Category: Clothing
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Easy Come, Easy Go
Reference With finishing up the one pair of socks, it was time to cast on another project. Since a friend of mine gave birth to a son earlier in the year, and I hadn’t completed anything for said child yet; I decided that I needed to knit up something for the boy. (I did have…
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Dark Lady
Reference Finally, something to show you! My Poesis socks are done! And although I really love the resulting sock, I doubt if I will ever work with a yarn this dark again. It was very difficult for me to see the stitches that I was working in anything but ideal light; and most of my…
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Apparently Nothin’
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Reference There has been a lot going on around here, but not a lot to show for it. A little over a week ago, I finished writing up the pattern for Sheila’s sock club so that everyone’s favorite test knitter could start knitting it. I still have some hints and tricks that I want to…
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A Moment Like This
Reference I have to say that I was a bit surprised when I gave my co-worker the sweater for his daughter, that should be arriving any day now. He got a little choked up and was extremely appreciative. There were a number of things that played into the emotions, like the reminder that he is…
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Rush, Rush
Reference Well, I don’t really know what is going on with my hosting provider, but things seem to be back to normal. (Keep your fingers crossed.) I have been the busy little beaver in the past two weeks. For knitting, I have been working on this: Yep, another February baby sweater. This time in Limbo…
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Caught Up
Reference It feels like forever since I posted anything fibery, so here is a nice big post to catch up on what has been going on with the textiles. After finishing the STR heel experiment, I started on these socks. The sock yarn is Eidos from Sanguine Gryphon in the colorway Poesis. The colors don’t…
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Experiment IV
Reference This has been a pretty productive two weeks for me, even though I only have one thing to show you. I got a good bit of spinning done on the alpaca/merino/tussah silk blend, but there is really no need for a picture as it just looks like there is a little more on the…
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Mesmerized
Reference Well, another two weeks and time for another update. Besides the club sock, I still have the heel experiment going on. This time, rather than lining all of the increases up along the center, I am making the increases diverge from the center, forming a “V” at the bottom of the foot. I am…
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Paralyzer
Reference About a month or so ago, I took a gander at our dishtowels, and thought that we could use some new ones around here. The towels are starting to show some wear after being used and going through the laundry about every week or so for about ten years. Besides, since moving into this…