Category: Clothing
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Where Have You Been
Reference Well, I didn’t post for the whole month of July. Wish that I had a good excuse for that, but I don’t. True, there are things that I am working on that I can’t show to the world just yet, (and to those of you who know what they are: Hush! Don’t spoil the…
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Goody Two S(ock)s
Reference It has been awhile since I have posted about socks, hasn’t it? Actually, it has been awhile since I have posted, period. In any case, finally I have a post about socks. Not just one pair, but two! Both pairs are patterns that I have done before, for the most part. I previously did…
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I Can See Clearly Now
Reference As you know, back at the end of March, beginning of April, I took the Color Interaction for Handweavers workshop by Su Butler. I have to say, for me, it is the best workshop that I have ever taken. Or could have taken. I have always felt that my use of color was the…
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This Christmas
Reference Well, another Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival (or as Mr. Penney likes to refer to it, “My Christmas”) has come and gone. I helped with the set up of the skein and garment competition again this year. It seems to be taking them longer and longer to get the judging done, which means setting…
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Beautiful Monster
Reference There are times when I make things just to see what will result. This was one of those times. I started by using the Sea Monster from Dragonfly Fibers that I spun a while ago. The last few weaving projects that I have done with handspun singles, I have woven as twills to avoid…
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In Bloom
Reference It is not often that I see something that someone else has made and want to make it, but when I saw Roseann’s Azalea Center Piece, I knew I wanted to knit the pattern myself. I immediately purchased the book the pattern was in, The First Book of Modern Lace Knitting, as well as…
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Reversible Cable Scarf
I didn’t originally plan this to be my next post, but I wanted something upbeat, and this project is that for me. The yarn is a yarn that I spun from Fiber Optic’s BFL/silk roving dyed in the Espresso-Crimson-Gold gradient. The pattern is based on something that I saw in a kntting magazine back in…
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Meantime
Reference The shawl hasn’t been the only thing that I have been on these last couple months. I have briefly stopped work on the vest to start a sweater from the same book The pattern is Ansley from the Jane Ellison Queensland Collection. The yarn that I am using is Mas Acero from Brooks Farm…
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Race for the Cure 2011 post-show
Race day, which was two weeks ago now, was a brisk but sunny day; and as usual, my stomach was turning before the event. The nervousness starts on the drive to the event, as the last few miles take an eternity to drive because traffic is so backed up. Granted, I have learned my lesson…
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And the winner is…
Joan Hajek! The shawl is being fulled as I write this. More on the shawl and the race later. And thank you for your support in the Race for the Cure. Copyright 2011 by G. P. Donohue for textillian.com.