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Baby Sweaters
Or, Why I'm Such A Slow Knitter I'm still knitting those baby sweaters. I've finished the first one, and just have sleeves and a hood to finish for the second one. You wouldn't think that two worsted...
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Reward Challenge
All done except for the seams and buttons. I've been getting myself through the last bit of this with little rewards*. On Friday, John and I had the pleasure of meeting Jennifer AKA Major Knitter for...
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Cruising
John and I signed up for a Princess cruise several months ago. This one leaves and arrives back at Vancouver, so we were able to drive up instead of flying, which made it a bit more economical. It...
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Souvenirs
After a long travel day Friday, we're back home from our cruise. Getting through Seattle traffic back home was the worst part of the trip. We got off the ship around 9:30, and didn't get home until...
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Endless Garter Stitch
That's my Wool Peddler shawl. I finally finished the bazillion rows of boring garter stitch and have moved on to the lace part. Lace always seems like frosting to me. You eat the boring white cake...
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New Socks!
And they're done. Project Details Pattern: My same old vanilla sock Yarn: Lang Jawoll Superwash Solids, Black Watch. I think the real color “name” is actually a number. Needles: 2.25mm sterling...
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Ooooh!
After I finished the Ruffles shawl, I needed to cast on another semi-mindless project. I mentioned in my last post that I might do another Hitchhiker shawl, so I started rummaging around in my yarn...
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Ahhhh.
Sunday afternoon on the lake, me, my knitting, and the cat. It doesn't get much better than this. I'm still working on the same projects, slowly but surely. The lovely stuff in the photo is the...
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Yarn Chicken
I am nearing the end of this shawl. This is 22 Little Clouds, and I'm making it in that cashmere yarn hand spun in Afghanistan. Obviously I want to use every bit of this lovely stuff possible. The...
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Winter Is Coming
I did finish binding off the 22 Little Clouds shawl yesterday, with 17 grams of yarn left. I'll get it washed and then show a photo of it, but it is perfect. Now it's time to resurrect an old project....
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Give Us This Day…
The Daily Bread: 1.5 cups white flour 1.5 cups whole wheat flour 1.5 tablespoon vital wheat gluten 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon buttermilk powder 1 cup water 1 tablespoon molasses 1 egg 1 tablespoon...
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At Least I Can Knit
I woke up early yesterday feeling yucky. I hate calling in sick, so I sucked it up, got ready and went in. It should have been a sign that the cup of tea I made before I got in the shower almost made...
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Sock Project
I have been knitting socks almost since I learned to knit almost 20 years ago. Since then, I always have a sock in progress, as soon as I finish a pair, I cast on another one. My finished sock stash...
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Sleeve Island, Part Eleventy-Billion
I actually have gotten some knitting done this past few weeks, though damned little. It’s been the usual holiday season chaos around here, with too much to get done and not enough time to just sit and...
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Fourteen Years!
It’s a good thing that my phone calendar has a reminder feature, or I’d have missed my own “blogiversary”. It’s actually tomorrow, but I’m pretty sure if I wait until then, I’ll forget to post...
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Lace!
This is that lace shawl I showed in the last post, just stretched out a bit so you can see how pretty it will be. Back to knitting!
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Holy Moly
I can’t tell you how many dozens of pairs of socks I’ve knit over the years. I still get gusset holes sometimes, which really annoys me. You can’t see it in that photo. Here’s a closeup. It’s always...
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Baking day
We’re having a friend over for Easter dinner tomorrow, so today is baking day. The main course is an herbed and roasted boneless leg of lamb, with a potato gratin and asparagus. This morning I made...
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Stash
Or, My Yarn Box Runneth Over I either need to knit faster or buy another plastic container. And no, I’m not going to admit publicly just how many of those boxes I have. Let’s just say that I have it...
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Vogue Knitting
Several weeks ago I received a copy of the Vogue Knitting book from the publisher, with a request to review the new edition*. I also have the original version of this, published in 1989. Honestly, I...
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