Back on the Horse that Threw You

Although I haven’t talked about it too much, I’ve been working on a Tangled Yoke cardigan, a lovely, classic pattern from Eunny Jang, for the past six weeks. Things had been going pretty good – I struggled with the waist shaping instructions (as did many people if the comments on Ravelry are an indication) but [...]

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Changes in the Air

There have been a number of changes around here lately.
Weather – a heavy frost Friday and hard freezes on Saturday and Sunday have brought the growing season to a screeching halt. And to add insult to injury, it snowed on Saturday.
A lingering UFO becomes an FO – I finally finished the Spring Forward socks which [...]

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Stashin’ at Stitches

Some serious stashin’ has taken place recently – last week was the great enabling event known as  Stitches Midwest.
Actually, I did pretty good. I went in with a list and I pretty much stuck to that list. Granted, the list was a bit unreasonable – yarn for three sweaters as well as some sock yarn [...]

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Knit On

So, a few days ago I was doing a few chores around the house, thinking about writing my next blog post (on trying to hold off a rampant case of Startitis) when I got a phone call that my Mother had had a stroke and was being taken to the hospital. There followed several days [...]

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This Just In – I’m Not French

So, I wore the Forest Canopy shawl to work a couple days ago and – it was not horrible. No one would ever mistake me for one of those effortlessly stylish French women, but it looked pretty good – not too nana-ish and nobody laughed (to my face anyway) It did start to get a [...]

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Jumping off the Crazy Train

I was going to knit a new Cookie A sock pattern from her book, Sock Innovation, each month until I’d knitted them all.
I got through two months.
Then my easily distracted mind (oooh! shiny!) got distracted and I had a sudden and overwhelming urge to knit some lace.
The “funny” thing about wanting to knit lace is [...]

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Caution: Post May Contain Actual Knitting Content

Look! Actual knitting! Actual finished knitting! Very exciting times indeed.
Pattern: Sunshine Socks by Cookie A.
Yarn: ShiBui Sock, color “Kiwi”
Notes: Once I got settled on a yarn, these socks went quite quickly. The pattern repeat is intuitive and easy to follow. I like knitting socks with repeating charts like this, since they seem to go quickly. [...]

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Confession

I have a confession to make:
I haven’t been working on the English Rug.
I keep thinking, “Oh, now isn’t a good time. Tonight, while I’m watching TV – that’ll be perfect.” Except, when I’m watching TV I just sit there like a lump, or read a book or…..knit. Yes, the lure of intriguing new sock patterns [...]

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Monkey-ing Around

Between the English Rug and the opening of the Garden Season, the knitting has been a little quiet around here lately. It has not, however, disappeared.
Pattern: Monkey by Cookie A
Yarn: Dream in Color Smooshy, colorway “Giant Peach”
Notes: This is actually the third time I’ve knit Monkeys; however a couple were gifts and the pair meant [...]

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Under the Wire

I managed to finish up one more Malabrigo project before March ended (casting off at 11:25pm on the 31st!) Whew!
Pattern: Birthday Cowl
Yarn: Malabrigo worsted, colorway “Sauterne”
Notes: Bright and cheerful, easy but interesting – if you need to crank out a project in a few hours, this is it. I think the finished lines of the [...]

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