TEXTILLIAN STUDIOS

Author: textillian

  • Don’t Sweat the Technique

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    Reference Roseann asked about the method (putting down stitches) I used to join the sleeve to the body. It is really very similar, at least in my mind, to a three needle bind off. Here is what I do.

  • Put Me Down

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    Reference  Well, I was hoping to be farther along on this by now, but progress is still being made: The second sleeve has a few more rows to go, and then I will “put the stitches down” in to the body of the sweater and work on the collar. I am putting down stitches, as…

  • House of Blue Leaves

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    Reference  Ok, so they aren’t blue, but it is beautiful to see this in the morning, with the sunlight filtering through the trees in the front yard, hitting the trees in the back yard. First, an update on one of my little rants. It seems that there is some information about this subject, or at…

  • Take a Chance on Me

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    Reference  One of my favorite classes in college was Non-deterministic Systems, which could have been simplified to the name: Probability. Or even Statistics. Yes, I know. Geek. Anyway, the guild had done some presentations and work on stripes, and I wondered whether I could get a pleasing distribution of warp stripes by getting a random…

  • (Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind

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    Reference Another thought popped into my mind on the way home from work tonight: Is there some kind of formula that you can just plug in the needle size, yarn diameter, and stitch pattern to determine the yardage needed to knit something? I ask because it seems like a basic thing, but yet I don’t…

  • Change

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    Reference Well, I have changed the theme and added an anti-spam plugin. With the plugin, registration is no longer required, though a email address is still required. Lord, I hope this works.

  • Dirty Little Secret

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    Mr. Penney and I are mostly homebodies. Most of this is because we have gotten past the point of wanting to do the clubs and such. Another reason though, is because we have someone back home that we have to take care of: Bogey is a nine year old beagle that has been with Mr.…

  • Suddenly, Last Summer

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    Well, since I am still trying to get back to work on the rug that I am trying to put on the big loom, I thought that maybe putting up some of the weaving that has not made it up onto the site would help me. Ok, maybe not, but here it is anyway. This…

  • Joy and Pain

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    I hope you had a good holiday weekend. Mr. Penney and I did, though I can’t say that we did anything out of the ordinary. I did get baby sweater number two completed: It is about to get shipped off to my friend Kelly, who gave birth to her daughter Regina back in January. Hopefully, it…

  • Red, red wine

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    I know I should save it until the end, but I can’t wait, so here it is: It wasn’t like there was a lot to do on it since the last entry here, but we did go on a button finding expedition on Saturday. Mr. Penney helped me select the buttons for this jacket and…