Category: After
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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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Kinky
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Woohoo! Socks are done. The toe and the heel of these socks are from Charlene Schurch class I took back at the MDSW. For the toe, I used Becker’s magic cast on, rather than knitting a rectangle as the basis for the toe. I think I am going back to the rectangle method, as the…
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Keep On Truckin’
Reference It’s been a while since you have heard from me, again, hasn’t it. Every time I think about posting to my blog, I think, if I just wait until X, I can include that in the post as well! The last of those items on the X list happened today, so today I am…
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Color My World
Reference While I loved working with the natural gray of the blanket, it was time for some color after completing it. Luckily, it was also time to finish up another project. My YMCA socks are done. These socks are nice and comfortable and fit well. As an added bonus, the colors didn’t pool or form…
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Hip to Be Square
Reference So it all started with the gray Romney fleece that I got at last year’s Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. That fleece then got spun into singles. The result of all of that spinning was 10 skeins of singles that contained over 200 yards that were about 14 epi. Now, I knew I wanted…
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The Weekend
Reference Ah yes. Another year, another Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. What a time. The day before the festival, I helped one of the vendors, Jennifer of Spirit Trail Fiberworks, set up her booth. She had an armada of helpers, most of whom I recognized from years past when visiting her booth. Myself and one…
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Tight Fit
Reference Yeah! I got another pair of socks done. It seems like it has been forever since I have completed a pair of socks, and after trying on the first sock of this pair, I was almost going to rip them out and try again. I had a devil of a time trying to get…
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Lucas with the Lid Off
Reference Knitting is still going on here, especially with my weaving undergoing a re-group. More on that in the next post. My first new project of 2011 turns out to be my first completed project of 2011. This is Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Maltese Fisherman’s Hat from Knitters Almanac. I used two strands of Berroco’s Ultra Alpaca…
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We Need a Little Christmas
Reference Miss me? I have been busy, and the blog keeps sliding down the priority list. As an update, I am still working on the ribbed cable sock in Bad Moon Rising colorway of Dragonfly Djinni. I moved over to doing these in Magic Loop, as the small 12″ circular needle becomes difficult to work…