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Striped Baby Mittens
These baby mittens are nice and warm as they are done on a size 2 needle with worsted weight yarn. Because of this they should stay toasty while even blocking out some of the wind. The ribbing around the wrist should help to keep them on baby's hands, ... |
Feb 12, 2008 |
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Felted Toy Alphabet Blocks
I've made a few baby sweaters, and they don't take a lot of time to make seeing as though they're so small, but also -- they're not going to last very long because babies grow SO fast! So -- I thought my time would be better spent making some toys. They ... |
Feb 3, 2008 |
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Braided Cable Hat
Rochelle asked if I could make a hat for her aunt who's fighting cancer. I was more than happy to oblige. After she taught her Friday morning yoga class, we met up and walked over to The Needleworks Barn. We found some GREAT baby alpaca yarn that will ... |
Nov 17, 2007 |
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Fun with Fair Isle
In between cleaning today I worked on a few different fair isle patterns for the remake of the infant sweater. I came up with three patterns, making sure to follow all the rules of a good fair isle pattern: only two colors per row. each color should ... |
Aug 25, 2007 |
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An Over-complicated Fair Isle Infant Sweater
Debbie Bliss Cathay Yarn I got some gorgeous yarn while I was in Washington. We stopped at a cute shop called the Wool Station in Bellingham. They had a nice selection of washable wools, cottons and other blends. They had some nice novelty yarns, but ... |
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Saguaro Cabled Mittens
Whenever I fly on a plane I have to have a project to work on, whether it be knitting or crochet -- I've gotta have something in my hands. It keeps me entertained, it helps me pass the time, and hey! I'm actually being productive! I'm SO glad I learned ... |
Mar 7, 2007 |
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A nice litte washcloth
Last year I got some great bath goodies for my birthday from my friend, Michael. My favorite was from the H2O+ Sea Salt Collection, namely the Sea Salt Skin Slougher. I also had a bottle of Sea Salt Body Wash but I never used it because I never had the ... |
Feb 25, 2007 |
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the two-evening single-crochet scarf
We had the EMS - Marlton Holiday shindig at our house on Sunday night. After we cleaned up the house and I helped prep the burgers, I had some spare time before everyone arrived. What better to do that go upstairs to my yarn stash and find something ... |
Dec 19, 2006 |
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the two-evening single-crochet scarf
We had the EMS - Marlton Holiday shindig at our house on Sunday night. After we cleaned up the house and I helped prep the burgers, I had some spare time before everyone arrived. What better to do that go upstairs to my yarn stash and find something ... |
Dec 19, 2006 |
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Completed: Fair Isle Double Knit Scarf
Way back in March I started a Fair Isle Double Knit Scarf that I was making for a friend of mine. As I said before, I was kind of stumped when trying to create a "boy" scarf -- I wanted it to be warm, and pretty, but not frilly and certainly not "foo ... |
Nov 2, 2006 |
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The traveling scarf
Thank goodness the FAA lets you take knitting needles on the plane. It keeps me busy and sane (and mostly helps to make me think that I'm not wasting all this time staring at the little tv screen in front of me). I had plenty of flights (and a couple ... |
Oct 4, 2006 |
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Lotsa fair isle hats
long overdue: I got on a hat kick at the end of spring and made a bunch of fair isle hats with some Wool Ease yarn that I bought (one skein each of Heather, Dk Gray, and Maroon). It was neat to create different designs and see how they turned out. Here ... |
Sep 20, 2006 |
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UGA Intarsia hat, attempt #1
Blake is obsessed with UGA. So I took on the challenge of knitting him a UGA hat. Here's the process for hat attempt #1: buy some snazzy red, black and silver yarn (Wool-Ease "Ranch Red" and "Black" and Paton's Brilliant "White Twinkle") knit a ... |
Jun 20, 2006 |
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lots of shirts, a hat, and a bunny
There are SO many patterns out there.... I figure I should make myself a bit of a list of the ones I'd like to get to. PLUS hopefully this can give my secret yarn swapper person some ideas about what yarn to get me. :-D But really -- its just as much ... |
May 18, 2006 |
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Squirrels like to nit!!
I'm in Salt Lake City for a few days, doing a small training/consulting thing for JBoss. It's been great to get the chance to see friends and family while I'm here, and tonight I went to Uncle John and Aunt Andrea's house to catch up and visit. Their ... |
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Rosehip hat
So... I couldn't resist making something with one of those cool stitch patterns I got out of my new book purchase. I really liked the "rosehip" stitch. It's quick to knit, and very delicate looking. So this turned out to be a good project while we drove ... |
Apr 18, 2006 |
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Novelty Yarn Shawl
Its time to break into the abandoned projects bag. I think I need to finish a few of these before I can start my next new project. I've negotiated with myself that if I finish two more I can start a new one. We shall see. I started this project ... |
Apr 7, 2006 |
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So many patterns, so little time
After lunch with Jay I needed to run across the way to Petsmart to get kitty "stuff". Barnes and Noble is next door, and decided I needed a new book to read (well, not just "new" book I needed "a" book -- its been too long since I've read something that ... |
Mar 28, 2006 |
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Fair Isle Hat, knit in the round
I love knitting for someone. I love taking this big ball of colored yarn and making something you can wear out of it... something someone can enjoy and keep themselves warm. I love putting a bit of me in the knitting -- making my own pattern, my own ... |
Mar 12, 2006 |
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Rag Rug
After buying our house I got crafty inspired. I need a rug for my upstairs bathroom, and being the knitting-crochet-cra... |
Mar 8, 2006 |