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Cast On Mania Day 4: Fiber Optics Paint Box Shawl
Day 4 brought some creativity. I knew I wanted to use my Fiber Optics Paint Box but I wasn’t sure for what. I tried several shawls – Now In A Minute, Lintilla and Baktus – but none were right for...
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FO: Mrs. Tumnus Shawl
This shawl took over my knitting life – I finished it in just 2 weeks. Mrs. Tumnus Shawl in Schaefer Anne 4.0 mm ChiaoGoo needles for the body, cast on with a 5.0 mm. All those twisted stitches and...
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Crescent Shawls FTW
I’ve become obsessed with crescent-shaped shawls. I love the combo of simple (usually stockinette) combined with lace and the occasional bead. I love me just a little bling. I blew through Mrs....
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FO: Peppermint Wish Shawl
Another week, another lace shawl off the needles. Don’t expect this to be a regular thing around here – I have no others waiting in the wings. Pattern Lilac Wish Lace Shawl by Alina Appasov Yarn Knit...
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A couple Christmas break WIPs
I started my Christmas vaca with a few new WIPs. Shaw Hill I was concerned about knitting with such a big needle but it’s been fun – and quick progress isn’t hard to be happy about. The dye has rubbed...
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delusions aplenty
I’d been searching for Madtosh Prairie in Spectrum after I saw this awesome FO. And of course, no one had any Spectrum in stock. I finally found some at Webs last Saturday and scooped up a skein as...
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If at first you don’t succeed…
try, try again. So I did, and cast on a couple new projects. First up are the Loki socks in Bitsy Knits Sock82me. The stitch definition is great but the 8 ply yarn is a little splitty. Not the best...
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All Collinear All the Time
I mentioned in last week’s post that I cast on for Collinear. I’m not sure what happened but I knit on it Every. Night. this week. I never knit after work. I think it’s a combo of pattern/yarn/color...
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Summer is for sock yarn shawl knitting
I’ve been having a ball knitting on Collinear – I’m more than halfway done in just 2 weeks. I mentioned in my last post that I don’t enjoy working with many yarns at once. But sometimes pretty sucks...
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FO: Collinear shawl
I can’t believe I’m writing that I finished Collinear – I knitted it in less than three weeks. That’s gotta be a record for me. It was a perfect storm of great pattern, gorgeous yarns and fabulous...
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Review: Curls by Hunter Hammersen
It’s not often that an entire book gets me. This one does. Not a clunker in the bunch. There’s so much to love about Curls: Versatile, Wearable Wraps to Knit at Any Gauge Overview Auto-pilot with...
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Weigh it shawl!
I CO for a Weigh It Shawl last weekend. Well, really the weekend before. I started on US#6 (because I knew better than the pattern) and then CO again with US#9 a week later (because it turns out the...
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FO: weigh it shawl
Three weeks into the new year and I have my first FO! Given that last year I finished a total of THREE FOs I’m over the moon about this. The colors are awesome and I love the way it twirls at the...
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a cowl by any other name…
is probably a cape…or a capelet…or a poncho…or a shawl. I’ve been looking at accessories. Fun to make, fun to wear, quick(er) to knit up. And since it’s SO FREAKING COLD right now, keeping myself...
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FO: Lucy Cowl
I’m on a roll here with another FO (believe me this is not sustainable). Specs… Lucy Cowl by Heidi Hennessy My Rav project I used an entire kit of Pepperberry Knits Fun Size Bundle in Urbanite This was...
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camp loopy!
I’ve told myself I should join Camp Loopy. Well this year I did. There’s a challenge each month. First month is to knit up at least 400 yards into a project. I picked my yarn – Malabrigo Mechita in...
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