From the monthly archives:

July 2009

A Tube or Two

July 29, 2009 Techniques

I’ve always been baffled with mystery about the ‘best’ cast on for ribbing. So, like all my swatching isn’t enough already, I am now starting to experiment. After days on end on the internet and browsing through my knitting library, I may have found out a thing or two, that maybe, or maybe not, you [...]

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Even More Swatching

July 24, 2009 Swatches

Oh how fast do I change my mind. Call me fickle, and I am. Or maybe just a short attention span. I must be kinda restless or something, my therapist calls it minor borderline mania. I guess that implies that I’m borderline bi-polar, which in other words mean I’m CRAZY! Anyways, I digress. So, watch [...]

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More Swatching

July 18, 2009 Stash

So lately, I’ve been having this terrible itch to start a new project, something for myself. And after the failure and mismatch of yarn and pattern, I finally grieved and was able to move on. Now, I bring you Aberlady. Another Starmore, from her book The Celtic Collection. As you can see, this pattern is [...]

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Make or Break

July 14, 2009 WIP

So, after a few years of knitting, you can still learn invaluable information from your fellow knitters out there. All thanks to Grumperina and her fleeting mention of an important book to her, The Knitter’s Book of Yarn, I gained some invaluable resources about plies, twists, spins, and all those other terms which can make [...]

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Hot Tamale!

July 6, 2009 Swatches

Hello all from sunny, perfect weather California! Just taking some time to update my peeps on what I’ve been up to. First of all, I got into San Francisco on Saturday, the 4th of July, and my buddy John picked me up from the airport. I am supposed to be working in California the week [...]

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Fat Ass!!

July 2, 2009 Life

Here I am, zipping along a Starmore piece and quite liking the resulting fabric, yarn, and pattern. I liked it so much I even took a picture of it after finishing the ribbing and just a little into the main body of the sweater. Pretty right? But look. FAT ASS!!! There was, once upon a [...]

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