Slave to the needles, #3
Publisher: The author
Place of publication: Madison, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 42
Subjects: Knitting; Handbooks, manuals; Comic books, strips; Alternative rock musicians; Interviews
Description: This DIY zine contains knitting instructions and patterns, and well as lots of interviews with popular indie and alternative musicians about crafts and cooking. In issue three, Sufjan Stevens is interviewed about his knitting-on-tour habits, and a member of Tracy and the Plastics talks about the revolutionary nature of art. Also included are comics about knitting and crafts, as well as scenes from the author's personal life. There are zine reviews, too, and the back page contains standard and metric rulers.
Notes: Issue #1 (May 2003)-

Cover title.

Latest issue consulted: Issue 3.

Gift of Marie Penny, donated in 2010.
Table of contents: title: PATTERNS & INSTRUCTIONS --; title: Casting on : recast  --; title: Barn bonnet  --; title: Help! I don't know a SSK from my ass!  --; title: Knitters' graph paper  --; title: Algebra for knitters : here's how to convert yarn weights and lengths. No, college credit is not available --; title: Convertible mittens  --; title: With love from Wisconsin : warm winter hat  --; title: Baby Janes : knit & sew some Mary-Jane sockies for all those babies your friends are suddenty having  --; title: Guitar strap : rock on with yr frock on!  -- by Vickie Howell; title: Drumstick sling : for chicks with sticks  -- by Sammy Napoli; title: Smitten mitten : cute alert! This double-cuffed mitt lets sweethearts hold hands in cold weather.  -- by Ann Gallentine; title: Sew your own nursing t-shirt  -- by Beth Cortelyou; title: Hoop dreams : use embroidery to embellish your knitting or the ass of your jeans  --; title: Avoid gauge rage : with these kick-ass gauge rulers I made --; title: COMIX --; title: Who's got the button?  --; title: Xpohnnyecknn [Cyrillic] --; title: Raise high the roof beam, carpenters  --; title: The sewing box  --; title: Knitting madonnas --; title: The boss --; title: INTERVIEWS --; title: Ian MacKaye of Fugazi and the Evens --; title: Annie Holoien of the Soviettes --; title: Kim Coletta of Jawbox --; title: Mirah --; title: Wynne Greenwood of Tracy + the Plastics  --; title: Anne Heller of the Austin Theremonic Orchestra  --; title: Jessica Jordan of the Polyphonic Spree --; title: John Herndon of Tortoise --; title: Richard Buckner --; title: Hilary York  --; title: Lupe Nunez-Fernandez of the Pipas --; title: Melissa York of the Butchies --; title: Shannon Goodwin of Cougar Party --; title: Nouela Johnston of Mon Frere --; title: Anna Friz --; title: Mia Doi Todd --; title: Sarah Dougher of Cadallaca --; title: Naomi Yang of Damon and Naomi --; title: Alex Sharkey of Pinkie and Brighter --; title: Wendy Atkinson  --; title: Rozalind MacPhail --; title: Claudia Gonson of Magnetic Fields --; title: James Hepler of Sorry about Dresden --; title: Zoe Dodd and Bennett Jones-Phillips of the Bayonettes --; title: Jeff Shoop of Ester Drang --; title: Suran Song in Stag --; title: Liz Enthusiasm of Freezepop  --; title: Sherry Fraser of Two Ton Boa  --; title: Jean Cook of Ida --; title: Sufjan Stevens  --; title: MISCELLANIES --; title: Slow dough : oh my god, baking bread takes all fucking day --; title: Vegan chocolate pudding : is for lovers  --; title: Zine reviews