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...
the panopticonvivaruana
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/01/allons-nous-au-salon.html
The Panopticon: Allons-nous au Salon
This just in:* Chicago's "Winter Delights" series is featuring knitting as the centerpiece of the "Stitching Salon" that has been establishe...
the panopticonallonsnoussalon
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/08/portrait-of-photo-shoot.html?showComment=1188081000000
The Panopticon: Portrait of a Photo Shoot
So, I have this little album devoted to photos of my niece, Abigail. I call it the Abigallery. If you visit my apartment for longer than thi...
the panopticonphoto shootportrait
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/12/hat-jam.html?showComment=1354987856695
The Panopticon: Hat Jam
It's very frustrating that more than half of what I'm knitting right now has to be kept secret. But I can tell you I've finished two hats fo...
the panopticonhatjam
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2011/10/directions.html?showComment=1319151965094
The Panopticon: Directions
In order to compensate, in part, for no longer being surrounded by this, or this, (click to embiggen; it's worth it) I have begun working on...
the panopticondirections
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-new-sleeve.html?showComment=1325586843879
The Panopticon: New Year. New Sleeve.
In case you haven't noticed, the holidays are over. Signs are everywhere. This morning, Dolores took down the Christmas tree. To be perfectl...
the panopticonnew yearsleeve
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/01/each-one-teach-one-part-two.html?showComment=1169141880000
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...
the panopticonpart twooneteach
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 ...
the panopticonpushover
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/02/sentimental-yarn.html?showComment=1140780360000
The Panopticon: A Sentimental Yarn
When I realized that my whole knitting life was turning into a lace festival, I decided I'd better add something simpler to occupy my time o...
the panopticonsentimentalyarn
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/02/approaching-final-turn.html?showComment=1140127800000
The Panopticon: Approaching the Final Turn
Can I make a confession to you? (Like you have nothing else better to do with your day.) I've been working on my Knitting Olympics thing, bu...
the panopticonapproachingfinalturn
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2010/09/hay-hay-hay.html?showComment=1284975023882
The Panopticon: Hay Hay Hay
Greetings, my dears, from Seattle. Pardon my typing if it's a little lopsided–the Men's Fall Knitting Retreat 2010 has just adjourned, and y...
the panopticonhay
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2005/12/viva-ruana.html?showComment=1412803459003
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...
the panopticonvivaruana
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-story-of-new-years-eve-party.html?showComment=1357071008308
The Panopticon: The Story of a New Year's Eve Party, Enacted Entirely By a Small Professional...
a new yearthe panopticonstory ofeveparty
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/03/celebrity-smackdown-iv-womens-history.html
The Panopticon: Celebrity Smackdown IV: Women's History Edition
Women's History Month* is almost over, but we're going to celebrate it Panopticon style with a Celebrity Smackdown! The contest: Field Hocke...
the panopticoncelebritysmackdownwomenhistory
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2008/06/keepin-it-weird.html?showComment=1213037340000
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...
the panopticonweird
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/03/bang-bang-youre-dead.html?showComment=1142473920000
The Panopticon: Bang Bang You're Dead
So it's come to this. External forces have pressured me to pit two of my dear friends and blogging inspirations against one another. I didn'...
the panopticonyou rebangdead
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/04/theres-no-place-like-om.html?showComment=1145742600000
The Panopticon: There's No Place Like Om
So, I've started going to this gay Buddhist meditation group on Thursday nights. It's called Rainbow Lotus Sangha. I'm an embryonic Buddhist...
the panopticonplacelike
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/08/paging-susie-snowflake.html?showComment=1154473020000
The Panopticon: Paging Susie Snowflake
Heat. Everywhere. No escape. It creeps in under the drawn windowshade, laughs at the feeble warning shot from the air conditioner, and runs ...
the panopticonsusie snowflakepaging
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/03/spin-doctor.html?showComment=1143045840000
The Panopticon: Spin Doctor
the panopticonspin doctor
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-2007-knitting-revealed.html?showComment=1199126760000
The Panopticon: Christmas 2007 Knitting Revealed!
Talk about your narrow escapes. Last night's plane out of Maine narrowly escaped the snapping jaws of one snowstorm, and today Chicago–which...
the panopticonchristmasknittingrevealed
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2006/01/this-whole-sheep-thing-is-getting-out.html?showComment=1137605340000
The Panopticon: This Whole Sheep Thing Is Getting Out of Control
You know what the problem with drawing sheep is? I keep falling asleep on my sketchbook. Ha, ha. A joke.
getting out ofthe panopticonthing iswholesheep
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/05/potpourri.html?showComment=1178156460000
The Panopticon: Potpourri
I must be getting better. Instead of not blogging because the prospect of getting out of bed and going to the computer makes me cry, I'm not...
the panopticonpotpourri
https://the-panopticon.blogspot.com/2007/12/psssst.html
The Panopticon: Psssst!
OMG, I am totally sitting in the back of my sister's classroom in Maine and blogging at the same time. Everybody else has to work on their ...
the panopticon