Category: knitting
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Knitting Meme
The official rules are mark with bold the things you have knit at least once, with italics the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest. I’m changing it up a little. I am going to bold the techniques I have done. I italizcising everything else because, truly, I want to try it…
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Jesse this morning
Jesse: ooh, it’s cold outside. I hope I don’t need to wear a hat. Nana: why not? Jesse: Not until Mama makes me that new one.
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Shorties success!
Socks finished and fit a human! Going to be giving them to mom. She needs to try them on in the morning when she’s up. They’re a tad small for me, but I have larger feet than mom. Shorties Finished!
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Baby Squash Hat Finished!
Baby squash hat finished Needs blocking but it is done. Glad to finally finish something. Finished it up during last night’s Stargate Atlantis and did the I-cord during last week’s Dr. Who. Didn’t make it through this week’s Dr. Who because I fell asleep. Had saved last week’s so I could watch them both together.…
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Hurt Book Sale at Interweave….
Just stocked up on some goodies from the Interweave Hurt Book sale… Knitting Knitted Babes Folk Hats Wrap Style Socks Gossamer Webs Design Collection Jewelry Beadwork Creates Earrings Hip To Bead Crochet With Wire Knitting With Wire
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Stach enhancements today!
I stopped at the Kirkwood Knittery this morning because of their big sale. I was hoping to get some more sock yarn for $1 like I did at the Super Bowl. No luck on the sock yarn, but I did get: 2 skeins Quellón by Araucania Yarns More Sitar from Nashua Handknits 1 Skeins in…
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First Killer Bunny got to his target!
So I’m still alive in the Killer Bunny swap! Hybrid Franken Bunny (Ravelry link to project) made it in time. My favorite part is the giant fluffy tail. The pattern calls for a smaller crocheted tail, but Frankie needed a giant tail to enhance his ninja skills. Next up: Killer Bunny 2 (Ravelry link to…
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My first pair of socks
I said I wouldn’t knit any socks. I knew that I would totally suffer from second sock syndrome, so I never even considered knitting socks. Then I learned magic loop while knitting my son’s armor. Suddenly socks didn’t seem so bad. These are the tutorial socks from “2-at-time Socks” by Melissa Morgan-Oakes. I don’t know…
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Wrist warmers are finally finished!
I was almost done two weeks ago, but had the unfortunate problem of having way too much fabric in the hand… I had to frog it down to the ribbing and re-knit it with size 1 needles. Now, they fit! I did an inch of K2P2 ribbing on the hand to keep it from rolling…
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Nana’s Enchanted Cupcake
Knit washcloth in the shape of a cupcake. https://www.flickr.com/photos/shelkennon/2356900930/
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Two-Hour Purse Decorated and Ready-to-Go!
I finished up the two-hour purse by using hand-painted roving and my needle-felting tools and freeforming some cool swirls. Jay picked the roving because she wants the purse as a present for her birthday. Here’s the Front: and the back: I also felted a circular shape that I knitted with the leftover yarn. Jesse wants…
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A Busy Friday and Saturday
Friday night we went to the kids’ school to check out their science fair projects. Jesse’s project was about the stages of tadpole development. Unfortunately, all the tadpoles died to they got a frog that still had a bit of a tail. Jay and her friend did Volcanos. Saturday night, I got…